First swim

We had out first swimming lesson today at the Queen Anne pool. Charlotte was too cute in her little cherry swimsuit, and she took to the water instantly. We practiced kicking around and had lots of fun! We can't wait to practice at Grandma and Pops' new condo pool.

California Girls

We flew down to Santa Cruz for Kaya's graduation. So hard to believe "the baby" is all grown up and going off to college in New York City! The whole family gathered at Tom's house to celebrate.

Then we drove up to San Francisco for Baby Summit 2012! We visited Jess, Nate & Avery, Rebecca, Danny & Eli, and Emily and Camilla flew in from Austin. It was so great to see all my ladies and meet their little ones. Penn class of '33!

Making friends

I started back at work part time when Charlotte was 3 months old. It was so hard!! Thank goodness for our super amazing nanny Michelle- I can rest assured at work knowing everyday that Charlotte is being expertly cared for. Priceless!

Michelle made this tutu!

We had decided to look for a nanny share and got in touch with a nearby family with a baby 3 weeks younger than Charlotte on a community mom's listserv. As luck would have it, we totally struck gold. Kate and Sean are super cool and and we are totally on the same parenting page. We did a bunch of nanny interviews and Michelle just won us over.Charlotte loves her, and we do, too.

Charlotte and Carrie Ella are ridiculously cute together!

Mother's Day

On a gorgeous sunny day, we celebrated Jess' first Mother's Day at Liz's house. We had club sandwiches and ice cream cake and Charlotte had her first piece of watermelon. It was so hot, we had to go inside, and Charlotte and Uncle E retired to read the Times.

Sitting up

Charlotte is pretty much sitting up on her own now, as you can see she's very happy about it :)

First Easter

We had our first airplane flight to Greensboro, North Carolina to visit the Wasse family for Charlotte's first Easter. On the plane Charlotte was as good as a baby can possibly be. We got very lucky and had empty seats next to us there and back.


Charlotte met her cousins for the first time and had lots of fun.

And on Easter Sunday, we went to church in Chapel Hill and Charlotte got baptized. Father John is a very old friend of the family and performed the ceremony. Grandma Mary got Charlotte a white dress and matching bonnet with ruffle socks and white patent leather shoes- too cute! John held her during the baptism and she was quiet as could be, just staring at Father John and listening to him talk. They poured water on her head and anointed her with oil- she smelled like frankincense and myrrh for days afterward!

First Solids

Charlotte tried her first solid foods today: applesauce mixed with brown rice cereal. It was a success for the most part, she did a bit of shuddering but seemed to enjoy it. The video is pretty hysterical!