Charlie has been working on sitting up by himself
(in his safely padded seat with boppy and duck for lumbar support)
and I think he is practicing his facial expressions. Like...

expressing disbelief

Jolly-ness

cool guy (over the shoulder look)

and of course, mischievousness .

Many people have asked how the dogs are adjusting to Charlie.

They have been great.

Miller, as you would expect, is somewhat skittish around him.

Mabel is a champ and lets Charlie pull at her fur. She seems to enjoy him.

How cute are these boys???

Charlie (5.5 mts.) with Isaiah (7 mts.) and John Tyler (2 mts.)

Today is Nat's birthday. Happy Birthday Nat!!!



(Blog entry by Paige :)

He is eating cereal now.
The cereal is bland but not really disgusting or anything...

..and then again, it is.

I know there has been a lot of pictures of the Jumparoo, but that's because

he really likes it. Anyway, Charlie was reading some pillow book

Mama T sent him and I realized Charlie is like those women at the

gym that read Us Weekly and Instyle etc... while on the treadmill.

The good folks at Jumparoo Inc. put a magazine or plush book

tray in the Jumparoo. I am afraid Charlie may end up being

one of those crazy people (crazy unless you do this and then you

are the exception to the rule) who read while they drive,

and not at traffic lights mind you, but on the beltway.

I am afraid of this because the boy is clearly rapt with the book

and of course...like the drivers, he never really stops jumping.

We will cross that bridge when we come to it.

Looking up from his book...

Turning pages...

This is a real nail biter...sorry could not resist..
He seems pretty happy!

Charlie and Isaiah met up for some play time and were wearing matching pj's.

As you can see, they are already becoming good buddies.

Looking cute in his new sweater!

Charlie doesn't mess around with cold weather...

Charlie can only flip channels for so long...



... before the temper flares and remotes start flying.

Charlie's Gene Simmons impression.

Charlie has learned to dance.

Just call him Mr Bojangles.

Worn out (thus the panting) and resting with Mom

Jumparoo

I've been talking so much about this thing I thought you should see it in action. Mind you this was taken about 12 minutes before bedtime.

Jumparoo 2
So Charlie is really liking this jumparoo thing and
has begun sort of yelling in delight as he jumps.

You can tell he likes it but it has a little song that plays whenever he has a little jumping spree.
It is the same riff with slightly different accent sounds. It sounds cartoonish.
It really gets on my nerves when I am trying to get work done, but he likes it so we let it play.
I realized we had heard it too much when Paige told me her favorite part was at the
end when it went, "duh-nu-nu-ne-nu-le-leh."
Thats right, we have descended to the point where our favorite music is played by toys.
Well, almost. You're worth it Charlie.

The QB scans the field, finds his favorite reciever and fires...

Reciever looks left...

Looks right...

and fumbles the ball...

To be continued...