How big is he?

Huge! Charlie had his doctor's appointment today and we found out how big he has grown. He is now 15.6lbs and 25.5 in. long and not very happy about getting his shots! I can't believe how grown up he looks and how smart he is getting. He still won't say Dada, but says mama all the time and has recently started to say No...already, not a good sign. Larin passed his Staff Sgt. boards with an amazing 149/150! I knew he would do great, and we can expect a his raise in 6 months, YAY for money! He had to do recruiting at the fair and Charlie and I got to visit him. Charlie was so excited to see his daddy and be outside. I got to eat tons of fair food and it was tasty. I have got too many pictures so deal with it!

Showing how tall he is!When we took him to my Dr. appt. he was smiling like this at all the ladies, what a flirt!Visiting Dad at the fair and sooo happy!I like his sly smile in this one.This was really hard to pull off! He is getting heavy and my arm was still healing from my arterial line, ouch!

So sweet when he is sleepy, note the slobber puddle, just like dad.And he looks just like daddy in this one!

Four months old!!!!

The wee one is now four months old! Charlie smiles all the time now and giggles, says mama, and just babbles! He can roll from his tummy to his back now too so we have to keep close watch on him. I can't believe it has been four months already! He still hasn't had a tooth break in yet but they are working on it, and he can't wait, he eyes dad and I when we are eating. He sits pretty well, still falls forward sometimes and loves to stand with help! Lots about Charlie on this post because there isn't much else going on in our lives right now, and he is so darn cute! His appointment isn't until later this month so I will post how huge he has gotten then. Larin has his staff Sergeant boards next week and I'm sure he will do grand, I have just been keeping the house work going and the little one alive and happy. Not much else important going on here are the pics of Charlie, and note once again how few he is smiling in, he is such a little turd it is so hard to catch his grin on camera, ugh!The happiest time of day for him, FOOD!He had to be tricked to get him smiling..the poohead.His usual camera face, note how he looks exactly like his daddy(except for his lovely eyes from me)So tall, and strong too!

These are a few of my favorite things....(Charlie)

Three months old now, decided to let you know some of my favorite things, and some of the less than favorites.

I LOVE my jumper, it is fun!I DO NOT like naps, I may be taking one in the jumper but I know I'm missing stuff!
I LOVE going on walks with Mommy and Daddy.I DO NOT like that Suzie(our dog) has to come she smells worse than me.
I LOVE baths.I DO NOT like being cleaned, why can't I just kick around?!
I LOVE sitting in my bumbo chewing on my silky.I DO NOT like how my mommy insists on taking pictures of it.
I LOVE eating.Did I mention I LOVE FOOD!!!And I LOVE my mommy and daddy...even when they are mad at me.

4th of July weekend

Here are some pictures of our trip up to Idaho Falls for the fourth and Charlie's blessing. We didn't go to the fireworks because we didn't feel Charlie would like it and I had a pounding headache but we were able to see all of our families. We had the blessing at my parents house and had a BBQ afterward...not much else going on just glad to be back home and in the swing of things!Happy Baby! This was just as we were starting out, he was not so happy after he realized it was a long ride!Getting ready for church with daddyNot so happy with mom putting a hat on himJust got blessed and being so well behaved!All in all it was a good trip but the boy was happy to be home, although you can't see it here! This is his "mom stop taking pictures" face!

Happy Father's Day (yeah, I know it's early)

So I pulled a serious blond moment this last Sunday and celebrated Father's Day. I guess I thought since Mother's Day is the second week of May, Father's day must be the second week of June but its not. Anywho, I just wanted to let my husband know how proud I am of him and how much Charlie and I love and depend on him! I went out in a hissy on Saturday night thinking I was doing last minute shopping and got Larin a grill! He has wanted one forever and I finally caved, I must say that I like it too, since I don't have to cook or clean since its outside, and he has made some tasty stuff!
Here is Charlie's first picture of him actually smiling, he looks so much like his daddy! He has finally started to not be such a momma's boy, thank goodness! His doctors appointment was today and he has gotten so BIG!!! He is 12lbs. 4 oz. and a whopping 22 3/4 in.!!! He had to get 3 shots and was not happy about that at all, poor thing screamed so hard he fell asleep from all the effort.
And a little suprise, he is TEETHING! I know, what??? Just 12 weeks and he has two little mounds on his bottom jaw and can't keep his hands out of his mouth just chewing chewing chewing and drooling drooling drooling! Let me tell you he also screams in pain every once and awhile, it's so sad and tiring! The only other child I knew that actually teethed this early is Taylor. I guess my little boy just wants to be all grown up, it's so bittersweet....

A big boy!

Charlie has officially found his hands, I don't think he knows they are his and he controls them but he found them! He has his two month appointment next week and I'm so excited to find out just how big he is now. I took some pics and video of his favorite thing, BATHTIME, he can't get enough and loves to kick and splash, but only with one foot, yeah he's a weirdo...Kind of smiling...

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And here are some pictures of him so cute, every time the flash went off he stopped smiling, such his father's child.I know so many posts and pics but he's my first so I'm allowed right?

The family that shoots together...

Little political soap box warning. My brother made a good point recently in saying that our country's founding fathers were inspired to write the constitution so there is a reason we have the right to bear arms, we may not know why now but we have the right! Our family has never been gun crazy but both Katie and I married into it and Robert wanted to protect his constitutional right and went out and bought a new gun. Hopefully the next four years our rights can remain unharmed. Off the soap box... Robert had never shot a handgun and decided who better to teach him than my military husband and the cop to be Ryan. I had never shot a handgun either so there was quite a bit of learning going on. All in all it was a fun day, except for the bugs, we were eaten alive, note to self bring bug spray!I was super tense and scared I was going to hurt someoneStraight shooter!Katie really rocked, she knows how to shoot pretty well for a little ladyMy husband is soo sexy when playing with weapons, I have a problemFuture MHPD Cop, yeah, he's that hardcoreTrying to get Ryan to let us out of the back of the cop car... we were criminals, Robert got to ride with the siren on