Favorite May '10 Photos

She's got PERSONALITY! And LOTS of it!

A warm Spring day in Idaho:

Playing with her kittens.

Look Daddy, I caught one!

I don't want to be a toddler model!

Mommy made me a new skirt! Fun fun!

Random Favorites:

Playing dress-up with Mommy.

My first horse ride.

Talk talk talk with Uncle Rob.

Taking a nice nap with Daddy.

One long day at the mall!

Trying on pretty outfits, and silly ones too. Here Charity was enjoying twirling in front of the mirrors watching the dress twirl with her.

Made a new friend. Sadly it wasn't a candy necklace.

Peek-a-boo!

Did I mention it was a long day?

Favorite April '10 Photos

Since I've been slacking on keeping up with Charity's blog updates, I've decided to just post some of my favorites of her this summer.

Helping with laundry (not so much).

Making motor sounds while pretending to ride a Harley.

Getting and loving a free back massage at the Earth Day Fair.

Playing with the bubbles at the Earth Day Fair.

Messy messy Pop-Eye!

Playing at the park with her crazy hair.

Too funny!

This week Charity found an empty Sam's Club size apple juice jug and decided she'd rather drink from that than from her sippy cup. So she figured out how to pour the juice from her sippy cup to the jug. Here's a couple of clips to give you a good giggle.

Oh Gally, She's Grown!

As I can't sleep in for some reason this morning I decided to play around on my computer, since anything else might wake up Charity. I took a look at her blog and many of the older posts, pics, and videos. All I can say now is, "Holy cow! Charity is not that little any more". Just looking at her Rollie-Pollie video, with her first rolling over--wow, she's come a long way. There have been (and continue to be) so many milestones I'm glad I haven't missed. Charity is such a talk-talker now, it's crazy to go back and listen to her true baby babble or her first word.

We love Charity and are enjoying every minute of her life and of her in our lives!

Easter is Cool!

Charity loved Easter this year. (Last year she loved naps and bottles and could care less if it was a holiday.) She was surprised to find the basket of toys, eggs, and goodies the Easter Bunny left for her. She loved playing with her aunts and uncles as everyone celebrated Easter and watched General Conference together. They were playing with legos and making some pretty cool things, Charity likes to play along and tease them when she could.

I want my babyback ribs!

Miss Charity got to eat ribs for the first time. She really seemed to enjoy them. They were as messy as could be expected.

New Word!

Lately, Charity's been practicing saying "Momma", probably because she knows she can get nearly anything out of me when she says it. But this week she's got a new one. She's been spending sometime at her grandma's while Lee and I have been training to be ombudsmen. Her uncle Glenn has been trying the whole time to get her to say his name. It was not his intention, but we'll call it his fault for her new word, which was not his name. Charity heard him yell at the dog, and then of course repeated it. "Shut-up." It only took once.