baby charis: May 2009

i'm so incredibly delinquent...i assumed i'd be able to keep this up pretty faithfully until charis was a year old, but look at me now! i blame facebook. seriously! it is sooooo easy to post little tidbits and photos on facebook, that i feel like i'm being redundant to put things on the blog, especially since it's more cumbersome...but i think some of you aren't on facebook, so i'm sorry!!!

charis' one year birthday is quickly approaching...in fact, we are having her party this coming saturday. it's a family-only thing, so it will be relatively small... i cannot believe she is already a year old!

she has been changing so much in the past few weeks...making up little games to play with us...getting more confident with her walking...and her wants and desires are becoming more obvious as she is becoming more obviously stubborn! she wants what she wants!

mother's day was so nice...it was technically my 2nd, but charis hadn't made her grand entrance yet, so i wasn't fully initiated :) she got me the best gift she could have possibly done...she only woke up once all night long!! the rest was icing on the cake...lovely gifts from derek, a relaxing afternoon at the park, graeter's, and a leisurely cookout at mom's with grandma.

our big news is that we sold our house on saturday! it is pending, of course...we have inspections on thursday and the closing is set for june 12...coming up fast! we don't have a house yet and are looking for a short-term lease on an apartment in the interim.

there's just way too much to catch up on, so i will end there for now...there is just so much to do to get ready to move! here are a few pictures to enjoy...

mother's day...

ok, so she started doing this funny thing when you ask her what's in her mouth...usually accompanied by a quiet "ah" sound... we laugh so hard when she does it!