charlie's 9 month portrait

charlie, charlie, charlie. in to everything at the moment. in the last month he has really started moving. mainly it's a slap and pull sort of motion where he slaps both hands down in front of him and then pulls  himself along on his tummy, but more and more he is starting to crawl properly up on his knees. sort of. the other big news is that charlie now has 2 little toothypegs poking through. bottom front. so cute! he is such a flirt too. you just have to look at him for him to flash you a big smile. his favourite food seems to have changed from blitzed fruit to blitzed vegies, but he pretty much eats anything. amazingly. he still wakes up once a night, some time around 3am, but don't ask me why. he doesn't get a bottle between his bedtime around 7pm and breakfast at 6am, so he's not hungry. he goes back to sleep instantly once i go in to him, wrap his arms back in & give him back his dummy, so it's not like he is really awake. seems he just gets his kicks from making mummy get out of bed in the freezing cold! come on already. getting out of bed in summer is one thing, but in winter? eek! anyways, other than that, it looks like there might be trouble brewing over grover. grover is mirka's. no question. he is like her best friend & baby, so she is not happy when she finds charlie hugging and slobbering all over grover. of course, it's the first thing charlie beelines for when grover is in sight. it's not pretty. it seems grover really is everyone's favourite loveable monster.