garden

my garden is growing and i thought my little bell peppers that are starting to form are so cute!

this is how small they are!

mmm. tomatoes.

charlie after tasting some mulch. yucky!

how old is charlie?

"neh" (translation - one). so cute that when you ask charlie how old he is - he holds up his index finger and attempts to say "one". love it.

don't mind the fan that is on, which he is obsessed with. he likes to sit in front of it and talk into it. how cute is his puff of hair!

today is the day…

bill’s last day of in house call! i am so excited that he will be spending every night in our bed (he probably is too!). he works so hard and i am so proud of him!!! congrats bill! 

here is bill this morning – excited to be spending his last night in the call room.

 

fyi – in house call is where the resident goes to work for 30+ hours. bill usually leaves around 6 am on one day and is supposed to arrive home the following day by noon. i can probably count on 1 hand the number of times that has happened. he usually arrives home around 4.

for the next 2 years he will be taking home call in 1 week stretches. it is spread out over 6 residents so he will hopefully get a bit of a break in between. he will still be extremely busy, but i will be happy to know he will be arriving home at some point during the evening/night.

happy father's day

happy father's day to the best dada and husband! bill was post call on sunday so when he arrived home charlie and i had a delicious breakfast prepared for him. later in the afternoon we went to the rac pool (our gym) and enjoyed the sunshine. what a great day! we love you bill!

lily...depressed???

bill is convinced lily is depressed. he is serious about bringing her to the vet and putting her on an anti-depressant. she is such a chill dog and just lays around most of the time so i am not sure. also, she has major allergy issues and is always biting and licking her feet. she doesn't even want to go on the grass for too long because it bothers her. poor thing. anyway - check out this video of charlie from tonight...he was nearing bedtime and was definitely losing it.

you be the judge - is lily depressed?

words

bill and i decided to count up charlie's words. here they are:
mama
dada
dog
flower
lawn mower
truck
nana (for both my mom and bananas)
pops (my dad)
bye bye
no
yes
diaper
car
hi (or some version of)
hot (he mostly says when he sees my coffee or something on the stove)
cold (comes out "ooold" when he eats something chilly like frozen peas or popcicles)
yuck
mmmm

i think there might be more, but that is what i can think of right now.

1st haircut

charlie was growing a mullet. it was a stylish one, but definitely needed a trim. last night when bill came home we busted out the clippers and just cut it. surprisingly it looks great.

before: mullet

during: check out the hair that is near the top of his diaper. a lot was cut off!

after: cutest baby on the block

also - charlie has a chipped tooth front tooth. this happened a few months ago, but i have forgotten to post about it. the worst is i don't even know when it happened. i think it might have happened when he bumped his face on the side of the bathtub. it is not a huge chip so he doesn't have any sensitivity, which means no dental work yet! thankfully i have a friend who is a dentist and i could ask her about it and not have to go see anyone - thanks rachel! i will try to snap a picture of it soon.

when posting about charlie turning 14 months i forgot to mention some of the cute things he is doing these days.

here are a few:
*he is continuing to add more words to his vocabulary. one of his favorite things to point out are trucks. you can be reading a book and if he hears a truck drive by he will say "uck". also, when hearing birds chirping outside he will just start chirping to imitate them. so fun!
*when he wants something he will start saying "da da da" or whining or make a loud screeching noise. i cannot handle it so i have started to show charlie how he asks for something (i should have started this MUCH earlier, but totally forgot to). ie: charlie if you want blueberries say "blueberries please". then charlie will repeat something (usually sounds like da da or jabber) in the same cadence as i said "blueberries please". it is adorable.