Now, Charlie is our super-active, super-happy, super-drooly baby boy. :) Okay, he's a toddler, and truth be told, he's been toddling for three months now, but darn it, he's still our baby.
Some of the things our one-year-old has been up to lately: making animal sounds (he is good at the growly ones...tigers, bears and lions), "so big!," hugs and kisses, his first words have been "hi," "more," "hi kitty," "yeah," "mama," "dada," "oma," "chug chug" and some form of sounds meant to be "Ava." :) Charlie likes to head for the kitchen cupboard when I ask him if he wants a snack, head for the stairs when I ask him if he wants a bath, and he'll throw his diapers (and anything else he can get his hands on, including a baby monitor that went missing for a few days) into the diaper pail. He is a handful, but a happy handful.
We spent his birthday on Monday with friends at a train store in St. Paul, which Charlie absolutely loved, followed by a celebratory ice cream cone.
We had a family party for him on Saturday, the 12th. All of his grandparents and great-grandparents made it, and he loved the attention and presents but was not so into the cake.
Here he is with his new Cozy Coupe, complete with his chauffeur, Ava.
Look at these pretty grandmas!
The cake doesn't look so threatening, does it?
But Charlie was not a happy camper after plunging his little hands into the frosting and finding it stuck to his fingers. He might have had a little taste of it, but he had no interest in eating it until the next day, when I thought I'd have a slice in peace, and he ended up eating half of it...
Happy First Birthday, Charlie. We LOVE you!!!!
