I try not to read to much into when and how much Chanler eats - I really do. The "rule" of the house is that you have to eat one bite of each thing on your plate in order to be finished (this is to get Chanler to try everything and to eat at least some amount of veggies.) Today Chanler polished off 3+ slices of meat loaf (for perspective, I had 1 and Scott managed 2.) I don't know where in the world all that meat went????? I am expecting that he won't eat again for at least 3 days, but I guess we will see. Maybe it is just another growth spurt - I feel like we just finished one though.

When he wants to, Chanler can be SO grown up.

Currently Chanler likes to do the following by himself:

• Pick out his own outfits, complete with socks and undershirt!


• Get his toothbrush, put toothpaste on it, wet it and give it to daddy for brushing, then he rinses, spits and washes his face


• Washes himself in the bath (well everywhere except his back and hair)

Of course he is just as likely to want to do it all by himself as he is to insist that he is a baby and can't possibly do anything without help - go figure!