Charlie's newborn appointment went well. 7lbs 14oz , 20.75 inches long. Her doctor is pictured here with her.

Charlie’s First Bath

We gave Charlie her first bath last night.  She was a little more accepting of it than Peeds was of his.  But only a little. 

The lady in the nursery gave Sug a little tip when she was bathing Charlotte in the hospital.  Apparently babies love to have the water run over their heads and feel the warm water trickling over them.  So we ended her bath with a relaxing shower and she was completely calm when it was all over.

 

 

She had a wonderful night.  We waited to feed her until Sug was ready to go to bed so all three of us went to bed together at 11:30 and we were all asleep by 11:31 :-D.  She woke at 3:30 and went back down at 5:30 then woke again at 7:30 to eat and she and daddy are Dozing now.

 

We’re off for her first checkup with her Pediatrician at 11am then heading directly to Ohio for a week until Grandma and Great Aunt Wendy come to visit next week.

The men in her life will be happy to know…

Charlie’s first shopping experience was Bass Pro…

 

She was a hit.   We must have gotten 50 “Aaaaaws” from the people we passed.

Charlie’s “Chronicles” Debut

Well, the most anxiously awaited day of the year has come and gone.  Charlie is HERE!!!  Can you believe it?  We got to the hospital at 10am on Tuesday

And at 12:27pm we had a daughter!!!

They let her stay with me while I recovered and she latched on for the first time and did really well

Then we all moved up to our room and she got her first bath

And she got to meet the rest of the fam

 

Sug and I are beyond ecstatic.  She has been an absolute joy to have around.  She’s such a calm and content baby. MOST of the time has been spent sleeping.  In fact, she lost weight the first couple of days because she kept falling asleep when she was supposed to be eating. She was 8lbs 2oz when she was born and yesterday morning had dropped to 7lbs 6oz.  Yesterday we spent then entire day cuddling and feeding and when she got her check up this morning, she weighed 7lbs 9oz so we’re very proud of her for gaining those 3 oz and the doctor isn’t worried about her like she was yesterday morning.

 

We’re leaving the hospital this evening and heading home for the first time.  It’s kind of sad that the worlds greatest big brother won’t be there to greet us when we get home.  But we’ll see him shortly.  We’ll travel to Ohio next week to be with him.

 

 

 

A Fun filled day for Oliver

After PPM this morning I took Oliver to Bounce U.  It’s a place on the south side of town that has all of these bounce houses and Tuesday-Friday from 10am to 12pm they have an open jump for preschool-aged kids.  So I didn’t have to worry about protecting him and he was just able to play.  He had a blast.  Here is a little video of him playing with this baseball game thingy that they have there.

 

 

 

Then when he got home from Donna’s he helped his Aunt B put together the chest of drawers we bought for Charlotte today.  He REALLY wanted to help with the hammer and screw driver so we went downstairs and got the ones he had gotten for his birthday and she let him hammer stuff.

 

 

By the time we put him to bed, he was worn out and so were we.  Only a few more days until Charlotte arrives. If she doesn’t come on her own before Tuesday, Dr. Storck will take her out at that time. 

First Day of Serious Potty Training

Peeds had his first day of serious potty training today. He wore the new potty watch that we got him which runs on a timer and tells him to go potty at set intervals and we only sent a couple of diapers with him but 5 pairs of underwear and changes of clothes. The whole time he was at Donnas he didn't have to change underwear or trousers once. As soon as he got home he peed in@his pants so we put dry clothes on him. The next time the watch went off he sat on the potty for five minutes and did nothing. Then came into the bedroom with me and peed and pooped in the floor. Good times!

A Cupcake from Brittany

Last week the girls from work threw Charlie a baby shower and Brittany made cupcakes.  I brought two of them home to the boys.  I WISH I had caught Oliver’s initial reaction when he realized that he was getting what he refers to as a “cake-cake” for dessert, but the vid I got is pretty cute just the same.  :-)