the brown family: May 2009

Walking!

Charlotte is trying to walk all over the place now! She takes about 4 or 5 steps and then falls down but is so proud of herself. She will turn 1 next week so it really is amazing to think back on how much she has grown and changed this year. She also got her 7th tooth in - on the top right. We will be at the beach next week when we celebrate her birthday so we are looking forward to that!

Posted in: on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at at 7:47 PM 0 comments

David's 31st Birthday

David turned 31 on May 11th so we celebrated by having some friends over. Also, David's brother, Russell, came up to surprise him! We really enjoyed having him here, even for just a day. The best part of the night was Charlotte taking her first steps! David had her standing up and offered her a tortilla chip and she took 2 steps to try to get the chip he was holding. We all cheered for her and she was very pleased with herself! I have to admit I got tears in my eyes watching her. Here are some pictures from the night.

Singing "Happy Birthday"

David and Charlotte playing.

David receiving Nate's gift of Stratego and a view of his belly button.

Choppa and Charlotte

Posted in: on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at at 8:49 PM 1 comments

6th Tooth

Charlotte now has 6 teeth - 3 on bottom and 3 on top (the new one is on top). She also likes to point at everything and say "ooo ooo!" When music comes on, she claps her hands and sometimes raises her hands and starts moving back and forth to the music. We so enjoy her little personality!

Posted in: on Sunday, May 3, 2009 at at 3:48 PM 0 comments

Baking Bread & Granola

Charlotte and I started the day by baking bread and granola. Last fall I kept reading all these blogs of people who bake their own bread and all the benefits of it. So, I used some Christmas money and purchased a bread machine. I am totally sold now on making your own bread! Not only do you get to control the ingredients (I only use honey to sweeten mine and its 100% whole wheat) but it taste so much better than anything store bought. I also started baking granola mainly because David would eat about a box of the store bought stuff a day which gets a little expensive. It is naturally sweetened and you can add anything you want to it. We typically add raisins and maybe sunflower seeds.

Bread machine