Charlie at 11 Months

Charlie turned 11 months this week – I can hardly believe it. With the busy nature of December, I feel like the last few weeks whizzed by and now I’m looking at a nearly 1-year-old little boy!

Charlie has continued to improve with his walking, and can walk across the room, but often takes some steps and then drops down to crawl fast. Especially if he has a shot at getting near some of the toys Eli loves to play with and tries to keep Charlie away. Like today – Eli had been playing in the living room with the farm set, but heard me and Charlie playing with the Leapfrog table that makes sounds, so he came running in to do it too. Almost as soon as Eli had arrived at the table, Charlie dropped to the floor and crawled as fast as he could (panting) toward the living room and the farm on the radiator. It was so funny. Eli of course got very upset and went running after him, “NOOOOOO CHARLIE!!!”

Thankfully, we still manage to have some moments when they can both be near the farm at the same time, like this one below:

Here are some facts about Charlie at 11 months old:

• His favorite book is Ten Little Ladybugs
• He is THE squirmiest child – if he doesn’t want to sit on your lap (like when we’re at church), he will twist, arch, and slide off
• He hates getting his diaper or clothes changed and usually flips around in about two seconds, grabbing the changing table and making the whole process very challenging
• He loves pulling books off the shelves
• He has four teeth, but the top left fang tooth just came through and it starting to come down (Eli had 8 teeth at this age)
• Loves playing hide and seek with Eli, especially if Eli is hiding in the curtains – Charlie will laugh and laugh when he pulls the curtain to reveal Eli standing there
• He says “ma ma ma” when he’s complaining/tired/needs something, “bababa” and “dadada” throughout the day, and will say “hi” if you put the phone up to his mouth.
• He likes any toy that Eli is playing with, especially cars, guys, farm animals, stuffed animals, trains…
• Favorite foods include: veggie booty, graham crackers, goldfish, blueberry muffins, apples, pears, and grapes
• Charlie bumps his forehead at least once a day. The poor kid usually has at least one bruise or bump right in the middle, but luckily these fade pretty fast.

Here are some videos from the last week or so. Excuse the mess in the family room – Eli had dumped out one of the bins and stuff was scattered everywhere. The first video is Ben sliding the kids across the floor:

Sliding on the Hardwood Floor - Dec 2009 from Sarah on Vimeo.

The second is a video of Eli making Charlie laugh while they played with this toy:

Dec 2009 - Eli and Charlie Playing Nicely Together from Sarah on Vimeo.