Amateur Hour

We had a barbecue on Sunday, and set up our backyard with a little pool and sand table to entertain the under-8 set.  Charlie got to try out the pool for the first time – he had a total blast!

So Charlie loves his car.  Well, its more of a love/hate relationship.  He plays with it every day.  He has figured out how to get into the car by himself, but he can only go in reverse.  He’ll climb in, scoot backwards until he runs into something, and cry until I either reposition him so [...]

Its small, but it gets great gas mileage! Charlie is totally in love with it. When we brought it home, he was so excited he tried to climb into the picture on the box. We took it out of the box, and upon seeing that the wheels were not on it yet, [...]

Pop quiz – Name the following:
1.

2.

3.

Answer key:
1. Dog
2. Dog
3. Dog

Yesterday morning, Charlie woke up with a rash and mild fever, so we brought him to the doctor. Diagnosis: a virus. Meaning, they’re not entirely sure what it is, but its probably not serious enough to require medication. The doctor did mention something called “echovirus,” but he couldn’t be sure. [...]

While home for Easter, my mom offered to babysit so that Joe and I could go out to dinner (Thanks Mom!) I would have posted this earlier, but I just recently figured out how to upload to youtube and embed the video, hence the delay. Now, it looks like grandma is giving Charlie [...]

I love to read, and I bought Charlie a bunch of books before he was born, because I was so excited to read to him. Unfortunately, we haven’t done much reading together. He spent his first few months on earth screaming whenever he was awake, and when the dust finally settled, he was [...]

So far Charlie is not talking much, but he does have a few words. His favorite word is, “ta.” He invented it himself. As near as we can tell, it means, “I-want-that-thing-right-now-that-thing-over-there-that-shin y /electronic/breakable-thing-with-buttons-its-mine-give-it-to -me-now-please-right-now.” He often accompanies “ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, taaaaaaaaa” with pointing or reaching, just in case we [...]

Charlie and I made a deal. While I put away the laundry, he would do this:

Hopefully, my skills will improve over time…we’ll see.