We have a stander...

Charlie has been mobile for a while now. He is still perfecting his crawl, but he drags himself around really well :) He has started getting up on his knees and getting into things. He loves to play with his bucket car seat. Our job has just gotten a lot harder because Charlie has started pulling up to stand. He was hanging out with me in my (messy) office and he pulled up so he could play with a package of printer paper. He was so serious about it. It is really funny. He isn't very stable so he falls over a lot. Charlie is really starting to ham it up for the camera.

It is hard to document his activities. It looks like all he does is look at us and smile :)

We met with Charlie's developmental pediatrician. It was a great appointment! She thinks we should aim for Charlie to catch up to his actual age by 15 to 18 months. She also feels that we can now rule out any serious motor problems or developmental delays. Charlie may be clumsy when he grows up...but that should be about the extent of it. Preemies are at a higher risk of learning disabilities...but she told us not to worry about it for now. We are so excited! She really thinks we can relax now and just enjoy Charlie. We love just hanging out with Charlie...but we still take him to weekly therapy appointments and try to work with him as much as possible. He doesn't love to eat solid food, but we are working on it and his speech therapists aren't worried yet. We are in a really good place as Charlie approaches his first birthday!!

Charlie loves to pull things out of baskets...

One of Charlie's favorite toys...

Not the most stable position...

What I saw when I peeked under my desk...

So serious!

So big!!

Piano lessons from Daddy.

Piano playing on his own...

Crazy man ready for his bath!