Today is Charlie's birthday! His first year has gone by painfully quickly, and I am a little sad that he is already one. We had some family over for cake on Sunday to celebrate, which was so much fun. I always feel so blessed when I think about our amazing families and how much our kids are loved!
Here is what I want to remember about one-year-old Charlie. . .
- Charlie is such a happy boy--he is happy to hang out with mom in the kitchen with all the canning jar rings and tupperware lids. He is happy to crawl after his big brother and sister and be part of the action. He is happy to hang out in his bed when he wakes up and talk to himself for a while before joining all the action again.
- Charlie likes to eat bananas and peas and cookies, of course, but most of all he loves cheese.
- He loves pictures of his family. If Charlie is sad, he feels better when we stand by our family picture in the hall so that he can point at everyone while I say their names.
- Charlie growls really loud. Along with that very important animal noise, he also says num-num, dada, mamamamamamamamamamamaaaaaaaa, and na-na (anna and/or max).
- Charlie is a funny boy. He pounds on his chest like Tarzan and claps and dances and has lots of energy.
- Charlie sometimes bites. Anna and Max have both been the victims of some pretty painful looking bites. In Charlie's defense though, his big brother and sister love him so much that they are usually always right next to him, or right where he is try to crawl, or occasionally sitting right on top of him.
- Charlie still takes two naps everyday and sleeps all night. We feel lucky.
- He loves his grandmas and grandpas and uncles and aunts. He also loves anyone who will wave at him.
- Charlie pretends that his is talking on the phone all the time. If he doesn't have a hold of something that resembles a phone, he just uses his hand. He says "Huh, huh, oh, oh, bye!" It is so, so, so adorable.
- He wants to be a big boy--we went swimming a few weeks ago and Charlie was not sure about the water, he was hanging on tight to me and fussing and then I told him "Charlie! You're such a big boy!" He stopped crying and sat up and looked so proud of himself.
- Charlie gives good loves and kisses and sometimes bites, like I said before. He loves to cuddle and rock-a-bye in the big chair in his room, and I hope that lasts for a while longer!
