Charlie is 4 months old!!

Can you believe it?? Yes, yes it is true Charlie is officially 4 months old. Crazy how time flies. It just seems like the other day I was in the recovery room with him laying on my chest, saying hello for the first time. Sigh...

We had his 4 month old well baby check up last week, and not to anybody's surprise, Charlie was changing very rapidly. He weighed in at 16.7 pounds and 27.25 inches long. His head had grown another inch since last visit as well. So once again our boy was 99th for his head circumference, and 97th for his height. This time he was in the 75th percentile for his weight, but our doctor wasn't concerned. He seemed to think that Charlie has 'evened' out a bit in his weight gain.

This past week was a different week for us. I was let go from my new job last Saturday, so until I found a new job I was staying at home with Charlie. The extra time was nice with him, and I soaked up every minute of it. 

We spent alot of time on the floor on our tummy. I realized that Charlie spends a great deal of time in his jumper or his swing, and not so much on his tummy. When you hold him he acts like he wants to be crawling so bad, I figured we need to spend some time on the floor, so he can figure it all out.

Sometimes its hard after your bath when all you want is to be all wrapped up, but your towel doesn't want to corporate. I mean who wants your eyes to be covered, and your toes exposed??? 

Such a big boy! He's almost able to sit up by himself. When he does, he has to lean forward to keep his balance, so I figured a little help from the boppy would be a good thing. Not to mention that he just looked so cute in his overalls. The cooler weather we've been having has allowed me to get out the hoodies and outfits like this one. Charlie looks so cute in his fall clothes.

This past week was a blessing, and now that I'm back at work, I treasure these little moments like I had with him the other morning.

A few more pictures

I thought I would post a few more pictures of Charlie, since that is all that anyone really wants to see now a days....

Charlie just LOVES his jumper from grandma and grandpa...

So deep in thought..

Oh please mommy, not again

Chillin with his babysitter...

Our first bout with Charlie not feeling well...poor guy all he wanted to do was curl up in a ball and sleep...

Feeling much better...hanging out in the walker that grammy and papa got him. Such a big boy!!

Time for a recap...

So what's been going on? Well the Tuesday after my last post, I started a new job. The hours are better, which allows me to be home every night for dinner at a reasonable hour, and I'm able to put Charlie to sleep. Huge plus for our house. I do have to work 5 days again, but it's worth it since I'm home every night. 

Labor day weekend my folks came down for the long weekend. We went shopping and ran some errands on Friday. We also went and had Charlie's pictures made at Sears. Grandma wanted some professional ones of her boy, so who am I to argue with her? 

Of course Charlie was his usual self when it came to the camera. This boy is such a ham, and of course the ladies just fell in love with him, and he ate it all up. I have a feeling we are in for a ride once this boy gets older.

There was also plenty of hang out time at the house with grandma and grandpa. They don't get to see Charlie often, so we try and keep things as relaxed as we can when we do get to see them. 

Grandma wasted no time and made sure she read to Charlie as much as possible. He was trying to help by turning the pages for her, too bad he was turning them the wrong way...

Charlie loves hanging out with grandpa, even if he's not feeling the best. Sometimes all you need is a little love from grandpa to help you feel better.

This is a tradition that grandma and grandpa started. Every time they are together, they need to have a picture like this taken. This is the third in the series.

Grandma is so silly!!! Charlie just loves it!!

We had a blast with grandma and grandpa. We love it when they come to visit, and wish that they could come down more often. We just make sure that we enjoy the time that they do come and see us.