18 Months of Charlie

My sweet Charlie boy... words cannot express how much I love you! You continue to surprise me each day with how much you are learning and growing. I want to bottle up your little sweet voice and keep it that way forever! You are getting so verbal and love all sports! 

Outings

Trip to Raleigh 
Washington Farms 2 times 
Hilton Head Island
Lots of pool days at ACC
A few Augusta trips

Milestones

29 lbs- still squeezing into size 4 diapers to get more bang for our buck ;) 
Has 16 teeth- 8 on top and 8 on bottom!
Getting very verbal!
4th haircut
3rd ear infection :( 
First time putt putting in HHI!
Week of June 14- started saying mommy occasionally instead of mama 
Starting to be more particular... will throw or knock food off his plate, gets frustrated if he can't do something himself, etc. 
Learned how to twist things like the cap off of a bottle

Things to Remember

The way he says "hot hot" and moves hand at fire in a book or hot food 
The way he grabs a book and then turns around to sit in my lap 
The way he points to the moon in his books and says “ball” and even the tiny moon on the back of Goodnight Moon 
The way he lays his head on my shoulder and gives a hug 
The way he loves to pull books through his crib
The way he tries to put toothpaste on his toothbrush 
The way he knows how to throw away his trash 
The way he automatically blows kisses if you say love you or bye bye
Says “nana” for banana and ho ho for Santa 
Started blowing kisses with his hand 
The way he thinks it’s so funny to kiss on the lips 
Week of 4/19 was going through a big attachment phase and scream cried at bedtime. Ended up rocking him to sleep one night which was the sweetest thing ever. The way he would open his eyes and whisper “mama” like he was in disbelief I was there <3
The way he puts his hands together when I say let’s say your prayers or the blessing and then says "Amen" at the end
The way he dances 
The way he does more in sign language 
The way he does oh no when the bear is hurt in his book 
The way he says “this book” or “that book”
The way he says poop when he goes poop 
The way he says hi so soft and with a smile, especially in the morning when I walk into his room
The way he smiles and chuckles at you when he’s about to fall asleep 
The way he moves his hands like a beak for bird and says tweet tweet
The way he says “yah” to every question
The way he tries to say “go dog go”
The way he says help, oh wow, and stuck
The way he says “hop” for the bunny 
The way he does “gentle” after swatting 
The way he grabs the remote and tries to turn it on and say "tv"
The way he says "nack" for snack
The way he runs with one arm
The way he tries to jump The way he calls his milk cup "baba" 

Loves to put on shoes
Loves the Hungry Caterpillar (especially the big one), balls, especially basketball and golf