I've Seen Better Days...

Well, Charlie's weekend did not go as planned. On Saturday night, he was supposed to have his first paid babysitter take care of him while Mommy and Daddy went out to have an adult dinner (not that pureed carrots don't seem totally adult). Instead, our PLG (poor little guy - Uncle Pat is getting worried his title is being taken away) spiked a fever of over 102 that wouldn't go down with the help of Tylenol. So we spent Saturday night until 1 a.m. in the Emergency Room where Charlie had blood taken and a chest X-ray and finally a shot of antibiotics. It was traumatic for the whole family, but most especially for our little man.

This picture shows what a trooper he was through it all as he tried to play with his exersaucer. It didn't take long for thim to throw the white flag preferring to watch T.V. with his binky. Fingers crossed he gets back to his happy self soon.

Our First Mother's Day

Today was our first Mother's Day and we had an excellent day! Mommy got to sleep in and then we went to Grammy's and had breakfast. Then we drove into the city and walked around. We had lunch at Charley's Saloon on Newbury Street and then walked around the Public Gardens where the tulips were in bloom. Then we walked through the park on Comm Ave. It was a beautiful day downtown. After all of that we went to Uncle Derek and Aunt Tina's house where Charlie got to see all of his cousins. What a day!

Charlie has been up to all sorts of new tricks. He's officially discovered his feet and when he lays on his back, he is quick to grab his feet in his hands. He is VERY flexible. He can grab his pacifier and put it in his mouth - a development we are all very happy about. In general, he is just a lot more deliberate with his movements. This is good and bad. Good when it comes to the pacifier, bad when it comes to someone's hair - especially because he hasn't quite figured out how to let go yet.

Making Sammi Proud

This was a big week and a big weekend. On the heels of getting his first tooth, Charlie's grandma Sammi came to visit and in honor of her first day with him he rolled over for the first time! As if that wasn't enough, he went from spitting out all of his rice cereal to opening his mouth and swallowing it - a huge step toward eating the steak we know he craves. And we advanced to the faster nipple on his bottle. He better slow down or we'll be packing him up for college in the fall.

He had fun with Sammi as he ran all over creation with us shopping - mostly for him. He was a very good boy so Sammi decided she would actually come back in May. Yay!!

We have done some major growing...

Charlie had his 4 month doctor's visit this past Friday. He should be a professional grower!! He weighs 16lbs 13 oz, which puts him in the 81st percentile for weight and he is 27 inches long, which puts him in the 98th percentile for height. Where did he come from??? He wasn't a big fan of his vaccines but he handled it like a champ.

We also had a major breakthrough yesterday - literally. Charlie's first tooth broke the surface! His bottom right middle tooth is just grazing the surface. I guess that makes all the drooling worth it.