Her first trip

and Charlee did AMAZING!! This week we took a little beach vacation and it was so fun to have Charlee along. She did a great job on the plane rides looking around and of course making lots and lots of friends! The first day at the beach was a little rough but it was mom and dad's fault so we learned from our mistakes and the other two days went very, very well. Charlee loves the water and had a great time in both the ocean and the pool. She is also getting very, very close to crawling.. I would guess that it won't be long now.. unless she skips the crawling and goes straight to walking because she also LOVES to stand up.. she now even gets a little mad that she has to hold your hand:) My independent child:)

On the trip Charlee also turned 8 months old, I can't believe it. She becoming a little ham!! she loves to make funny faces and get everyone around her to laugh, of course she does  fair amount of laughing herself as well! She also loves to talk, she makes all sorts of noises and every once and awhile we copy someone to the point of understanding. She is eating many, many things now but I would say her favorite would be sweet potatoes and peas. She loves both of those and can't get enough.  She is also becoming a really good sleeper and most nights is sleeping through the night and then taking two longer naps or three littler naps a day. She is in the stranger danger phase and really only likes familiar faces, which of course this mama is a okay with:).