Today you are seven months old. I've been dreading this age, because you are now past the half year mark and are hurtling towards your first birthday. I don't want you to grow up too fast. And yet you continue to change at the speed of light, it seems.
I can't lie, though: you are so fun! I love watching you experience the world and being your constant companion as you do so. You've learned so many new things...
Like sitting up well (but still falling over regularly)...
And starting solids on Christmas Eve (you've tried avocado, carrots, and banana and love banana the most), which has helped you sleep longer at night...
And holding your bottle for pretty much the entirety of each feeding (and continuing to suck on it for long periods of time after it's completely empty)...
And rolling over from tummy to back...
And sleeping on your side or tummy at night instead of on your back (it almost gave us a heart attack the first time we found your sweet face smooshed into the mattress)...
And being steady enough to sit in a restaurant high chair...
And outgrowing some of your cutest outfits (which makes me sad)...
And I can tell by the way you launch yourself forward that you really want to crawl. You love to grab anything you possibly can, which means that I've lost hair by the handful. Today we had lunch with some of my friends and you made your first of many restaurant messes when you knocked over a water glass. I'm quite certain you were very pleased with yourself...
You are a very happy, easy-going baby (except when someone is too loud, and then that makes you scream), and you continue to charm the hell out of anyone and everyone (most of all, your adoring parents).
Charlie, you are, quite simply, the joy of my life. In you, I see myself as I once was and as I long to be again. You are perfect and quirky and hilarious and inquisitive. I hope you are always as open to the world as you are now. I am so proud of you, buddy, and I'm so happy to be your mama.
Love,
Mommy
7 comments:
OMG, I just wanna nom, nom, nom his chubby awesomeness! Happy 7th (well, 8th, technically, right?), Charlie!
Happy 7th Chuckles, you are just too cute!!
He is so cute!!! His smile is contagious!!!
utterly utterly scrumptious. :)
he has the cutest fat rolls!
How does he keep getting cuter every month?!
I am back from my travels and back to following you and your two favorite guys. Charlie is starting to look like a little boy now and not a little baby! Really really great pics! His light light blonde hair and blue blue eyes. What a cutie. Thanks for reading my posts while away. I have some catching up to do on yours!
And I like your new header! Noticed it right away... looks great.
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