Blowing Raspberries

Charlie's newest thing...Blowing Raspberries! Well this is kind of a new thing. He's been working on this for awhile but I think he has the hang of it now! He does this constantly! It's really quite funny! I think I captured it pretty good on the camera...I almost said on FILM! (How long since that's the term we've used!!!!) Anyways...gotta love the slobber all over his face!!!!

Just a few cute photos!!!!

Swimming!

We spent the weekend at Grandma and Grandpa's pool. it was so hot out...and the pool sooo refreshing! Charlie loves being in the water! The little boat we have for him is great! His feet stick out the bottom so he just kicks away! And the shade cover is great too!

Been sooo long!

I've been bad! It's been a whole week since an update!!!! We've been busy! Charlie is 7 months old! We went to baby Time this morning and he weighed in at 18lbs 7 oz! that's up 4 oz since last monday!

It was a hot weekend so we spent most of the weekend at Grandma and Grandpa's pool! Charlie loves the water - which is very cool! (I have photos - just have to download them from the camera - will post those soon!)

Last weekend Charlie and Mommy went to the fair with Grandma, Aunty Selena, Trent and Kayla. Charlie had lots of fun looking at the animals (Trent was scared of the cows!). No rides for Charlie - he was too little (had to be 2yrs to ride!). But Charlie was just fine watching all the rides and people! I even got Charlie Dave Dickenson from the BC Lions autograph! Couldn't get a picture as it was in the Poker tent and they weren't allowing minors! Too bad!

Charlie and Trent

Thought I should include a picture of Charlie and his other cousin. Here's Charlie and Trent sitting together. Trent is pointing out Mickey Mouse. (Like Charlie will ever have a problem knowing who Mickey is!)

Native Ceremony

Charlie was lucky to witness a very special ceremony yesterday. Mommy's work had a Ceremony to celebrate the regaining of some important land for the Sto:lo People. Before Charlie was born I worked on a project to have the residential school property in Mission (St. Mary's) be added to the 21 First Nations (Sto:lo Nation) land base. This was a big accomplishment as the land had been taken away from the First Nations back in the late 1800's. Finally in 2005 it was officially added back to the First Nations. It had taken about 25 years of work for this to happen and on Friday there was a special ceremony to take back the original name. It is now known as Pekw'xe:yles. This is the original name.

Charlie watched so intently the drummers and singers. And when the mask dancers came out...he was amazed! He sat so still just staring! Eventually he fell asleep - from the rhythmic beating of the drums!

Unfortunately I have no pictures...this was a very sacred ceremony and no pictures are allowed.

Later that night, Charlie had a toy and he started to beat it like a drum....I think he wants to be a drummer!!!

Charlie with his Cousins...

This past weekend we went to visit Grandma and Grandpa Honeyman and Aunty Teresa and Uncle Joe camping in Maple Ridge. We took the opportunity having all the Grandkids in one place for a few photo ops. Here's a good one that turned out! (Charlie usually smiles so good for the camera...not sure why he looks sooo grumpy! Oh well...he's still cute to me!)

Fun at Dino Town

Mommy and Charlie joined our cousins at Dino Town last week. It was a beautiful day...not to hot. It was weird going back to Dino Town...I used to work there when it was Flintstones (back in high school) and haven't been there since Grade 11 (1991)! Not too much has changed - well it's no longer Flintstones- so none of the characters are there...but the houses and cars and things are still there!

Charlie didn't really no what was going on...he did like the characters and the singing! (The last picture is of Charlie watching intently the Dinosaur Sing-A-Long!)

Broccoli

Last week I tried giving Charlie brocoli...he was not into this! He actually gagged!!! I never knew a baby would actually gag! But he did! (Not that I blame him...it smelled pretty bad! I mean, I like steamed broccoli...but I like it to still have a bit of crunch to it. Of course with Charlie's I had to cook it till it was very cooked!) However, the book I've been getting recipes from to make my own baby food said that Broccoli was very good for babies and to start with it early and serve it often! So I tried. Two spoons...then gagging. I first mixed it with Rice Cereal...then I tried mashed potatoes....Nope. So I figued no use forcing the issue....I gave him carrots for dinner that night. I decided to wait a bit before trying again. So I tried last night. I tricked him by mixing half a cube of broccoli with a whole cube of Yams. (Charlie loves Yams!) Success! Charlie ate it. He had a bit of a weird look on his face with each spoonful but he ate it all! No gagging! I tried again tonight for dinner (half a cube of broccoli to a whole cube of Yams plus some rice cereal). He ate it all up - he was eating very slowly...but he ate it non-the-less.

Ring Bearer...

This past Saturday Charlie was RingBearer at our Friend's Andre and Sonia's wedding. Daddy was Best Man as well. Charlie was sooo cute being wheeled down the aisle in a wagon by Sonia's daughter. The look on Charlie's face was just priceless....wondering where am I...why is everyone looking at me!

Unfortunately I don't have pics of him coming down the aisle (I took a video instead). I'm hoping to get copies of some pics from the Photographer.

- I think this is such an awesome picture of Ben and Charlie!






And a nice picture of Ben and I.





Here's the wedding party.

Getting sooo big!!!!

This is Charlie's 6 month photo shoot picture~ How cute is he!!!! Every month I do my own photo shoot with Charlie. Usually I do silly dress up ones...but this time I decided to just go outside and see what I came with! I think it turned out great! (Don't worry Grandparents...I have copies for you!)

Charlie and I went to Baby time on Monday. He weighed in at 17lbs 15 oz! His length is 25 3/4 cm and Head circumfrence is 43.5cm. (2 weeks ago - he weighed 16 lbs 12oz) I guess all that Cereal and fruits and Veggies really pay off!