In Breck

I have had quite a few people comment that I have not updated Charlie's site for the month of December. Here is a quick picture of Charlie all bundled up and walking around in the snow outside of our condo in Breckenridge. It was about 11 degrees and sunny that day. We tried to get him in the sled, but just like last year he freaked out! I wonder how ski school is going to go...

Charlie's Chainsaw Christmas

Parenting lesson #134 - Make sure your child unwraps the mundane gifts first. That way he will actually be interested in the other gifts yet to come. Yeah the Chainsaw from Garney was a HUGE distraction Christmas morning.

Football Helmet

Many of you heard the story of the football helmet... Basically a football helmet was all Charlie could talk about for the month of December. We kept telling him to ask Santa and if he was a good boy he would get one. Charlie proceeded to talk to any Santa decoration he could find about his new found desire. Above is a very happy Charlie on Christmas morning with his football helmet.

Happy 1st Birthday Cousin Evelyn!

Thanksgiving in Tyler

I've uploaded pictures from our Thanksgiving trip to Tyler and they can be found here. It was a memorable trip but for all the wrong reasons, namely we all (except Charlie) got the stomach flu. I (Angela) actually missed dinner and granny's birthday. Oh well Chad got some good pics ad Charlie had a great time with his extended family.

Charlie and Evelyn

We took a quick weekend trip up to Breck to hang out with the Seckers. Charlie and Evelyn got to spend some quality cousin time together sharing the legos and trains. I have a few more pics in an album called "Charlie and Evelyn," that you can see here. She'll probably hate me for these pictures when she is a teenager, but she makes the cutest faces!

Halloween Hoopers

Halloween night we went over to KC and Jarret's house for their annual Halloween Bash. Chad and I had a great time dressing up as Bad-Boy Bikers with tats and all. Charlie was going for any of it and we managed to get him in his Superman Pj's. It was fitting since the party started late and he crashed half way through it.

Snow Day

We went out just long enough to shovel one side of the drive and snap a few cute pics.

The slide show with more pictures of Charlie helping out can be seen on the right hand side of the blog or Here.

Pumpkins in Progress

Saturday morning started way too early. So by 9am Charlie and I were gutting pumpkins! We ended up with two masterpieces. You can see the finished products at the Picasa web album here

Back Yard Play

It was such a nice day for Denver in the middle of October. Rachel came over before dinner and we played in the backyard. Charlie loves to run through leaves and kick the Thomas ball. He's coming around to the tire swing, but still wont ride it by himself! More pictures can be found Here

New Photos from Pumpkin Festival

I've posted some new photo albums to picassa. You can click the links on the right hand side of the blog. Charlie had a great time picking out pumpkins, riding the train and eating kettle corn (thanks Nana.)

Baby Ev Stands Up!

Laure, Walker and Evelyn spent Friday night with us and Saturday morning was filled with babies playing! In the video below Evelyn is playing with the Incredi-block and stands up unassisted for about a second! I can't wait till they can chase each other around the house.

Swingin'

You can see how much Charlie enjoys his swing in this video. The funny thing is that our neighbor Rachel, the blonde girl in the video, actually lifts Charlie into the swing by herself. She's tiny, Charlie is a chunk and the swing is about 4 1/2 feet up in the air. I can hardly get him into the swing properly. He does really love it though...

Charlie and Baby Evelyn

This picture is a bit old, from the beginning of September. Laure, Walker and Evelyn came over Sunday night and had dinner with us. Charlie was trying to play catch the Elmo ball with Baby Ev. Soon she'll be big enough to really play with! We can't wait

Mountain fun

Chad's Captions go something like this:

"Posing on a Rock, Mom and Charlie enjoy the weekend in Breckenridge."
or
"Enjoying the weekend in Breckenridge, Mom and Charlie pose on a rock."
or my favorite
"While taking a walk in Breckenridge, Mom and Charlie stop to smell the wild grasses."

Corn!

 
 
Charlie really enjoyed the corn on the cob for dinner last night! He carried the spent corn cob around the house for about 30 mins after he was done with it. I enven caught him trying to dig the cob out of the trash later that night. At first Chad was holding the corn for CHarlie, then in 2-year-old fashion, he took control of the cob. The rest is plastered on his dirty shirt

Bath time coercion

As many of you know bath time has recently been pretty tough for Charlie. Last night we had a breakthrough! No screaming, scrambling or fighting, just plain bath time fun. It all started when mom suggested that Charlie take "mower" into the tub and wash it. BRILLIANT! Dad followed up by teaching Charlie how to wash himself and dump water on his own head. Both of these things have made bath time much more enjoyable for all parties involved... except maybe "mower."

Fun outside with Dad

Charlie shows off his short attention span and ball throwing abilities.

My little geek

Happy Birthday Uncle Brad!

On the Couch with Mom

Charlie was very cuddly on Sunday night. The puppies fallowed suit and soon Mom was on the couch with all of her babies!

School Pictures Summer 2009

The Primrose school takes pictures every semester I think and here are the latest. His hair is starting to grow out from the buzz cut. I think he looks pretty Happy as far as two-year-olds go.

Cutie Cousins

Charlie got to hang out with his cousin Isabel this past 4th of July weekend. Izzy is 6 months older and I think they are pretty much the same size now. Charlie is a chunk!

Look Ma' no Ropes

We spent Friday and Saturday nights camping in Estes Park with Garney and Grandan. Our campground had some amazing rock formations and Charlie enjoyed scaling them. Don't worry it wasn't THAT high off the ground. Click Here for the rest of the pictures. Rock Climbing

Children's Museum

Garney & Granddan have been visiting these last dew weeks and last weekend we went to the Denver Children's Museum. Charlie had a ball! I think he is just the right age to really enjoy the exhibits. There was a fire truck, a paining station, trains and a construction zone to name a few. I have posted a few of the good pics in a new album found here Children's Museum Pics

Bubbles!

Charlie, Chubby and Chad had a great time yesterday playing with the bubble wand in the back yard. I have posted a new slide show depicting the hilarity. It can be found Here. I'll post a video soon. Enjoy!

Piano Day

Charlie received a very big gift today. We bought our neighbor's console piano. Their children have outgrown it and Chad and I have wanted to find one on the cheap. Charlie's school offers piano lessons and I want him to partake and have a place to practice at home. I posted a few more pics on the slide show found Here

Day at the park

Yesterday was so nice that we took Charlie out in the WIKE to Bible park to play on the slide. This was our inaugural ride with the bike trailer and I think it went pretty well. I was even able to pull the bike trailer up our big hill to get home without stopping or collapsing. While we were in the park we noticed a pen of goats. The City brings them in to control the grass and reduce pollution from lawn mowers. It was pretty funny to bike by and see all of those goats. Charlie had a good time saying "baaaa" back at them.


Charlie on the slide - Sitting on top of the slide at Bible Park, Charlie is enjoying the sunny day. He also got to enjoy a nice ride in his new (to him) Wike provided by his gracious Aunt Lisa and Uncle Bob.




Lots of goats - Riding through the park, Charlie got to see goats that the Parks Department brings in to control the grass growth. Charlie had fun talking back to the goats.

2 year pictures

Charlie had his 2 year pictures taken this past weekend. There are a couple of good ones here which is amazing. We got to the studio about 15 minutes early and he was in the best mood, smiling and laughing. We finally got back to the room about 20 minutes late and he was absolutely awful by that time, not to mention our photographer was kind of scary. Luckily we coerced a few smiles out of him, but we were completely exhausted.

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Will Dance for Banana

Charlie was diggin' some of Uncle Clay's funky tunes the morning of his birthday. Dad was quick with the camera to catch him dancing around the room. He even seems to hit the beat of a couple of times.

Birthday Pictures

Charlie's Birthday party was Sunday and it was a big success! We had the Seckers, the Denver Hoopers, lots of neighbors and a few co-workers join us for cake and beer. Charlie got tons of cool things for his big day including a pirate ship, legos, trucks and books. Click here to see pictures

Almost TWO

Pimped out Charlie

This proves that Chad has too much time on his hands to doctor up this pimped out picture

Talking on the Phone

Charlie LOVES to talk on his Bob the builder phone. Here he is (in a rather dark video) saying hello and buh-bye to whomever he thinks he is talking to.

Hello - For Aunt Laure

This little video is for Aunt Laure. Since you love the way he says hello we thought we should post it for everyone to see just how darn cute it is.

Puppy Love

Charlie has taken a liking to Woody. Here he is above "Kissing" him. It is so cute he will grab what he is kissing by the head with both hands like a real Italian!

The Sweeper and the Popper

Lately Charlie has been terrified every time I bring out the sweeper. He runs away screaming. Well this weekend when I brought it out Chad settled him down and convinced him that the sweeper was "Mommy's Popper." He loved that idea and began to sweep/pop with mommy. The video is really cute.

Yeah

Saturday evening we went to Red Robin for burgers. Charlie got a blue balloon that he really enjoyed playing with. He also has a new word. Watch the video and find out.

Sleepy-Puppy Head

Charlie ended up in bed with us again the other night; Only from 4am till 6:30am. Chad managed to snap this pic while he was still sacked out. I love that he covers his face with the puppy blanket. He must get that from Chad because I hate having the covers on my face at night.

The Phoenix rises from the ashes

We have a wonderful new addition to the toy collection. See attached picture. For those of you who might not understand Mary had this little toy at her house when Charlie was really little. He loved it. But one day it was at our house in Denver and the poodles loved to munch on it. Giraffe is back! One of Chad's co-workers gave us a bunch of their old toys and he was included. Happy Day!

Sledding Slideshow

Last night I posted a few pictures of Chad and Charlie sledding at Copper Mountain over the Christmas break. Click below I think it opens in a new window.

Sledding in Copper

Snowsuit Charlie

I am slowly going through the pictures from Christmas. Charlie got a new snowsuit for the ski trip too bad he hated the snow! I have an album of pictures I am working on that has Charlie and Chad sledding, will share soon

Bed Time Woes

Charlie has had a few issues going to bed lately. Last night he cried for about 30 mins after being put to bed. We place a baby gate in his doorway so he can't come downstairs. When we went to check on him after the crying had died down we found him asleep on the floor! We carefully put him back in his bed and didn't hear a peep out of him for the rest of the night. That is a good thing since the night before he got up 4 times from 11-1am.

Cracker Eating Kid

It's been a while since we had a video so worthy of posting on the blog. In this short segment Charlie is demonstrating how puppies eat their treats. Mind you we don't promote this behavior, but it is really funny.

From the Lawrence Wedding

In early November the family went down to Houston to attend Matt and Lan Lawrence's wedding. Matt is a college buddy of Chad's. Lan sent along this picture that the photographer snapped of Charlie. Despite the look on his face Charlie had a good time at the event.