We found out that Charlie discovered several things in his young life. He discovered his tongue. He loves to blow raspberries. If I made a noise that sounded like a raspberry, he would mimic it with about a pint of spit. But I didn't mind. It was so cute.
He also discovered my mustache. We were sitting in Sunday School class and I had Charlie on my lap facing me. All of a sudden, he reached up and was feeling my mustache. Then he ripped the pacifier out of his mouth (he is married to that thing), opened his mouth like a hungry baby wanting to nurse, reached up and started munching on my mustache. It was so funny. We started laughing. He did it time and time again. We were causing such a ruckus and making others around us laugh too. But I could not stop him. So I just let him continue with his discovery. But after about 15 minutes, it was getting a bit much so I would turn a cheek towards him when he came up for another bite. He did this for about three days afterwards before the newness left. We never got video of it but it sure was fun.
Since Charlie was standing up by himself, it was my mission to make sure that he was walking by his first birthday, the following Wednesday. We worked and worked with him on walking. He could stand unaided, with something in his hands and he was balancing well. He would take a step or so, stop to catch himself and then sometimes take off again. But most of the time it was "PLOP" on his rear. His birthday came and he still was not walking like I wanted him to. But his record was 19 steps, across the living room to the kitchen wall., and that was on his real birthday. Way to go Charlie. We will need to wait for the official walking date from Tiffany. But I tried.
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