Watch Out NASA

 Charlie loves his Solar System Playmat and we love it because he will lay they long enough for us to eat dinner ( really quickly)  

Meeting the Girls!

 Ella and Josie came to visit. Charlie was very happy to meet them. 

I can't wait until Josie and Charlie are older and we can show them this picture. I think it's really cute!  

He already looks so different in this picture from 2 weeks ago!  

Way Down Yonder in the Pumpkin Patch

 Charlie pondered long and hard about which pumpkin to get. 

 Baer had the final say and picked a very nice punk. We will have to carve it pretty soon!

Grammy and Papa Baer

 We all had a really nice afternoon with a Charlie's first trip to a restaurant ( he slept) and to a Pumpkin Farm Stand.  

Before Charlie was born I had every intention of putting him in a pumpkin and taking his picture....now that he's here, it seems like it might be a little cold and slimy...

Grandma and Grandpa

 Grandma and Grandpa came up to visit while Baer had a car thing in New Hampshire.   

  

This is what we call "floppy baby" Charlie gets so floppy after he eats. It's very funny. 

Fitting..........

 It's pretty funny that the only time Charlie has done this is when Dan was holding him. 

Dan and Baer switched babies for a little bit. Molly was checking out her little buddy.  

First Bath!

 He liked it I think.....

Gas Light

I am pretty sure most of my immediate family and Baer know how much having the gas light on bothers me......so we get into the car to go home from the hospital and what's on.....the gas light. 

We made it home......

Going Home!

We were very happy to go home. We had some wonderful nurses and people to help us at the hospital, but there really is no place like home.  There is only so much bed sitting one person can do.  

Visiting with Friend

 Charlie got to meet lots of friends! 

Making the most of a situation

If you need to have a baby IV and splint in you might as well use it to hold your noonie in your mouth! 

Meeting the Connards

Auntie Gretchen was ready to meet her nephew!  

 Grammy and Papa 

Charlie love his new family I think!  

Meeting the Neilans

 Charlie got to meet the Neilans on Monday morning.  The nurses must of thought we were crazy for not wrapping up, but they came in and fixed that, plus he was getting lots of snuggles. 

 Dan and Allyson came and brought him Daniel Striped Tiger, Charlie and DST hung in the nursery at the hospital a lot.  

First Family Photo

I'm posting this for memory's sake...not because it's a good picture of me....but it is our first family photo.  

Meeting Dad

Baer got to go over while Charlie got checked out and Charlie held his Dad's hand while he was poked and prodded.  They had to check him out good since I had the fever and even though he was warm the nice Doctors said he was okay.  

All Checked Out

 Charlie got all checked out! 

Woah those are some bright lights!  ( Don't worry buddy, that's what I thought when they brought me in that room too) 

A Life Changer!

              Here is the clock 13 and a half minutes before Baer and my life changed forever.  Rewind a few hours. I woke Baer up around 5am and I ate a piece of toast at 5:30 (that seems important considering my next meal wasn't for 31 hours later). We went into the hospital at 6:30 that morning to be admitted and have our son or daughter.  I had started labor around 1am Sunday morning.   By 11am I was 6cm and we thought this baby  would be here before lunch time.  We watched the Patriot's game...well Baer more watched it, I stared at people running around on the screen. Labor slowed down a little bit, then they wanted to hang up some medicine so I would keep going.  So at 6:30 pm at  9cm I had a fever and that was that.  So Baer got suited up and I got more medicine so we could meet our little guy (or girl).
The song  playing as I was wheeled into the operating room was Blow Your Whistle by Flo Rida.
Well it was a boy!  Although as they were working on me the Doctors kept saying "sweetheart" so I thought it was a girl.  But then at 7:06pm  we got to meet Charles Baer Connard all 8lbs 5 oz and 21" of him.

 

   

      We love you very much Charles!