No Longer Zero!

I can't believe how fast a year goes by! It feels like yesterday we were holding this bundle of joy in our arms and now I'm doing all I can just to keep her there. She is the most active little girl I know for her age. Miss B was always so content with either her blanket or baby with her, Charlotte on the other hand is into and onto everything! She loves to help with the dishes in the dish washer and feels it is better to stand on top rather then by the side. She climbs stairs, says momma, dadda, will only eat table food (she skipped right over the baby cereal/food and went right for the good stuff), loves loves loves her dad and only wants him, claps, waves, blows kisses (half kisses), will dance when you ask her and has a special hiding spot in the "no touch room". She knows the sound of my moose when I get it ready for her hair and its all i can do to quickly pull away before it gets into her mouth, but now she has learned to put it in her own hair. She loves my product cabinet and has a blast taking everything out and trying it in her own hair, and have I mentioned she loves to talk on the phone? I am one of those annoying moms who talk, talk, talk about their children but really I could go on forever! She brings smiles to our faces every day, I couldn't imagine life without her.
The other day I reminded the two oldest that Charlotte would be turning 1 soon and Bella replied, "Ya T, don't you know she is only zero and not 1 yet?" Tristan, "Oh ya I forgot she's only zero!"
From Zero to one, this little doll has grown up too fast, I guess she had no choice as baby brother came soon after.
Daddy was out of town on a "business trip" (aka a golf trip:)), so I thought instead of boring dinner we would go out to eat. And so to the Brick Oven we went and we had so much fun! However, we did get a lot of stares with a very expectant mom and three small kids alone at a sit down restaurant, but, we had a blast and at the end they sang Happy Birthday to Charlotte and the kids got chocolate cake! We finished off the night with a movie and popcorn and all had a "sleepover" in mom & dad's bed.


Root Beer and Cheese bread, always a hit!

Big Sister, always willing to help feed Charlotte, even with a mouth full!

Build-A-Bear

Tristan, Bella and Charlotte have the best Aunts and Uncles who do lots for them! One in particular who lives across the Atlantic ocean still does so much for these little ones. This year for the older two's birthdays Aunt Bonnie sent us to Build-A-Bear-Workshop for a bear each. It was so fun to watch as they got to stuff their own bear, add a heart, pick an outfit etc. Even dad got really into it!:) This is a fun activity with little children, they get so excited!

Tristan with his polar bear, of course we had to have a Utah State Jersey!
Bella & her Hello Kitty.
Baby Charlotte would not let Tristan's bear go! She loves his bear and is always "growling" at it.