Instead I'll focus on things that have changed in the last month, and it sure seems like a lot. The biggest one is that Charlie is now officially a walker. No more crawling for this guy. The lightbulb went off a week or two ago, where suddenly he just was much steadier, had no problems standing up from sitting, and off he went.
So now we have now reached what is one of my favorite stages, that I remember so clearly from when Zach started walking. The "wow - the world is my oyster and I can go anywhere I want and it's so cool so I'm just going to keep giggling" stage. We went to the library the other day, and I let him roam where he wanted, among the stacks and then outside the library in the indoor park area. Everywhere he went, he just laughed and smiled the whole time. He'd pause to wave at strangers that smiled at him, but otherwise he just kept
trekking. Didn't matter where, this boy was on the move. I love this... so easy to make him happy!
We're also starting to hear more words. We think. I still don't think I could declare what Charlie's first word is/was; he's been saying things that appear to be words for a while, starting with "ma" and "da" sounds. But he not only uses those words for us (especially when Scott comes home - he usually does "dee da!"), but babbles them somewhat meaninglessly. So are those his first words?
I've also suspected he's been trying to say "pooch" for quite a while (we generally refer to Koskie as "the pooch" as opposed to using his name). He does it a lot when I get him up in the morning, since it's usually me and Koskie there to greet him. I think Scott got it on video... listen carefully toward the end and you'll hear a "pooo" sound. :)
The other word we're starting to hear regularly, used appropriately, is "ball." It comes out as
"bah" of course. While at my parents house last weekend, Scott was showing Charlie a book of birds, and he was clearly saying bird too! It's going to be fun to hear what comes next.
Charlie's funny little personality continues to emerge. My favorite lately is his reaction when he is scolded; I start laughing when I'm trying to show him my serious "do not pull the toilet paper off the roll" face. When you tell this little boy no, he has one of two reactions, or some combination of the two:
- reaction 1: he shakes his head back and forth with you, with a serious look on his face. I guess he agrees he's not supposed to play with the blinds.
- reaction 2: he cries, the most fake cry you've ever seen/heard, complete with the absolutely perfect classic pout - lower lip protruding. Cracks me up every time. I've tried to get it on video (yes, I'm a good mom, I run for the camera when my kid is doing something he shouldn't), but of course I haven't managed to catch it yet.
So yes, we've reached the stage that Charlie is discovering all sorts of trouble. Remember me mentioning the game he likes to play where he knocks a ball around with a mini-bat? Well, that bat is now up where he can't reach it. Turns out when you give Charlie a club-like implement, he likes to hit people with it. Like his brother. Sigh. See how in this picture Zach is shrinking back from Charlie, who appears to be innocuously showing his brother a harmonica? Zach's learned that lesson the hard way - he's not going to get smacked again.
Another side of Charlie's personality that is emerging is his fearlessness. His older brother is and has always been a fairly cautious kid, so I suppose we should have expected the opposite the second time around. His exploratory and adventurous spirit, combined with stubborn determination often result in this:
Apparently the left side of his face is a target. The injuries pictured are from two separate incidents; fortunately the bruise on the bridge of his nose and the road rash on his left cheek (also from two different falls) have faded in the first picture, otherwise that would look really bad! Nothing slows him down though.
If I had to pick one word to describe Charlie's personality, it'd probably be goofy. He is smiling and laughing all the time, and clearly loves to make us laugh. And he does so pretty easily.
^His obstactle course game, this time with the now-contraband bat.
Instead I'll focus on things that have changed in the last month, and it sure seems like a lot. The biggest one is that Charlie is now officially a walker. No more crawling for this guy. The lightbulb went off a week or two ago, where suddenly he just was much steadier, had no problems standing up from sitting, and off he went.
trekking. Didn't matter where, this boy was on the move. I love this... so easy to make him happy!
"bah" of course. While at my parents house last weekend, Scott was showing Charlie a book of birds, and he was clearly saying bird too! It's going to be fun to hear what comes next.
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