Nice collar, dude!

Whenever we hold Charlie like this, or sit him up, he gives us this look like "Why in the world are you doing this to me? I would much rather go back to lying on your chest!"

Finger toes?

Jana has a thing with baby's feet. Her biggest goal for the tens of thousands of pictures we took of Will in his first year was for a great shot of his feet/toes.

Here is her early work on Charlie's feet/toes. What do you think? The consensus here is that he has finger toes -- long, skinny toes. Like mine.

Hungry Hungry Hippos

A few weeks ago Jana and I were talking about games from our youth that Will might enjoy. We came to quick agreement on one: Hungry Hungry Hippos. Shortly, we learned that our good friend Angela planned to give Will a version of the game for his fourth birthday, a few days early.

Thankfully, Ang got to play a few rounds, with the exciting action of two of those games caught here on tape.



I chose not to post the one in which Angela's poor showing is blamed on a "bulimic hippo" because I got a little bit too excited about winning. So you know where Will gets that from.

A visit from Erin

On Thursday my cousin Erin was gracious enough to stop by and see Charlie for the first time. She had just finished the semester at UW-Eau Claire, she hadn't been home in 3-1/2 months, and still she took the time to pay us a visit. We really appreciated it, and Charlie did too -- he slept for almost the entire hour Erin held him, even with lots of commotion going on around them.

New baby, new tree

Four years ago, my aunt Joann and uncle Dan brought us a Colorado Blue Spruce tree to commemorate Will's birth. We thought it would be cool to get the same to celebrate Charlie's arrival. The tree's needles tore up my arms, but it was worth it. Watching our boys race the trees in growth rate is fun ... although our boys are running laps around the spruces!

Thursday

One week old today! Time sure flies ...

Parts

Some close-ups of Charlie. Hoping to get some foot shots soon. In case you weren't sure, those giant hands next to his belong to his big brother.

The eyes have it

As promised ...

Monday pictures

Three new pictures of little Charlie from Monday morning, courtesy of Jana. Pictures of the baby with his eyes open are forthcoming - I swear. Thing is, his eyes are still open most at night, and we don't like to use the flash then ... working on it!

Gaining weight

Charlie weighed 7 pounds, 8.4 ounces at birth. Right before we left the hospital a day and half later, he weight 7 pounds, 2 ounces, an expected drop. This morning, he was back up to 7 pounds, 6 ounces, and our lactation specialist told us she expects Charlie to be back to his birth weight by tomorrow or Wednesday, much sooner than the typical 10 days. So his feeding is going well.