Summer Busy-ness

For some reason summer has been extra busy for us.  I would expect things to get crazy if Charlotte had been in school and now was home with me all day but she's always been here and things are going ninety-to-nothing! So crazy that I haven't had any blogging time at all and if it weren't for my iPhone I would be sitting under a mountain of unread blog posts so large that I would never be able to dig myself out!  So, despite it's monotony I'm about to run through a quick list of what's been occupying our days around here.

Lots and lots of pool time!

We went to the pool with Caroline and Kelly last Thursday and the girls had so much fun! It was the first time I had gotten Charlotte really in the big pool and she LOVED IT! She would kick her legs and giggle every time I told her to kick.  The girl is going to be a fish.  We had so much fun and can't wait to go again!

I love this picture of C in her crab.  She loves it and every time she sees in the garage drying off she says something like "cra!" and points to it and giggles.  She's so cute these days!

C had a lot of fun with her Daddy pushing her around the pool last Friday night when we went after he got off from work.  We had the pool almost to ourselves and it was lovely to be out swimming and eating!

And here we are on Saturday when we met Daddy after he played golf.  And yes, I realize that Charlotte has a lot of swim suits.  She has yet to re-wear one.  I, perhaps, went a little overboard but they're just so cute!!

Here's Charlotte in her duck dress (those are ducks smocked on her dress) after we met Mom, Carrie, Sam, and Abby for lunch for Mom's birthday.  I love this picture even though she looks so serious and so OLD in it!  My little baby is gone and this little toddler has taken over!

Charlotte has become quite the ham.  She is cracking herself up here!

Don't you love her outfit?!?! I got it from Mint Julep Monograms which is The Other Mama's business.  It's an adorable shorts and top set and aboslutely love the birdie on it!  If you don't read The Other Mama or you haven't checked out her new business you really, really should!

In blog form it doesn't look  like we've done so much but I'm exhausted.  I've also been helping gather silent auction items for an event that's going to be in town in August and while I love being involved it's been a little more involved than I was anticipating.  I had great results though and I can't wait to see what everyone else got donated also! If you are in the area and want to know more about the event please email me and let me know!

Things are also a little topsy-turvy around here which is throwing things out of whack.  Suffice it to say that Jason's work situation might be really up in the air thanks to our President playing Chicago politics to get back at the states that didn't vote for him.  It's added a little more stress than I would like to our lives but I'm very grateful that this is an obstacle that we can manage.  And I'm looking to God and encouragement from some of my bloggy friends, Heather and Angie, to try and manage my stress, worry, and fear.  If you think about it please pray for the families in Alabama who are going to have their worlds shaken up in a few weeks in relation to lay offs.  It's never fun to have to face things like this and I'm so glad that I have this outlet to vent a little too!

On a more fun note, I got a call last week from a friend who needed a 12 month model for a sewing magazine that was having a photo shoot nearby.  So this morning I got to take Charlotte and she got to wear two beautiful, handmade outfits and get her picture taken.  I'm hoping that the pictures turned out because it would be so much fun to see her in print! If they did work they won't be in the magazine until the January issue but it would still be fun!

One last picture from Charlotte's one year old portraits....

Photo by Erin Cobb