The Gilchrist's: December 2011

We have been having lots of fun lately playing in the snow, spending time with cousins at Thanksgiving and playdates, and decorating the house for Christmas. We've been having fun as well as dealing with more toddler tantrums. I know that the older my little 22 month old gets, he will try to become more independent and try to do things by himself and it will cause frustrations if he can't do what he wants to do, but I'm not ready for the terrible twos or threes. It seems to go in spurts where I think my sweet little toddler has been taken by a tantruming crazy boy and then he all of a sudden comes back and is my sweet, hilarious, fun little boy. Luckily it seems to be only 2-3 days of crankiness followed by several months of sweet happy boy.

Charlie has been talking up a storm lately. He is starting to form sentances and has long 'conversations' with himself when he's playing :) He says "mommy sit, bella no!, here Lalla (Bella),I love you (my favorite :)) me do, or my do. He says many more but I'm tired and that's all I can think of right now... "No" and "Mine" are favorite words and are said constantly. He repeats pretty much anything you say, it's like having a mini me :) I love the hugs and kisses that Charlie freely gives and his zest for life. He does everything to 110%, whether it is persistence to get the Christmas ornaments OFF the tree everytime we leave him alone in the living room, or streaking around after bathtime for as long as possible before he gets captured for pj's, or giving Bella hugs, or playing as hard as little boys play. I love you to pieces Charlie! You give us such JOY!

My little toddler has been having too much fun during naptime lately. This is what we found after thinking our sweet little toddler was asleep for the last 30 min. Lots of time to make a big mess! And this doesn't do it justice, it was a deep pile!