First teeth

Between 7 and 9 months of age, Charlotte sprouted not one, not two but eight teeth! She has four on the bottom and four on the top, and they definitely did not come in in the usual order. She has been quite a trooper through it all- we didn't even know about the first two until her doctor pointed them out at her seven month visit. She is loving biting into food and everything else. And yes, we're still breastfeeding. When they first came in it was a little dicey but we've worked it out :)

First Overnight

To celebrate our 3rd anniversary, we spent the night at the Pan Pacific Hotel and Charlotte had her first overnight with Grandma and Pops. She had a bath in the kitchen sink, enjoyed some homemade fruit puree popsicles, and slept all night like a champ. Charlotte also got in some QT with her Wolf Uncle Baxter. Unfortunately, I ate a bad oyster and did not have much fun that night, but Charlotte had a blast.

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 :)