Friday, 22 February 2008

Where's your ball?

We can't stop laughing at this clip of Charlie trying to get his ball out of his basket. There's just one small problem...


Time to take a stand

Finally, in January, after months of showing no interest in putting weight on his legs, he now wants to do nothing else.


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Thursday, 21 February 2008

Christmas with Charles (a.k.a. Crimbo with Chasbo)

The first Christmas with the baby was great. Even though he's only 7-8 months, I'm sure he was aware that something was going on and was in a really good mood the whole time.

He enjoyed playing/bashing the piano (he definitely has rhythm), bashing his granddad, opening loads of fab presents and he even met Father Christmas.

However, it wasn't the real Father Christmas - it was Daddy in disguise. Charlie wasn't at all happy to see a beardy man in a bright outfit, shouting "Ho, ho, ho," at him. In fact, I've never seen him cry so much. He was terrified, as were most of the family. The only way we managed to take a photo was to pretend that Santa had gone and then I sneaked up behind him for the pic.


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Blog update

Cor blimey. Just looked at the blog and realised that the last message was when Charlie was 7 months old. Now he's nearly 10 months, so I've got a bit of catching up to do. Here are two of the best pictures from just before Christmas.

He loved that balloon until it shriveled up.


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Wednesday, 19 December 2007

Likes and dislikes at 7 months

Charlie's personality is really starting to grow. He likes many things and dislikes a few.

Likes:
Chilling out and watching everyone else rushing around.
Tickling - when he is in the mood, he laughs for ages.
Patting/banging/hitting things, all the time; the louder, the better.
Radio 5 Live, when snoozing in the car.
Reading - favourite book "Monkey Puzzle"
Big Cook Little Cook (TV cookery show).
Balloons - he hasn't burst one yet.
Mugs - these are possibly his very favourite thing, probably because he's not allowed to touch them when hot!
Food - as always, he loves a big meal. Porridge, beef casserole and carrot puffs are his current favourites.
Drinking water out of his little cup.
Gadgets - he will stretch to his limits just for the chance to touch a remote control or a phone.

Dislikes:
Being dressed, especially his arms.
Food being served too slowly.
Being on his tummy.
Bananas
Having his face wiped after a meal.

Some new photos below, including a recent trip to Hatton Country World. Lindz realised that breastfeeding wasn't so bad when she saw what the pig had to cope with! My favourite picture is of Charlie and George sitting on the bench like two old men.

Latest weight 20lb 14oz.


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Sunday, 11 November 2007

Say ahhhh

Charlie has been trying to show off his new teeth. You can actually see them in the first photo.

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We suspect from his dribbling that there are more teeth on the way soon so he'll be eating corn on the cob by Christmas.

One interesting thing he's started doing is pulling himself up - like doing a sit-up which uses all his strength.

We put a tv program on for him a couple of nights ago called "In the night garden". It turned out that Lindz laughed more than Charlie. Here's a clip if you haven't seen it.

Friday, 2 November 2007

Merry Halloween

First message for a while. Charlie's two teeth are now through most of the way and he has become a little biter/blighter (ask his mum).

We had a lovely time in Cardiff the week before last and spent an afternoon at St Fagans Outdoor Museum. He now weighs over 19lb 7oz and is in need of another haircut. His two favourite things this week have been patting things (chair, mattress, leg) and making a humming noise, as if talking with his mouth closed. He can sit up really well now and can correct his balance when toppling over (most of the time).

On Wednesday he went to two Halloween parties where he met up with little pumpkins, skeletons, witches and even a mini dracula. Charlie made a very cheeky little devil.

Today he is 26 weeks / 6 months old so he is going to have a yoghurt for breakfast. It will be his first taste of cow's milk and so we are really hoping that he doesn't turn the colour of his outfit after eating it.

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