3 Months!!?!

Oh where has the time gone??  Can't believe this little man is already 3 months old.

Charlie's Aresenio Hall impersonation.  Roo, roo, roo!

His best friend, Taco the octopus,

 You can't really tell from these pictures, but Charlie is a very happy and good-natured baby who loves to smile.  Whenever I get the camera out, though, he goes all Blue Steel on me (for those of you who haven't seen it, that's a reference from the movie Zoolander).

I did get a couple of happy shots of the little guy:

"That boy's going to be an orchestra conductor!" -Pa

Charlie has had a busy 3rd month.  In addition to getting baptized, he's hit several milestones.  At 9 1/2 weeks he rolled from his belly to his back, and from his back to his belly at 11 1/2 weeks.  Of course he usually does this in his crib at night so we've only witnessed it in person a couple of times, and we've never caught it on camera or video.  Although I did take a 7 minute long video of him almost rolling over:

Right around 12 weeks he also started laughing (he always stops as soon as the video camera comes out, so I unfortunately have no evidence to share), blowing raspberries, and sucking his thumb, just like his big brother:

PS - Click here to see all of Charlie's Monthly pics in one place!

Festivals and Baptisms and Birthdays, Oh My!

Last weekend was a big weekend for us, filled with (you guessed it!) a music festival, a baptism, and a birthday.

On Saturday, July 13th, we joined up with my Aunt Donna, cousins Tyler and Alex, cousin-in-law Erin, and friends Justin and Emily to attend the Forecastle Music Festival in Louisville.  It was our first "date" in 10 months, and my first time leaving Charlie for more than an hour.  I was a little sad to let him go, but we had a blast.

 We saw Shovels and Rope, Dawes, Alabama Shakes, Jim James, and the Black Keys.  Can't wait to go back next year!


On Sunday, July 14th, Charles Norman was baptized by Fr. Sonny Day at St. John the Baptist Church in Starlight, Indiana.  His Godparents are my cousin Natalie and Matthew's brother Jason.  It was a very nice ceremony, and we followed it by a delicious lunch at Jason's house, hosted by the Netts.  My Aunt Patty commented that the food was so good, we should have another child just so we can have another Baptism party :).  A big thank you to Jim, Patsy, Jason, and Jill for putting together the lunch, and for all of our family who shared in Charlie's special day.

 I'm bummed that we didn't get a picture of Charlie with his Godparents at the church, but here's a couple that we took previously:

And on Monday, July 15th, we celebrated my Dad's 60th birthday.  The boys, Aunt Steph, and I took Papaw to the Louisville Slugger museum, and afterwards we met Lala at Buckheads for lunch.  Although we didn't get to hear all of the bat factory tour because we were busy making sure some crazy two year old didn't stick his hands in the machinery, what we did hear was pretty interesting.  Like the fact that one baseball player will go through two 80 year-old trees worth of bats in one season.  Crazy.

That evening, we had some family over and celebrated with Pizza King and an ice cream cake.  Happy 60th, Dad.  We love you!!

July {2013} 10 on 10

Well, I finally remembered/had time/wasn't too exhausted to do 10 on 10 since Be-Cha has been born.  And it only took me a week and a half to post the pictures :).

On July 10th, I took part in the 10 on 10 project.  Once a month on the tenth, participants (when they remember!) take a photo an hour for ten consecutive hours to document the life and beauty among the ordinary things of our day.  Click HERE or on the button to the right for more information about the project.  Enjoy!

A Date at the Zoo

Sorry I haven't been around much lately.  Those two boys of mine sure keep me busy.  Busy and tired.  Anyway, I thought I'd do a quick post tonight & share some pics from our zoo date with these two lovely ladies:

Eva & Emily

Isn't Eva adorable?  She was not a big fan of her hat, though!

Baby Talk

 I'm glad that Eva and her mom are so easy going.  Now that James is a big 2 year old, he has definite thoughts on what he does and does not want to do at the zoo.  And most of what he did not want to do was look at the live animals.  He much preferred the inanimate ones, so we spent most of our time watching him climb, hug, and pet statues.  He would have spent the whole time there with the aligator if I let him.  I guess I don't blame him, though - it was pretty hot out, and a lot of the animals were taking a siesta.

 He said that the little polar bear was Charlie, and the big one was Mama :).

We had a great time, but James was a bit cranky towards the end.  This was the only way I could get him to smile for a group picture.


And now for a couple of unrelated videos!

This one was taken a couple of weeks ago:

I love the smiling, cooing, talkative stage.  Actually, I love all the stages.  So far, anyway!

And this one was taken last weekend when some of the Books came to visit.  I think James found a new best friend in Oliver.