Well, we have a new hard drive on our computer and I was finally able to get our pictures to download. The following is a picture out our front door back in November during our week of snow. Charlie loved the snow. The first time he saw the snow he said: "Oh, pretty."

Tom made me a birthday cake in the shape of an A. Pretty tasty cake indeed.

Charlie enjoys playing on his easel.

Playing at home

Here are a few more videos from the last week. I attempted to edit these down into a small clip, which I hope works. There were a few naked videos of Charlie on his new slide and running through his dad's legs, that didn't make the public publishing of this clip. This is the censored version. Enjoy.

Playing time

Charlie and I had a play date last Monday with Emmett and his mommy. All of us had such a great time. These boys played and played. Lunch was eaten, but they also had fun playing footsie and flirting with each other. Charlie and Emmett also finger painted in the nude and shared a bath tub for a while. At the end of the play date, Charlie went to his room for a nap. Charlie and Emmett called to each other for a while through the door. Emmett can say Charlie, so it was so dang cute!

We had a lovely fall day today, so Tom and Charlie put on their caps, grabbed a ball and headed to the park. I caught them on the way out the door.

Football fans

Tom and Charlie were watching the Seahawks and there was lots of "booing" going on, so I grabbed my still camera (the one with the charged battery) and took a mini movie. I have finally figured how to post videos on this site. Vocabulary is growing in our household as this video shows.

Haircut & Coloring

Recently we realized that it was probably time for the first haircut. Seventeen months old and the hair was getting a little shaggy. Tom was brave enough to do the honors. Charlie did a great job staying still. He just struggled when the clippers got close to his ears as he really wanted to look at what was vibrating on his head.

I rearranged Charlie's room to make space for the table that his Grandpa Bud and Grandma Patsy bought for his first birthday. He has loved coloring, eating, and just playing on his own table. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for a very fun spot for your grandson. We will certainly get you a few pieces of his artwork soon.
On a side note, Charlie has become a true blanket boy. He doesn't want to go anywhere without his blankets. Often, if he can find all of his 4 blankets, you can find him wandering around the house with a big ball. Pretty funny.

Oh, the joys of puddle playing

I wish I could figure out how to get these pictures in the right order. Oh, well. We had a really rainy day today. Enough so that our front accumulated several puddles. Because of this, Charlie was able to experience his first puddles. I think I had about as much fun watching him as he did running and splashing. This first picture is from after the playing.

Below is the biggest puddle of the day. Boy, he got wet!
A rare look at mom for a picture, but he didn't stop running.
Tom escaped some yard work today. If it had been sunny, that hedge would be trimmed. (tom just chimed in that he did yard work today. That is true, just not the hedge trimming he had planned.)

Climbing...

Recently, Charlie has really gotten into climbing all over furniture, his parents, and pretty much anything else he can find. One afternoon we brought his small stroller inside and let him have fun. I brought the camera out to capture a few of these moments. If you can't tell, Charlie is beginning to love posing for the camera.