A couple videos

Charlie with his first kids meal.






















As you can see it was a big hit.



















We spent a few hours at Costco's tire center waiting to get our tires rotated.













Finally we went to have some lunch. Here's the first pictures and video we've gotten of Charlie signing (although he's been doing it for quite a while now).








When I tell Charlie that we're going to put on his hat he usually comes over and sticks his head out to help me. It's so cute!


Charlie does lots of signs now. Here are some of them: more, all done, cat, dog, horse, cow, mouse, and fish.
A couple days ago I took him to the park. We were swinging and then I thought he was done so I took him out. He walked to the next swing, pointed at it, and started signing "more." Clearly he was not ready to be done swinging. Later, as we were leaving, he kept pointing back at the park signing "more." I love seeing that he understands that the concept of "more" applies to more than just food. :)

He very clearly says "banana" now in his adorable little baby voice. Last week we were walking through the mall and Charlie was riding on Adam's shoulders. All of the sudden I heard Charlie say "banana" and I looked up and he was pointing at some bananas sitting on a shelf at an ice cream stand. It was so cute.
Charlie makes a barking noise for dog, a hissing sounds for snakes, an "ahh-ahh-ahh" sound for monkies, and a "vroom" noise for cars.

Charlie's favorite thing of all is reading books. The first thing he does when he wakes up is point at his bookshelf. He'd even rather read than eat (and he loves to eat)! Some days (when we have time) we'll sit and read book after book - sometimes for over an hour. It's rare that he gets bored of reading. Even though I may not always have the best attitude about reading kids books for hours on end, it makes me so happy that he loves reading so much. I also love to read and it is a very important part of my life. I go the library several times a month. Last year alone I read 63 books. I just can't stop I love it so much - so I can't really blame Charlie now can I? Some of his favorite books right now are: Where the Wild Things Are, King Bidgood's in the Bathtub, Are You My Mother?, the Little People lift the flap books, books with buttons that make noise, If Mom Had Three Arms, and all Dr. Suess books.

Charlie lovesto be outside. So despite temperatures in the 20s this past week I've been making an effort to bundle us up and go to the park for a few minutes. We don't go every day but I do try. When we're not reading or outside, Charlie can often be found playing with his cars, carrying around his baby, playing chase or hide-and-go-seek, dumping toys all over house, playing legos, and playing with his musical toys.

Charlie has been learning and growing so much in the last couple of months. He hardly even seems like a baby anymore and it makes me sad. I love watching him develop and try new things but it also makes me nostalgic for the days when he was so little and so easily entertained. Sigh...