Charles is 2 Months Old

Charles turned two months on May 15th. 

He is now 11 lbs 1.5 oz and 24 in. He wears size 0-3 months and some newborn clothes and size 1 diapers.

He sleeps a 5 hour stretch at night which is wonderful.

First smiled at Tracy on April 22 and started laughing May 14.

He loves to observe everything around him. Is a constantly kicking and squirming. Makes it a little hard to hold him, if your not use to it. Has times of wanting to be held and times where he just wants to lay on the floor.

James is still struggling at times with having Charles around. He'll say I don't take care of him any more. Breaks my heart to hear his perception of me having to split my time between him and Charles. I know he does love having Charles around. There are some mornings where the first thing he does is give Charles a hug and a kiss. Such a sweet big brother.

We blessed Charles May 3rd. It was a nice day. Tracy's parents were able to come, so we had some family here for it. Tracy's dad loved taking pictures of Charles' many faces. Here's a some of the pictures he took.

Friday Five

It's been a rough week. Charles got sick with a cold. I have what was thought Thrush at first, but now I'm on antibiotics for a bacterial infection.  So I thought I'd do a quick Friday Five with only mentioning the positive things from the week.

1. James spent all Monday morning working on his preschool book. It was nice to just sit nearby reading directions for him and holding sick Charles.

2. 6 hours of blissful sleep. Seriously, it was awesome! I remember hearing Charles at around 3, but I never made fully awake to go feed him and he went back to sleep himself instead of crying. Then around 6 I woke up suddenly realizing I never got up earlier and quickly went to check on him. He was sleeping peacefully, but shortly woke up. Can't wait for this 6 hours to be a norm!

And a cute picture.

3. Free lunch. Love that my complex has a free meal almost every week. Nice to not have to cook lunch or breakfast at least once a week.

4. Help with my meal planning today. James sure had a blast. It kept him occupied and not whining at me.

5. Train mania. This is one of two tracks we build this week. James insists on playing trains every day. We only get a short window to play while Charles is content to either watch or sleep.

Charles is a month!

A month has passed since Charles joined our family.

We did a little photo shoot this morning.
I'm not a photographer or even have a knack for that kind of thing, but I think the pictures turned out good with out any edits.

 We're still in newborn survival mode and figuring out this 2 kid thing. Most days it kicks my butt, then at times I feel it is getting better.

Charles sleeps at night like a newborn. Waking every 2-3 hours. Saturday night he spent his first night in his crib. I didn't feel quite ready to move him from our room, but knew Tracy needed to get the rest he wasn't getting with him in there.

Charles is definitely growing. I don't have any stats as we won't be going to the doctor office till next month. His legs are getting chubby, his newborn clothes are getting tight and he'll be graduating to size 1 diapers once we're out of the newborn ones. Not that he has really completely out grown the newborn diapers, though he's pretty close. I just don't feel like buying more, since I have a ton of size 1 diapers that were given as gifts.

He failed the hearing test in his right ear at the hospital. We went up to Woodland early Monday morning to get him tested again, but he decided to be wide awake which messed up the test because he would move and make noises. The audiologist made us another appointment at her office here in Davis for today. She did the test several times plus an extra test. He failed the newborn screen again in his right ear. However the extra test she did, not sure what she called it, proved he can at least hear in his right ear. He just wasn't hearing the high and low frequencies. She said that didn't necessary mean he can't hear the at all. There just could be fluid or wax making it hard for him to hear in those ranges. Now we have to get more testing done on his right ear. Just have to wait to be contacted for an appointment..