Here it is all stacked...in a mess...sad thing is, I have a special wide angle lens on my camera.
And here it is sorted into 4 or 5 categories. I'm working on commiting to getting rid of 1/2...but I might wimp out and go with 1/3.
The funny thing is, I know exactly what I have and where (well, until I asked the teenagers to move them but keep them in order b/c they were in order...now they are stacked high and all out of order.) Anyway, it's becoming a daunting task. But hey, my taxes were done 3 weeks ago!!
OK, so here's a cornocopia of what February was like around here with Charles.
Into everything...here he is checking out all the cool stuff around the computer. and by the way, notice the one sock wonder. I appear to be cursed. I have more single socks after every load...I mean for the rest of the family...so when Charles started dropping socks it quickly became a family joke, I am truly cursed by the one sock epidemic and Charles fits right in!
Bear is starting to get a little more attention around here for which she is grateful...but some days she should be careful what she asks for!!
He can still do this neat trick! I told you my friend, Kim, tried it one day months ago (she's a former ballet dancer) She did it...but then got up and realized she'd hurt herself a little.
This one is for you, Mom and Dad. My parents joke around some days when they are visiting and I went off to work while they waved goodbye from the front door like little birdies in the nest.
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Charles stands up all the time...but always holding on to something. Every now and then while he's standing at a chair or table, he'll get lost in the moment of whatever he's playing with in his hand and let go of the table. The other day he was standing at the sofa and letting go to pass a pencil back and forth from one hand to the other. He's not camera shy so, unfortunately, once I grab the camera to film him, he's more interested in it than performing. But here's Tomas getting him to stand on his own. This IS a great feat. I was surprised after several flashes, like he's being hounded by the paparazzi, he did not fall over. I actually got a bunch of shots. He was pretty well balanced.
And a future judge on our hands likely to abuse his power to get people to shut up in the court room.
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And what babyhood is complete without a daddy to get you all riled up??!!
Always as cute as button.
And yet, as big as he's getting...every now and then I look down at Charles and see what a tiny baby he still is. Here he is sound asleep on the sofa. This was one of the moments I relish when I think "wow, I was thinking he was growing up so fast...but look at him, he's still just a little baby."
Bonus video coming to some of you personally...
Adios February...we are ready to welcome March around here.
