YEAH!!! Another 2nd Cousin for Charlie! Today is a GREAT day as we got news this AM that my cousin Laura gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, Kyle, this morning! Charlie is very excited to have someone so close in age....i think they'll be getting into lots of trouble together as the years go on. Congratulations to Laura and Derek - we're very happy for you to begin your exciting life together as parents to baby Kyle.

So,....as promised, here are some photos of Charlie taken while in Vancouver and one just taken today. He misses his Dad a bit as David's been over in Vancouver since tuesday morning but will be returning home tonight....hence the reason for our little visit on thursday/friday.

Anyway....here he is sitting in a high chair at the restaurant...doesn't he look like such a big boy? almost made me cry when he fit in there like that!

here he is in the pool....he kicked his legs and his arms pretty much the whole time. He wasn't quite as excited as i thought he'd be....he was pretty quiet actually...but he didn't cry so that's the main thing. David was the photographer so this is the only photo that i really have (other than a short video) but...you can tell he's "swimming" i guess.

This one was taken once he got out...just thought he was tooo cute in his little "swimmers" and his "hoodie"....check out the belly on him!!!!

And finally, this one I took today. I got him a Bumbo seat from a lady at my church (they're supposed to be the "latest" thing in helping babies sit up and gain their "core" strength!!!) but they're really expensive ($59) so I was excited to find one second hand and much cheaper. Anyway....he seems to like it! PLUS...it's great to have a seat that you can carry around easily from room to room. So...we'll see if he continues to be so smiley in it; although I must admit...there isn't much he doesn't smile about....we sure did luck out with this guy!!!!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! we'd love to hear from you!