Charlie at 15 Months

Our Charlie turned 15 months this week! Where does the time go? Here are a few things about our guy.

Sweet little Charlie, at 15 months...

You're still a peanut. We'll get your official stats next week at your checkup, but you're about 19 1/2 lbs (5th-ish percentile, I think). And yet, your personality is much bigger than your size!

You have been in a Mama phase, scared of strangers, and upset if I walk more than 5 feet from you. You're just coming out of that phase and becoming friendly once again!

You have six teeth- four on top and 2 on bottom. I think you're working on more!

If your teeth aren't bothering you, you're a pretty good sleeper! Recently you've gone back to two naps, and often those each last 2 hours! In addition you go to bed a little after 6 pm and usually wake up at 7 or 7:30 the next morning. (Well, you usually get up once around 4am to eat.) That's over 13 hours of sleep a night!

You play so well. Next to other kids, by yourself, with your brother... You love to explore, take things apart, put in and take out, and drop things. Often you'll play for a good 30-45 minutes by yourself!

You aren't walking yet- although I've seen you take as many as 6 steps at a time! You just prefer to crawl or cruise the furniture almost exclusively. We know that you'll walk someday... when you're ready. :)

You are a sweetie. You love to give (open mouth) kisses, hugs, and high fives.

kissing Daddy the day you started giving kisses a few months ago

Your vocabulary is pretty typical for your age, I think. You say... peas (please), cheese (as soon as you see the camera or for the food), Mama, five (for high five), boom, muh (more), bye bye, Gigi, Papa, and Ack! (which I'm pretty sure is Jack). You also speak in fluent sentences... in Charliese. You're definitely saying something, I just don't know what!

You're a great eater! You haven't developed much pickiness yet, and you eat a ton! A banana and a half in a sitting is nothing for you! You love anything in a sippy cup and drink mostly milk, and occasionally water. You also still nurse about 3 times a day.

You love, in no particular order... fruit, ride-on toys, yogurt and applesauce, your pacifier (oh what fun that will be to break you of :), climbing  on anything and everything, snacking constantly, going up and down stairs, pulling everything out of cabinets, dumping buckets of toys, and Gerber yogurt melts. You really like the yogurt melts.

We love you sweet boy, and we're so proud of you!

Charlie learns to stand

Charlie, slooooow at learning to walk as he may be :) is starting to branch out a bit. And, oh boy is he proud of himself!

Happy 1st Birthday Charlie!

Our sweet Charlie boy is one today!

Charlie, you are such a perfect addition to our family! Though your start in this world was rough, you overcame the odds, and haven't looked back since!

1 Day Old

3 Months Old

 

6 Months Old

9 Months Old

1 Year Old

 

At 1 you're a joy to be around! Generally happy and low key, you love anyone who will pay attention to you. You love your mama, screaming if I walk more than a few feet away.

You have an easygoing and determined personality. You'll work at figuring something out for a long time without getting frustrated.

You're still crawling, not yet {even close to} walking, but cruising and still getting into anything and everything.

You love to climb, to wrestle with your brother, and to put things in and out of buckets.

 

You're still a peanut. You weight about 19 lbs. and still wear 6-9 month clothes and size 2 or 3 shoes.

You still only have two teeth, but are working on at least four across the top! Other than teething issues, you're finally sleeping pretty well at night!

You love to eat! You especially love bananas (you can eat a whole one in a sitting), peas, yogurt, applesauce, bread, snacks, green beans, noodles and mama's milk. You tasted your first sips of whole milk today and liked it!

Today we celebrated your birthday by taking your brother to preschool and then hanging out together. This evening Mee Maw, Papa and Uncle Dave came over and we had a traditional first birthday dinner- Shepherd's Pie, peas and rolls... and of course pumpkin cupcakes, just like your brother had!

We are so thankful for you, sweet Charlie. I can't wait to see what great things God is going to do with your life!

Excuse me...

but who stole my baby? Because this kid looks like a little boy.

Presenting the almost one year old Charlie. Where does time go?

Charlie's Words, and other random updates

Well, it looks like little Charlie is going to be a great talker just like his big brother. Just wait, in about a year I won't be able to get a word in edgewise between the two of them! I just wanted to make this list of his words (in relative order) so I remember- this blog is basically the boys' baby books!

7 1/2 m

Bye-Bye (while waving)

9 m

More

Mama

Dada

10 m

Gigi (said with soft g's)

Hi

Up

Papa

Ball

Pat Pat (while clapping)

Boo

The major difference between Charlie and Jack is that Charlie almost always whispers his words, and well, if you've met Jack you know that he doesn't know how to whisper!

Charlie is also smacking his lips to imitate kisses (cute!) and has his second bottom tooth! At 10 months he weighs 18.9 oz (11th percentile), and barely (as in they're on the big size) wears size 2 shoes. What a peanut!

Charlie at 5 months

On Valentine's Day, Charlie turned 5 months old. Unfortunately we don't have any pictures from that day, since the bulk of the day was spent in the car on the way from NC back to my parents' house in FL.

When we got back home to KC, I snapped a few photos of Charlie boy to capture his fifth month.

At five months old, Charlie...

smiles and giggles, especially at mama :-) 

has long, blondish hair

sits unsupported for short spurts

has found his voice, and still babbles "g" consonant sounds

still nurses exclusively, every 2-3 hours

rolls over tummy to back and back to tummy- but not very often!

is loooooong and skinny, weighing in right at 15 lbs.

catnaps throughout the day, rarely sleeping longer than an hour

has big, beautiful eyes

usually sleeps 3-4 hours a time at night

is just growing out of his 3-6 month clothes in length

reaches for, grabs, and brings toys to his mouth

likes his worm toy best, second only to his hands

is unbelievably content- except for some evenings, when it's mama or nothin'

sucks or chews on both thumbs

is already getting his first tooth, on the bottom!

Sweet Charlie, you were the perfect Valentine this year!

Stats

Because I know you're dying to know... here are the boys' stats from their joint doctor's appointment earlier in the week. Both did well, and apart from Jack talking the poor doctor's head off, were both as well behaved as I would expect them to be at the doctor! Yay for successful joint outings- makes me feel like I can take them places together. :-)

Jack at 2 years

Weight- 29 lbs. 9 oz.- 70%

Height- 34.5"- 75%

Head Circ.- 20"- 85%

A few highlights of age appropriate skills Jack exhibits:

Forms sentences (more like paragraphs in his case :-)

Names body parts

Follows directions

Sorts objects

Understands consequences

Makes a tower with blocks/objects

Takes off clothing (though I wish he didn't!)

Jumps/ Walks up and down steps

Turns pages one at a time

Emerging skills/skills to work on:

Distinguishing between male/female

Turns door knobs (I SO am not ready for him to be able to do this!)

Indicates toileting needs

Imitates vertical lines when drawing (not yet, but he can draw circles!)

Puts on clothing/coat

 

Charlie at 2 months

Weight- 11 lbs. 11 oz.- 50%

Height- 23.25"- 65%

Head Circ.- 15.5"- 25%

(Just in case you're curious, at 2 months Jack weighed 13 lbs. 11 0z. [90%] and was 24" long [85%]. Charlie seems SO LITTLE to us!)

A few highlights of age appropriate skills Charlie exhibits:

Regards faces and his own hand

Responds to sounds and voices

Vocalizes

Responsive/ spontaneous/ social smiles

Recognizes parents

Follows objects to midline

Lifts head 45 degrees

Emerging skills:

Laughing

Lifts head and chest (can do this for a few seconds)

Bears weight on legs

Head steady while sitting (can also do this for a little while)

Follows objects past midline

 

All in all, we are so thankful for two healthy, thriving boys!

Charlie- 6 weeks

It took me until the last day of his sixth week, but I got it up!

I think from now on we'll just do monthly posts for the little guy. :-)

Charlie- 5 weeks

At 5 weeks, our little guy...

usually sleeps at least one 4-6 hour stretch every night

still eats every 2-3 hours during the day, sometimes more in the evening!

is awake more during the day

can lift/support his head for 20-30 seconds at a time

calms when I sing to him

has a "fussy time" almost every night around 9

is asserting his wants more, but is still pretty mellow

doesn't care much for the swing or bouncy seat

really doesn't like the car seat

has smiled at me once on purpose (I think!)

looks a little less like his brother, but still pretty similar... check it out below!

 

Charlie

Jack

We love you little Charlie!

Happy 1 month!

Charlie boy, we are so blessed to have you in our life! Happy 1 month!

 

Charlie's 1 month stats:

9 lbs 15 oz- 50th percentile

21.5 in- 50th percentile

And just for comparison's sake... Jack's 1 month stats and photo:

10 lbs 12 oz- 90th percentile

22.25 in- 75th percentile

Charlie- 3 Weeks

Pictures from Charlie's 3rd week of life...

This big boy slept from 11-4 last night, and took a bottle of breast milk for the first time tonight like it was no big deal! I can't believe he'll be a month old this coming week!

Charlie- 2 weeks

Not wanting Charlie to feel all second child-like, I'm trying to do a good job of capturing his early days. I took these the other day and wanted to get them posted before he turns 3 weeks on Monday.

And here are the outakes...

Dude, I have a hand! 

What up, yo?

And the 1 week collage I never posted...