I will continue to believe that Charlotte is a true genius so that I can feel better about Finnley being where she is at almost 18 months. ha! Wow, what a little dynamo your girl is. Amazing how much they grow and change day by day, isn’t it? Happy 18 months, Charlotte!
We LOVE children’s music here. We listen to a TON of music, and I love children’s music in the mix, and I think my daughter enjoys it more than Tom Petty & John Melloncamp (although she does like the Beatles an awful lot) but our favorite artistis are Frances England, Butterfly Fish, Putumayo. I’d love to hear yours & Charolette’s favorites as we are always on the hunt for more artists.
that bubble photo is magnificent.
hi there—i am a longtime reader of your blog—it’s just so happy, and it makes me look forward to being a parent. i’ve never commented here before, but i am doing so today because you mentioned your and charlotte’s newfound love of children’s music…. have you checked out “in the nick of time”? it’s written by a dear friend of mine, so i’m biased, but i think it’s just really fun, clever kids’ music that is great for doing silly dances around the kitchen! http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/InTheNickOfTime
anyway, thank you for sharing this happy little corner of the internet with all of us.
love.this. picture.
Also, one of my favorite things is to hear my Metallica loveing hubby singing the Wiggles in the shower!!
I just love the letters you write to Charlotte!
happy birthday and a half Charlotte! And her parents too!
I think it actually IS called a linguistic explosion. Right around this age kiddos go from having about 15-20 words to 50-75, within like 2 months or something. There is this really cool book about language acquisition called _How Babies Talk: The Mystery and (?) of Language Within the First Three Years of Life_.
Hannah is going through the exact same thing and it is just blowing my mind. Every single day it seems, she says something new to me that I have to struggle to comprehend… and then it hits me that she isn’t mispronouncing something she already knows, she’s saying a new word that I had no idea she knew. Names, objects, actions, body parts, everything - things like Jenn (my girlfriend), ankle, raining, house, Woody. L.O.V.E.
(PS, the best part will be if I can teach her “Sarah” and “Charlotte.“ Squeal! :) )
Megan R - Finnley’s a genius too =) For every one thing Charlotte does, there’s always something else she doesn’t. All babies this age are wonderful geniuses!
Aw, this brought tears to my eyes. My baby is 18m as well, and I can relate to so much of this! Every time I look at her, I’m amazed. I think it is so wonderful that you are writing letters to her. I think I might start that, and then when she’s older she will get to see exactly what I was feeling and what she was doing. What a great way to capture it all!
Love your blog! I read it from my iphone all the time but thought I would stop by and say hi on my computer! Would love for you to stop by my blog
http://prettylittleproducts.com/Thanks, Sarah…they really are all wonderful geniuses at this age. I am impressed and amazed every day, and I just love it!
Sob, sniffle. This was *so* sweet! I love that you’ll have such an amazing love letter for your ‘lil smarty-pants! Great idea! :)
What a great letter!! I also noticed a huge jump (with everything) at 18 months…and an even bigger jump at 24 months (two weeks after his party he was suddenly talking in multiple sentences and telling me experiences). It’s just totally unbelievable to witness. Way to go Charlotte!!!
What an awesome blog you have! And can I just say that I so wish I had a photographer like you to follow my children around all day and capture moments the way you do with Charlotte. This picture of the bubbles and trees and that sweet little baby girl is just incredible-truly awesome.

By Sandra on January 21, 2011
Oh Sarah, how lovely this is! I read all your posts during the past week. I mean ALL. Every. single. one.
I don’t have children - not yet. But by reading your lines, I am so much looking forward to the time ahead, when my husband and I will no longer be “the two of us” but “the three of us”.
I have made a connection from my blog to yours, I hope this is okay for you. Otherwise please let me know and I’ll delete this again. I would love to bring your words and your pictures to all the readers of my page, too.
You are wonderful.
So is Charlotte.
So is Donald.
So is Hank ;-)
Greetings from Germany,
Sandra