Our Little Treehugger

February in MN?

Sorry about the bizarre formatting of this video.  I took it with my phone.  This is from a couple weeks ago when it was 40 degrees and sunny so we went for a walk and Charlotte played in the grass.  Crazy.   She was soooo happy to play outside.

My Baby's a Genius

Likes and Dislikes at 16 Months

Charlotte is 16 months now.  She is still butt-scooting all over the place.  In the last week, she started crawling in the more traditional fashion aaaannnndddd she has been pulling herself up on furniture.  Looks like we have to baby proof for real now.   We've been so spoiled!  Since she is still butt-scooting for her main mode of transportation, she always looks so small and short.  Seeing her pull herself up on the coffee table or in her crib it is kind of shocking to see how tall she is!  It's fun to watch her be so physical.  She gets into some funny predicaments.  This morning we were visiting a new day care and she was trying to climb on top of this activity center that was under a piano bench and she got kind of wedged in there.

Likes:

• saying hi and bye never gets old
• frozen mango (mommy likes this too, we share)
• music
• outings - she gets really excited when we get her coat out to go anywhere
• when daddy runs around really fast with her in his arms
• looking at books
• taking baths
• pancakes
• climbing on stuff (low stuff)
• Throwbackjamz
• taking the newspaper out of the recycling basket and spreading it around
• being outside

Dislikes:

• green vegetables (exception - broccoli with stir fry sauce)
• drinking from a cup (she is being kind of stubborn about this one)
• waiting for food

One Cool Kid

Overheard

Emily, while holding Charlotte, "You smell like beer and poop."

I'll take responsibility for my daughter smelling like beer at 9 a.m. on a Saturday morning, but she is going to have to take personal responsibility for the poop smell; that one's on her.  Literally.

You Oughta Know

Charlotte's vocabulary has been growing.  You might hear her say:

Hi
Bye bye
cat
kitty
doggie
car
Ziggy
Mommy
Daddy

She can also put two words together for:

Hi Ziggy
Bye Ziggy

And she will copy what you say as in:

Hi Oscar
meow

Edited to add:  I forgot a few words!  music, moo, Charlotte