Opening Day

Matt celebrated opening day with all of his college friends. Although Charlie is still too young to partake in the fun, he was in gear representing the north side. Unfortunately, it did not help them win.

Charlie's First Birthday

March was a busy month for us. We celebrated Charlie’s first birthday! We actually celebrated Charlie’s birthday twice, once with friends (Charlie has 3 other friends with March birthdays) and once with family. He was sick the week leading up to his big day so we did not know what to expect, but as always he was happy and thrilled to be surrounded by all of his family. He enjoyed his first taste of cake, as you can see from the picture. It was a day we will remember for a long time to come.

You can see pictures in the gallery under “Charlie’s First Birthday”. As soon as we can figure out the camera we will get video up too.  

Rolling, rolling, rolling

Charlie loves to walk across the room while pushing furniture for support. He moves chairs, high chairs, and toys....anything that can slide across the floor and support his little legs. To save our floors we bought Charlie a toy that was actually designed to assist new walkers. The good news is, it worked! He grabs on and he moves with reckless abandon. There are pictures of him with the walker in the photo gallery and a video on the new video page.

Furniture Surfing

Charlie is not walking yet, but we think he is getting close. He is walking around holding onto anything that is stable enough to hold him.  It is only a matter of time now!

Snow Day!

The "Blizzard of 2011" left behind two feet of snow and we were eager to take Charlie out. We could not actually open our front door or back door, so Matt had to push snow away from the doors until he could squeeze out. Once he was out he made a path for us and we bundled everyone up and headed out. Our first stop was a trek down the street for lunch at our favorite pizza place. Then we headed back to the house and excitedly put Charlie down in the snow. All day, we had been imagining the joy on his face when he first experienced snow. Our vision of Charlie’s happiness quickly vanished when we sat him down in the snow and a look at terror came over his face (proof is in the photo gallery). The first time Charlie stepped foot in the snow was after the Blizzard of 2011, although he is not anxious to go back outside it was a day we will never forget. There are photos in the gallery of our neighborhood (we are still waiting for a plow) and our front yard.