Helen's first Mother's Day...

...Charlotte's first baby-sitter! For our first mother's day, Helen and I were asked to give talks in church. We were excited to do it, but at the same time it added a lot of stress to our Sunday morning routine that we're still trying to get used to. So, we decided to take our good friend and neighbor, Melissa, up on her offer to babysit at any time. We took Charlotte over to her house and asked Melissa to watch her for an hour while we finished our talks. Melissa said that she did great and, aside from one poopy diaper, was no trouble at all.

For the big day, we dressed Charlotte up in a dress that was worn at one time by her MeMe (Helen's Mom), and a pink cardigan sweater that was worn by her MeMe and her Mom, Helen. She looked adorable in it.

Meeting Auntie Sang...

It's always fun to see old friends from St. Louis. But now that we have a kid and most of our friends have kids as well, it adds a whole new dimension to the fun-ness. Sang was in town last week and she was kind enough to bring her little boy, Chase, and pay us a visit. They came over and we made pizzas and salad and hung out for a good portion of the afternoon. It was a lot of fun to hang out with them. Devin couldn't come, but Chase was cute enough to make up for that. :)




Thanks so much for coming over Sang! Hope to see you all soon.

Playing dress-up!

Charlotte's first party with the parents! She is showing off her bracelet that her Nana Pat got her!

She is such a good sport letting me dress her up and then followed by her father or me taking a picture! She just is so cute we can't help it!

She is even cute when she is just hanging out!

Long Time No Post...

Well, it's been a while since we've posted anything new. Sorry to all of you who have been checking diligently. Things have been busy here as we've been adjusting to life with a baby in the home, and entertaining family and guests who have come to see our little bundle of lovin'. Charlotte is as cute as ever and she seems to change from day to day. Since we brought her home from hospital, she's grown 2 inches and gained a pound and a half. Her hair and fingernails are longer, her eyes are bluer, and her poop is stinkier. It's been so much fun playing with her and watching her grow every day.

On April 20th, we took her to church for the first time and had her blessed. We had a lot of people come to share the day with us, and we had a great time. Charlotte cried most of the morning as we primped her and got her dressed, but then she was a perfect angel during the blessing. Here's a few fun photos for you to see.





We had a little open house afterwards and we had a lot of friends and family visiting.





Thank you to everyone who came and participated on that special day, and thank you to all of you who have contacted us by e-mail, phone, or mail to send your well-wishes. We hope all of you will have a chance to meet our little Charlotte soon.

Charlotte didn't like the bathing part too much...




But she loved having her hair washed.

Char-Pei

We're trying to think of fun nick-names for Charlotte. What do you think?

She's home...

Charlotte's finally home now and we're so glad to have her. She's been sleeping, eating, and pooping a lot--which I guess is what they're supposed to do right now. When she's awake she's so much fun to look at. We find our selves constantly repeating things like, "Isn't she so cute," and "Oh what a pretty little baby." Here's one more photo just to give you an idea of how absolutely precious this little girl is:



Anyway, we know there are a lot of you who really enjoy seeing this photos, so we'll keep 'em coming. Be sure to check out Charlotte's Web to see what fun things she has to say!