Charlie Week 5

Highlights: Charlie's 2nd road trip was successfully completed with mom while we traveled to Stevens Point to cheer on Johnny and Maddie for conference track.  It was a hot day and shade was hard to find in the bleachers so we did lots of laps and some sitting in the shade outside the track. Charlie also got a visit from his Aunt Amanda, Uncle Bryan and cousins Leo and Eli.  Leo was a baby-holding pro.    

Changes:  I continue to work hard for the smiles, but they are coming a little more easily now!  Dad has yet to catch one, but he acts less foolish than mom.  Neck strength continues to improve and Charlie does a lot more looking around while in his front carrying pack. Charlie officially no longer fits into his newborn clothes.  The newborn diapers are getting a little more tricky to put on properly but I'm going to stretch this one out until we run out of that size.     

Sleep:  The waking up every 2 hours really started to wear on me so Isaac has started doing on of the bottle feeds.  He also tried returning to the swaddle-and wouldn't you know it- we now consistently get one 4 hour stretch (5 hours last night!).  So that was a bit of a head slap moment...it's always worth trying to stick to the fundamentals.  After some griping Charlie gets over the loss of his hands (although you should see how excited he gets when his arms are let free!)  

Maddie's first words were "he doesn't like me" but she was the
one to get him to fall asleep!

Look at those big eyes peering over Dad's shoulder :)

Babies always love a good ceiling fan to stare at.  Aunt Amanda got some good snuggles.

Mom got a new carseat/nursing cover-they are all the rage :).  Charlie is not impressed.