Charlotte's Birthday Party

Pearce and I had such a fun time in Dallas for Charlotte's birthday party.  I got there on Wednesday, and the party wasn't until Saturday, but we had fun visiting everyone and playing with Nathan and Charlotte!

Charlotte is such a little homemaker :)  She loves to help Mama wash the dishes.  She actually does a pretty good job! 

This was Pearce's love while we stayed at Mama and Papa's.  He just could not get enough loving from Cookie!  He would hug her, kiss her, climb all over her, kiss her, hug her....did I mention kiss her?  This was the afternoon that there was a big thunderstorm.  Cookie and Otis were afraid of the loud thunder, but Cookie was really concerned about Pearce who was taking a nap in this room.  Mom said Otis hid underneath a table, but Cookie stood guard at Pearce's door :)

Nathan loved being with Pearce and was such a sweet and helpful cousin.  He was very proud of himself that he could carry Pearce all by himself....although I wasn't too far away :)

 

 

 

We practiced our walking too!

 

Thursday, I got to take Charlotte to get some new sandals since Ashley had to be at Nathan's school and Mama said she would keep Pearce.  Charlotte is sooooo sweet and fun to shop with!  She was so good letting me pick out sandals for her to try on.  We found the cutest pair of silver sandals....oh and she also found a cute little poodle purse that I could not pass up :)  On our way out, I had to get some new makeup and the lady there didn't hesitate to ask Charlotte if she would like some lip gloss.  Charlotte's face lit up and she said yes!

Pretty girl!!!

We got to visit Grandma, too.  I was so happy to finally get to see Grandma.  I have worried about her since her fall.  She was in great spirits and loved seeing these crazy kids!  

Saturday was the big day!  Charlotte had her 3rd birthday party at Build A Bear!  She invited her little classmates from school and they were all so cute!  Pearce got to "build" a puppy dog!

Here is Charlotte getting her puppy dog stuffed.  She looked sooo cute for her party and so did her Mommy!

After the party, we went back to Ashley's house for pizza and presents!  Charlotte had a TON of nice presents from her friends and all of us!

We also celebrated our moms.  Mom and Helen look so cute here!

 We sure did have a fun time in Dallas!

 

Pearce, you can walk!

On May 9, 2013 at 15 1/2 months old, Pearce finally learned how to walk!  He had taken a few steps on his own the past couple of weeks, but not at all consistent, consecutive steps.  I was in Dallas for a a longer visit for Charlotte's birthday party.  Chris and I both said we bet Mom and Dad will really work with Pearce to try to get him to walk more on his own....after all, they did teach him how to hold his own bottle when he stayed with them one time.  Well, they did it!  They got Pearce to walk on his own and he just got better and better and more brave by the minute!  It was so fun and exciting to watch!  I had been waiting for this since 12 months old...I just figured he would be walking around then.  Oh well....I'm used to waiting when it comes to him :)

Papa said we needed to get him comfortable standing and balancing by himself, so that's what we practiced first:

Then we had to lure him with something....how about keys?!    

What about ice from Mama?!

Then we figured out Pearce loved to TAKE the keys to either Mama or Papa.  This was when he really took off with the walking and walked all the way from one to the other.  At one point, he even went past Papa and turned a corner and walked a little further!   It was so fun to watch!

  

                                     

Way to go Pearce!  We are so proud of you!