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- August 6, 2018
Mom's funny messages document her pregnancy
Charlotte Chatman's Instagram posts are a viral hit.
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She and her kids have tracked the growth of their newest family member, a boy, by comparing his length in the womb to everything from a Target receipt to Amazon boxes.
A post shared by Charlotte Chatman (@cbchatman) on Jul 26, 2018 at 9:04am PDT
A post shared by Charlotte Chatman (@cbchatman) on Aug 3, 2018 at 6:31am PDT
Chatman, 28, started the photo series as a way to document her fourth pregnancy for friends and family across the country.
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“My husband is a Navy pilot so we’ve spent pretty much every birthday, holiday, milestone away from our families -- and pictures are how we stay in touch and share everything,” she said. “After four years of doing that, you just learn to get pretty creative.”
Chatman used a letter board for the first time with this pregnancy and made it an educational and creative experience for her kids, ages 6, 2 and 1.
A post shared by Charlotte Chatman (@cbchatman) on Jul 12, 2018 at 11:47am PDT
“As we make the letter board, they call out the letters,” she said. “All the props are stuff they make together as art projects.”
The photos are also a creative outlet for Chapman, who was a musician before becoming a full-time mom.
“I had a lot of creative outlets before I had kids but once you have kids you kind of have to change everything,” she said. “I don’t have a way to pick up hobbies so pictures have been my outlet.”
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