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Charlie is 8 months old!  We kicked off this month with Thanksgiving and ended with celebrating Hanukkah with family. 8 months old and on the move! This photo was really hard to get this month Charlie is officially on the move.  He learned how to go from his belly to sitting in early December and shortly after started planking and doing downward dogs.  He had been scooting backwards for a while and about 5 days before he turned 8 months, he took off crawling.  It's exciting and game changing for our routine.  The other night, I set him down in his room, then took Sydney to go brush her teeth.  Out of the corner of my eye, I saw some movement and turned to find Charlie, smiling, as he made his way toward us. Here comes trouble He is all boy.  He still loves jumping, and standing. He has become so wild in the bath, I can no long bathe him and Sydney together.  He lunges forward, reaches for everything and tries to climb over the top o...

Charlie turned 7 months on Tuesday.  It's hard to believe how quickly the months are passing and how quickly Charlie is growing. I'm 7 months old  It was another great month, and Charlie hit some fun milestones.  He started sitting, just after he turned 6 months, then started getting up on all 4's and rocking.  He can move well in a circle, and can manage to scoot backwards, but still hasn't figured out how to move forward, and it's making him mad.  Instead of working on it, he has decided he just wants to stand, and if we are holding him, jump. He still smiles and laughs all the time, and doesn't like to sit still.  I think in the past month, I've changed more diapers, and put more clothes on upside down than right side up! Look at me now! He is talking more - mostly in the form of grunts, but occasionally "da" and "ba".  He also started giving kisses.  The cute, baby, open mouth kisses, it's the ...

Charlie turned 6 months old on the 22nd!  How is it possible that he is half way to a year old?  Happy Half Birthday Charlie! This was another busy month for us, and Charlie hit some fun milestones.  Once he figured out how to master rolling from his belly to back, he started rolling all over the place.  We can't keep him still.  He is able to pivot on his belly and is trying so hard to figure out how to get up on his hands and knees at the same time.     Catch me if you can  My favorite part about this month is Sydney's ability and excitement around making Charlie smile and laugh. Without fail, if she starts jumping or crawling around, Charlie burst out in laughter.  I assumed that Charlie would be fascinated with Sydney but I never expected Sydney to be so amused by Charlie.  She gets a kick out of him doing silly things, like rolling under the table, making funny noises or p...