Week 8

 This week was Charlotte's first Halloween!  So fun!  She wore her very cute tutu that my mom made to the Coaches' family dinner and her other outfit to the Sheriff's birthday party at work.  She was a hit at both places!  How could she not be?   :  )  We had lots of trick or treaters, which was new for us since we did not get many at our old house.  We got one group.  It was 3 kids of different ages, and what I remember was a little one using a backpack as a candy bag and a 17 year old using a black plastic bag - ya know - like the ones you get from the liquor store.  Super.  So both Scotty and I were excited to have more groups.  Made us feel like grown ups :  )  However, the first people that came, came early and Scotty wasn't home yet, and they rang the bell 3 times but I was elbow deep in a diaper and couldn't get to the door so I hurried with the diaper and didn't even snap Charlotte's onesie and I grabbed her up and ran barefoot down the street with my pumpkin dish full of candy to catch them.  They appreciated it. 

Well this past weekend was my first trip away.  I flew with the team to Missouri for the football game.  My mom came down for the weekend and stayed with Charlotte.  I have been pumping since about 3 weeks after Charlotte was born so I had a stash built up for mom to use.  And she and Charlotte for sure used it.  They drained it in fact.  But I pumped the whole time I was gone and I have pretty much rebuilt the stash and more.  However, I was almost in a really bad spot.

So I was kinda freaking out about leaving.  I knew Charlotte was in great hands, but I was still just nervous to leave my baby for the first time!  So I was packing and trying to make sure I was prepared for the weather, and that I had everything I needed.  Well I spent a while making sure I had my pumping supplies ready and making sure I had a refrigerator and plan of where and when to pump while at the game and all that jazz.  I finally make it to Missouri and we get on the buses to head to the hotel and I get a text from my mom asking if I had a second set of tubing for my breast pump.  Oh crap.  In all my OCDness to get ready, I cleaned the tubing (which doesn't really ever have to be done) and I left them hanging up to dry.  At home.  In South Carolina.  I was in panic mode.  Luckilly, one of the other wives there told me to call the hospital (which I would have never thought of) and they had the tubing!  Yay!  So we took a cab over and got those tubes and I was A-OK.  Thank the Lord.

Well Charlotte is still just growing and developing more and more everyday.  I can't believe it.  She gets more vocal, she can focus more on things, and she is still just the most lovable baby.  She is so good when we have company or when we are out.  I really hope it stays that way.

Another thing that I have noticed about her, since she has been smiling so much more, is that she smiles with her eyes.  It is the sweetest little thing.  It melts my heart because when she smiles she is so genuinely happy.  It makes me feel so good  :  )  Speaking of her eyes, - they are lightening.  They are looking more blue.  I am hoping that they do not stay blue. Neither Scotty or I have blue eyes and I would like for her to get one of our colors, but if they stay blue - who doesn't love blue eyes and her most likely dark brown hair? 

She is officially sleeping through the night.  She sleeps 10:30pm-6 or 7am and will go back to sleep until 8:30am or so.  Awesome!  Loving it.  We shall see if she keeps it up after I move her out of the rock and play and into the flat pack and play.  Scotty and I both keep putting that transition off.  Selfish Mama and Daddy. 

Well we are headed to the game tomorrow since it is a home game this week.  I'll try and get a good picture of Charlotte in her Carolina garb!  Until next time - enjoy some pics!

Look at that lip!  She will have her daddy wrapped around her finger!

Big girl in her Bumbo!

Whole bed to herself!

Watching Baby Einstein

Our pumpkin!

Happy Halloween!

Happy baby!

Pure sweetness.

Scotty and I on the Missouri field after the big win!