Six Months!!!

Since Charlot was born I have been taking pictures of her in the same spot on our couch each month on the 19th to document/celebrate her turning another month older. Most of the photo sessions I have shared with you here. I love this because I can easily look back and see how much she has grown and changed. I never imagined how much I would look forward to these little sessions (Charlot is quite a camera lover), I also never imagined how much harder these would get the older she gets. Wow! When I was trying to take her six month pictures I had to employ the help of the hubs to hold her still and to keep her focused on the task at hand. Together I think we got some pretty good shots.

At six months old our little girl is awesome. She is trying soooo hard to crawl, she laughs uncontrollably, she smiles all the time, she has three teeth coming in, and she is eating her rice cereal like a champ. We go to the doctor on Friday for her check-up; I can’t wait to see what she weighs! Oh my baby is growing so fast, but each new achievement for her is a blast and blessing for us!

 I think she was a bit confused in the picture.

 Here she is laughing at Daddy.

 Now trying to figure out what Daddy is doing.

 And now we fell over laughing at Daddy.

The shot we had been trying to get all along! Her classic open mouth bright eyed grin!



Pool Time!!!!!!

Last week we took Charlot to the pool for the very first time. And the verdict was she loved it, I mean loved it! Hand splashing, big smiles, full of giggles, kicking her legs like crazy good time! The hubs and I were a bit concerned that she wouldn’t be such a fan because bath time isn’t always her favorite time of the day. I took Charlot in the pool while the hubs played photographer, the hubs isn’t exactly the best swimmer or biggest fan of the water! Here are some of the great shots he did get.

Weekend Randoms

Not having to work this weekend was quite a surprise (typically in the end of June and most of July we work seven days per week), so we were going to make the most of it. I decided that I needed to run out to work just for a few minutes on Saturday morning just to tie up some loose ends so I would be ready for Monday. Blaine said "Oh there is no need for me to go Charlot and I will just stay home and hang out." Well this what I came home too.

Mommy then promptly took over and wanted to play time. I made the hubs take some pictures of my girl and I because I don't have very many of the two of us. I don't want to to grow up and never see any pictures with Mommy, she might think I didn't love her.

On Sunday morning Charlot and I followed the hubs while he moved some equipment before church. He then decided that he needed to check our bean field. Apparently Gabby thought he needed help.

Sunday evening we celebrated my Great Aunt Sherron's birthday she is visiting from Florida! This was her first visit since Charlot was born. Look at that Yummy cake, it is my Great Grandma "Granny" recipe.

 While we were out there my dad decided to introduce Charlot to my mom's magnet clip that looks and oinks like a pig. She was pretty impressed.

I hope everyone has a great week!



For the love of a job...

I just want this to be said first and foremost I truly love my job, I work for a great company and the people I get to work with are really amazing. I will admit that I struggled after Charlot was born about coming back to work, but I couldn’t stay away I loved the work too much.  But today is my least favorite day of the year, this morning as I was dropping Charlot off at the sitters I nearly ran back to my car with her and called in sick. Today is the day that our mass of 150 high school age workers converges on us. Oh my! Yes I do have a degree in Agriculture Education, at one time in my life I thought I wanted to teach high schoolers, sometimes I still do but that is another story. So I of all people should be ok with this I am combining my love of kids and agriculture in one job without the school setting. But here is the thing for most of these kids this is their first job outside of the home. And when they get here many of them suddenly see me as their momma. I swear this morning 7 count them 7 children were asking me the same question at the same time, approximately thirty seconds after I had just answered it. In addition to questions, the noise that 150 kids can make is deafening. It is like herding turtles around here at times. But I will say that after the first day I truly enjoy the kids and I am so thankful they are here because we couldn’t do the work without them!

Look at all of them preparing to pounce on me with questions.

Have a great weekend, I know I will preparing for all of them to return on Monday!

5 Months

This week we had a new addition to the farm, two new litters of pigs. I am so excited for these little cuties.  Charlot also turned 5 months old on Sunday. I felt like this was the perfect opportunity to take some pictures and introduce Charlot and the baby pigs. At five months old Charlot is an amazingly happy baby. She is so laid back; I thank God every day for such an amazing little lady. As you can see in some of these pictures she isn’t so sure about the pigs gathered around her. I thought she would find them fun, I mean every time Gabby (our yellow lab) comes near her she just cracks up. Charlot is growing and changing each and every day some of her big accomplishments for this month are rolling over and pushing up as well as trying to sit up. Oh and she is cutting her first tooth!





 It was a little windy out at first so little miss wasn't sure what to think. But then we brought on the babies and she really became concerned, she never cried, but a smile for momma wasn't gonna happen. I would also like to point out that these little guys look huge but they are only three days old and they have a total of ten in their litter, they are big ones!

After the pigs were removed Charlot seemed to rest a little easier and then discovered the dirt.