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Today Charlie is 6 weeks old. We've seen a few smiles sneak past his lips. He's spending more time awake now, but he still has very sleepy days.  

Much to my dismay and compulsion to go by the book, he doesn't quite follow the 2-3 hour feeding schedule that babies are supposed to adhere to.  I'm trying not to worry he's not getting enough to eat when he has a 6 1/2 hour stretch followed by a 4 hour stretch overnight and can barely get through 3 ounces in the middle of the night. I can't wait for his 2 month appointment when we can see how much he weighs!

Here are a few recent pictures of the boys.

 Looks like it's time to retire the newborn sleepers, so I guess he's getting enough to eat

Brothers getting along nicely

Friday Treat

I'm trying to get out of the house and do something each day.  We've been waiting for the new TCBY near our house to open for months and this week it finally did! This was our big outing today.

This is not the TCBY I grew up with - it's one of those new self-serve yogurt places. That's just fine with me because you can mix whatever flavors you want and try out all kinds of toppings. Thankfully they haven't changed the yogurt recipe.

I think this is going to be a frequent outing for us. Luke might even get into this when he hears about the grapefruit sorbet and sees all the toppings he can have. 

One Month

My real maternity leave began this week. My family has gone back home and Brad is at work.  Up to this point we've been less stressed than we were with Luke and I've ventured out with him on my own to a few places. We don't want to jinx anything, but at one month old Charlie has a good disposition and is a pretty laid back baby. 

Luke has been doing great with him and hasn't shown too much jealousy (yet?). He is, however, quite attached to Brad right now because I haven't been able to spend as much time with him.

We've been having a hard time trying to figure out who Charlie looks like. Then the other day we were showing Luke baby pictures of himself and were very surprised to see how much they look alike at this age!  

Charlie

Luke

 

We're very curious to see who Charlie will look like as he gets older!

Outing to the Oasis

My sister Ana Maria was in town last week to help with the kiddos and my dad and Terry came in one day to see all of us.

We went to the Oasis for lunch and the weather could not have been more perfect for sitting outside.

Luke kept busy by roaming the decks and taking pictures.

Monkeying around

Yesterday Luke moved up to the Monkey room at school. He's now with the 3-4 year olds in a bigger room.  

He got a short new 'do for the start in his new class.  He's been doing great so far and likes to try on the other kids' shoes.

Week 2 with Charlie

Charlie had his 2 week check up earlier this week and he's doing great. At that point he should have been back to his birth weight and he was 10 ounces above it and had grown .75 inches!  

This week he's been a little more alert, but he still sleeps most of the time. We started doing tummy time with him, but so far he's just been laying there looking pretty comfortable.

Brad went back to work this week so my mom was here and was a great help with Charlie and Luke. She did all kinds of things around the house so I could get some rest and run a few errands. 

Luke started his new swim class session so my mom got to see him in action.