#1 Baby

Aren't the neighbors' flowers tasty?
HA! She looks possessed... with cuteness!
Sweet Charlotte is one today.

This calls for some lists:

Nicknames for Charlotte -
Lula
Lulu
Lula-Finula
Lula-Petula
Lula-Pula
Lula Bird
Lottie
Lottie-Lula
Little Miss
Miss Baby

Words and Phrases Charlotte Hears Most Often -
Hushie
No No
Charlotte!
Good Girl!
Where's my nose?
Yay!
It's ok - just one step - come on - you can do it...
Don't eat the book! (picture/cd/phone/gravel/kleenex/soap...)
Make a drum! Bang bang!
Be gentle with the kitty
I love you
Who's upside down?!
Jump!
Where's your shoe?
What's that in your mouth?

Things Charlotte Can Do -
Say mama and baba and uh oh
Point
Wave hello and goodbye
Find your nose
Climb down from the couch
Climb up the baby gate
Climb up stairs
Unroll an entire roll of toilet paper
Brush her hair
Wash her tummy
Get food on a spoon or fork into her mouth
Take down Simon in a wrestling match
Play a cd on the stereo
Make a random phone call
Dance
Make brothers play fetch
Flirt

Reasons Why I Love Her -
She is hilarious.
She loves me back.
She cries when I leave.
She has chocolate brown eyes like her daddy.
She likes shoes and hats.
She twirls her pigtails.
She wrinkles her nose when she smiles.
She points her toes.
She loves pickles.
She's fearless.
She's teensy.
She reminds me what it is to be a girl.

Happy Birthday, Charlotte.

It took you only an hour and a half to make your way out of me. You seem to be in rather a hurry to make your own way in the world, eating, crawling, and talking faster than your brothers. I hope you won't be in such a hurry to grow on up and out of here, though. Because I love having you around, you sweet, smart, silly, sassafrass baby.