Charlie's Baptism

Last weekend was very special. My sweet little brother was Baptized! My Grandma, Mamie, Papi, Tatie Val, and cousin Talia all flew into town to be there for Charlie's big day. It was such a fabulous weekend!!!! I'll warn you now....this is a loooong blog to cover just two short days!






It was a very nice service, and I guess funny too cuz Charlie was giggling.


Aaaah...Papa was making Charlie giggle in church! Shouldn't former altar boys know better?


Talia was so good throughout the service. I wasn't quite so angelic - it is way hard for me to sit still for an hour straight!


Charlie even wore my Baptismal gown! We were both Baptized at 5 months old!


Mamie snuggling up with my Cha-choo.




Family photo!


Sans moi....


The whole gang. I guess all of us kids are wiggle worms!




Isn't Charlie so handsome! And of course I an jumping around in the background with Faith.


Charlie and Tatie Val


Mama, Tatie Val, and the kiddos!


Papi and his Grandson


With my little cousin in town, I had to let her experience a Michigan tradition by taking her to one of my favorite places: the apple orchard! We stayed there for hours and both Talia and I skipped our naps, but it was worth it! First, we bounced on the Jumping Pillow with Papa!


Then we climbed to the top of Straw Hill. The rest of the gang went back to the playyard, but I climbed up and down for half an hour.


Talia and I both rode ponies! I was a natural!



Talia was a little scared but hung in there to ride like a pro!




Papi and Talia rode down the 40' slide!!!! They are sooooo brave!


Finally we took the tractor ride out to the orchard and picked some apples!






Talia was loving it as much as I do!!!


Papa and I always bond over food.....


Mama stayed behind with Charlie and they soaked up some sun.


It was a stunning fall day in Michigan!


As always, eating is the common theme of any family visit. We took everyone to Cafe Muse for brunch on Saturday. It was soooo yummy!

Grandma and Mamie giving Charlie some love.


Papa and Tatie Val


A preview of me and Charlie in 30 years!


I enjoyed having a playmate at lunch - I read Maisy books to Talia!


Ick! I may love apples but I'm not digging apple juice!


The high life!




After the Baptism, we headed to Pronto's to celebrate. Me and Talia (okay, mainly me) were super exhausted from all the fun, so we ended up eating the cake at home.








So on top of all that, Charlie and I were showered with gifts from everyone!


Talia and I got to splash in the tub together. HOORAY!

Happy 5 Months, Charlie Bear!!!!

Cha-choo is 5 months old now and getting to be a lot of fun. He is big enough for my silly "hugs"....


likes to watch Elmo with me....


loves kisses....


and check this out: he can sit up now (with some support of course). What a big boy!!!!

Fabulous Fall

Mama hasn't updated the blog in a few weeks, but not because we haven't done much.

We went to Hay Day in Birmingham a couple of weeks ago. I was getting over a bad cold, so I wasn't as happy as normal. Hopefully I didn't get the animals sick!



My favorite book right now is about tractors, so Mama was so excited that there were tractors for me to sit on. But I just wasn't in the mood. It's a toddler thang....


Charlie is getting bigger every day and his favorite thing to laugh at is...ME!


Can you believe that Charlie is standing? Well, he needs some help, but he is putting lots of weight on his legs. Mama thinks he will be walking before crawling.


On one gorgeous Saturday, we went to Westview Orchards. We had the greatest time!
I climbed the straw castle....




Checked out the animals....


and was grossed out when Mama fed the goats from her hands. Eiw.....


Played on the playground while Papa and Charlie hung out....


Bounced on the Jumping Pillow....


Went for a tractor ride.....





And of course, picked some apples!



We ate the right off the tree. YUMM!!!


Papa pulled me and a big ole sack of apples in the wagon.


Running in the orchard was fun!


What a great time!


As you can tell......