13 Months

It's Autumn, finally. I'm no great fan of a Melbourne summer. I miss the beaches of home far too much. Every hot day brings phantom beach pangs. I'm an amputee. I can feel cool waves rippling over my toes, as they sink into the sand. No good. Autumn is my favorite season down here. If I can't have a beach then you can keep the heat. Give me numbing cold days anytime. I love the cold, so welcome Autumn, great to see you again.

Charlie is 13 months old now. she's been walking since 9 months but only in the last month has she really started to explore it as more than just a way to get from A to B. She now twirls and dances little jigs that end up, after a second of frenzied footwork, with her siting on her bum. She's climbing onto the lounge, down stairs and most impressively, up steps without holding onto anything. The satisfaction on her face needs to be bottled and sold.

Sam and I are having trouble pinning her down to a sleep pattern during the day. She's been a great sleeper, and all the hard work of the first 5 or so months has paid off. At the moment though, she's slipping between 2 sleeps a day and 1 sleep a day. This last week I've just been putting her down for the one sleep at around 10:30. She's a dream all day, but we've noticed that when she has 1 sleep during the day, she has a wake sometimes during the night. We've taken this as a sign she's not quite ready yet and that she's getting over tired. Back to 2 sleeps for a little while from today. it's amazing how adaptable she is, we're stuffing around her with her routines but she doesn't seem to mind. An Angel. 

The upside is that we can go back to playgroup and the girls now that she wont be sleeping right through it. Just one day left for the weekend. Sam's precious weekends. I wish I could give her longer, she misses Charlie so much during the week. Poor mum. I love you.

Been so Long

I've decided to keep updating this blog. Its been over 6 months since the last entry, and so much has changed.

Less talk and more pictures:

This is from the weekend. We took a  mini-break in Warrnambool with the Wisemans. Charlies first time at the Beach! 

And here's a cute movie of the girl out in the park. Warrnambools beautiful! Dad got to have a body surf which he's been missing for a long time now. Charlie wasn't a fan of the water or the sand for that matter, but she liked the seagulls. She called them ducks. I think.

I'm going to touch my Chin then rub my Shin.

Well whats happened this week. She's getting better at standing everyday. One day she couldn't support her weight and then the next day, BAM! she could hold the weight for a few seconds. Its progressed like that over the last week. She really enjoys it. Brings a smile to her face everytime.

She also really loves being flown around the house headfirst, and a bit of freefall is good too. Her giggle is infectious. Her and Sam have the same giggle. In the bath tonight as well I think she really discovered that she can make noises while breathing in as well as out. So now, when she's being chirpy, its non stop, wall to wall, quadrophonic noisery.

Sitting up is where its at.

I seem to miss a lot being at work. The last few weeks it seems I come home and there's always something different about her from when I left in the morning. It makes me want to never go to work again. But somebody around here has to pretend to wear the pants when he knows he totally doesn't and whatever Mum says goes. Sometimes, if I'm lucky, I can see the changes first hand. I might see her for about 20 minutes in the morning and then maybe an hour before she goes down of a night after I get home from work. Even then, I'll sometimes notice she is doing something easily when last night she was really struggling with it. Like trying to pull my nose off for example. I hope she realises soon that its mine and that I'm attached to it. Rather attached.

So the latest thing is sitting up. One day she couldn't. The next day that's all she wants to do. It makes her so happy too. I think it's probably because it means she can vomit alot further now. She seems to enjoy the challenge, which is good I guess. so TGIF tomorrow, hopefully I dont miss too much of my Darling Daughter.

yeah she's cute!

We Love Aunty Kim

When Aunty Kim came down for a visit it was all fun and walking. They walked everywhere! Kim took lots of photos of Architecture in Docklands but neglected the trees! The trees Kim! The trees! It was windy and cold out that weekend so Char Char had to get all rugged up. She looks like something out of The Village.  The outfit worked, because she came back pretty much the same as when she left.

Come back soon Kimmy!

PS. Hi Shea!

Since you've been gone..

I've gotten much better at holding myself up. I love sitting up straight, though sometimes I fall over face first. I used to have a real cute talking voice. Kinda like Wilbur from Charlottes Web, but now It's more like a husky chipmunk singing Dolly Parton covers. I still spew a lot, ofcourse, which means I like changing my outfits often. I like drinking bathwater. I don't particularly like Tummy Time. It's torture looking cute while doing that, but I still pull it off.

I've Been slack!

Ahh almost 2 months, some of you may have worried that nothing has been happening in the life of Charlie Webber. Well let me set you straight. It's been real busy, so over the next few days I'll try and catch you up.

Heres a random picture of the little one.