Happy Birthday Darling Boy!!!

Today Charlie is six months old!!! Today he also played in the pouring rain for the first time & loved it!

Car vs. Deer

According to the Press Democrat, it's "Car vs. Deer" season. Last night heading home on River Road we saw an injured deer on the side of the road trying to stand up. It looked like it had just been hit, and there was a suspect car with its hazards on 500 feet ahead. We called 911 and gave the location of the deer and made sure to tell them it was still alive - they took down the info and said thanks. This morning on my way to work, there it was - dead. The time for it to manifest had passed. I tried not to, but I still suffered.

My Darling Smartypants

Charlie has a new trick called "clean up." I tell him to go get his scattered toys one-by-one and he grabs them and drops them back into his toybox. And when he misses the toybox in his haste and it falls outside, he picks it up again and deliberately places it inside. He learned the trick in <10 minutes. He is so smart!!!!! Not surprised!

Tick Tock

Yesterday was two years to the date of that super scary phone call - one of the top worst days of my life - a worst day that led to the best decisions of my life. Last year October 6 came and went without me noticing. This year I was not so oblivious, but I accept that. This two-year anniversary is just a reminder that the other special two-year anniversary is right around the corner!