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Superchunk shows off her yoga skills.

Charlotte is One!

Can you believe it?  Actually, I can.  People always say it goes so fast, and it does, but I feel like I got to spend a lot of time with Charlotte and I really savored every moment.  Last night, I made a video with highlights of her first year.  The keen eye will notice a few things about this video:  Charlotte was F-ing tiny when she was born;  the proportion of videos from her first month of life compared to the other 11 months shows how completely enchanted we were with her, or it shows how we had more time to make vidoes when other people were caring for our baby;  that we could not find the Flip camera when we got home from the hospital and did not find it until early 2011;  Charlotte has always been very "vocal"; she is really funny; and Charlotte is no longer tiny.  In fact, yesterday at the park we were on the swings with another mom and baby.  She asked me how old Charlotte was and I said, "she'll be one tomorrow!"  and when I asked her how old her baby is, she said 14 months.  Charlotte was a giant compared to this other girl.   Poor Charlotte, she is going to be the tallest girl in class, just like mommy.  We'll see how tall she is when we take her to her 12 month appointment this afternoon.

By the way, I just learned that today is the most common birthday.  Having something to do with New Year's Eve....

8 Months

Charlotte is 8 months old!  She is living up to her nickname, Superchunk, weighing in at 18 pounds and just under 27 inches.  That's between the 25th and 50th percentiles in case you were wondering.  This girl loves to eat - cereal, sweet potatoes, carrots, avocado, banana, pears, peas, rutabega, blueberries, squash, apples, black beans, spinach, turkey, chicken and combinations of any of the preceding foods.  The only things she has refused so far are greens with brown rice and turnips.  She also eats these crackers called Baby Mum Mums that look like surfboards and taste like rice cakes.

Working on a Mum Mum

Our girl is doing all kinds of grown up things now.  She has been sleeping through the night for a while.   She will usually sleep from about 7 pm to 6 am.  It is so awesome!   We are a well-rested family now!   She can sit for a little while before she wobbles over.  She can roll over, but I can't tell if she is doing it on purpose.  Charlotte is such a laid back, happy baby and she doesn't seem to be in a hurry to get anywhere.  She is happy to lay on a blanket with her Indestructibles books.   She also enjoys playing with scarves by waving them around and lifting them in front of her face.  Then she removes the scarf and gives you a big grin.  Charlotte also enjoys being outside, going for walks, listening to music and babbling.

Superchunk

I present, Superchunk, our new affectionate nickname for Charlotte.  She outgrew all her preemie size clothes a long time ago, and her newborn sizes a couple weeks ago.  Now she is starting to outgrow her 0-3 months size clothes in width.  Some of her snap-up sleepers are bursting at the seems.  She also has what my cousin Jamie refers to as "arm sleeves" when a baby's arm fat is such that there is a roll at the wrist so it looks as though the baby is wearing a shirt of baby fat.  It looks good on her.