We can crawl!

Charlotte crawled today for the first time! She's been doing a lot of Army crawling, but today was the first time she did actual hands and knees crawling. I was so excited (obvious in the video. don't judge me) that she looked at me like I was crazy while I was trying to coax her to do it again so I could get it on video. I thought she'd never crawl!

Please ignore the stained onsie. It's a bum day in our house, so we've been hanging out in yoga pants and onsies. No judgies :)

Chick Fil-A

I've debated whether or not I wanted to even share this with anybody other than my husband and family. My Facebook feed as been blowing up with the Chick Fil-A drama, and half of it is in support of the chain, and the other is not in support, but 100% of it is angry and hateful and it's got me kinda irked. Here's my take on it. I support gay rights, and I truly believe they should have the right to get married, and all the rights that come along with being married and having a spouse. But I also support the right of free speech, and the owner of this food establishment to voice his beliefs without having to worry about being attacked simply b/c his opinion isn't popular. Last time I checked, we lived in America, and the right of free speech is a constitutionally protected right. And the argument of "Well I don't want MY money going to support someone who gives it to anti-gay groups" is crap too. Once you spend it, that money is no longer "yours". You gave it away, and it now belongs to wherever you spent it. Does your place of employment call you dictating where you can spend your paycheck? I didn't think so.  Also, don't quote the Bible to me. I am a God fearing christian woman, who attends church every Sunday, says my prayers every night before bed, and I still think gay mean and women should have the same rights as I do. God and Jesus taught us to love each other unconditionally, so that's what I choose to do. Do I agree with the owners of Chick Fil-A? Nope. Do I support their right to their opinion and to support it anyway they deem appropriate? Yep. Does that make me a bad person? Hell no.

I realize that this is a hot topic, and it gets a lot of people riled up. That's not what I'm trying to do. I do truly believe that we can all have differing opinions and still respect one another's right to have that opinion, without fear of being attacked for it. My husband and I disagree strongly about this, and that's ok. It's not like this is something that's just now coming to light for us either. We've always know each other's stance on gay rights, and we still chose to see, love, and then marry one another, and do you know why? B/c we respect one another and each other's beliefs. This does not make my husband a bad person, or make me a bad person, it's just simply the way it is in out world. Oh and we're both conservative Republicans. So how bout that. 

I'm not writing any of this to offend anyone, or set off some great debate. I just wanted to voice my frustration with the whole "You disagree with me, therefore I'm going to attack you" mentality our country has adopted. I just wish everyone would respect that we're all different, and that's ok.

7 Months

I realize this is SUPER late, but we've been busy. Post on that to come later.

Charlotte Rose you are 7 months old. What an amazing 7 months it's been so far baby girl. You continue to grow and learn at an incredible rate, and we couldn't be happier than we are to be your parents. Your an outstanding little being, and we love you more each day. As if that's even possible. You've been pretty chill this month. Just perfecting the already impressive things you do.

 Oh except one thing, you say "Moma" now! And you know that I'm Moma. You say it and reach for me. Or you get upset and whiny and want me to pick you up so you say "moma" and reach for me, or you look at me and grin that sneaky grin and say it. I DIE. Every Time. You're working on "Dada", but I'm definitely your favorite.

You may skip crawling, and go straight to walking. You pull up on everything, and are always wanting to stand. When you do and hold our hands, you start taking steps trying to get to wherever it is you want to go. You walk in your Johnny Jump Up too. I've had to move the foyer table b/c you were climbing on it like a spider monkey.

You continue to breastfeed like a champ every 3 hours or so. You aren't really interested in baby food so much, but you love to have whatever it is we're eating, so we've become great sharers. You do eat the baby food I make in the Baby Bullet, and I think it's b/c you see me make it, and it tastes better b/c I just make whatever it is that we're eating. You also chew with your mouth closed about 50% of the time which baffles me. I think it's b/c you see us doing it. Either way I think you're a freaking genius baby.

We love you Chickapea and we're looking forward to what you have in store for us this month! Love so so so so much!

XOXO,
Moma & Daddy

Backyard love

We love our new backyard! We can't even put into words how much we love it! The baby and the dog seem to really enjoy it as well. We will never take a fenced backyard for granted again!

Say Cheese!

That's right, my Daddy loves me.

Ok Moma, enough with the pictures

Happy Independence Day!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Independence Day! Enjoy your day off with your families, eat some delicious bbq, and light some fireworks! I know that's how we're celebrating :)