Grandma Virginia and Uncle Paul Visit!

They came up for Spring break and we had so much fun! Charlotte loved having them here!

Arriving at the Airport:








The next day we went to the Japanese Gardens:

Waiting for the bus that takes you to the entrance

Close up!

Kiss!

In the garden, with a view of downtown Portland

A part of the garden

Paul taking a picture

Virginia

Paul

Sitting on her own

Everyone looking at Charlotte

After the Japanese Garden we went to lunch at The Roadhouse. They wanted something local, and this place is pretty local! It was so yummy.






We have lots more pictures that we will post soon!

Just one from today!

Grandma Virginia and uncle Paul are in town, and we went to Seaside. It's along the Oregon coast. This was Charlotte's first trip to the beach! She wasn't too fond of the freezing cold water, but liked the rest of the trip.

Just thought this one was too cute not to share!

Hanging out at the Zoo...

So, I just posted right below this updating on all that Charlotte is up to, but I also had some cute zoo pictures to share too! Don't forget to check out the post after this one. :)

Looking at the Lorikeets (the birds are in the enclosure and you can walk right in an give them juice)

She understands the word "bird" from watching them in our backyard at the bird feeder, so she really enjoyed this.

With dad by the salt water tanks

Looking at the bats with Amanda

Looking at the mommy and new baby elephant

Watching a coin go around and around the donation bin

Looking at the orangutans

The orangutan checking her out! At first they were ignoring all of the people looking at them, but then one of them put their face right up to her! It was so funny.

"Did you all see that?"

"Well that was neat"

It's almost spring! A few tiny flowers were blooming!

Close up

Chilling out in the stroller

Saying goodbye to our friend Carol. She's leaving to Montana to be closer to family soon and we are so sad! We are happy she will be with loved ones though.

She is such a big girl...

Can you all believe that she is already 11 months old? Next month is her first birthday, and that is so bitter sweet. It's sad that she will no longer be a little baby. The time just flies by so fast. We love that she is growing and it's awesome to watch her grow into this amazing person. We can't wait to see what the next year brings!

Charlotte's fifth tooth just popped out two days ago, and her sixth tooth is following right behind! Poor thing.

She can stand on her own now (although she's a bit wobbly), and can walk a few steps! She doesn't have great balance yet, but soon she will be running all around, we're sure!

Her vocabulary consists mostly of "dad" and "hi", but she is stating to say "hot" and "yay". She waves when she says hi and can sign 'milk'. If she wants anything or wants to know what it is, she points at it and says "uh?". So cute!

Anyways, on to some recent pictures:

playing around on the mall toys just to take a little break from shopping. It is a pretty slow mall, so she had the area to herself.

She really LOVES yogurt smoothies. She drank most of this and didn't share much with dad.

Sip...

sip...

sip...

Yay! This is so yummy!

Dad finally getting a little of his breakfast

Mmm....

I just love pictures of her sleeping in her crib. She is getting so much better at going to sleep on her own and at a set time. Finally. This is one of my recent favorites.

...And this one just makes me laugh!