Smiling Face

This is my favorite picture of Charlie so far.

A Tired Mommy

Well two and a half months have flown by since Charlie was born and this is my official first week back at work. Yesterday was the first day of day care and I CRIED all day after leaving him. I never thought I would be such a sappy parent. Chad said that I am cute when I am weepy :) I realized that I have neglected my blog and need to get back to it. This tired mommy needs to carve out a little non-baby time so I can read whats going on in the world and then make fun of it all in my blog postings. For now I will post links to the latest and greatest web photo albums and shamelessly promote my offspring.

Welcome Charlie

Charles Jay Hooper (Charlie) was born on 3/22/07 weighing 7lbs 8oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. We had what has been described as a "hard and fast labour." Contractions started at 3:00am on Thursday. By the time we were admitted at 8am I was dilated to 8cm and received an epidural. By 11am I was 10cm and ready to push, but little Charlie never "dropped" into the birth canal after 5 hours of pitocin and intermittent pushing. Charlie was born at 6:02pm by C-Section. Chad and I are both home and learning the ropes of new parenthood. A big THANK YOU to our friends, family and co-works for being so supportive and for welcoming Charlie into the world. He has many friends that I can't wait for him to meet. We hope to start having visitors at the end of the week (3/30/07), give us a call if you would like to stop by.

Any day now...

I should pop any day now... But this child hasn't budged and I swear I will end up with an April Baby! I refuse to post any pictures of me incredibly pregnant. My face is as rounds as a melon! Chad and I were joking last night about ways to bring on labor. Forget spicy food, or marthon walking, our favorites are jumping on a trampoline, or using a plunger!

The best part - The Nursery

The best part about the last trimester of pregnancy has to be putting the nursery together. Above is a picture of the crib and the bedding. Chad and I went to Dallas yesterday to pick it up and Mike and Mary helped Chad put it together in the newly painted guest bedroom/nursery. I still have little things to do in there like hang the quilt and pictures, fix the curtain tie-backs and general nesting things, but I still have some time. I am sure it will be perfect when it's all done. I'l post more pictures when it is complete.