one highly motivated individual

lately, bill and I have been reviewing charlie’s pictures and videos from when he was a baby and we are amazed at how motivated charlie was. we will sit and go through iphoto and crack up laughing at his shenanigans. here are just a few of the things charlie was doing at 4 months – the same age as the girls are now…

• when watching charlie take his first bites of rice cereal he couldn’t get enough. he was literally attacking the spoon. I definitely didn’t realize how unique that was.
• he instantly went to 3 meals a day and was scarfing down food
• he was really interested in the camera and would try to grab the camera when being recorded.
• he loved holding our cell phones and watches
• sitting up unassisted at 4 months
• practicing standing along side the couch
• riding his rocking horse
• could stand alone when holding the bars to the activity mat
• playing with lily by holding out rings for her to grab

it is quite amazing to see his personality shine through at that young of an age. the kid was a machine. I am so glad to have the videos and photos to look back on. I am also SO thankful God blessed us with two sweet girls who have different personalities (and hopefully a bit less motivation). How wonderful that we are all created differently. to the girls credit - charlie was born 6 weeks later than them, which is a lot of time in baby days.