Flumpie's Very Seekrit Diary

Here are some pictures of you!

You're crying because you don't like hats - but Miss Ashley made you this very special hat. It's pink and has green frogs on it:









Halloween, 2006 - You're a little flower!

I took you for a walk yesterday. You had a good time. You actually kept your hat on. And you stayed awake. You were a little concerned when some of the very big loud dogs came barking up toward us, but you were very brave and didn't cry. Your little cheeks were cold by the time we came home, though, so we probably won't be able to take too many more walks outside again for a long time!




Here you are, a wee bit upset. The reason you are upset is because Daisy didn't want to wear your pink socks and was getting a little angry with you. So Emily pulled you away. And then you got mad.



But then you quickly forgot about being mad and went back to being happy.




Speaking of walking, you are totally walking now. You tend to look up. You also tend to strew your toys all over the floor. This means you trip a lot over your toys. But you easily can walk 20-30 feet if there's nothing in your path. I can't wait for Daddy to see you!

Look at your poor wee forehead!!!





Learning to walk is hard work! But you love your new shoes!

Today is your 9-month birthday! Emmy and I took pictures of you. You are wearing an outfit we were planning to have you wear to meet your daddy when he came home from Iraq. But he's late coming home and the weather is changing and we're not sure how much longer you'll be able to still wear it. So here you are:

Do you like it?!?!

Let's see, you've been going to the gym with me and going to childcare there. You're not usually very happy when I drop you off, but you're very happy when I pick you up!

Today we took the stroller to the Post Office to mail a package to your daddy. Then we strollered to school to pick up Emmy. We were a little early so I spread a blanket on the ground and thought we'd play on the blanket.

Instead, I spent most of the time telling you "No Eat!!!!" because you were fascinated by the grass.

You're crawling everywhere, but also standing up unassisted. You've taken a few steps, but not quite what I would term walking.

And you are completely fascinated by Emmy's new bass clarinet:

You LOVE this!

Just Hanging Around! Emmy holding Charlie upside down by her hips.

You're in a room of your own now! How cool is that?!?

Charlie's Room:








Also, you have a new tooth - top middle. We've been busy the last few days getting your new room ready!

Every mom needs to have a few pictures like this to use to embarrass their kids later on in life...

Tonight Emily and I watched you in amazement.

You spent about 30 minutes trying to figure out how to move your body across the floor about four feet. You were determined to reach the phone which I'd set on the floor.

I didn't actually know babies that aren't quite 8 months old could focus like that. And your task was made even more difficult by the fact that your sleeper has little sheep faces on the feet - complete with floppy ears. Every time you tried to stand or crawl, you were pinned down by one of the ears being under your other foot!

With a combination of trying to crawl, not moving, flinging your hips to the side so you could sit a little closer than you were before, pulling yourself to a stand and then hurling yourself toward the phone, you finally made it.

And then you sat there, clutching the phone, telling us all about your journey. You were so proud. And then so tired: