Some thoughts about Charlie

This kid makes me happy every single day. He's becoming such a little person. (Especially now that we can understand most of what he says.) He is curious about everything and has absolutely no fear. He loves other kids and talks about his friends in nursery often. If you remember last summer I talked about the kids on the other side of the fence? Charlie still likes to climb up there and talk to them. He watches them ride their bikes on the sidewalk out front and when we finally got him a tricycle, he rode it back and forth in front of their house proudly, checking to see if they were watching him.

Some of his favorite phrases are, "What you talking about mom?" "I have to call . . ." (fill in the person he's thinking of), "Won't that be fun?" "But Mom! I'm tired!" (his excuse for anything he doesn't want to do, including taking naps) "Hey mom! In nursery today, I pushed and pinched the kids." "I just want cereal and toast and pancakes and sausage." "I'm McQueen and Mom you're Sally and Peter's a tractor and Daddy's Frank." "Help me do a puzzle . . ."

We do puzzles often, and he jabbers at me the whole time. Sometimes I understand it and sometimes he gets going way too fast and I don't understand a word of it. His favorite books are the ones where he gets to help with counting or naming letters or finding shapes. I can't believe how smart he's getting.

He loves visiting any of his grandparents. Here he is picking strawberries at my mom's house.


In the morning while I shower and get ready, I let him play Wii. It keeps him out of trouble and is the only way I get to shower every day. One day he got into the Mii channel and created these new characters. He now has to use them for everything he does. His favorite is of course the ugliest one- with the yellow shirt.


I just love his eyes. They aren't blue like his dad's, but they are this fun steely gray with green flecks. And they get so big and beautiful when he wants something that it's impossible to say no to him, especially when he adds in the little nose sniffle.


He gets so proud of himself at everything that he does. And he's starting to get to the point where he doesn't mind posing for the camera, as long as I let him see the picture right after I take it.

This little boy is truly one of a kind and I love him dearly.