Hula Girls

These two beauties spent the afternoon playing in the pool with Dad. You see there is that little kitty Mango (or Baby as Charity insists) in the background. He was stalking the grass skirts.

Big Smile

The whole gang

Here is a nice snapshot of the Tipton side of Charity's family. It is sad that it takes a funeral to get most of us together in the same state. I think we figured it was 1992 the last time both of my brothers and I were together in the same place. Mom was happy to have all of her kids together for once so we took pictures to document the occasion. And yes I know the date is wrong on the camera it really was 2006.

New Pictures

OK, quick update. Charity is all about food. Especially whatever someone else is eating. She thinks she should have some too. The only problem is we seem to have a blooming food allergy problem so we are a little weary of what she gets. She has had two episodes of hives and welts on her face after eating something in the last two weeks. Last time it was followed by projectile vomiting in the backseat of my car. That was nice.

Then their is all her words she uses so judiciously. She has quite a vocabulary for a not quite 11 month old. She says bye bye, kitty, puppy, baby, Hi! and Momma and Daddy too. The other day I was eating yogurt ( which she loves) and I was sharing with her but obviously not enough because I was talking to Granny and watching TV at the same time and wasn't feeding her fast enough. She got our attention quickly by very clearly protesting "Bite!" Don't get me wrong she still speaks a lot of Chinese or Charityese. But when she takes the notion she very clearly says what she wants. She has also decided that Mango ( her cat who is not orange) is no longer a "kitty". He is now a baby. She pounds him not so gently on his head and says"baby". He used to be a kitty but not anymore. For a kitty who was once the meanest cat I think I have ever seen he is so gentle with her. He has been since the beginning. I think he knows if he ever lays a claw on her he's dead.

She is growing fast but still a little on the short side for her age. She is standing alone and has been walking holding onto your finger for weeks now. We are still waiting for her to take out across the room. It will be very soon. I guess it's harder to walk on tiny feet she is still wearing size 2 or 3 shoes which she hates and she likes to walk on her tiptoes.

Life is starting to return to normal so hopefully I will be able to post more often and get some new pictures for everyone.