So here it goes...my attempt to catch you up on the past many weeks that I have been missing.
Things have been going wonderfully with Charley, she is such a great baby. She has started to smile...for real (not just gassy smiles) and it is great! She has so many different expressions. I have yet to capture all of them on camera, but I am trying!!
She had her one month appointment the other week and she now weighs....ok drum roll.... ELEVEN POUNDS NINE OUNCES!!! In fact, the first thing the Dr. said when she walked in the room was "Boy Charley likes to eat!" oh geez. But to her defense, she has also grown 2 inches in a month too. She is in the 95th percentile for height and the 90th percentile for weight. To compare, my friend Kelly took her daughter MacKayla to her TWO month appointment and MacKayla was 11 lbs 10oz and 23 inches (Charley was 23 1/4"). But they are a month different in age!! :) It is going to be so great to see them grow up together.
Kelly watched Charley for me the other day when I had an eye Dr's appointment and took some pictures of the girls together, once I get them I will definitely post one.
Until then, here are some pictures of our smiling girl.
I can't believe she is already 6 weeks old!! That and I am 1/2 way through my maternity leave! I am NOT looking forward to going back to work. But we are trying to figure things out with work...I think I am going to go to a 4 day work week, 4 long days, but 4 days none the less. So that I will have one full day home with Charley, Jimmy will have one full day home with her and my mom will come for one day. Then we just have 2 days to figure out, Kelly said she would watch her, so that might be what we do...we'll see, we have a few more weeks to figure it out. Originally Jimmy was just going to stay home, and work at the bar, but since Charley has been here, he doesn't like going to the bar at night, he likes to hang out with his girls, so if we can get at least 4 days a week covered for him to be able to go to his day job, then he can quit the bar and we can be home together every night together and be able to go away on the weekends without worrying if he can get someone to cover his Saturday shift. So if you or someone you know and trust is a great babysitter and lives in the greater Baltimore area, please pass on their info as we might need someone a day a week or so :)
Sad thing is my mom would watch her every day if she could but they live about an hour away and the drive would be no fun all the time.
Hmmm, what else...not much really. Motherhood is all consuming :) Oh Jimmy got a new MAN Grill. He is quite excited about, I will be excited when he finally cooks me dinner on it :) We did just get it all put together yesterday, and he worked last night, so I am guessing I will get my first dinner tonight. mmmm
Ok, I need to go and dry my hair. Charley is upstairs asleep with Jimmy. I am heading to Jersey for my college roommates wedding shower today. 4 of us are carpooling and meeting here...so I need to get my butt in gear to get ready and then feed Charley one more time before I leave. She is spending the day with her daddy and aunts...they are going to go to the Inner Harbor and hang out for the day.
Woah, that was a lot in a short time. Hope everyone is doing well. I am still reading and trying to comment as much as I can. Hopefully I will be back in fuller force soon...if not when I get back to work, I definitely will be!!
Adios!!
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2 comments:
Glad to hear you are enjoying motherhood!! I loved the pics you posted, she is so cute!! :)
What a little cutie!!! Don't worry about her weight. Mikayla was a big girl but now at age 3 she is skinny - she just had to grow into her weight. We use to go see a young physician's assistant and he would never tell me her precentiles unless I asked. He said he does not worry until they hit puberity.
Isn't being a mom the best - especially when they start smiling at you! I love those baby smiles.
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