A month of adventures!

So now we have a 9 month old baby on our hands! And he's ADORABLE! And he is working the room wherever we go! Everyone told us that he'd get stranger anxiety and really the only time he does is when he gets into a new loud situation but it only lasts a couple of minutes and then he's smiling and talking and melting hearts again!! He loves the ladies and is always a big flirt :) He has his top teeth coming in and teething has not been fun. But those teeny tiny teeth are so cute! He's still not a full blown crawler but he scoots, rolls and shakes his way to wherever he wants to go. He also now grabs our hands and pulls himself up to stand! Walking here we come! He's also quite a big boy now too weighing in at 23 pounds and wearing 12 month clothes! A lot of people are surprised to find out that he's so young yet so big! But then again, look at Bill...are you surprised? :)


Our first big adventure this month was our trip to Vegas for July 4th when we visited Uncle Chris, Auntie Tami and cousin Maggie! We had a great time! Except for when it came to the fireworks. It was past Charlie's bedtime and they were awfully loud so that equaled one fussy baby. But he came around in the end and got into the spirit;

Charlie also enjoyed visiting with their dog Scooby. He's such a dog lover, and we don't even have a dog!



One major event from this month was Charlie's first Comic Con! We headed down to San Diego and Charlie was ready to roll in his costume!

Everyone adored baby Yoda! And the highlight of his Con was when he got to meet Snoopy!
Charlie LOVED Snoopy! He laughed and hugged Snoopy and loved him so much! I was so proud! That's my boy!


On a not so fun note Charlie did come back from San Diego with a virus :( He's ok though, he got tested up and down and there's no infection. So we're giving him Pedialite and baby Tylenol and a lot of cuddles and he is slowly getting better. There's just a lot of fussing and a lot of sleeping going on. Poor little guy. But while we were at the ER when he had a fever we were waiting for the Doctor to come and I guess the Motrin they gave Charlie kicked in and Charlie was ready to party! He was playing and laughing and while he was laughing up a storm he even got the guy in the next room laughing with him! Charlie is a born healer ;)

Believe it or not Charlie's 1st birthday is just a few months away! And because his birthday falls on a Thursday we've decided to throw his party that following Saturday...which is Halloween!! Woohoo!! But when it comes to dressing up, Charlie is an old pro;


Until next month!

~Karen, Bill and Charlie