Bye, bye 3 month clothes

This week I officially put away Charlie's 3 month clothes and pulled out the 6 month clothes. I can't believe he's growing so fast. There are a few of his little onesies that I really liked and will miss seeing him in. After all, they were some of the first little clothes that my son wore, and now he'll never wear them again. So he wore some of them for one last time this week and I tried to snap a photo of him in them.

Despite not knowing if Charlie was going to be a boy or girl when he was born, we have by no means had a shortage of clothes for him. Thanks to all our generous friends who have made sure he'll be stylin' in the latest fashions, and especially to the hand-me-downs from Charlie's cousin Calvin, I won't have to buy any clothes for Charlie for a long time (not that it has stopped me!).

Last night we did a weigh in at Granny and Grandaddy's, and Charlie is already over 15 pounds!

Family photo

We had some pictures taken last week, and they sure turned out cute. Here's a sneak peek; I'll post more when I have a little more time.

Finishing touch

Yesterday I finally hung the letters for Charlie's name to hang in his room. I had painted them a few weeks ago, but wasn't looking forward to trying to hang them all level and evenly spaced. Turns out it was no where near as difficult as I was expecting.

Look how much I've grown!

3 weeks old

7 weeks old

Not a blob anymore

Gretchen was giving Charlie his bath last night and we were both commenting on how he is already growing up. We get more and more interaction from him everyday, moving his head around to see what his surroundings are or we get a concentrated stare on either Gretchen, myself or one of the dogs. He has started to give us more lopsided smiles and grins. He is also quickly growing out of his 0-3 month clothes. Every morning I have to look at what I'm putting him in and decide if it will fit him or not.

One month doctor's visit

Charlie made his one month doctor's visit this morning. He got a clean bill of health and his first shot (quite the trooper). At not quite six weeks old he measured 23 3/4 inches long and weighed 14 pounds, 1 ounce! He's grown 2 inches and 3 1/2 pounds since his two week visit and gone from the 95th percentile to the 100th percentile in height, weight and head size. I'm glad we got the car seat that goes up to 30 pounds; he probably won't last a year in it.

First smile!

We got our first smile from Charlie last night. We had just finished eating dinner and Dave had him sitting on his lap at the table. Dave started making funny noises and faces and was rewarded with the first (and second) solicited smile from our little Charlie. I can't wait to catch it on camera.

Family

We've enjoyed a lot of family visiting the last two weeks. Gramma was here from San Diego for two weeks, my parents were here from Iowa for the weekend while Dave and Gramma were in Cooperstown, Sue and the kids drove down from Kansas City, and Aunt Jane came with them from Minnesota. We had special times with all of them and loved showing off our little boy.

I think the dogs were more pooped than anyone after they had all left!

Me and My Gramma

My grandmother instilled in me at a very early age a love of baseball, specifically for the San Diego Padres. Some of my first memories are of going to day games at Jack Murphy stadium. So it was only fitting that we would both make the trip to Cooperstown to the Hall of Fame induction of "Mr Padre" himself, Tony Gwynn. It was a very special weekend and thanks to my good friend Brad Horn with the Hall of Fame we received VIP treatment. We attended the Hall of Fame press conference on Saturday and had reserved seats behind the Hall of Famers friends and family during the induction on Sunday. That was important considering the record crowd that was there (estimated at 75,000). 55 of the 61 Hall of Famers that are still living were in attendance (another record). Gramma and I are already talking about coming back in another 10 years when Padres pitcher Trevor Hoffman is inducted. At that point she will be 101! I'm so lucky to have a grandmother that I can call one of my best friends.