up to something{6}

This little face is all too familiar around my house. There is never a dull or quiet moment when Charlie is awake. He is either entertaining everyone or fussing so much that we all want to stuff our ears with ear plugs. Until you are a mom, you can't experience the true roller coaster that comes with raising children. Charlie can drive me crazy one minute and the next pull at my heart strings. Through all of his fussing, he still seems to brighten up every day around here. He begins each day by insisting on handing out hugs and then demanding to be put in his chair for breakfast. Then he struts around like he really is the king of the castle. He swings his left arm as if it helps him to go forward....a funny little quirk! He knows what he wants to wear in the morning. Yesterday morning he just had to wear his swim suit and then fussed and fussed when I didn't put a swim diaper on him. I would have given in but those swim diapers don't hold very much. Heaven forbid we put anything other than his tennis shoes on his feet. Doesn't he know he is an Arizona kid and therefore must wear flip flops? There is nothing better than a Charlie smile, a Charlie hug and kiss, and when he rubs your arm when you are reading him his bedtime stories.