Picking out the Christmas Tree

The Door

In John's family there is a great family tradition which involves all grandkids and guests visiting his nannie and gramps' house have their height recorded on the kitchen door. John mentioned starting this tradition again at the Gilmore's. So a couple days after Thanksgiving we decided to have Charlotte start the tradition. As you can see from the pic she is very pleased with having her Papa measure her height!

A few more Thanksgiving Favorites

Thanksgiving

Charlotte, John, Macie and I spent Thanksgiving at the Gilmore's. We started off the morning with a Turkey trot called the Feaster Five in Andover, MA where all participants got an apple pie upon completion. I ran it with my friend Katherine. We made the trip down to my folks and spent the day enjoying the Thanksgiving feast. This is one of my favorite pictures of Charlotte clapping as we sat for dinner.

The Offical Crimson Queen

Charlotte is offically the smallest and youngest member of Gilmore Cranberry Company. This year Charlotte experienced all aspects of harvest. She watched the filming of the Ocean Spray commercials at White Springs bog, she met the actors, she was part of a photo shoot for Ocean Spray's Heritage Campaign (http://www.oceanspray.com/heritage/), she helped mom and dad harvest cranberries for a few weekends in October and attended the cranberry harvest festival. She has done all this before turing one!

Charlotte is the official Crimson Queen!

I love carrots

Typical night for Charlotte

Charlotte's typical night - dinner followed by bathtime in the sink. On the menu last night - pasta (shells specifically), green beans (which she refused to eat and carrots mixed with apple yogurt (her favorite)

Starting her early...

We are starting Charlotte early on Cranberry farming. As you can see she already at the young age of 10 months LOVES cranberries. She ate 5 of them in one sitting.

Tuesday

So I've decided that I need to be more active on my blogging since I've been quite a slacker for the past few months - Here are the updates from the Carr household:

1) We now have a nanny/babysitter so no more crazy balancing act with watching Charlotte and trying to work. It was getting a little crazy having to play with her while on a conference call with lawyers or have her in the Ergo while I attended weekly status meetings.

2) One of my favorite friends and a sister to me - Em Nevius had her first baby - Tye Tiana Nevius. This beautiful baby was born on Saturday - welcome Tye!

3). Heritage Campaign - My family - The Gilmores - was chosen for the Ocean Spray Heritage Campaign. It involves us being on the Ocean Spray website, photo shoots and much more. Check it out: http://www.oceanspray.com/heritage/massachusetts.aspx
4) Halloween (pics to follow) - Charlotte was a ladybug and loved her costume. We celebrated Halloween in Beacon Hill at a friend's house and then proceeded to get a celebrity sighting - Katie Holmes, Suri and Tom Cruise - yes I was standing next to them - The trifecta of celebrity sightings!

Cranberry Harvest 2009

Charlotte enjoyed her first Cranberry Harvest Festival last weekend in Wareham MA at the Makepeace bogs. Charlotte is the first seventh generation Makepeace family member! There will be more photos of our fun weekend to come. Charlotte loved seeing picking, spending time with her Auntie Abbie, Mimi and Nina.

Mooooo

Charlotte loved her trip to VT in September. One of the highlights was our trip to Cabot Cheese where Charlotte go to dress up as a cow!

Happy Birthday mommy

Happy 30th Birthday Mommy!

Happy Birthday Keith

Happy Birthday Keith

Visit with Aunt Revel

Charlotte and I went to visit Aunt Revel last week. Charlotte can't wait to meet her cousin! Charlotte is still attempting to crawl and was able to take a few steps to try and play with Daisy.

Play Time

Charlotte and I have been spending significant time at Nonna and Papa's this summer. Charlotte even has her own playroom at their house. Here are a few pictures of her playing with her toys. As you can see she is really good at sitting up by herself!

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Bath Time

Charlotte loves the water and especially her daily evening bath.

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Beach Time

Charlotte loves spending time at Piney Point beach. Here are a few photos of her enjoying the few sunny days this summer at the beach!

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Lottie and the teddy bears

Charlotte loves visiting Nonnie and Papa's house. A couple of weeks ago she became friends with Auntie Abbie's teddy bears - Big Ted and Little Ted. Charlotte is now big enough to play with Little Ted but Big Ted is still bigger than her!

Tummy Time

Charlotte loves tummy time especially when she is in her diaper only! Charlotte has now started to roll over and she is doing it all the time. She is also facing outwards in her Baby Bjorn and is loving it.

Last day of our Great Beginnings Class

Charlotte has enjoyed her Great Beginnings Class (almost as much as mom has!). She has made a lot of new friends some of which are very flirty with her (check our Harris - the boy to her right). Charlotte has now advanced to the Next Steps class and is learning new songs and reading new books. Charlotte's favorite time in her new class is parachute time. We'll be sure to take a picture of it for the blog.