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here’s some pictures of charlie at 1 month old!

here’s some pics of charlie. she’s 8 lbs. now and getting bigger everyday.

recently, we went to a butterfly release sponsored by our church. i got some really cool pics of butterflies.

according to an American Indian legend, if anyone desires a wish to come true, they must first capture a butterfly and whisper that wish to it. Since the butterfly can make no sound, the butterfly cannot reveal the wish to anyone but the Great Spirit who hears and sees all.

in gratitude for giving the beautiful butterfly its freedom, the Great Spirit always grants the wish.

so, according to legend, by making a wish and giving the butterfly its freedom, the wish will be taken to the heavens and granted.

though not directly related to baby charlie curto, I thought it would be nice to give you the opportunity to help find a cure for cancer.  we all have lost too many people and every little bit of research helps.

michelle is raising money for the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk and is on her way to reaching her goal of raising $1000.  Let’s help her meet her goal.

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charlie likes what she sees in the mirror…

here’s a pic of the original charlie curto. you may think that my dad would get mad for posting this photo, but with his sense of humor, i think he would have thought it was funny. i’ll post a better pic in a few days.

kind of looks like that guy from That 70’s Show, right?

the other night, charlie was lifting her head up a lot. see the video below. it’s a little grainy b/c it’s from my cell phone.

you know, it’s kind of weird. a few weeks before charlie was born, col and I had some funny things happen to us with the name ‘charlie’. at the time, we liked the name ‘charlie’, but we hadn’t decided on it as the final choice yet for a girl. we were definitely going to use it if we had a boy, but for a girl, it was still up in the air.

about 2 weeks before charlie was born, we were at Unity church for the Sunday service and there was a special guest musician as there often is. this person’s name is ‘charlie thweet,’ i believe. he played some beautiful music, but what stood out about him was his comment about having ‘lots of ‘charlies’ in the room’ (as there are 3 or so charlies that go to our Unity church).

then, we rented a movie called The Last Mimzy. In one scene, Rainn Wilson introduces his class of elementary school students to ‘his friend charlie.’

so, at 11:08 am on 7/21/07, col and I looked at each other after finding out we had a girl, and we said ‘charlie grace?’ after a minute or so, it was decided. our new baby girl was named Charlie Grace Curto.

the “coincidences” with the name ‘charlie’ did not end.

during my two weeks off (which was awesome btw), we rented a movie called the astronaut farmer starring billy bob thornton. guess what billy’s name was - charles ‘charlie’ farmer.

also that week, we watched ‘Friends’ once or twice. guess which episode we watched….the one when Ross meets a new love interest - Charlie.

We wanted to watch another ‘feel good’ movie before I went back to work, so we decided on seabiscuit. Jeff Bridges, one of the main characters, played Charles Howard. and at one other point in the movie during a horserace, someone yells out, “cya Charlie!”

the night before I go back to work, I’m out on the couch flipping through the channels and see a show called ‘charlie rose.’

so, I go back to work (ugh!) and Col stays home. while watching tv during that day, 3 ‘charlies’ end up being on tv on the price is right and two other shows.

lots of ‘charlies’ in a very short amount of time. now, i’ve experienced the whole ‘when you buy a car, you notice that car everywhere’ kind of thing, but i think this takes it to a new level.

someone might wonder why this type of thing happens. i believe that the universe kind of ’speaks’ to you and you’ll hear it, if you’ll just listen.

here’s some pics of some more friends and family with charlie.  also, you’ll see some pics with charlie on her belly.  don’t worry.  we know she’s not supposed to sleep on her belly, so don’t worry!

everyone’s heard of road rage, but are you familiar with ’stroller rage?’ if you don’t know the term, you may know the feeling. it’s when you’re walking down an aisle or the boardwalk or wherever, and you feel you have the right of way (for whatever reason - i’ll explain our reason in a sec.) but the people who are walking toward you don’t necessarily share the same view. they think they have right of way.

this morning, we walked on the boardwalk because we remembered that a nearby boardwalk had a center strip of boards that were aligned in such a way so charlie’s head wouldn’t bounce everywhere while we walked (remember the horizontal board problem from this post.)

so we’re walking down the middle section and some people see us and get out of the way. however, there were 1 or 2 people who felt they had right of way, too! of course they didn’t, they just thought they did. anyway, we stood our ground and they moved, slightly, at the last second.

my advice to fellow stroller pushers - stand your ground! do not give the center boards away when they are rightfully yours. and my advice to anyone walking toward a stroller pushing couple - move aside and let them through. you don’t want to become a victim of stroller rage.

Vinnie