This month...
- My chubby little monkey has finally started to plateau - he weighed in at 22lbs and 9oz (80th%), and is 28.5" long (60th%)
- Charlie went to San Francisco to visit his baby cousin, Camila (and aunt Melissa, Uncle Lazaro, and Grandpa E). He was a trooper in the car (4 five-hour stretches!) and didn't even complain when he missed half of his naps. What a sweet boy.
- He is waving regularly - at everyone, even total strangers... old ladies love it :)
- Charlie is moving from crawling to sitting all by himself. Sometimes he sits up in his crib and gets frustrated that he can't fall asleep that way!
- He loves to clap and play pat-a-cake.
- Charlie is signing "more" anytime he wants more to eat or if he sees me eating something that he just has to have.
- His repertoire of foods is getting huge! This month, he's had polenta with spinach and carrots, tilapia with potatoes and tomatoes, salmon with coconut rice and spinach, baked beans, strawberry-mango-kale-avocado smoothies, and even a tuna salad sandwich. This kid loves to eat (is anyone surprised??).
- Balls are the best thing around. Charlie will roll and kick balls around the house all day long. Who needs fancy toys? Not this boy!
- He loves having playdates with little baby friends. Charlie often tries to rip out their hair and claw their faces, but it is all in good fun, I think...
- Charlie added two more words to his collection: Dada and Bubba. He usually calls out bubba, bubba, bubba while chasing Carter down the hallway. Too cute! I'm hoping he gets around to saying momma soon.
- Sleeping is ROUGH. He's waking up about 4x/night still... we'll need to figure this out soon, because this momma is tired!
- Charlie and I took a trip to Orange County for Aunt Kiki's wedding shower and Granddad's 60th birthday party. As usual, he was a fabulous flier - although as he gets more mobile, he's hard to hold on to!
- Two new teeth popped through! A top and bottom incisor. He's definitely getting teeth in an interesting order, but at least they are coming in!
- He has learned to protest. He makes sure you know that he's a little ticked off if you take away what he wants to play with (usually the remote, phone, or keys). Luckily, he is easily redirected to another toy and the protests don't last long.
Charlie truly is the absolute sweetest, most mellow, and happiest baby that I could imagine. His whole face just lights up with the most precious toothy grin when anyone gives him attention. He is just a big ol' ball of love. How did we get this lucky?!
