Big Boy!

Our Charlie just keeps growing...and growing...and growing! I think last time I posted about weight he was 8 lbs something, up over a pound in just a week. Well...he weighed in this morning at a whopping 9 lbs 6 oz!!! OH MY GOSH! Believe it or not, he actually outgrew some of the 0-3 month clothes and he is only 2 months old (almost)...and there was a time the 0-3 month stuff looked so, so huge. I figured he would be in it for months. He also went up a diaper size. All of a sudden we are scrambling to dress him in cute clothes every day because we are afraid he will outgrow them! As a good visual, here is a photo of him in his "going-home outfit" in the hospital--where it looks like huge MC Hammer pants--and him in the same outfit this weekend at 8 weeks old...



He has really been a happy baby lately, except last night when I went to see The Producers and he gave James a hard time. But he just smiles and laughs and coos at the ceiling fan and his Razorbacks, and it is so fun to watch!

We are still fighting the sleep battle. He sleeps wonderfully while in our bed, of course. By wonderfully I mean at least 3-4 hours at a time, which is fine by me. We have tried several times to get him into his crib but the longest he has lasted is one hour. We will keep trying but it is exhausting when you sit there and watch him flail around and fuss and drive himself crazy, but 2 seconds later you lay him *in the same position* on the bed next to us and he is out like a light. We keep telling ourselves that someday it will click and he will sleep in the crib too!

Our nanny, Tess, came a couple of days last week just to get acquainted with Charlie and the house before I start work TOMORROW. I am so not ready to work again. Although I have the best schedule anyone could hope for (2 days at home, 2 days in the office, off on Fridays), I am still dreading the first time I have to leave him all day. Tess is wonderful though and is already getting used to what he likes and doesn't like, and we feel very blessed to have found her. At least we can feel comfortable with his care if it can't be us doing it!

More later...