F & H

My friend Alaina's nickname is F & H, but I think the name suits me too - Funny & Happy! You can't tell in this picture, but I loooooved playing with Annie (the dog that Nana and Papa watched for a week).Mina held Annie's leash on our walk.Mama turned 32 since the last update. We had strawberry shortcakes to celebrate. YUM!I really like sidewalk chalk.It's delicious!Cheese!I now dance on command. My happy dance involves running in place. I'm picking up new words every day and I have a lot to say. Mina says that I hurt her ears. I've learned some of my body parts too. It's fun showing off!

Oh, and here's an after photo of the yard. We have trees lining the front and side and they're gorgeous! Mama and Daddy bought them as their 9 year wedding anniversary present to each other.Have a happy 4th of July everybody.

My Idol

Mina is the coolest person in the world. All I want to do is be with her and copy everything she does. If she sits down to play, then I sit down right next to her. I'm figuring out that she'd rather I played with my own toys rather than stealing her toys. That helps us get along better.Bubba is pretty cool too. He has his uses. He LOVES me so much and puts up with me with a smile on his face.There's nothing better than sitting in a big chair. I spend most of my day climbing from one chair to another.And running!Mina showed me how to lay on my belly, cross my ankles, and watch TV.I snuck in some cuddling too. She lets me sit on her and hug her when I'm lucky.Mina and I spent a fun time running around in the yard yesterday afternoon. We're getting trees planted today (hopefully) so Daddy had to put in flags to mark all of the irrigation sprinkler heads. We followed him from zone to zone and got soaking wet. Fun times! Daddy and Mama enjoyed watching us play. Here's some before pictures of our treeless yard.

Charlotte Danger

Danger is my middle name. Mama has taken a bunch of pictures of me in perilous positions with her cell phone and thought it was time to share. Please don't have a heart attack when you see these Nana!

One day I decided it was time to climb a bar stool to get my snacks. This is what Mama came back to after daring to use the restroom.

Mina and I were playing so quietly together that Mama had to come see what we were doing.Mama turned around to stir the mac 'n cheese after placing my raspberries on my mat to find this.Mama let me climb into the McDonald's structure yesterday. I came out unharmed, but Mama was a nervous nelly.I dared to climb up in the chair with Mina and stole her snacks.I sat on her to add insult to injury. She's obviously used to this kind of abuse.I even tried to suffocate myself one day.For some reason people are always laughing at my hijinks. When Mama catches me or tells me no, I hit my hands together and scowl at her. Sometimes I stick my bottom lip out at her. If she calls for me, I've interpreted that to mean, "run away faster". I'm not afraid to bite someone to get my own way and Mina has the marks to prove it. Mama and Dada are generally able to avoid my bite when they put me in my car seat (though I'll keep trying). I'm a handful.

Everybody just loves me like crazy because I'm so funny. Plus, I'm really sweet most of the time. I'm also cooperative for some things - like backing up and sitting on Mama so she can put my shoes on or read me a book. I also put up with a lot of smooching. People have a hard time getting too mad at me when I dance. I've got moves. I'm a big talker too and able to communicate what I want a bit better these days (eat and milk are common words I say). I'm an awesome sleeper. So I'm not all bad...

Par-tay!

Mina went fishing so I got to play with all the toys without interruption. It was awesome! My current favorite thing is to climb on chairs and put things on tables. It's only fun if I do it without any help though.I played in Mina's room....with her doll house.You caught me!
Mina is my favorite person these days, but it's still fun when she's gone. Everyone needs some time away from a best friend here and there.

Cute Stuff

I just love to accessorize. Enjoy the pictures!Whenever anyone sings the Wonder Pets theme song, I always run and get our Wonder Pets toys. Here I am with the turtle.Mama had surgery on her eyes last week so this is what she looks like. I wasn't scared of her. I just pointed at her and laughed.I'm talking a lot now. Most of it isn't recognizable, but I can definitely say milk. I just love milk!

Irresistable

I'm just too cute, according to everyone in my family. Mama took pictures of me while I was sleeping the other day. I slept from 7:30pm until 10am, when she woke me up! Then I ate like a pig, played, and took a 3.5 hour nap. I'm growing!I'm awake!We went to Iowa City last weekend and a lady bumped our car. A nice man helped put the muffler back on so we could drive. Mina and Daddy assisted.Tot lot!I loved climbing everything and going down the slide.I got right into the bouncy houses.We had some problems with sleeping while we stayed in the hotel. Mina and I stayed up late screeching and laughing on the first night. Mina came and watched me sleep during my nap the next day. Mama was sitting in the hall watching us with the video monitor. Funny! We were sleeping well by the end of the trip.I loved going to the children's museum. The ambulance was awesome.I also enjoyed the tractor.We went and played at Alaina's house on Sunday morning.Look at the four of us! We were perfect angels for the camera...not.Mama got a pressure washer for Mother's Day. She was pleased.

Easter Weekend

We went over to Grandpa and Grandma's house on Friday night where everyone colored eggs except for me.Grandpa tried to eat me.I hammed it up for Mama on Saturday.My stairs...all three of them.We went over to Nana and Papa's on Saturday night, but no one took any pictures. We went to church on Easter morning and then took a family picture afterwards.Mina sort of cooperated.I didn't cooperate for any pictures.Except for this one!I loved the stuff I got from the Easter bunny and my grandparents. The coloring book was particularly delicious.Mama gave me love eyes and Daddy snapped a picture.This is what she was looking at.We checked out the new equipment at Loomis Park yesterday.I enjoyed walking around while Mina fully explored the structure.Do you think I'm wearing enough colors?I just love to be outside.We went to Taco Tico for lunch after the park. Last night I snuggled Daddy after he finished painting a cupcake. He's comfy.
I had a doctor's appointment this morning, just a 15 month checkup. I'm doing very well developmentally. My weight was right at around 23 pounds and my height was measured at 33 inches. Could that be right? Anyway, I was in the 50s (percentile wise) for weight and in the 90s for height. I wore high heels so maybe that's what the deal was. I'll go back in three months. They drew some blood from me and Mina comforted me and tried to distract me. She was so sweet. She even tickled my fingertips while we rode in the car. Our arms are finally long enough to just reach each other. I really love my sister!