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Monday, April 2, 2012

More tricks!

Charlie is an official "sitter!" Not that he stays in this position long- he's too busy scooting and climbing to sit for too long!

Man, we make cute babies! :)

Charlie continues to rock back and forth on his hands and knees but no official crawling yet. Apparently he doesn't want to take the time to learn as his "army" crawl gets him to places very efficiently!

Lego Man

After building with his dad for the past year or so, Henry is becoming quite good at creating things with his legos. At least this mom is impressed! :)

Who needs rain?!

We were playing "rain" the other night. Who would have thought giving a two-year-old an umbrella could equal a good hour of being occupied?!

The Cheese Stands Alone

Charlie's favorite pastime is . . . standing! He pulls himself up onto just about anything!

. . . the dishwasher . . .

"This is a great toy! Thanks!"

. . . chairs (big and small!) . . .

. . . and his toys!

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Muscle Man

Charlie is crazy strong for his age and is pulling himself up on to just about anything he can get his hands on!

New bedtime routine

We have included a stroller ride in our jammies as part of our bedtime routine. As you can see, Charlie is more than ready to settle in for the night- his big brother, not so much!

Charlie-man turns 7 months!

Our Charlie is already 7-months-old as of March 15th! A day or two after his 6-month post, he began army crawling and has since become very proficient at getting himself from one place to the next. And boy is he ever fast! He is a very determined little guy and his determination often gets him in trouble with his big brother. No matter what Henry is playing with, Charlie has got to go after it! We've nickname him "Hurricane Charlie" as he is a path of destruction wherever he goes! He is also up on his hands and knees and rocking back and forth now. It will only be a matter of time before we have a "real" crawler on our hands. He is continuing his nice schedule and will nap in the morning for about an hour and a half (unless an activity interrupts it!) and the same for the afternoon. He is asleep for the night around 7, wakes at about 3 for a snack, and then again around 6:30 for the day. I'm glad the weather has been so nice as Charlie is fitting into Henry's clothes he wore his first summer (but Henry was a couple months older!)- size 12-month. Still in size 3 diapers, but will finish our last box and move him into size 4.

If you look closely, you can see Charlie's two bottom teeth that popped through 2 weeks ago! He sure was cranky while they worked their way through but, man, does he look cute with two bottom teeth! :)