The goings on of DETROIT!

First things first, Peter has a new calling. He is .. wait for it .. wait for it . . .

Young Men's President!

We are excited for this new opportunity and I am sure he will be so awesome at it.

The only downside to this was that because he would now be required at mutual every week, I was released from my calling so I could be home with Lottie. I will miss my darling beehives!

In some funny news, Charlotte's feet are finally starting to grow and she needed some new shoes. She is OBSESSed with these shoes and typically wears them from sun up to sun down.

Further proof:

I think my favorite part is her saying, "Stop stop" as Peter is taking off her shoes.

And some pictures!

Snow day! We haven't had too many of these this winter . . . knock on wood.

Not quite sure what to do with those mittens.

Another favorite of mine: The Lottster hanging out eating popcorn on the coach watching a movie with her daddy. So cute!

And by request, a pregger shot. 5 1/2 months and growing daily!

As usual, we miss you all so much! Love and kisses from the Andrew family.

Our favorite girl . . and soon to be our favorite two girls!

Christmas was amazing! Peter got over a week off from work and Charlotte and I got so spoiled with all the time with him. Every morning she woke up and would immediately call for Dada.

Also, Caitlin and her husband Jason were here for two weeks and she love love loved playing with them. We had the best time with them.

We also got to all go to the ultrasound to tell the baby's sex! And most of us were wrong in our guesses, but Peter was right again! Another sweet little girl. I am so excited that Charlotte gets to have a sister because anybody that knows me knows how much I love my sister and I love that C will have an Amanda of her own. (we do of course want a boy eventually, but we can try for one later!)

Here she is!

Just a funny video of sis (what we like to call Charlotte) going to town on her toys.

Also, some pics from Christmas!

Guess who wasn't a huge fan of Santa?

Consolation lunch after.

Christmas morning at our house complete with a goofy smile.

And Christmas at the grandparent's house. She spent most of the day pouncing on this bear.

Yes, it's been forever!

Due to pregnancy and sleeping a lot, I haven't updated you all on the awesomeness of Charlotte! So here are some cute pictures from the past few months . .

We got invited to go to an awesome pumpkin patch and they had the best baby goats in their petting zoo!

Our Halloween party--Peter is the whomping willow, I am Harry Potter, and Charlotte is an owl. Our friend made the amazing backdrop out of a sheet!

Lottie happy with her trick or treating loot--this is after we let her eat a pack of her M & Ms.

My two faves ready for church. (Thanks to Dustin and Lisa for the darling coat--it still fits from last year!)

One of our absolute favorite families came to visit for Thanksgiving. It was so fun and we love love love their new baby Chase.

The cousins had fun being buddies all weekend.

And someone is not too fond of Santa. Hopefully we will get a better picture soon . .

In some current news . .

Our little Lottster went to her 15 month check up today. Some funny facts--she has grown 3 inches in the last 3 months which would explain her eating more than her body weight every day, she is still in the 20th percentile for her weight, and is in the 95th percentile for head circumference. How she manages to walk without falling forward on that huge noggin, I do not know.

The doctor and I also talked about any accomplishments she has made or any worries I have.

First the accomplishments:

She can do the sounds for a cat, dog, lion, dinosaur, elephant, cow, snake (kind of, out of her nose mostly), monkey, and we find out more everyday.

She says mama, dada, papa, squirrel, and snack.

She plays peekaboo and head shoulders knees and toes.

She will give us a goofy smile on demand! (we will try and post video of this soon!)

Worries:

She likes to bang her head against the wall (I was assured this was pretty normal)

She is hungry 24/7--explained by how much she has grown!

All in all she is a healthy happy toddler and we are so lucky to have her.

Lottie and the Horse

Plus lots of other things we finally caught her on camera doing!

She got going on it so fast this afternoon she almost tipped it forward!

Random Pics/ Art Prize/General Conference

This is one of my favorite pictures from when we were working on the house:

She would find whatever we were working on and try to help. So she helped us paint!

General Conference. In a word, awesome. It was such a great weekend and our sweet Charlotte was so good and played with toys almost the entire time. She also wanted to join me and Peter in our cuddlefest.
She really likes to carry purses around lately and if she can't find a purse, she will find a grocery bag. Right over her shoulder it goes!
Her favorite activity--Baby Signing Time. That kid is obsessed! Not sure if that is a good thing or not . . We have even had to set a time limit.
Art Prize! We went up the weekend before conference with Ben and Kim and Dawn and Adam.

So Art Prize takes place in Grand Rapids, MI and thousands of artists submit their artwork and it is on display all over the city. Almost any type of art is accepted and there were such neat things to see! There is a huge monetary prize at the end for the winner (not quite sure how huge, but enough to make it worth it).

Kim carrying Lottie around. So cute of both of them! She was such a sweetie to cart our baby around.

I think this was all made out of driftwood? Not sure. Only picture I got but it was really neat.
How Charlotte spent most of the day.

So kind of sad, Charlotte was really good all day and didn't complain about being out and about. On the way home however, with a full mini van of people who don't have kids, she screamed nonstop. And I mean, nonstop. We felt so bad for everybody and for her! But she is always an angel and just must have hit the end of her rope. Hopefully our friends will want to see us again!

Charlotte went for her 12 month doctors appt and about an hour after, I noticed she was running really hot. I took her temp and it was over 103! So after freaking out and calling Peter and the doctor, we went back and lo and behold, she had her very first ear infection.

It was so sad, all day and evening she would just hold her baby doll and lay her head down on you. The only way we could get her to sleep that night was to keep her in our bed with us. (I'm not going to lie, it was kind of reassuring to have her little sick self in our bed!)

Birthday Party!

Some updates on our little tot and the fun things she has been doing lately:

-she can do a cat, dog, duck, and owl noise

-she carries a purse everywhere over her shoulder

-she can fold her arms, point to our noises, and knows where its tongue is

-she can do sign language for more, milk, and all done (sort of)

So because of everything that was going on with the house, Charlotte's birthday party was a little late.

Here are some pics from the days events:

Charlotte's first birthday present of the day. A super cute dog balloon that she can take for walks!

My horrid first attempt at fondant:

Getting sung to:

Cake time!

She did a good number on the cake!

And finally, bath time with her little buddy Jaxon.

It was such a fun day and I can't believe that she is already one!

Charlotte turned 1!

More pictures and fun to come later, but for now here is the absolute cutest video we have of her to date:

Love it!