Summer wrap up

Charlotte insisted Catherine wear her headband!

I can't believe the summer is over, although I am pretty happy, since fall is my absolute favorite time of year. We had a great summer, busy but fun. Catherine started crawling about 2 weeks ago and is nonstop. She is into everything, all over the place. She als pulls herself up on everything and anything.Time for gates. She continues to sleep through the night-she LOVES her paci, and we only allow her to have it in the crib, so I swear she stays in the crib longer so she can have it. I find her in the mornings sitting up with one paci in her mouth and holding 3 others! One of her bottom teeth just arrived! She is not a huge fan of baby food, but would rather have what Charlotte is eating! Loves cheese, grill cheese, crackers, bagels and surprisingly since she is my daugher ice cream too! Charlotte is back to being a star, sleeping through the night and not giving us quite a hard time going down, we ended up having to let her cry it out at bedtime for a few nights and it worked. She still stalls at bedtime (can I have another glass of water? I want to see catherine, I need to give mommy/daddy one more kiss, I need one more story, I need one more song...) but overall its not bad anymore. And thankfully, no more nightmares. Although we think she is getting ready for a big girl bed, but we are holding off as long as we possibly can! Not happy to admit this, but her favorite thing to eat these days is candy corn. Yup, those gross, very sugary halloween candies! She wants to be a mermaid for halloween, she carries the pottery barn halloween catalog around with her like its the bible and she always has to have it in her crib.

She is so much fun, riding her bike like a pro, running and loves school. I said to her today, "Charlotte, you're the best. and she replied Mommy, you're the BEST too!"