Jason's Ranger School Graduation - August 2009

Jason finished Ranger School and we were able to be there for his graduation. We are so pround of him!

Charlie and Addie... really cute.

Just thought this was a cute shot from the trip.

Summer 2009

Charlie loved riding on the boat.

Audrey Driskell's birthday party.

He loves to ride in the bike trailer.

My mom got out my little brother's old "gear"... hilarious!

Aspen - January 2009

Am I seriously this behind? I started looking back and have not blogged much of anything in the past several months. So we are going in reverse. We went to Aspen with Patrick and Emily back in January and had a blast. Bobby and Patrick tried to stay out of trouble... didn't always work. If want to see some great footage of professional ski jumping give us a call and we'll Q it up for you!

Yes, that's Bobby and Patrick. Don't ask.

Random Pics

In case anyone was wondering, Charlie loves his daddy!

Thanks Aunt Kelly for the Florida gear!

Bring on the rain!

The Howard's came in town for a visit and Will and Charlie got a little face time.

Nandy and Grandad's - August 2009

We got to stop by and visit Bobby's gradparents in Albany this past summer and had a great time. Charlie is named after Grandad so it is alwasy fun when they get to spend time together.

"Measure"

Charlie loves to carry around the measuring tape and "measure" everything. He always pulls it out, looks at it, and almost every time says "10" very emphatically. It is really cute!

Oil Change

Charlie thought helping dad on the "old black truck" was the greatest thing that every happened. How cute are they!

21 Months

Charlie is such a joy! He is so full of energy. He is talking in 2 and 3 word phrases and thinks he can do anything and everything that mom and dad do. He loves all ball sports and watching for animals, especially deer. Not sure where he got that from. He gives great hugs, loves to talk to his Mimi and Pops on the phone, likes to color and play with any of dad's tools we will let him touch... "Hammer" is one of the most used words in his vocabulary right now. He is learning to ride a tricycle and loves to read... especially his story book bible! He adores all of his grandparents and can say almost all of this uncles and aunts names. He can count to 10 on a good day but mostly enjoys counting to 3 just before he jumps off something. He always wants to share and loves to sit on the floor and play with his dad or wrestle on the bed. We are so thankful for him and cannot believe his will be 2 soon!

What's wrong with this picture?

That's right, one of the wise men is decapitated... Complements of Charlie. We had only had him out of the box for 30 seconds before he lost his head in a freak accident. Thankfully super glue works wonders.

The Tree

Every year we get our Christmas tree from Bobby's old scout troop at Christ Pres. They have a tee pee set up that the boys take turns sleeping in on their night to guard the trees. Charlie was very intrigued. It was his first year to be part of the whole experience. It was in the 30's that night and he kept taking his gloves off to pick things up and eventually came up to me holding out his hands and said "ice mommy". He had a great time though. And, as you can tell from the last picture, he wore himself out!

Thanksgiving

This was our year to spend Thanksgiving with all of Bobby's family. His sister and her family came in from Florida and Charlie got lots of play time with his cousin. Bobby's parents got hay for the trailer on the mower and Haley and Charlie went for hayrides around the yard. As you can tell, they didn't have any fun. :) Thanks Rod and Dinah for a great week!

He's very bendy

Charlie is apparently a very nimble sleeper.

Zerberts

Charlie recently thought it was hilarious to blow on the glass on the oven and make funny noises. He would blow and then turn around and look at me and bust out laughing.