After Pictures

Little Magellan

Charlie is enjoying exploring every inch of our house. He's into everything. We finally put up our baby gates to keep him contained. We laughed at a recent episode of "Cougar Town" where the father on baby duty put his son (who is about Charlie's age) on a leash. Here are snapshots of his recent explorations. Notice him checking out "Wine Spectator"...chip of the old blocks.

Charlie Pulled Up

About a week and 1/2 ago, I put Charlie down for a nap. He was in there for about 10 minutes when he started to cry (not unusual when he's put down for a nap). I let him cry for a little while but it just got more intense finally turning into a full blown WAIL. I went up there to check on him and imagine my surprise to find him standing. Seeing me, he quickly turned off the tears and put a huge smile on his face. I had to get the camera!

Christmas Night

We enjoyed our first Christmas together with Charlie. Just a quiet night at home with the 3 of us.

The Best Christmas Present Ever

After a nice church service, we headed to my parents house for Christmas Eve. We had a wonderful Christmas Eve with the Glacken family. Charlie was dressed in his Santa suit and he loved all of the excitement of cousins, aunt, uncles, and Grandma and Poppy. As with all babies, Charlie was more anxious to play with the boxes than the presents inside the boxes. He even climbed in a box. I think he is taking too literally what John and I keep telling him: that he is "the best Christmas present ever".

A Big Family Thanksgiving

It has been a very busy week. We hosted Thanksgiving at our home and we had a house full of family. My Grandparents came in from St. Louis and Charlie met his Great Ma Ma and Pa Pa Mueller for the first time. Also from St. Louis came my Aunt Ellen (mom's sister) and Uncle Frank. It was nice to have them here with us for the Holiday. After Thanksgiving dinner, we had a family poker game which I'm only writing about because I won!!! On Friday, the boys went golfing (ask John about the "Great Quitting of 09") while the girls went to Cannon Village for a Christmas fair and carriage rides. Charlie loved the carriage. Our St. Louis family headed home on Saturday. Charlie had a hard time adjusting on Saturday...I think he was used to all of the people and excitement...he had a hard time settling down and was very grumpy. All was well again on Sunday!