Train Wrecks Are Funny!!

Daddy, this blogs for you. We miss you like crazy!

My Son Is One!

Name: Charles Allan Dooney

Nicknames: Chachi, Charlie, Chacharelli, Babykins, Chimps, Cha Cha

Age: One year old today!

Occupation: Full time baby

Hobbies: Being naked, pushing buttons, chasing Bean around the house, playing in the ball pit, turning pages of books, trying to eat Bean's food, pulling hair, having his picture taken, taking walks in the park, biting noses, giving love slaps to loved ones, opening prezzies, feeding Bean his food and having a good nursing session

Likes: Pointing, music, clean laundry, Pee-Wee Herman, standing up, paper, stripy socks and cars

Dislikes: Getting dressed, having his hair washed, being told "No", when Mommy goes upstairs without him and when Daddy leaves

Best Mates: Ernie and Leo

Favorite Foods: Spaghetti, fish, cookies of any kind, scrambled eggs, toast, yogurt, cheese and Mango Chicken sandwiches from Gregg's

Favorite Song: The music to the end credits of Gilmore Girls

Favorite Person In The World (besides Mom & Dad): Big sister Maria

Best Features: Big green eyes and long legs

Best Attribute: Amazing sense of humor

Worst Habit: Farting in the bathtub

Perfect Day: Pancakes and scrambled eggs for brekkie then a super long nap in between Mommy and Daddy in their bed. Then off to Hickory Dickory Playhouse for fun on cushy mats followed by another nap with Harvey the rabbit in my crib. And after my nap a full evening of climbing on Mommy and Daddy while eating cookies. And to top it all off absolutely no bath but lots of nursing, my "Night, Night Baby" book and then off to sleep!

Two Most Favorite Things In The World: Boobs and butterflies

From This...

To This...

Charlie laughed so hard in the bath this night that he pooped in the tub! You can sorta make it out under his left elbow.

Crawling Video

Best Photos EVER!

We had an amazing photo session in Portland with Xea! She's a great photographer and mother, not to mention the fact that she played a big part in who I am as a person.
Charlie was very well behaved and had a good time hammin' it up for the camera. Check em out...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kittyyum/

As I've reached my upload limit on Flickr (what? why a limit?) my next blog will be a picture post of Chachi's christening right here on blogger. His head's all wet and he's in his Sunday best! God said he was the cutest baby in the church...or was it in the world? Either way God was totally high fiving him all day.

I'm Back!

Damn! It has been forever since I've written anything on my blog! I blame the many illnesses that plagued our house. Chachi was sick for a month with some horrible high fever-throw up thing. And then Christmas came and blah, blah, blah. But no more blog neglection, I promise. It's time to get back to it and I mean proper. To make it easier on myself I will upload my photos (if there's loads) onto Flickr because Blogger takes for-freakin-ever!

So to wet your whistle, the first of many photo installments: Our trip to Portland 2009!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kittyyum/sets/72157623139527122/


And coming up next week...our professional family photo shoot with my oldest friend in the world Xea! These photos will make you want to roll Chachi up into a little ball and put him in your pocket.

Have Baby Will Travel

We're off in 5 hours!! Yikes! I'm terrified. My hands are shaking. I can't eat. The cabs gonna be here at 2am. Paul and I just got colds yesterday. Is this going to be the worst 24 hours of my life? Perhaps. But Portland, you are so worth it. I can't wait to be back in the warm bosom of the Pacific Northwest.
If you wanna hang with us and the Doonlet please email me at: sherriedooney@yahoo.co.uk.
We leave for the UK on November 6th. Love you all! And please send me good travel vibes!

8 Months

The boy loves his strawberries! And he loves to laugh! Sometimes I start laughing at him and then he starts laughing at me laughing and then we just laugh and laugh together. It's awesome.

We visited Terry and Stu at their allotment the other day. They were working hard on all their veg while we took it easy in the shade and had some lunch. We have our names on a waiting list for a plot in the same allotment as them, we're number 5. So right around the time Charlie is old enough to put to work diggin' and plantin' our turn should come up!

Charlie got his first cold a few weeks ago. You may be able to spot the snot in this shot. It was horrible! I felt so bad for him, he was obviously confused as to what was happening to him and why he couldn't breath. It lasted a full week and it was hell. But he's all better now.

This photo is deceiving, Charlie could never manage a piece of food that big. He hasn't mastered the skill of chewing yet and chokes on anything bigger than a pea. But he's still eating everything we give him and I'm slowly introducing more chunks. He loves toast, ice cream, spaghetti, sweet potatoes, semolina, yogurt, fish and bananas.

Oh and apples!

We ate these for dinner that night. They were delicious!

He can sit up all on his own now! He can roll over from back to front but not front to back. He gets stuck on his tummy in his crib all the time. Arrggg!

Here he is with our friend Tay. He's not exactly into other people yet. Other babies? Yes! But strangers are a drag.

We take him and Beans to the park all the time and he loves it. He touches the trees, watches Bean run up ahead, is mesmerized by the ducks and likes walking through the row of Oregon trees.

He's a big fan of Daddy's. When he comes home from work Charlie is all smiles.

He's just learned how to clap! I'm amazed. How can something so simple bring me so much joy?