Christmas Pics Part 1

Jason and I had a great first Christmas with Charlie. Here are some of the pictures with my family.
Charlie is now four months old! Here are his newest stats: 11.13lbs (5th%), 23.25inches (10th%). The Doctor did comment on his advanced motor skills, despite his small size. In order to plump him up I am now waking him up to feed him more at night! So much for me getting 8 hours. I know he is doing well and hopefully with two more nightly meals he will fatten up. When he is on his stomach he moves his legs and even pushes his backside up into the air! He loves to talk and smile at us too! His favorite person to talk to is Jason. They carry on some great conversations....about sports I am sure.
I will post more pictures of our trip to visit Jason's family soon!

not the bloopers

Here are some of my favorite from Charlie's 3 month photo shoot!

FYI...the blue blanket was made for Charlie 10 years ago by his great grandmother Helena who passed away in 2000. He would have loved knowing her.

bloopers

Charlie had his second professional photo shoot this week.
Here are some of the bloopers to hold you all over until the I post the cute ones! (I know...he's cute even in the bloopers)
We are hoping to surprise family and friends with Charlie pics for Christmas.

p.s. Charlie is such a wonderful baby! He slept through the night for the first time this week. It was great.

3 months old

Charlie is growing so fast. I can't believe it. He has finally outgrown his newborn clothes. He is such a sweet and fun baby. Here are some of his interests: his hands, standing up (with our help), jumping (again..with our help), smiling, and talking (coo-ing).

This past month Charlie helped the Tarheels score a win against Miami. Too bad he wasn't at the State game. He was great at the game....so much so that he distracted all the people sitting around us. He also watched the Yankees win the World Series! Go YANKEES.

We had a great Thanksgiving. Charlie finally got to meet his Uncle Roy and (soon-to-be) Aunt Misty. They fell in love with him immediately. They brought him some NYC loot.....books and two Yankees onesies. He did great meeting all my family.

2 months old

Where has all my free time gone? Ha! I am officially back to work part-time and still loving being a full-time mom. Charlie is getting to be so much fun. He smiles and interacts with us everyday. He is much more content in the swing, bouncy seat, and play mat. We will go for his 2 month check up next week (even though he is already 2 months). He is still just a little guy...but he has grown a lot. He is almost out of his newborn clothes. For now, his hair is still brown and his eyes are still blue-gray. Jason and I are really enjoying this new stage of life. Charlie is such a huge blessing to us.

Wow! Charlie is already over a month old. Sorry for the lack of posts, but adjusting to a newborn is tough. Charlie also likes to be held a lot...so using one hand to type wouldn't work out so well. Charlie is growing in both length and weight. His one month stats were: 7lbs. 11ozs. and 20.5 inches! He is still just a little guy, but really growing compared to his birth stats!

Charles "Charlie" Todd Weathers

Little Charlie is finally here! After nearly 51 hours of contractions and extremely exhausting labor, the journey finally came to an end at 3:58am on Friday, August 28 2009. Weighing in at 6lbs 2oz, laying at 19 and 1/2 inches. He is the most incredible and precious sight ever. Beginning at home around 1:00 am on Wednesday morning little Charlie started the journey into the world. We ended up at the Womens Birth and Wellness Center in Chapel Hill where we were expected to give birth to our son, but after many hours they transfere us to UNC at about 8pm on Thursday night. Things progressed well but then things took a quick turn which caused some concern to the nurses as well as the midwife but they dealt quickly and things corrected themselves. After several more hours the decision was made that the baby needed to come by C-Section and after just a short time we were holding our beautiful and precious son. He is the most amazing gift ever. I feel so blessed to be able to call Kathleen my wife for all she went through and she continues to surprise me even now as she recovers. I feel blessed that God would give us such an amazing gift who I can with no doubt say has changed my life forever. We are also blessed to have so many great friends and our family who have come to our sides with encouragement and prayers.

On another note, being at UNC has made me extremely proud that my son can say he is truly a Tar Heel. On a few occasions as he has begun to cry, I have taken him and sat in my chair which has also been my bed, which happens to look out to Kenan Stadium as well as the Bell Tower here on UNC's campus. We have been extremely pleased with the staff at the Birthing Center as well as here at UNC. Thanks to everyone who has called, emailed, texted, or facebooked us as we enter into this amazing time. We will hopefully be released sometime late tomorrow or Monday and then be back at home. We look forward to showing our little guy off in the coming weeks.