Rollin', Rollin', Rollin..............

Happy Mother's Day to me! Mother's Day morning as Charles and I were getting dressed for church and the "big day", Charlie was playing on his activity mat - I came out to check on him and WALLAH! He had rolled over off the mat and onto the carpet. OKAY - so we missed it and thought it wouldn't happen again.....just a fluke, right? NOT! As we were getting him dressed in his gorgeous Baptismal gown, he tried hard to do it again but his feet kept geting caught in the slip. By the way, my most special Mother's Day gift was him being able to wear the gown but Renee, as always, showered the day with other special touches - she had already monogrammed Charlie's name and Baptism date on the slip along side Landry's name! It warmed my heart and was a glorious way to begin the day. The day was in fact glorious and Charlie was such the perfect little boy......all throughout the day even with no nap. I experienced one of my closest moments to Christ and will write about it this week. So it's time to head back to work this week - with mixed emotions as we adjust to new things in our lives. It's not a fear of leaving him, it's just being without him. I want to soak him all up each and every day. Fortunately I have a job where I am home 2 days of the week so I have to keep telling myself it won't be so bad. I'm thrilled with Miss Kandice who will be keeping him and I know the first week will be an adjustment for all of us so I ask you to keep us close in prayer. He will be fine and likely won't even know I am not there - I just don't want to miss one whimper or smile and now that he has so many expressions and sounds he makes, it is going to be tough. The pictures I am posting were taken last week. He was playing like a wild man on his activity mat and I was in the laundry room folding clothes. Not 5 minutes later, I turned the corner and he was all tuckerd out. I thought it was a precious moment to capture so I got on the floor to take pictures of him. As I moved to the other side to take pictures of his backside, I got down on the floor and the next thing I knew he was staring me in the face. He's got it down pat from back to tummy but gets frustrated when trying to get back over - it's coming though! Last week we had to remove the bumper pads from the bed and lower the mattress - I must say, it's looks so "empty" in his room now. No more of the cute little baby bed - just a shell of wood with an angel sleeping in it. I'll take that anyday. Enjoy and love, peace and prayers to all!

Charles, Julie and Charlie

Charlie's Christening

Hey everyone! It's me, Renee, again :). I knew Julie was going to be beat after today so I am posting a little video of Charlie's Christening photos that I took after we got him dressed. I was thrilled to see him in Landry's gown. It made this perfect day even more special to see him presented to the Lord in something that means so much to me. In the first photo, if you look fast, you will see his name and baptismal date hand embroidered into the slip. I hope you all enjoy!

Surprise.....................

Okay! So we've heard enough about the posts not being more frequent. We will try to get better but are having such fun with Charlie that the blog has taken a back seat. It's just that I have been trying to soak up all of Charlie I can get with my return to work being right around the corner - just one more week. Goodness knows, it does not seem like it has been 3 months but it's back to the "real" world sooner than I'd like.

Daddy said we could sell the house and move into a trailer and mommy could quit her job to stay home with me. Mommy says it's sounds quite tempting, but we'll see how it works out when I start staying with Miss Candace next week. I'm not worried about me - mommy is the one who says she will miss me SO much she will cry......not all the time but until we adjust to the new routine.

I saw Dr. S last week and she says I'm growing "right on target". I'm weighing 12 pounds 13 ounces and I grew another inch since last visit. I had to get 3 shots and this is the first time mommy has ever seen me cry. She tried so hard to comfort me but those stinkin' things hurt! Daddy almost had to leave the room because it hurt him to watch it. I didn't feel so spiffy for a couple of days and actually decided that my bottles were of no interest to me on the day I got my shots - I didn't eat for 13 hours and it had my mommy worried. The next day I picked right up where I let off and all has been good since then. I love to play on my activity mat and kick around - recently I have started trying to grab the animals and bring them towards my mouth although my hand-to-eye coordination is still just a little "off", although I have no problem getting my hands, fingers and thumb in my mouth when I want. My thumb is still longer than the inside of my mouth so I almost choke on my own thumb - so for now the side of it will do. Mommy has bought me several different pacifiers but I really don't care for any of them. My favorite thing to do is laugh and "talk" when you talk to me. I will talk back and yesterday mommy and me had some "big" conversations. Mom says it's these times that you never get back! I am "blowing raspberries" and think it's the coolest thing - mommy and daddy sure do look funny doing it though!

I've got a big day coming up on Sunday - my first trip to church and I am getting baptized! It's also Mother's Day and mom says it will be doubly special for her. I'm the BEST Mother's Day gift anyone could ever give her - a long awaited answer to prayers. The baptismal gown I will be wearing is so sentimental to mommy. You see, Landry's mommy made it for her sister Sophie but she never got to wear it. Lil' Miss Landry, the future Mrs. Crump, wore it when she was baptized in January on my big brother Nelson's birthday and now it's my turn and I get to wear it. It will be a glorious day as two mommies celebrate the life of their children on Mother's Day, Landry and Charlie, never forgetting the lives of their first born children, Sophie and Nelson, who are no watching over all of us.

The pictures today are from a recent visit from the Georgia Crump's - it was the first time they saw me live and in person, of course, they think I am just adorable! They came for MeeMaw's birthday and we had a family get together on Saturday at my house - I was such a good boy but daddy said no hotdogs yet for me - next year for sure!

Thanks for checking in on us and we'll update again after I get baptized! Love to all!

Charles, Julie and Charlie