2 Months Old

Our sweet baby girl Charlotte is already 2 months old - and growing so fast! We don't go to the Dr. until June 15th so I have no idea how much she weighs - which drives me crazy because I am nursing her & I'm always worried that I'm not feeding her enough. But she is filling out her clothes better each week --- & has a double chin so that makes me feel better!
Things she has done in the last month:

• Holds her head up
• Smiles at you
• Sleeps through the night, at least 7 hour stretches, sometimes up to 9 hours
• She's just started cooing, & making noises other than crying

Parker is getting more used to her, he's not quite as jealous. He's actually beginning to be so sweet to her, putting blankets on her when she's crying, or the classic big sibling "stuffing" the passy in her mouth. And he asks for her 1st thing every morning - "BEBE?" - so cute.

But he has been cutting teeth in the last week & he's been a little out-of-control. I really don't even know which teeth because you'd loose a finger if you try to put it in his mouth to check. We are laying on the ground kicking our feet much of the day lately. Poor baby!

Here is Charlotte with the pink Hippo - 2 MONTHS OLD!!

Busy Mae

Yes that's a play-on-words for our busy May (& my daughter's middle name)...but as you can imagine, our month has been b-u-s-y. Parker requires much more action than just playing in the house this year so I have been trying to figure out fun things for us to do, going to the pool has been a big one. We've even gone camping. With a 21 month old. Here are some pictures from the last few weeks.

Camping Kiddos, Ann Tatum, Knox & Parker

Even Charlotte went camping (until about 8pm), here she is sleeping in the camper

Daddy & his babies in their PJ's

Brother & Sister pics:

Parker (pink passy) & Charlotte (4 weeks old)

5 Weeks old

7 Weeks old

Doing the "Double Passy"

Sleeping "in" the Boppy

Charlotte's 1st time at the pool, & consequently 1st time with heat rash

Loving the pool

1 Month Old

Charlotte was 1 month old yesterday, it seems like this first month has gone by fast, but at the same time, it seems like she's been here for longer than that. She is a great little sleeper, I remember being much more tired with Parker at this age. I stay up until 11pm, sometimes midnight still because I know if I feed her any earlier she'll wake up twice to eat. The later I feed her, she'll only wake me up once. I will get on a better schedule soon, but I am a night owl so it doesn't bother me to stay up late. Last night was her first all-nighter, she slept from midnight to 7am. But usually I get a 5 hour stretch out of her at night. She is definately growing like a weed, all of a sudden she fits into her 0-3 month clothes that didn't fit her last week. We don't go back to the Dr. until next week for a weight check but I'm guessing that she's over 8 lbs. now. Newborn diapers only fit her for 2 weeks, we are well into her stock of size 1's already.
I can't wait to get a smile out of her, & not one from gas or as she falls asleep making funny faces. Parker smiled at us at 6 weeks, so maybe soon for Charlotte too.

Parker is pretty good with her, but we have had a few jealous moments, especially when I'm feeding her. Hitting & poking mostly...I definately don't leave them alone even for a second. And she can't keep a passy for anything, we go through about 10 a day & Parker always has a pink passy in his mouth. Like as we speak, he just threw the Boppy pillow at her in her swing. Ace is tending to that one.

So dare I say it, but she is an easy baby so far, sleeps well, eats well, poops well, what more could I ask for from a 1 month old! Could we possibly be lucky enough to have 2 easy babies? Knock on wood.

Here is baby Charlotte at 1 month:

Here is a side by side of Charlotte & Parker at 1 month, what do you think, do they look alike? Other than the fact that she has dark brown hair & he had redish-brown hair at that time...yea, as I'm writing this I'm looking at these pictures & thinking, no they don't look much alike. But sometimes Ace & I look at her & think she looks just like he did as a newborn. I guess we'll see as she gets older.