Charlie at SIX months!

Unfortunately, Charlie spent a lot of his six month alive as a sick little man.   It started off with his first ear infection.  That cleared up just in time for him to develop a CRAZY full body rash that looked HORRIBLE!   It was diagnosed as Fifth's disease, which is a virus and you just have to let it run it's course.   Just as we thought he was getting better from that one he got RSV, a respiratory virus that left him with high fevers, a horrible wheezy cough and no energy.   He had a rough time and we all had some long nights.   Finally (knock on wood), he has been back to health for awhile now.
During his fleeting moments of feeling well he has turned into a delightful little guy.  He was about 18 pounds at his six month visit and got an A+ for meeting all of his baby milestones.   He rolls back and forth with ease and eagerness.  He has developed that wonderful deep belly baby laugh that just makes you melt and he is starting to babble quite a bit.   Ba and Da seem to be his current favorites.
The first picture is of that lovely rash, the rest are much more pleasant ones of his six month photo shoot.