Almost 12 Months

Charlie turned 11 months on June 12th.  He still has 8 teeth and he's still crawling but two bottom molars are coming in and they need to break through so that demon baby moments will go away for a little while.

He is communicating with us now in different forms of babble.  I can tell when he's frustrated, or wants something out of reach, or when he bumped something, or when he's tired.  It's so fun to see his progress.  He also understands the simple routines in life like when he sees a hairbrush he grabs it and takes it to his hair, or when he sees a sock he tries to put it on his feet (in his very uncoordinated baby way).  He also has a sense of humor.  He likes to make us laugh and to applaud him.  He claps and we clap.  His grandma taught him 'so big!' where he puts his arms up after we say, 'how big is Charlie?'  Now he just puts his arms up all day long so that we will yell 'so big!'  It's the new cutest thing ever.

Whenever we take a sip of something Charlie says "Ah!"

We got a new tricycle and he'll sit in it for a long time.  He's always had an aversion to his stroller (and everything else where he is strapped down) and so the tricycle is nice in that I have a way to get out and not be completely stressed out waiting for the meltdown.

He is a great sleeper.  Right now he sleeps 6pm until 6 or 6:30 am (although this morning he woke up at 5:30am) and takes an hour and a half nap in the morning and an hour nap in the afternoon.  I am obsessed with sleep, it is my most important thing and so I am trying to figure out how to get him to sleep longer in the afternoon.  Any tips?

Two weeks until his birthday!  I love you baby Charlie!!