Charlie 10 Months

It took me forever to take Charlie's 10 month pictures, partly because we were traveling in Florida, partly because he was sick, and partly because he's constantly had a forehead full of bruises.

Finally, I realized that conditions were never going to be perfect, so I went ahead and tried taking them... Only it took me two weeks. Aye aye aye. 

I also forgot to keep a list of things I wanted to remember about Charlie this month because of our long vacation, so I  have to try to pull from my memory, which id really difficult.

Charlie is so, do cute when he calls for mama, but he is a daddy's boy through and through. He gets highly offended if Gord walks into the room without paying attention to him.

Charlie loves balls!

This month, Charlie started pulling himself up and cruising around on the furniture, he's even been letting go! Hence, all the bruises. Poor guy. He always has some kind of bruise on his head. 

Charlie loves the water. He's so relaxed every time we put him in the pool or hot tub.

Charlie loves to feed himself. He's really good at feeding himself finger foods, and he even attempts to feed himself with a spoon occasionally.

I've been trying to wean Charlie, but he isn't having any of it. He hates formula, so we got permission to try whole mill, but he doesn't really care for that either. We've tried just about every kind of bottle and silly cup you can think of, but to no avail. He's s man who knows what he wants.

Speaking of knowing what he wants, while feeding him, he'll grunt until you figure out exactly the thing on the tray that he has his eye on.

Charlie has had a runny nose all month long. At first I thought it was a virus, then the entire rest of the family got better except for Charlie. Then I thought it was teething, or dramatic climate change from Utah to Florida and then back again... And now we think it's allergies, so he's been on zyrtec for about a week now.

Charlie is a really calm and easy baby generally.

Charlie loves to watch rio and signing time. Those are the only two things that will occupy him for a few minutes.

Charlie loves to bang on things. He's our little drummer boy.

Charlie still takes two naps a day, but I think he's starting to phase out of the morning nap.

We still have to let him cry it out most nights, but it usually only lasts a minute or two.

Charlie has the cutest big hazel eyes ever!

Poor guy still doesn't have much hair to speak of, but I love his little bald head!

Charlie loves to play peek-a-boo by hiding behind a piece of furniture and standing up and saying "boo!".

He's beginning to resist the car seat now. It had to happen sooner or later I guess, and I guess we did have a long run with him loving/falling asleep in it. Sad day for me tough.

Now that he's mobile, he's decided that he hates having his diaper changed and will try everything in his power to get away from me...

We sure do love our Charlie. We love the ways. He snuggles, and plays. This has not been an easy month with all of our traveling and sicknesses, but he is such a sweet litte guy and he's handling everything like a champ.