First food

There are no words for this cuteness...

The new toy

Charlie is kinda high maintenance. He is happy as a clam...as long as he is being held. Put that kid down for a second and he'll break your heart with the saddest cry you've ever heard. Normally it's not too much of a problem but it was causing some problems during the intensive potty training days. Solution:

Not a perfect solution but it did buy me a few extra minutes of peace each time I had to haul a peeing Lily to the potty.

4 months old

The Stats:

Length: 25 in. (50th percentile)

Weight: 14 lb. 2 oz. (25th percentile)

Head: 17 in. (50th percentile)

Charlie was actually 4 months at the beginning of the month but our new doctor couldn't get us in until now when he's almost 5 months.  But the little man did great at his appointment...only a little squeal with his shots.  Charlie is definitely different than his sister, even at this young age.  He's calmer than Lily was...as long as he's being held--a total cuddler, which she wasn't. He's entering the more interactive stage: smiling, laughing, gooing. Lily loves that. She wants to be with him at all times! He's the first thing she asks for in the morning and the first one she kisses at night. We feel incredibly blessed with our awesome kiddos. Couldn't love 'em more!

The Ballerina Story

Cuddling

Lily LOVES Charlie. She especially loves cuddle time in bed! Can you see the pure joy?! Charlie on the other hand....is a little wary of all the love. Sometimes he gets a little smothered!

2 months young

The Stats:

Length: 23 in. (50-75th percentile)

Weight: 11 lb. 2 oz. (50th percentile)

Head: 15.5 in. (50-75th percentile)

Blessing Day

We blessed Charlie on Sunday. It was certainly a day to remember.  First, apparently I gave my entire extended family the wrong address for the church. (We moved buildings a few months ago and the church website must not have changed yet.)  So everyone missed it. Then, Lily threw up all over a few minutes before we were supposed to be at the church so we were late and almost missed it too!  And Lily spent the rest of the day throwing up.

BUT Dave gave a beautiful blessing, Charlie was a doll, my family were all really good sports about missing the blessing and we had a blast at the luncheon. So we'll go ahead and count the day a success!

Fathers' Day

Here are just a couple pictures of the two best looking guys I know! Dave is such a good sport to let me dress them up in matching outfits for Fathers' Day!  haha

I am constantly floored by how great a father Dave is. Anyone who has ever seen him with his kids can attest to the fact that he actually totally likes them--and they're pretty smitten with him, too! I'm pretty sure he would say that the best part of his day is the time he gets to spend playing and being an absolute goof with them!  I am so grateful to have such an incredible parenting companion...it really makes all the difference in our family. We have been blessed with such great fathers in our lives!

Documentation

This is documentation of probably the only time I've been asleep in the last 6 weeks! (At least that's what it feels like--check out those bags under my eyes!!) But who could ask for a better snuggle partner!

Charles

A couple of quick pics...oh man I love him!

Born: 7:50 am 3 May 2010
Weight: 8 lb 12 oz
Height: 20 in