some more pics from the pumpkin patch

Charlie and Jacob
Jacob wondering what the heck Charlie is eating and wants no part of it!
Charlie: "You don't know what you're missing, Jacob!"

Charlie and OwenOwen giving the corn some serious consideration!
Charlie: "C'mon Owen try the corn...it's really good!"

Charlie and his future girlfriend Kiera

"you should try the corn!...I'm trying the straw now!"

PLay Group trip to the Pumpkin Patch!

Here's some pictures of our Play Group's trip to the Pumpkin Patch. This time even the mom's got their pictures taken! We were so lucky the rain held out for us to venture out to the pumpkin patch - not 20 minutes after we left it started to rain! We just had to get our cuties pictures with the pumpkins! (Thanks Amy for creating the collage!)

9 months old!

Well its hard to believe that Charlie is already 9 months old! He is getting sooo big! Yet he is still little!

I had him weighed and measured on Monday and he is weighing in at 20lbs! He is 27 inches long (this is just an estimate as he moves around too much to really get a good measurement!) Charlie is moving all over the place. Still doing the army slide but we call it crawling! We think its what we're going to get with the hardwood floors! Maybe he'll go right to walking! It's funny in the last week or so he discovered there's other rooms inthe house besides the living room! So now he ventures to the kitchen, bathroom, and bedrooms. So we have to make sure all the doors are closed.

We've been having some issues with Charlie sleeping thru the night lately....he's sleeping great for his morning and afternoon naps...but settling down for the night isn't going so well! He's also been waking up one or two times throughout the night as well. We think its because he's teething and he's growing! I spoke with the Health nurse on Monday and she said these little babies minds are growing soo fast that they wake themselves up at night. So lets just hope this is the case and Charlie's working on his genius status!!!!! I'm sure this is temporary...and he'll start sleeping again!

As I mentioned, he's teething...just no teeth have popped out yet! We are waiting patiently for this! Almost all his friends have teeth - we don't want Charlie to be left out!!!!

Another trip to the pumpkin patch!

We went on another trip to the pumpkin patch (this one is on Lickman Road - just past the highway overpass) over the Thanksgiving long weekend. There were lots of pumpkins to choose from. Plus lots of photo ops! Daddy searched and searched for the biggest and roundest pumpkin! Charlie was more interested in the dirt!
"I think this one Daddy!"


Charlie and his Grandma in the pumpkin patch.






Daddy trying to find perfect pumpkin"

Thanksgiving in Vancouver

For the Thanksgiving weekend, Grandma and Grandpa booked two hotel rooms in downtown Vancouver for all of us to stay over night! Our room was very high up - the 28th floor! The view was amazing!Charlie wasn't sure what to think of it! But he did like to look out the window!


On Sunday, we went to the Vancouver Aquarium! Charlie was amazed by all the fishes! Above he is sitting with Trent and Grandma by the Shark tank. Swimming by is a big Sea Turtle. Trent liked the fish tanks with the fishes from Finding Nemo. In this tank, he saw Bruce - the shark and Crush - the Sea Turtle! In a differnt tank he saw Nemo's, Dory's and Gils! (When Trent came over on Tuesday - we had to watch Finding Nemo!) The picture below is Charlie and Daddy watching the Dolpins. They were swimming very fast that Charlie didn't know where to look next! We had a great time at the Aquarium!

My first Pumpkin!

After the tour at the Farm we got to go pick out a pumpkin. Trent wanted a really big one! Charlie got a baby pumpkin...just the perfect size!

Mommy and Daddy still have to carve it!

At the Pumpkin Patch

Charlie joined Trent's pre-school class at Greenhill Acres Farm. Mommy took a bunch of pictures of him in the pumpins.

"Can you tell me how to get....

....how to get to Sesame Street!" Charlie loves to watch Sesame Street. He doesn't watch much TV...but I have to say it is a great babysitter when I need to have a shower! Just stick him in his Hop n' Pop and turn on Sesame Street or Treehouse! Charlie's all time favourite is ELMO! Maybe for Christmas he'll get the new Tickle Me Elemo!!!!

Matching T-shirts

Mom got Charlie and Trent matching shirts from Old Navy! here they are modelling the shirts with Granny!

Play Group at Ellenor's house!

Here is a group photo of our group last Thursday at Ellenor's house! Starting on the left standing is Kaelen (she is almost exactly 1 month younger than Charlie - I met her mommy at our Prenatal class), next is Keira (we met at the Baby Tme at the Health Clinic). Then sitting on the left is Owen (also met his mommy at Prenatal) then is cutey patutey Charlie! then Ellenor (met at Baby Time), Then Olivia (met for the first time here) then lying down is Presley (she only 3 months old so she can't sit yet!)

We decided to get together once a week - trading homes as we all get together at the Health Clinic - and it can get pretty noisy and busy. and this is a nicer way to get out of the house and visit! Something nice to look forward to every week! It'll be too bad when we all go back to work in the New Year! We'll have to figure out a way to still meet up!

Is this Irony or what?

In case you can't quite read his shirt...it says "I can't read"....and he's looking at a book! OK, I set this photo up...but I thought it was funny! Aunty Kristen made a bunch of these kinds of shirts for Charlie when he was first born...and now they fit him!

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