Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Week 25 - Sitting up and swimming out

Aunt Laurie is visiting us from Londontown - the last of the auntie triumvirate to meet Charlotte in person.  In uncharacteristic Charlotte fashion, she cried at first when she saw Laurie - she was 'everything is fine' for a minute and then the gravity of Laurie's presence overcame her and she imploded into tears.  Luckily this was short lived and now they are great buddies.

We went to Phuket for a few days - a day delayed on both ends thanks to questionable issues with Tiger Airways.  Phuket was nice, but the weather was rainy and overcast.  We stayed at our friend's house and we had our own pool.  Charlotte swam around in her new Taiwanese neck floatie - and it was SO cute.  The highlight of the trip was swimming with Charlotte.  We also tested the capability of the Drypers.  I am pleased to say that they did not leak (even after being filled with 5lbs of water) - but maybe I should invest in swim diapers?

We tried this one inch tall travel bed thing for Charlotte (thanks to the aforementioned low cost carrier, carrying our pack and play seemed daunting and overwhelming).  The first night she couldn't sleep and she kept rolling over onto the floor - making for a pretty restless night for me.  She settled into the bed but got these wicked mosquito bites (just like me - OMG have you seen me get bitten in Thailand?  Seriously PUCE bites).  Matt and I found the sectional sofa to be more to our liking than the bed, so on the last night we slept on the sofa and gave Charlotte the king sized bed. I wish I took a picture.

Charlotte also visited her first beach in Kata.

We were both sick and managed to not get Charlotte sick which is nothing short of miraculous.

Charlotte is sitting up better, although some leftward wipe outs are still a part of the experience- perhaps a restaurant high chair is in her immediate future?

On with the pictures!

Charlotte's new walker/car thing.  She was dragging the top of her feet at first...
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Neck floatie!


Neck floatie video!


Charlotte and mommy napping in the same position (so funny!):


Watching her aunt get ready in Phuket:


Charlotte's first beach experience!


With Aunt Laurie at Dino Burger, Karon Beach:


Laughing with her new singing elephant:


Sitting up on the sofa video (she cannot sit still for even half a second):


In love with her new Elmo puppet!

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