Saturday, March 14, 2009

Footprints

Today we made impressions of Charlotte's little feet for her baby book. It was definitely a three person job! 


Here is the finished product!

Here is Charlotte with Mimi last night after dinner! We tried to keep her awake until we were ready to go to bed, but she didn't really go along with the plan! 
She did sleep though for 12 hours and only woke up 3 times! We felt so much better after actually sleeping! I still have mastitis in both breasts now, but started a different antibiotic today that is suppose to work better than the one I was previously on. Ugh... Im so sick of drugs! I felt a little better just from taking it easy the past couple days. I did run out to Walgreens with Mom to pick up my perscription just to get out of the house, and left Charlotte with Chris. She had eaten about a half hour before we left, but apparently, as soon as we left she started crying, which escladed into screaming and we got a call from Chris as we were pulling back into the driveway and you could hear Charlotte screaming in the background! Oops!

Friday, March 13, 2009

One week old!

Today Charlotte is a week old! Her due date was actually today! She continues to be an angel, although she wanted to rock and roll last night while we were trying to sleep. Today she had a big day, her first photo shoot! We had lots of fun, she even peed on Chris! I on the other hand have a breast infection and it hurts like hell. I've had a fever on and off for the last two days and it just isn't fun! We did lots of relaxing today and plan on having a pretty low key weekend! Here is a cute picture we got of while she was lounging with me tonight....

Thursday, March 12, 2009

The Jokesters

Mom and Chris have found it to be very funny that my breasts now resemble watermelons. We dropped Mom off at Whole Foods today to get stuff for lasagna and she came back out with this.... She thinks she's SO funny. 
Chris was trying to be a good husband and not partake in the making fun of TOO much, but he did have a little fun with it once we got home. He keeps saying there is too much estrogen in the house for him! Even the dog is a girl!We bought Charlotte a hat today, which was a 3-6 month size, so we knew it would be a little big. It clearly was too large for her little head and she did not approve of looking silly! 



Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Another great day!

 This was how the day started.... Mom was up before us, and couldn't find Baylie! Here she was, sitting outside our bedroom door for who knows how long! 
As soon as I opened the door to leave the bedroom and Baylie immediately got in bed and went back to sleep with Chris! 
Charlotte also got to meet her Uncle Alex today! He couldn't believe how small she was! 

Here is Charlotte sleeping on her Daddy's chest, it is her favorite place to sleep!




Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Day 4

Today we brought Charlotte to the pediatrician. She weighed 6lb 8oz, which is only one ounce down from her birth weight. The pediatrician couldn't believe how well she was doing, and how well we were doing with feeding etc. that she said she didn't need to see her for another couple of weeks! Here are some pictures of the day we went home from the hospital....
Chris and Charlotte
We were all laughing at Chris bringing our stuff out to the car. He could be a Vera Bradley model!
Baylie meets Charlotte. She does NOT like it when she cries! 
Last night mom cooked dinner and we had Lisa and Joli over. Joli was so anxious to meet Charlotte, she came in, gave her a kiss and was over it. She was very funny at dinner, it is hard with an incision not to laugh! We gave her a cupcake for desert and she loved it!
Chris has been wearing Charlotte in the Moby wrap. He keeps saying he feels like a Greek warrior. It is so nice when he wraps her, she loves being on his chest, and when we go out no one can see her or touch her! It also makes it very easy to eat dinner! 
She loves sleeping on your chest. I took a nap with her this afternoon, and Chris watched TV in the living room. I had to confess later that I took her out of her swing and slept with her next to me. She's just so cute and little and cuddly!
Mimi was complaining that she hardly got to hold Charlotte today since Chris was wearing her most of the day. After dinner though she was wide awake and Mimi just loved talking to her. 
Here we are today at Target. I know, I'm crazy for going to Target after having surgery 4 days previously, but we were right there after the pediatrician, and I was getting stir crazy, plus we needed some things, and my camera broke, so we had to get a new one right away. Chris insisted though that I not walk, and I drove around in the little cart. It was SO slow, but Chris said it was suppose to be slow. Then an old lady went zooming by me in her cart, and he agreed that I had a dud cart. Mom also keeps saying I stuck watermelons in my shirt. I think I could feed half the neighborhood...
We are on to day 5.... I never want this newborn stage to end. She is just so sweet. She eats well, sleeps well, and is just so cute! Check back with me in 2 years when she can talk back!

Monday, March 9, 2009

Welcome Home Charlotte!

We got to bring Charlotte home on Monday. It is so nice to be back in our own house! Here we are making sure Charlotte really belongs to me and she's not someone else's baby!


Our new family!

Chris putting Charlotte in her car seat for her first ride in the car! We bought a convertable car seat for her, since I refuse to lug around an infant car seat. I am so happy we did! She loves it! She didn't make a peep the whole ride home!
Lisa was so nice and when we showed up to the house there was a beautiful welcome home banner for Charlotte! 


Baylie meets Charlotte! Baylie is a little, ok a ton, freaked out. She does not like it when Charlotte cries. She wants to try to calm her down. She also doesn't want to leave my side. She was not very happy last night when mom made her sleep with her and she couldn't be with us. She (Baylie) cried for about an hour! 


 Here is just a picture of Charlotte all bundled up. Some doctor in the elevator told Chris that it was cold outside, implying we should put the blanket over her. (she was wearing a onesie, sweatpants and a sweatshirt, and we do live in Southern California!) Chris replied that it was a cold world. Don't you love it when dr's try to tell you what to do with your baby?
Charlotte loves sleeping on her daddy's chest.
The proud Grandma, or Mimi... (She refuses to be called anything with the prefix grand, so Mimi it will be!)








Charlotte's First Adjustment!

Today Charlotte got her first chiropractic adjustment! She is just 3 days old! We brought her to see Dr. Marc who has been adjusting me my whole pregnancy, and just started adjusting Chris last week. He is wonderful and I felt so good my whole pregnancy and owe a lot of that to him! Since Lottie is gonna be an all natural baby, and she was born by a c-section, which is super traumatic to their little bodies, we thought she needed to be checked out asap! Dr. Marc immediately found a huge subluxation in her atlas vertebrae and did a little pressure adjustment to her. She twitched when he hit the right spot, but didn't cry or protest at all! Well keep bringing her 3 times a week for the next month to straighten her little spine out! She is on her way to a healthy life!