Berry Picking

We tried to do some fun things while Grandma, Grandpa & Aunt Allie were in town the past week. On Saturday we had a super-full day which started off with berry picking at a farm in Arlington. Meghan (our neighbor and friend) came up with the idea to go to this farm to go strawberry picking. We ended up with few strawberries (it's the end of the season for strawberries at this farm), but over 2lbs of blackberries. Charlotte was quite the little berry-picker! She even managed to miss all the thorns. She knew which ones were ripe, would pick them saying "pict pict" then say "baket baket" and put them in someone's basket, then sign and say "more" and just keep going. She was a red-mess about 10 minutes in, but it was all worth it. We got tons of great pictures, check out the slideshow below!

Oh, and Grandma Millay, notice the necklace, she's been wearing those things nonstop - thanks again!

San Antonio Trip

We headed to San Antonio for the weekend. It was a great chance to get away and have fun with grandma and grandpa. We had a lot of fun: saw the sights, learned that indeed the Alamo has no basement (hehe), ate WAY too much tex mex and had a relaxing weekend. Probably the best time of the weekend was when we found this fountain in the middle of the city. It was made for kids to play, that was obvious from the chlorine smell. Charlotte absolutely LOVED it and we had the best time watching her. Here's a video daddy put together playing with his new computer (Sorry, I'm not sure why it's chopped off on the right side):

I'll post some more photos once I get them uploaded.

Yep, She's from Kentucky!

It's in her blood - Charlotte LOVES the horsetrack! We went to Lone Star Track last weekend for dollar days and had a great time. I'm not sure who had more fun: daddy who came out up $60, mommy who enjoyed the sunshine and people-watching, or Charlotte who was absolutely amazed by the horses, and got super excited right along with the crowd for every race. Charlotte seriously couldn't get enough of the horses and I think she already likes people-watching. She was glued to the rail (or fence) to watch the horses both on the track and in the paddock. She just kept pointing and yelling "NAY NAY NAY NAY" it was hilarious!
The photo below totally cracks me up - this is the path the horses take from the paddock to the track. Look at Charlotte's hands, she's signing "more"(the actual sign is fingers touching, but sometimes she does it touching her fingers to her palm). Everytime a horse passed, she's sign this and didn't take her eyes off them - it was so cute! Charlotte fit right in with our crowd (friends from Doug's lab):Can you see Charlotte's little finger pointing at the track? She was into this race, rootin' for daddy's pick!

It's no Keenland, but we had a great time on a beautiful sunny day in Texas.

I Heart My Sewing Machine!

Thanks mom & dad for the best Christmas present! I absolutely LOVE my new sewing machine. I still need to take my lesson (I have no clue how to do button-holes, zippers and much more), but I've been doing pretty good on my own so far. I've made a bunch of baby gifts, the V-day dress for Charlotte and my latest project: a hooded towel for Charlotte!

I bought a few towels from Target and used some fabric I had for the appliques. I found a great tutorial online. I did break my first needle sewing the hood to the towel, but with some additional patience on my part, finally finished it. It turned out super cute! It's pretty big for our little girl, but she'll definitely grow into it and it will be perfect for the pool this summer.

It's Spring!

I'm just going to lay it out there that I suck at this blogging thing. I never have the time to sit down and do it and I keep saying I'm going to be better, but that only lasts about 2 weeks. So...no more apologies, when I get to it, I get to it. I hope whoever's still checking and reading continues to do so :)

The weather has warmed up and Charlotte absolutely LOVES to be outside. I snapped a few quick shots the other night. Check out her outfit - I picked her up from daycare and she had this new outfit on. One of the moms bought the wrong size and didn't feel like taking it back, so Charlotte got a new outfit...she loved the skirt, she kept touching it and smiling big, it was super cute.

RubADubDub Charlotte Loves the Tub

I was finally able to capture some fun bath photos tonight - I think bathtime is Charlotte's favorite time of the day.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Charlotte enjoyed her Valentine's party at daycare and of course she had a dress for the occasion (the first dress I made for her with my new sewing machine)! She had fun playing with her valentines and watching the snow fall when we got home that night.

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!