10 months

ya'll I totally forgot that Charlie turned 10 months until last night! I mean it's not like I have anything else going on ;)  But Charlie is now a 10 month old! This child is a mess. There is nothing else to say. Period. Not really but he keeps me on my toes and I have a feeling it is going to be like this for the rest of his life. Jesus, help me! He does everything Whit did not do. He is into everything. He eats everything. Everything he can find goes in his mouth. He stands up all the time. He wants to be held whenever I am around. He eats everything, oh I think I mentioned that :) Seriously though, he wants to put whatever in his mouth but when it comes to food there is no joking around with this kid. He eats A TON! I cannot keep enough food on the tray. I have not found much he does not like. He loves pizza, vegetables, fruit, muffins, graham crackers, ice cream, nila waffers, cake, meat, spaghetti, vegetable soup and anything else I fix. I laugh bc at this point with whit he maybe ate 3 of these things. Charlie never really liked baby food. He only has 2 bottom teeth but those teeth obviously serve him well. I do not even have to fix his dinner separate bc he eats whatever I are from the night before. He drinks whole milk already from a sippy cup. He is not a big milk drinker like Whit was and I have no idea how much he drinks daily bc it varies every day.
He stands up in the bath despite being told no the entire bath. He pulls on my leg and cries the whole time I am trying to cook dinner. He scrunches up his nose and breathes really hard like a bulldog when he gets really excited about something. He talks often and laughs at Whit.
He goes to bed at 6:30 usually and will only take about 2 sips of milk and then he wants to get in his bed. He is exhausted at the end of the day. He naps pretty well at school. Usually in the mornings for about 30-45 min and 45 min to and hour in the afternoons.
Nate and I look at each other often and say "what are we going to do with him?!"
I hope the spark in his eye remains forever though. I love this little booger more than anything and I pray that his fire and craziness will be for the glory of the Lord as he continues through life! Thank you Charlie boy for adding spunk to our family(and probably some wrinkles later)

My little fireball

Preciousness

He has to be in the middle of the action

In to everything!



Auburn!

We decided to venture to Auburn for the game on Saturday. We have never taken Whit and he is now at an age where he understands and we figured he would LOVE it! We didn't have anyone to keep Charlie so we decided to go ahead and take them both. The day was great and both boys did really well. We left around 8 and got to Auburn with time to get to the tiger walk. Whit is so obsessed with the band so we wanted to make sure he got to hear as much of them as possible. It was really crowded around the tiger walk but he could still hear the band. After that we walked around and stopped to eat our picnic we had packed. We headed into the game about 12:30. We had great seats for Whit. We were on the 7th row so he could see everything! We were able to point out the eagle cage right when they were about to release it so he saw it really well. He loved the eagle, the marching band and his shaker best of all! Charlie fell asleep in my arms as the first quarter started. It was great bc he was content in my arms. We left at half time after the band played. It was a hot day but I am so glad we went. Could not have survived without the double BOB! It was a great memory and Whit woke up Sunday morning asking to go back to Auburn so I think he had fun!!

Ready to watch the tiger walk

We lost Whit approximately one minute after buckling his seatbelt



Separate but good weekends!

This past weekend the family split up but all 4 of us had great weekends! It was my annual beach trip with my girl friends and so Nate took the boys to the farm for some fun!
I am thankful as always to have some girl time and time to sit on the beach without watching anyone, actually just time to sit period! The weather was looking really bad for us as tropical storm Karen was headed straight for us. We were up in the air on what to do but Thursday night we made the decision to go ahead. We left bright and early around 6:30. We were sitting on the beach by 12:30 baking in the sunshine! The weather was perfect. Bright sunny skies for 2 days. Friday night after finally making in up from the beach we headed to Fishers. It was a great atmosphere and great food! Saturday night we ended up staying in,. watching the Auburn game and eating pizza. It was a great weekend. We are all very lucky to have each other! Looking forward to the lake weekend in March :)

While I was sitting on the beach Nate and the boys were playing at the farm. I am so glad Nate went with his parents down there. Whit loves it and I was glad he could have a little help! They had a great time. Whit went fishing with Jimbo and daddy and caught a fish then daddy caught a really big fish but Whit insisted it was the one he caught. I am not sure who was more excited about it.... daddy or Whit :) 

They also enjoyed the neighbors 6th birthday party. Apparently the young girls there loved Charlie and took over him for a bit! I was so proud of Nate for taking such good care of them and thankful he let me enjoy some time alone!

I was glad to have my little family all back together last night but it was a good weekend!