Books and Kiwi

We have moved things off of the bottom shelves in the den so that Chuck can have his own bookshelves. He is having a great time with his books. He does insist on having pictures of his cousins on his bookshelf too so that he can take them down and put them back up.

He has successfully mastered the milestone of dropping things on purpose. I often wonder if he actually got any of the food in his mouth. I think the cats are tired of cleaning up after this guy.

Chuck loves to eat kiwis. The past two days he has enjoyed sitting on the counter looking at the kiwi. Sometimes I would love to hear what is actually going on in his head. He decided he wanted to hang the kiwi in the straps of our kitchen curtains. I mean if this little guy doesn't think outside of the box, I don't know who does! He just sits the kiwi right in that little cradle in the straps and leaves it even though he knows that his mama has them sitting in the window.

Chuck has also reached the milestone of stacking things. He got nesting/stacking blocks from our neighbors for his birthday. He likes to stack them up with me and then knock them down. He also got a fridge farm for his birthday that teaches him his animals. He has somehow combined these two gifts. He likes to stack his boxes and make a tower. What is so funny is that he likes to include his barn in the stack. So he stacks up two boxes, then puts his barn (which is sort about an inch think), and then continues stacking his boxes. The weight of the other boxes keeps the music on the barn continually playing. I thought it was so funny that he kept wanting to include his barn in the stack of boxes.

He is still not walking. Just yesterday, he finally stood up with no help at all. He was in the middle of the room and went from squatting to standing with out holding onto anything! He is days away from walking. He is enjoying milk but I am having a hard time switching him to sippy cups. He has one favorite cup but it only holds 5 ounces. He is not adjusting to other cups. I guess the smaller cup is ok but I want him to be able to have bigger cups. As soon as he takes his first steps he will be moved to the next room! Bitter sweet really. He is becoming a big boy but will have to leave the teachers who know him so well!