July Fun!

July has been a crazy month, with a busy schedule. TWO weddings, much time in Vermont, the 4th festivities, visitors here in NH, a Moms night out for me, a canoeing trip for Aaron, play groups for Charlie, ice cream socials, dominoes with our neighbors, and planning Charlie's birthday parties through it all! Phew!

We happened to be in Vermont this year for Grandma Allard's 86th Birthday. We stopped in for a birthday visit and she loved seeing Charlotte.

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Nanny & Papa's pool was open and ready, so we jumped in for some fun and a break from the heat and humidity. Charlotte enjoys just floating around in her float, but she also loves to be thrown into the air and be caught with a big splash in the water. She's a swimmer, for sure.

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We spent so much time in the car back and forth between Vermont during July. Charlie does well in the car (and we usually just travel at her bedtime so she sleeps the whole way) but sometimes she's just had enough. She likes when I climb in the back and ride with her.

Enjoying her library book

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Through all of the traveling, we did manage to have some fun here at home. Charlie's always happy to come back from a trip and play with her toys.

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GUESS WHO'S WALKING??!!!! That's right, at the end of June, she started practicing those steps and after a few weeks, she was walking about 90% of the time! It's official - she's a big girl. :-(

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We always have a barrette in Charlie's hair to keep it out of her eyes as the front keeps getting longer. But after finding her with a barrette in her mouth a few times now, it was time to bring on the rubber bands. While I had her in her high chair one day for lunch, I decided to give it a shot.

The cute single whale spout

The double pigtails - she looked so cute that I laughed out loud ...

She did NOT like me laughing at her cuteness

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Oreos are YUMMY

"Mommy, you're going to let me eat THIS?"

It's goooood!

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Charlie loves rides in her wagon - just around the driveway, around our circle, out to pick blackberries across the street, down to the pond to see the ducks ... anywhere - it doesn't matter as long as she gets a ride. She also enjoys sharing rides in it with her friend Rylee. One day, we packed up some toys and headed around the circle for an ice cream social. They are too cute. They're only a few months apart and we can't wait until they start to interact a bit more - they'll be great friends.

What a month - here's to August settling down (we hope!)