Day to Day

Everyone wants me to blog more.  But, I really feel like I don't have much to say.  Here is a day-to-day with the Shores Girls for you.

7:30ish am - Charlotte wakes up very happy in the mornings.  She gets a diaper change and a breakfast bottle.

8:00 am - After the bottle, we snuggle for a little bit.

8:15 am - She gets tired of the snuggling pretty quick.  So, we get in the floor and play with toys like Luna the Lion.  Luna is a Charlotte's first Cabbage Patch baby.  Mimi and Pops bought her, but Delaney helped pick her out.  Delaney definitely had an ulterior motive.  Delaney told me "I buy this for Baby Charlotte.  And Mimi.  Charlotte not play with Baby Fee Fee."  {Delaney received a Cabbage Patch baby named Fee Fee for Christmas from Pops and Mimi.  Baby Fee Fee stays at Pops and Mimi's house.  Mimi made the mistake of telling Delaney that Charlotte played with Baby Fee Fee one day.  Well...that was not going to work.  Delaney decided Charlotte needed a baby of her own.}

9:30ish - Charlotte starts to get a little fussy.  We do a quick diaper change and she takes a nap in her swing.  Swing + paci + lovey = Successful nap.  I generally have about 1.5 - 2 hours to get things done.  I try to do some housework and shower during this nap.

11:30 - When Charlotte wakes up from her morning nap, it's lunch time!  She is doing much better with baby food.  She likes it REALLY thick.  I have to add rice cereal to everything.  She has had carrots, green beans, squash, green peas, and peaches.  I think squash has been her favorite so far.  She also loves Mum Mums.  They are baby rice cakes that we like to call Surf Boards.  She isn't a fan of Puffs yet.  She gags when they are in her mouth.

12:00 - After baby food lunch, we play for a little bit.  Charlotte loves her jumperoo, but she is trying so hard to crawl.  So, she prefers being in the floor for now.  She loves her Flower Chime Garden, Sing n' Learn Puppy, Luna the Lion, "Bubbles" the Seahorse, her vtech Lady Bug, and of course Sophie the Giraffe.  She has really started using her hands with accuracy in the last couple of weeks.

12:30 -  Charlotte thinks "Baby Food Lunch" is really just an appetizer.  She prefers her bottle.  She gets a lunch bottle after the baby food has settled on her belly.

1:00 -  After lunch, Charlotte gets dressed up.  {Some days we stay in our pajamas...not going to lie}  She still is not a fan of being dressed and undressed.  I think its just the having to lay still that gets her.

Afternoons - Our afternoons very depending on the day.  On Mondays, we go grocery shopping at Wal-Mart and stop by the butcher on the way home.  Charlotte is very good at napping during all this commotion.  Some times (usually Fridays) we go shopping or run errands.  Some days, we have appointments.  Then, sometimes we just stay home.  Charlotte gets a nap in though...no matter what.

4:00 - Time to stretch and play.

4:30ish - We have another bottle.  Girl's gotta eat.

5:00 -  Daddy gets home {roughly} around 6:00.  So, we start cooking him some dinner.  Charlotte likes to sit in her bumbo sometimes.  Other days, she sits in her walker in the kitchen.  She is a good helper.

5:45 -  Evenings are a little rough still.  Some days, she sits in her high chair while we eat dinner.  Some days, she goes to sleep before Daddy gets home and naps in her swing while we eat dinner.  Some days, nothing will suit her.  

Evenings -  So, we just go with the flow.  If she naps at dinner, then that's great!  She will sleep for an hour to an hour-and-a-half.  Then we play.  If she doesn't nap early, then she has dinner with us.  Then she plays with Daddy for a bit.  Then, she naps.

8:30 - 9:00 - (Depending on how her nap pattern went......) Charlotte gets a bath every evening.  She still loves it.  She has learned to splash a bit, but it is still a relaxing and soothing time for her.  After bath, she gets all lotioned up, hair brushed, and clean pajamas.  Then she gets a nighttime bottle.  She guzzles it down and then snuggles.  She usually goes right to sleep.  I hold her and rock her for a little bit.  Its a sweet time.

10:00ish - Charlotte sleeps in her crib and Momma and Daddy sleep in their room.