A Family Visit

The family came to town to hold a memorial for Aunt Sylvia. Charlotte loved seeing her family and sat in her Bumbo while we enjoyed our lunch. Then she had her first trip to Pike Market.

First Snow

The 2012 Snowpocalypse was lots of fun for the Wasses. We were pretty much stranded at home for three days straight! Charlotte was not terribly fond of the snow, but it sure was beautiful.























Pink bunny suit courtesy of Seth and Stacie :)

Welcome to the Jungle

Charlotte loves her jungle play gym. She just goes nuts for it, and it will occupy her for endless amounts of time. As her motor skills have developed, she's gone from staring to swatting to grabbing and finally to chewing her jungle friends.

 

Foot Discovery

Charlotte has recently discovered her feet. This discovery has been made extra exciting by a pair of puppy sock rattles from cousins Julia and Kaya! She loves to sit upright in her Bumbo and stare at them.

Hiccups

Charlotte gets the hiccups, a lot. When we asked the pediatrician about it, she asked us if Charlotte had hiccuped in the womb. "Why, yes, she did, all the time" I answered. "Well, there you go, she's the same baby!" True enough.

Daddy loves to film Charlotte hiccuping. Here is a little compilation of our many, many hiccuping videos.

Food Train

In the weeks right after Charlotte was born, all our good friends brought over food to nourish our new family. We appreciated it so much!! We tried to take pictures of Charlotte meeting her new community- we missed a few but here they are:

Kay and Trevor

Ben, Libbe, and Bea

Chad

Dan and Meera

Marya

Leah and Jason

Cullen

First Bath

When Charlotte's umbilical cord finally fell off, we were very excited to give her her first real bath. We had made our first parenting mistake when we tried to give Charlotte a sponge bath. To keep the baby warm, you're supposed to just wash one body part at a time and dry it right off. But in our over zealousness we just jumped right in and sponged her whole body! Of course she got cold and started crying and we realized our error. So needless to say, we were looking forward to full submersion. Charlotte loved it, too.