Charli's First Haircut!!!

So Charli got her first haircut and didn't even know it!!! I had been contemplating wether or not to cut her hair. Actually I really only wanted to trim it. Her hair takes after Chad and I, we both have fine hair and not much of it. So as a result Charli got the same type of hair. And because I have never cut or trimed it, it was becoming pretty wispy and scragly.

I asked my mom to come over and she was willing to trim it. She used to cut my hair when I was growing up. So I had full comfidence that she would do a good job and Charli would actually cooperate with her. My mom cut off about 2 inches and it has done wonders for Charli's hair. It actually curls under naturally at the bottom and there seems to be some life to her hair. We saved her hair by sticking it to a piece of scotch tape. That peice of memorabilia will be going in the scrapbook.

So this is the damage we discovered in our neighbors yard on Friday. We had up to 60 mph winds and for whatever reason the tree in our yard couldn't withstand the wind. This tree completely missed our addition, and our neighbors house behind us. This tree was to be Charli's future tree house. It fell into the chain link fence that was right next to it, took out two panels of it, and landed in our neighbors yard. The tip of the tree hit our neighbors garage, enough to let water drip in. We have AAA insurance and they have been wonderful, our neighbor on the other hand has not. I will not be surprised if he trys to sue us for whatever reason. Friday was really a crazy day for us and a lot of other people as well. I have never seen winds that strong in this area. Some of our house wrap and roof wrap came off our addition but Chad was able to go out and secure it back on. our neighbor in front of us had a chimney fire and they had no idea about it. I called 911 while Chad drove over there to let them know. They have a wood stove so they just thougth that they had a good fire going and really did not know there was a flames coming out of their chimney. Then a couple houses down the chimney fire house, a tree fell right through a house and completely took out the roof and fell into the house. Those poor people, we don't know them but their house is not liveable. I can't even imagine the total cost of the damage that was caused. We never lost power but almost everyone around us did and for many days. Over all I feel very blessed that we are all okay and were not hurt. Children are truely amazing to me, Charli never seemed fazed by any of the chaos. She just kept on going like her normal self.

Chad posing with Charli's new baby doll doctor kit.
One of our many Christmas's
The doll house that Santa brought Charli, he also left his snowy foot prints in our house.
Decorating a gingerbread house. I couldn't get it to stand up so we decorated it laying down.
At Nana and Papa's house in Mt. Shasta. playing in the snow

Charli in her Christmas ballet performance. Danced to Winter Wonderland.
Ta-da our Christmas tree.
Our house addition so far!!! We decided that we are building an Arc.
Christmas bear cookies, decorated by Charli. So easy and so fun.
Yeah it is finally Christmas!!!!

They are multiplying!!!

9 cookie cutters
10 oranges
11 juices pouches
6 Letters of the alphabet

I am making a numbers book for Charli for Christmas. It is a book of things from 1-20. I have had to get pretty creative with some of the items to add up to a certain number, but overall it has been fun and I think she is really gonna like it when it is complete. She has no idea that I am making this book for her so please don't tell her if she asks. I was lining things up today and taking pictures and she kept asking me "Mommy what are you doing?'' I would just simply reply " Oh just taking some pictures of your toys, isn't it fun!!!"

Matching dish towels and pot holders. Funky Cats
Dick and Jane dish towels and pot holders.
Lemon and orange dish towels
Charli's first monogram shirt!!!
I sewed on Finch and the # 3 to the back. It looks like a jersey. It really turned out cute and Charli loves her new updated shirt.

So my dish towels and pot holders are some Christmas presents for some family members. I have tried to be crafty this Christmas. Since starting my Charli'z business I have been very inspired to make, sew or craft things instead of buying them and waisting money. I always enjoy something hand made than store bought. So I hope all my gifts are well liked and loved this year. All of these were so easy and not too time consuming.

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree!!!

We picked out our Christmas tree today!!! Charli was so excited!!!
She decided it would be fun to sit on one that was laying down. I had to take a pic of that.
Charli really had a lot of fun touching, pointing, feeling and looking at all the trees. We have it standing up in the tree stand right now and we will decorate it later tonight. So fun, I love all the things that go along with Christmas. It really has been so much more fun with a child.