Monkey

In the early weeks of Charlie's life, I called her "stinky" because she pooped about 20 times a day. I know that's "normal," but Ty didn't do that and it threw us all off a little bit because literally every time she was awake she was going potty. So that was her first nickname and Sean kept begging me to change it.

After a few months she stopped doing it and became "Bean." I don't know why but I do still think of her as that often. Little jelly bean maybe? She was kinda shaped like one for a long time?? Anyway, "Bean" will always apply but now I have a new nickname for her and this is why.

See the picture? How she's crawling on the back of her hands? She does this anytime she has a toy in her hand/hands that she doesn't want to give up. Which is a lot of the time because in her world if you give it up your brother will probably take it. Who said she wasn't smart just because she didn't feed herself or drink out of a cup or crawl or walk or do anything until she was well over a year old?

She figured out the important stuff like holding onto toys early on. So everywhere she goes, inside, outside, (even on concrete,) you just might find her crawling on the back of her hands.

So meet "Monkey." She is now walking everywhere, feeding herself, drinking more than her brother which is A LOT--all out of a cup--and she only crawls to get to something to pull up on...but inevitably she has at least one hand folded over like a monkey with something in it. She has scabs on her hand right now because she will cross any terrain like this and never fusses about it.

Last night she had stolen some of Ty's alphabet puzzle letters and took off up the stairs on the backs of her hands. I need to record it and post a video for you. Now if I could just figure out how to do that...