Monday, January 16, 2012

Charlotte and the Gator–1 month to 1 year

Here are the monthly photos with the alligator. I think the biggest change is from 3 months to 4 months.

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Charlotte’s First Birthday Party

Last weekend we celebrated Charlotte’s first birthday with friends and family down in Longwood. The kids and I headed down on Thursday so that we could get things ready for the party on Saturday. My nieces and nephew were still with my parents and they were a huge help in getting things ready.

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Schuyler and Emma working on cutting on birds for decorations.

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Rosemary being silly

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Enjoying some dinner

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A little banner…I originally strung it as “Charlotte One Is.”

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A little branch with pics from the last year.

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Hanging out with Grandma P before the party.

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Cate was ready for the party too!

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Schuyler finished up making the Butterbeer for the party. It had nothing to do with the theme and we did it just for fun. We used the recipe found here.

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Rosemary & Emma

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Rosemary selling some Girl Scout cookies

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Kids table in the kitchen

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Dwayne & Janey came too. It was so great to see you guys!

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Becky and Janice chatting some

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A bit of lunch

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Jacob enjoyed some lunch too! (Good thing mom and dad had two high chairs!)

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Playing on the porch

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Presents! Charlotte loves her gifts. Thank you all so much! We feel so loved. :-)

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Got this massive chocolate cake from Costco and I wrote Happy Birthday (which is why it doesn’t look so good) and Schuyler added the pink border for me.

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Singing Happy Birthday

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Blowing out the candle

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Stripped down and ready for some cake

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Not too messy at all. She seemed to enjoy her first taste of chocolate cake…and she even took a good nap later.

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Abby and Rosemary played outside for quite awhile together. At one point Rosemary buried one of Abby’s toy mermaids and couldn’t remember where she buried it. So we were out there digging through the backyard. Eventually dad got a spade for me and I found it. Crazy girls!!!