A Day in the Life: 9 months+

I figured it was time to do another "day in the life" post since it has been a few months and we are much busier than we were with the first one!
Our morning activities usually vary based on the day, but for the most part, our schedule is the same.

And now I'll leave it up to Charlee to describe her day....



First of all, I'm almost 10 months old, so let's get that straight.
And two, I can't believe that Mom has made me wait this long before letting me blog again!  Do you remember when I first told you about my day here?  I was just two months old! 

7:00 am -ish:
While I used to start my day off pretty early, being awesome is really exhausting!  I need all of my beauty sleep, so I get up around 7-7:30am.
And because I'm always a ray of sunshine, I wake up with a smile on my face and crawl around my crib when Mom or Dad come to get me.  I also like to "hide" so they can't find me!  I lay flat on my mattress and bury my head and they have no idea where I am!

Diaper change and pj change and I'm ready for breakfast!  (well first a bottle of milky, then some grub)

7:30am: B-fast time!  Mom makes me cheesy eggs (sometimes with red peppers, but I don't really know why she needs to add veggies to it) and part of her smoothie.

 8:00am
after breakfast, we play a little and Mom gets ready for our day.  Sometimes we go to Stroller Strides to work out and some days we go to music.  Tuesdays are music days :)

8:45am
Time to head out to music class!
I have a sweet new ride now, my big girl seat!

 9-9:45am
I love to play and sing with my friends!
We play instruments, dance, sing, bounce, and even practice quiet time.

 10am
Music pretty much tires me out, so I nap in the car (I know it's only a 3 minute drive, but seriously, it's exhausting being me!)

 11am
And I'm up after my catnap in the garage and it's time to walk the pups! (don't worry, Mom sits in the car with me while I nap.)

 After a nice long walk, it's back for lunch and play time.
12pm
Quesadillas!  My fave!  Mom is always sneaking vegetables into my 'dillas.  I don't know why you would mess with a good thing, but it's still delicious!

 12:45pm
Play time!  After lunch, Mom and I play for a bit with my toys.  I love my little kitchen and dancing to the music.
I also love chasing my sisters and snuggling with my big sister Lucy.

 2pm
After all that playing, I'm beat.  A bottle and my crib is all I need for a good snooze in the middle of the afternoon.

 Mom, on the other hand, has to get to work!

First, cleaning up my toys that I scatter all over the floor.  (not really sure why she insists on cleaning things up when I'm just going to take it all out again, but whatever)

 

Then, she has to wash my diapers!

And empty the dishwasher and pick up the rest of the house.  But that's only if I am so very tired that I nap for longer than 45 minutes!

4pm
And I'm up!  Today was a long nap kind of day.  I was just too warn out from all of the excitement earlier.
While I'm still waking up, we read books and snuggle.

 Then there's another walk with my pups and more playing.

5:30pm
I help feed my sisters!  My job is to mix up their food.  Sometimes if they aren't eating, I'm the "timer."  Mom and Dad put me on the other side of the room and Maddie and Lucy have until I get to them to finish eating (or start eating).  ;)

6pm
It's time for me to eat!  Dad is out of town and we didn't make it to the grocery store this morning, so it's leftovers!
Mom made me grilled cheese with turkey and spinach (delish) and heated up some cheesy potatoes and roasted cauliflower.

 After dinner, we play for a little bit longer until it's time for my bath.

7pm
Bath time!  I love splashing around in the water!!

Then I have to brush my 6 teeth.

We say "goodnight" to the baby in the mirror.

7:30pm
Mom and I read a few books (usually Daddy does the bedtime duties and most times I am just too tired for books).
Then I have a bottle and turn in for the night.

Until next time!
xo
Charlee

9 months

**This post was written on August 24th, just took me way too long to upload the pictures**

STATS
Weigh: 20lbs (19 lb 15.9 oz according to the doctor)
Height:29.5 inches


EAT
Good eater award over here!
You like to eat anything and everything, silly girl!  You definitely have a good appetite.

Here's a look at our typical meal schedule:
Bottle: 5:30am
Breakfast: 7:30am
Bottle: 10am
Lunch: 12pm
Bottle: 2pm
Snack or bottle: 4pm
Dinner: 6pm
Bottle: 7:30pm

Breakfast:
swiss chard and cheese pancakes, spinach and cheese muffins, smoothies, blueberry pancakes

Lunch:
luncheon meat, string cheese, quesadillas,  pancakes, mama's Panera sandwich, tuna, grapes

string cheese is a favorite

so are quesadillas!

 Love our 'dillas

Dinner:
salmon

corn on the cob

tacos

omelets

pork tenderloin

burgers with roasted potatoes and dragon tongue beans

zucchini and egg plant risotto

SLEEP
Sleeping through the night!
After your bath, you are asleep by 7:30 or 8pm and don't get up again until 5:30 or 6am.  Then back down for another snooze until 7:30am (most of the time, sometimes you are up and ready at 6:30am).
You take 2-3 naps during the day depending on when you fall asleep.  Usually you nap about 10am, but you might take a nap earlier if you got up early.  Your afternoon nap falls around 2pm.

PLAY/FAVORITES
You love to read books.  We try to read throughout the day during play time.
You love to play with your kitchen and listen to the music.

You like to walk your puppies with mama.
You love to snuggle with Lucy and pet her. (Maddie never stays put long enough)

You love to look for squirrels out the back window with your puppies.

You like bath time!

You love being silly with Daddy

You like singing and dancing... a lot.

OUTINGS
We went to Seventeenth Radish to play with our friends!!

Every Saturday, you and Daddy go get coffee together.

You and Daddy went to the Farmers' Market and out to brunch at Sardine.

We went out to breakfast with your Aunt Katie Miner!

You played with your Uncle Sam

We went to Verona's National Night Out and you got to eat roasted corn for the first time.  It's your new love!

We went to the Farmer's Market and to get coffee (for dad)

MILESTONES
Bottom right tooth:8/1/14
Top left: 8/10/14
Top right: 8/12/14
Bottom left: 8/14/14

LETTER TO CHARLEE

Oh sweet little girl,
You just keep getting funnier and funnier every day!
I swear you are a human garbage disposal.  You will eat just about everything.  And if it's corn?  OMG forget about it!  You can eat an ear of corn every single day and usually do.
You desperately want to crawl, but just haven't figured out the whole moving the arms and the legs in succession.  I know that one day you will get it and you will be off.  Your puppies will be in for trouble!
You love to read books and we try to read a few each day.  We're well on our way to 1000 books by Kindergarten!
I still can't get over how big you are and that you are 9 months old!  How is that even possible?  You like to look at your baby picture book and it's hard to believe that you were ever that tiny!!
Look, you used to be a tiny peanut....

And now you're a silly big girl!!

I love that you are still so snuggly.  It's usually only when you are sleepy, but you still like snuggling sometimes.  You are also so smiley all the time.  When you wake up in the morning, when you eat, when you see your puppies, when you see your daddy: always smiling.
You officially have 6 teeth!  And, boy, were those top two rough!  You were quite the crank, especially in the car because your teeth hurt.  You look like such a big girl with all those teeth!
And your hair is getting blonder and curlier!  Finally!  You might actually start to look like me!  You are such the spitting image of your daddy.  Your eyes are even starting to turn more hazel like his.
Here's to another fun month, little lady!
love,
mama

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