Letter Month Seventeen

Dear Charlie,
The months are passing so quickly and you are growing so fast.  You are a full on toddler now and you sure are keeping us hopping! 
You are interested in everything and constantly getting into things that are not meant for you.  You can reach the top of the table and even climb into chairs now and have full access to all sorts of things.  Drinks and plates get pulled to the floor along with papers, books, and all sorts of other items not meant to be left out.  You don't seem to be as fascinated with the item as you are with the act of pulling it down!


You are talking so much now.  You attempt to repeat the names of objects we show you and you are able to tell us most of your needs.  You put two words together some and have occasionally made a phrase.  Mostly, you say one word to tell us you what you want.  We know you listen and understand a lot because you know to say, "bye bye" when you hear a phone conversation coming to a close!  You still call your paci a baby, but you say it slightly different than when you refer to a doll or actual baby.  It sounds more like "beh bee" when you ask for the paci.  You have finally embraced signing when you want to eat and drink.  The sign you give for water is definitely your own interpretation, but it definitely gets the job done! 
You are still a robust eater.  You aren't as big a fan of veggies as you are fruits, but you readily eat steamed broccoli and roasted cauliflower, so we are happy.  You love all kinds of fruits: pears, bananas, apples, oranges, cuties, kiwis, grapes, strawberries, watermelon, and cantaloupe.  You still enjoy your meat and have found a love for breakfast sausage.  Feeding yourself with a fork is a new skill you are mastering.  You may not do it perfectly, but you certainly enjoy trying!  You also enjoy feeding yourself your yogurt.  This is quite an adventure, but you are very proud of yourself for doing it. You still enjoy your time to nurse.  You often request the chance to nurse the moment you see me.  We consistently nurse in the morning and at bed time and work it in at your request other times.  When you ask me and we are out somewhere, I frequently tell you that we will once we get home and you are so funny the way you look me in the eye and do the sign again (as if I didn't understand it at first), then proceed to look directly at my chest.  Sometimes when you really want to, you even go so far to try to access it yourself!  You are something else! 
You are learning lots of new things every day.  You can make many animal sounds, including: the duck says, "quack"; the mouse says, "eek"; the cat says, "meow"; and the bear says, "grrrrr".  You have also mastered pointing to eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and bellybutton.  You also follow simple commands very well.  You can help put clean laundry from the washer into the dryer and also take it out of the dryer and put it in the basket.  You can help pick up toys too, but sometimes you don't choose to!
You have developed a pretty good nap routine where you sleep for an hour and a half or two hour in the morning and again in the afternoon.  Around 7 or 7:30 you are ready for bed and usually go to sleep after reading several books and nursing a while.  You wake most nights around 2:30 or 3 and by 4 o'clock you are usually in our bed for a time to nurse.  Your routine seems to be that after nursing you get rowdy and daddy brings you back to your own bed.  With a little help, you fall asleep again in your bed.  Occasionally, we get lucky and you sleep all night on your own.  We pray those nights become the routine!  We love you a lot and enjoy being with you, but no one is excited to get up at 3 in the morning!
You are a charming kid and everywhere we go people comment on you.  You are friendly and bright and eager to show off what you know!  You are so sweet and loving.  The way that you lay your head on my shoulder and gently pat my arm is the sweetest.  We know that we are lucky to have you as our baby boy.  We hope that you feel just how much we all love you!

Love,
Momma

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