Happy New Year everybody, here's an early Baby Train for our Baby Blog followers, so we can go party with the Char meister.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
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Happy New Year everybody, here's an early Baby Train for our Baby Blog followers, so we can go party with the Char meister.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Boy did this get up late. The real baby was awake all night and making it hard to get anything done.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
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This joke is making a killing among ultra-sound technicians ehh ehh? Seriously though what the heck is going on in one of those?
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
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For everyone that says having children is magical, there's like 10 people that have nothing but doom and gloom to tell you.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
4 weeks old!
Has it been a month already?!? Wow, how time flies when you're having fun :)
I adore this picture, and Charlie adores tummy time!
I adore this picture, and Charlie adores tummy time!
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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We got this so much, everyone was like "hey you're like 6-6 you're baby should be huge!!!" And we'd be like "whatev's"
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Time for a doctor appointment!
So Charlie went in for his check-up today and he looks great!! He's 21 1/2 inches long now and about 8.5 pounds! He's average in both height and weight which is fantastic! And there's no more jaundice at all. Woohoo!! Here's some pictures for ya;
We set up his bouncy chair which we got at the Baby Bash and Charlie LOVES it! Whenever he's up we put him in it and he hangs out and loves to look at the floral pattern. Then he usually goes right to sleep!
This is me trying to be creative :)
We set up his bouncy chair which we got at the Baby Bash and Charlie LOVES it! Whenever he's up we put him in it and he hangs out and loves to look at the floral pattern. Then he usually goes right to sleep!
This is me trying to be creative :)
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Happy 2 week birthday Charlie!!
2 weeks have really flown by! Charlie is already growing so fast!
We're starting to get the hang of the new baby schedule. And Charlie is being such a laid back baby. He can sleep through anything! Thank goodness!! Things are crazy but we're loving every minute!!
Proud Grammies!!
We're starting to get the hang of the new baby schedule. And Charlie is being such a laid back baby. He can sleep through anything! Thank goodness!! Things are crazy but we're loving every minute!!
Proud Grammies!!
Monday, November 10, 2008
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When your pregnant, its a great excuse for anything. But its also a big pain in the butt.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
The whole story
I've been getting a lot of questions on how everything went and I've finally got a chance to tell! :) So here it is!
October 28th:
We go into the Doctor's Office for a regular appointment and the doctor wants me to go into the hospital to monitor the baby's heartbeat and see how things are going (considering it was my due date and all). And if things are normal then I'd come back in a few days and be monitored again. So we head across the street and they strap me in and we sit for an hour. Then the nurse comes in looks at the results and leaves without saying a word...interesting...and then my doctor comes in and takes a look himself and says "Yup! You're staying here!" Come to find out that the baby's heart rate dropped briefly twice while they were monitoring. Nothing dangerous but enough to make the doctor want to get things going as soon as possible. So they threw me in one of those fabulous gowns and got me in a room. The problem was nothing was happening so they had to give me some medicine to get my body going for the whole labor thing before they could induce me. So the night consisted of lots of uncomfortable cramping and poor Bill having to be my leaning post because the only way I was comfortable was to be sitting up and I had to lean on Bill sitting on the end of the bed in order to sleep. He was a trooper though and I got a little bit of sleep.
October 29th:
At about 3am they induced me and that's when all the fun began! The contractions started and quickly escalated! Bill was right by my side the whole time though and by about 8am the contractions were coming every two minutes or so and they were crazy painful!! I held out as looong as I could but by about 11am I couldn't take it anymore and I was exhausted and being only at 4cm I knew I had a long way to go so I decided to have the epidural for the pain. I had always wanted to avoid having an epidural but then again I never thought I'd be induced and that things would be SO crazy so quickly! And actually after I got it I found that it really wasn't as scary as I made it out in my head. The pain subsided, and actually I wasn't completely numb in my legs, I still had a little feeling, which was nice. And I got a chance to get some sleep!! At about 4pm or so they checked me again and to our surprise I had jumped to 8cm!! So by about 5pm the nurse called the doctor and they said they were going to get me ready to push!! The pushing went really smoothly and I had feeling but no pain which was great!! And by 6:29 Charlie was born at 7 pounds 11 ounces and 20 3/4 inches long!
Surprisingly the birthmark you see on his forehead is the same birthmark that I have myself! It looked just the same as Charlie's when I was born and has faded a lot over the years. I never knew you could pass down a birthmark! Charlie definitely has Bill's eyes and my cheeks, mouth, chin and some of my expressions :)
So that's the story of Charlie's debut into the world! It wasn't what we expected at all, we've been surprised at every turn and we've loved every minute of it! We're home now, doing well and enjoying every minute with Charlie and learning all of his adorable quirks and mannerisms.
More pictures are coming soon!
~Karen
October 28th:
We go into the Doctor's Office for a regular appointment and the doctor wants me to go into the hospital to monitor the baby's heartbeat and see how things are going (considering it was my due date and all). And if things are normal then I'd come back in a few days and be monitored again. So we head across the street and they strap me in and we sit for an hour. Then the nurse comes in looks at the results and leaves without saying a word...interesting...and then my doctor comes in and takes a look himself and says "Yup! You're staying here!" Come to find out that the baby's heart rate dropped briefly twice while they were monitoring. Nothing dangerous but enough to make the doctor want to get things going as soon as possible. So they threw me in one of those fabulous gowns and got me in a room. The problem was nothing was happening so they had to give me some medicine to get my body going for the whole labor thing before they could induce me. So the night consisted of lots of uncomfortable cramping and poor Bill having to be my leaning post because the only way I was comfortable was to be sitting up and I had to lean on Bill sitting on the end of the bed in order to sleep. He was a trooper though and I got a little bit of sleep.
October 29th:
At about 3am they induced me and that's when all the fun began! The contractions started and quickly escalated! Bill was right by my side the whole time though and by about 8am the contractions were coming every two minutes or so and they were crazy painful!! I held out as looong as I could but by about 11am I couldn't take it anymore and I was exhausted and being only at 4cm I knew I had a long way to go so I decided to have the epidural for the pain. I had always wanted to avoid having an epidural but then again I never thought I'd be induced and that things would be SO crazy so quickly! And actually after I got it I found that it really wasn't as scary as I made it out in my head. The pain subsided, and actually I wasn't completely numb in my legs, I still had a little feeling, which was nice. And I got a chance to get some sleep!! At about 4pm or so they checked me again and to our surprise I had jumped to 8cm!! So by about 5pm the nurse called the doctor and they said they were going to get me ready to push!! The pushing went really smoothly and I had feeling but no pain which was great!! And by 6:29 Charlie was born at 7 pounds 11 ounces and 20 3/4 inches long!
Surprisingly the birthmark you see on his forehead is the same birthmark that I have myself! It looked just the same as Charlie's when I was born and has faded a lot over the years. I never knew you could pass down a birthmark! Charlie definitely has Bill's eyes and my cheeks, mouth, chin and some of my expressions :)
So that's the story of Charlie's debut into the world! It wasn't what we expected at all, we've been surprised at every turn and we've loved every minute of it! We're home now, doing well and enjoying every minute with Charlie and learning all of his adorable quirks and mannerisms.
More pictures are coming soon!
~Karen
Monday, November 3, 2008
Picture Time
Hey everybody, cute baby picture time!!!
Here's Charlie, just 2.3 minutes old getting ready to be weighed.
Here's Mama Karen happy to be finally done with the long 16 hr labor. We were at the hospital from 8am Tuesday the 28th to 2 in the afternoon on Halloween. Oye...
The Drastatstic Duo is now the Drastatsic Trio.
Close up of Charlie and one of his many pouty expressions.
Papa Bill and Charlie hanging out looking cool
Profile of one darn cute baby
Here's Grandpa John with his new Grandchild. Go Giants
Here's a great photo of Charlie doing his Yoda Pose.
Charlie looks on to the future!!!
Grandma Vicki with Charlie. Charlie's got his cold weather gear on.
Charlie is pondering the mysteries of life.
Charlies on his way home with his cute little hat and the car seat and the widdle bitty monkeys.
Here's Charlie, just 2.3 minutes old getting ready to be weighed.
Here's Mama Karen happy to be finally done with the long 16 hr labor. We were at the hospital from 8am Tuesday the 28th to 2 in the afternoon on Halloween. Oye...
The Drastatstic Duo is now the Drastatsic Trio.
Close up of Charlie and one of his many pouty expressions.
Papa Bill and Charlie hanging out looking cool
Profile of one darn cute baby
Here's Grandpa John with his new Grandchild. Go Giants
Here's a great photo of Charlie doing his Yoda Pose.
Charlie looks on to the future!!!
Grandma Vicki with Charlie. Charlie's got his cold weather gear on.
Charlie is pondering the mysteries of life.
Charlies on his way home with his cute little hat and the car seat and the widdle bitty monkeys.
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For all those that don't know Charlie was born on 10 29 at 6:29!!! Here's the strip the went up on the day he was born. Its the special Happy Charlie Day Strip!!!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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