Week 8 - First Smiles

Charlie started really hamming it up this week. Everyday after his morning feeding he just smiles and smiles. So cute! He is also getting the hang of sleeping and getting in a good 6 hours each night - yay! He is still pretty fussy during the evening, but we are getting better and better at soothing him...the latest trick was standing with him in the bathroom with the shower running.

We met some new friends this week. I was looking for a family in the neighborhood to share a nanny with and met Ilexa and Martin and their daughter Amelie. Amelie is just a couple of weeks older than Charlie and they live only about 3 blocks away. Charlie and I went to the library with Amelie and Ilexa for sing/song hour for kids. It was adorable! I'll get some pictures next week to post.

Smiling really big!

Just a little half smile :)

I took Charlie down to San Carlos this week to meet daddy for lunch with his co-workers and to visit Tesla (my work). It was kinda crazy to go back after being away from 8 weeks. Charlie was excited to meet all his new friends. Here he is with Don, Nick, Colette and Lisa.

On Sunday night during Charlie's fussy period I decided to try putting him in this warm snuggly outfit and put him in the stroller for a ride...it worked! He loves the little bear outfit that his Aunt Meagan got him and he looks so dang cute in it.

I decided to try out the bear outfit while he was sleeping to see if it might make him nap a little longer during the day...he was asleep for 4 hours!

Charlie normally SCREAMS while he is getting his diaper changed, but this week he started to kinda enjoy laying on the changing table...sweet little baby Charlie.

Week 7 - Superman!

OK. I promise that I am telling the truth .... drum roll please................ LBC ROLLED OVER! I put him down to play on his tummy and the next thing I know he rolled over to his back. Maybe it was a fluke, but he did it!!! We have the strongest baby alive. Of course I've tried to catch it on tape, but he hasn't done it since.

Week 7 was a tough one. I think I was just worn out from the weekend, and so we just took it easy. Everyone says that Charlie's getty chubby and I like to call him "chub wub". He is starting to smile a little more, but also does a lot more crying which is only soothed by his bouncy chair. Seriously this baby LOVES his bouncy chair. I need to put some WD40 on it because it is even starting to squeak we have bounced it so much!

He also likes to play on his lion playground so I took a couple of videos...enjoy!

Charlie's first "stooping" session in front of our house. Here he is with his Mom, and neighbors Missy, Michael, and Kevin.

Getting some sun in his sweet Calirornia tank top. He's been hitting the gym, just look at those biceps and forearms.

Week 6 lake tahoe

On our way back from tahoe...will update on Monday!





Sorry about the delay :) Charlie had us busy last week. As you can see from the pic below...we were both a bit tuckered out! Don't worry, we aren't sleeping in bed with him. Andy just caught me resting my eyes for like 2 seconds after a feeding :)








Andy's friend from college Tim Coxin got married in Tahoe last weekend so the Lyon family had a little mini vacation. Charlie loves being in the car as long as we are moving and screams when we are stopped and unlucky for us we hit traffic on the way there..yikes! After we got through the traffic, things were smooth sailing. We stayed in the Village at Squaw Valley and it was a beautiful weekend.





Andy and Charlie on our balcony...ahhhhh fresh air.








We arrived on Friday night and had planned for Andy to bike ride at North Star on Saturday morning and attend the wedding on Saturday evening and return on Sunday morning. However, once we got to the hotel and got our cute welcome package from the bride and groom we realized that the wedding was on Sunday! Lets just say our minds have been occupied with baby for the past month and we didn't pay attention to the details. No biggie though...Andy got to bike ride a little later and I took advantage of the nice bath tub in our condo! Saturday evening Tim's parents had a party at the bar that was literally down stairs from our condo. Sqaw is a very family oriented place so perfect for us, we put Charlie in the stroller and had a great time! He even sported his UT shirt (yes, I even put it on him since Tim and Andy both went to UT, I thought it was appropriate) and was the most popular person at the party.



The wedding was beautiful and Charlie and I got to see bits and pieces of the ceremony, but we mostly strolled around outside. It was pretty sunny outside so we did what any good parents would have...doesn't he look cool!





Rachel is Jewish so the wedding had all the Jewish traditions...very cool. Here are Tim and Rachel on the dance floor!


Charlie loved dancin with mama...it put him right to sleep.


The Lyon Family :)