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