it's christmas time!

Charles, his cousin Ellee and great-grandpa....



and a big smile for the camera (not)....




for all you parents out there, you can appreciate how big a deal it was to see Charles keeping himself up on his own....



he has a new play pen...the old Moses basket he slept in while we were in Vancouver...

the swamp creature returns....from the dead

(flashback to October 28, 2007)

October, 2007 - Naples, Fl

Charles, in an impressive showing of wisdom and strength, outmaneuvered the swamp creature and administered his now-famous (and deadly) slobber-chomp, sealing the fate of the mutant creature....




***present day****

but alas! out of the blue, without warning, the creature returned....and here, we were able to capture the intense moments as the swamp creature mocks Charles with the wretched "stick out my tongue" maneuver....in the world of a child, this is the ultimate of taunts...






BUT CHARLES WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED!!! Grabbing the swamp creature by the throat, Charles returns the taunt with his own "stick out my tongue" maneuver....if you look carefully, you can see the sheer terror on the creature's face...he knows what's about to come....







it's the slobber-chomp!!!!! but what the swamp mutant doesn't know is that since their last meeting, Charles has perfected the chop and increased the potency of the slobber....this should be the last of the creature (we would show you Charles' victory dance, but things got too messy after this)

Charles, the home-boy

we had ONE day so far where it was reasonable to dress him in this outfit...it was before out Christmas outing to the town festival...



and Charles had so much fun he passed out. Too much eggnog.

the bouncy seat....

ahhh, yes...new toys, new fun (and new distractions for mom and dad to get things done)...Charles is lovin the bouncy seat and does 180's as fast as he can (which isn't very fast)...and if you look closely, you'll see the tongue (see below post for more on that)...




(the bouncy-seat glamour shot)




it's not poking out far, but the tongue is still out....




his fat little thighs bulge out the seat!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!

Charles says, "Feliz Navidad!" (mom is teaching Charles spanish). Blessings in this Advent season!!

the tongue....

there's always something new (and odd) with Charles. Charles has (we can only assume) discovered his tongue, and man, does he like to show it off! He sticks it out all the time...ALL the time. And, of course, this has only added to the drool factor....it's more like a drool faucet at this point.










(hehehe)



mad dog Charles! mad dog Charles!!!