Charlie is Three Months Old!

"Where's Charlie?"

Stretch!

"Mmmm, hand..."

Charlie and his first babysitter, Danielle

• Little Dude is sleeping a 6-7 hour stretch pretty consistently. Mommy likes!
• At 8 weeks Charlie would hold stuff if you put it in his hand.
• Charlie has his first trip to the Zoo.
• At 9 weeks poor Chachi is stuck in the hospital for two days with a pretty bad respiratory virus.
• At 10 weeks he started little chuckles or giggles when we do something he likes.
• At 12 weeks he started grabbing at objects within his reach.
• He enjoys watching television (uh-oh).
• If you say his name or talk to him, he gives big smiles.
• His vocalizing sounds like long stretched out vowel sounds and shrieking.
• He sometimes says something that sounds like "mom."
• He doesn't really like to sleep laying on his tummy on top of mommy anymore. He prefers his back.
• He is now in 3-6 month clothes.
• Everybody says he looks just like Daddy.
• At 12 weeks we left Charlie with a babysitter for the first time so we could go to a couples dinner for Daddo's discipleship group. He did great! Hardly any crying.
• Charlie meets his Great Grandma Joie, Uncle Jeff, Great Uncle Billy, Irene, Great-great Uncle John, and Great-great Aunt Helen for the first time.
• Charlie is now in size 3 diapers.
• He really loves it when Madeline plays with him.
• When I get the girls ready in the morning, I bring Charlie into their room and lay him down on their purple Tinkerbell couch. They like to cover him up with blankets, "read" to him, and give him stuffed animals.
• It seems like he is happy to see me because I'm his mom and not just because I have milk for him.
• He no longer lays his head down on your shoulder when being carried around. He likes to lift his head up and look around. He has very good posture.
• He can hold his head up pretty well.
• He like to suck on his hands and rub them together like he is plotting evil. We call this his "machinations." Maddie used to do it too.
• If you hold his hands, he can stand up in your lap.
• On 4/20, Charlie had a reunion with all of the babies born from our Childbirth class with Robin Gruver.