wow...i am a neglectful blog mommy. this is going by so quickly and i cannot keep up. my little charlie will be one year in less then a month. i vividly remember being pregnant with him this time last year. i just am in complete awe that it has almost been a year since that little baby came into the world.
Lets begin with the month of may. it was my first mother's day with charlie. we had a really great day. my parents watched him on Saturday night so i could go out with my sister and sleep in the next day. we went to my parents that morning and had breakfast together. charlie bought me a very nice card and a beautiful bracelet. how nice and thoughtful of him (grammy).
we took an overnight trip at the end of may and went to my friend amanda's house. she lives in the Poconos with her husband and two children emma and abby (my goddaugther). charlie was great! he didn't like the pool that much but he liked playing with the girls. we slept in their rv for the night. now, Ive never slept in an rv. it was so nice! i slept in the bed and charlie had the pack and play at the foot of my bed. He slept like a champ. he went down around 8 and woke up around 8:30. this gave me some adult hours wtih amanda and chris in which i proceeded to drink alot of wine:)
June went by so quickly, I cant even really remember it! The big trip was to Florida. We went to visit my sister and her husband in Orlando. It was just Charlie and I. I will write another blog about that trip. We had a great time. Charlie and I spent my birthday together...it was wonderful.
As for hte beginning of July, we went to a 4th of July parade and picnic. He loved th motorcycles, horses and just staring at all of the kids. It was so freaking out out though....he was a bit out of sorts by the end of the night.
As for Charlie's development...physically he is a hulk. This kid is so strong. He is pulling himself up and sometimes off the ground with just his arm strenght. He is a really good crawler and does it very fast. I cant keep up with him alot of the time. He is cruising around furniture and pretty much anything he can hold onto. He has not tried to walk on his own but he will take a few steps if you hold his hands. He has stood on his own but only for like 5 seconds. One of his favorite activities is to push around this lawnmower looking thing and walk with it. he looks like Frankenstein...its hysterical.
Verbally....Charlie is a talker. I mean...are you surprised? He babbles his face off and I honestly have no idea what he is saying. He does say mama, dada, uh-oh and thank you. I think he may have said bless you and unfortunately it sounded like he said bullshit one time. I dont think he would swear though... haha. Sometimes he gets so excited and will just yell random babbles out. His body becomes rigid and he almost shakes while yelling. other times he is very focused and will totally tune out the rest of the world. He is also a laughter. His laugh is so cute and makes you laugh out loud. It's kind of high pitched and he does it with a wide open mouth. He loves to give you a smile, but sometimes you will get this closed mouth grin. It's like he is just saying, "yeah, im cute....whatevs".
He is such an amazing baby. He sleeps so well and is just so happy. He has such a little personality and i love watching him as he becomes a little toddler. Sometimes work and life can just get me down a bit. EVERY time I see charlie, i become happy. its so crazy....he takes the edge off of my day and off of me. he's beautiful and so loved.
