Brunch with Santa

This past Sunday we took Charlie to have brunch with Santa.  Needless to say, this is the second time Charlie has encountered Santa this year and he was not impressed anymore this time than he was the first. He would hardly look at him, he just sat motionless looking straight ahead occasionally cutting his eyes to see if Santa had left yet. 

 .....he's FINALLY gone!!

But, since I'm such a good Mama, I decided to torture Charlie just a little bit more and we went to see Santa again after brunch! :)

Hopefully, he won't be scarred for life! :)  He still gets excited when he see a Santa figurine or ornament and says "Ho! Ho! Ho!"..... so, maybe we won't have to send him to therapy! :)

My Messy Gymnast/Acrobat!

 Charlie is learning to feed himself using utensils.  While this is a good thing, it is definitely a messy thing!! It's hard not to lend a hand and help the food make it from the plate to his mouth without it spilling all over him or the floor but, I'm slowly getting better at it and so is he! :)

Enjoying some waffles

Another new trick that Charlie has learned (self taught) is standing on the saddle of his rocking horse and balancing himself.  This is usually done while watching TV.  At first, I was a little concerned about him falling but, I've learned that it's nearly impossible to stop him so now we just sit back and observe.  I'm thinking we might enroll in gymnastics or maybe we'll send him to join the circus.......

I don't know if you can tell but, he had just finished feeding himself!

Holiday Spirit!

I just thought I would share a few photos of my cutie pie getting in the holiday spirit! :) This was before (& a few after) we went to see Santa! ....more to come on that adventure! :) Doesn't he just look so handsome?! I am a little biased but, I could (& do) just eat him up! :)

Big Boy Bed!

Well, the time has come and there is no longer a crib in our house! (sniff, sniff)  Charlie is now in a BIG boy bed!! He had been climbing out of his crib more and more frequently so we had to break down and convert him.  But, he is adjusting really well.  The first time he slept in it, he seemed to mourn his crib by sitting up and crying for almost a half hour but since then- he's been fine.  Although he doesn't sleep on the pillows and mainly sleeps with his head toward the foot of the bed but, I'm sure all of that will change in time! :)  Here are a few pictures of his first night in his 'big boy bed'! 

Trying to figure out how to escape!

Below are a few pictures of him loving on Kode! :)

Pictures of the new 'big boy' room to come soon!

TrIcK oR TrEaT!!!

This year for Halloween Charlie was a monkey.  In all reality, it was the perfect costume for him because he climbs on everything- no matter what it is.  Last week, I found him sitting in the middle of my dining room table on several occasions.  Earlier this week, he started crawling out of his crib over and over again.  So, 'big boy bed' here we come!  We took Charlie 'trick or treating' for a little while.  I don't know that he really understood what was going on but, I think he enjoyed being out walking and seeing all of the other children.

Pumpkin Patch Time!

On Sunday we took Charlie to the Layman's Family Farm & Corn Maze.  We went with intentions of going to get some pumpkins but, there weren't too many to choose from and the ones that were left weren't too pretty.  Needless to say Charlie had a lot of fun despite leaving without a pumpkin! He ran all over the field and he loved playing in the 'corn crib'! 

Charlie going through the mini corn maze!

I'm sorry to those of you who would like to have seen some 'sit down, smile pretty with pumpkins pictures'- with Charlie there is NO such thing, you take what you can get! :)

Another Saturday in Lynchburg!

I just thought I would share a few pictures from our day.  We have not done anything extravagant, it's been nice for Troy to not have to have any type of work related task.  We went around to a few shops today and to eat at The Cavalier! (yummy!) We have watched football and hope to go to the pumpkin patch tomorrow!! :)

My first born, Kode!  Just as handsome as ever! 

Second born... mischievous as ever!

Charlie is obsessed with a cell phone... he wants to talk on it constantly, even if it's backwards! :)

Go Dawgs!!

It's football season which means..... we wear our red and black on Saturday and cheer on the Georgia Bulldogs! ....and as much as we've been cheering, it doesn't seem to be helping! but, we cheer anyway (no fair weather fans around here!)  and we have one cute lil' Dawg that is getting into it!! :)  We have been teaching Charlie to say, "Goooo Dawgs! Sic 'em! Woof! Woof! Woof!"  He's getting it... he'll say "Gooooooooo!" and then pumps his fist!! :)