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Our terrible computer has died and is getting fixed, which will allegedly take a few weeks. So we won’t have many pictures and videos in the meantime (my little netbook computer can’t really handle them). Charlotte has been doing well–she is using sign language, which is very useful. She does “more,” “all done,” and “eat.” She also rubs her head when she wants a bath, and she makes a funny little monkey motion with her arms when we ask her what a monkey says. She also dances and stomps her feet on command. Charlotte has said a few random words here and there, but not consistently. We’ve heard “Elmo,” “burp,” “bus,” and “mud.” 

Charlotte got her first ride on Brian’s shoulders yesterday. She gets very excited to go out for walks lately–she runs to the door and points at her coat if we mention going out. She is really into buses and trucks and the train, so we just do a loop around Roslindale and she is very entertained.

This is from last weekend, when we had some nice sunny days in the high 40s. The snow is all melted now and we’ve had a lot of rain lately.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1wsAkCWBjc

These are a few pictures of Charlotte from this week. This first picture is the face she makes when we take out the camera and say “Smile!”

Charlotte spent a lot of time pressing the buttons on the safe in our NY hotel room.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usAOtMYPIW4

The train ride to New York wasn’t too bad with Charlotte on the way down. She played in her seat a lot and looked at books, and ran up and down the aisles. She was pretty worn out and cranky on the way back, though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE6gt3IEh14

We went to FAO Schwarz when we were in New York and Charlotte played on the big piano.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRyAL6uc1bE

We took a trip on the train to New York City last week. We did a lot of walking around, went to the children’s museum, natural history museum, the Met, and ate lots of great food.

Charlotte watched the ice skaters.

We went to the Museum of Natural History and saw the dinosaurs.

This is the Egyptian temple at the Met.

Charlotte liked the ice cream sundae we had our last night.