Charlie Day 7 - 11

Day 7 – Eat, Sleep, Cry, Repeat

We had a lazy day today.  Time to catch up on some much needed sleep.  Midwife Lindsay was here today and and said I was doing great.  I have gained 4.5 ounces in the last couple of days.  WOOHOO!!! Its going to be a short entry today because, well, we didn’t really do very much.  …

Charlie Day 6 - 01

Day 6 – A Busy Day

Today was exciting, so many new things happened.  Daddy had to leave early this morning for a dentist appointment.  He tells me that I will have to go to a dentist someday when my teeth come in.  I was left home all alone with Mommy and Molly. Mommy and I had an appointment that we …

Charlie Day 5 - 04

Day 5 – A Very Good Day

Mommy, Daddy, Molly and I had a great day today.  I have been having lots of food, and I am sure that I am growing nice and strong.  Midwife Lindsay came back to see me again today, and because I am so charming she stayed and played for a long time.  When she weighed me …

Charlie Day 4 - 08

Day 4 – To Eat or Not to Eat

I gotta tell yah that today was super fun and super stressful too.  I had 2 really good meals in the middle of the night and I ate for a long time.  I had so much good milk from Mommy that I didn’t want to eat again for the rest of the night.  They kept …

Charlie Day 3 - 04

Day 3 – Chilling Out

Man last night was rough.  Mommy and Daddy kept waking me up and trying to get me to eat.  I was so sleepy I just didn’t want to eat anything and I kept trying to go back to sleep.  They even took off all my clothes and made me hang out in just my diaper.  …

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Day 2 – Life Begins at Home

I slept mostly through the night and hardly woke up Mom and Dad at all.  But when I did wake up they were both lying there just staring at me.  What am I cute or something?  There was one great time that I woke them up because my pants felt really funny.  Daddy took off …

Charlie - 14

Day 1 – Part 1 – My Arrival

3:15 a.m. – Mommy’s contractions were 1 minute long, 5 minutes apart for over 1 hour so we paged our midwives.  Midwife Cathy called us back and talked to us for a few minutes and then got in her car to come and visit with us. 3:55 a.m. – Cathy arrived to the house and …

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Day 0 – The Beginning

Today I am one week overdue.  Mommy and Daddy have been telling me for the past 3 weeks that it is time to come out and play, but I was so warm and snuggly inside Mommy that I said “NO WAY”. Then my sister Molly sat down and had a chat with me.  She told …