charlie updates

the last 3 weeks have flown by! we can't believe how much charlotte has already changed. she has already had some fun adventures with mom and dad, including a trip to see some fireworks. (she slept through the whole show, and did not even budge when the big "boomers" went off. she was more startled by the screamers.)

charlie had her first pediatrician appointment yesterday afternoon. after much research and interviewing, we went with dr. zuercher at the iowa city family practice. we are so happy with our decision! dr. zuercher supports our rights as parents to decide which vaccines/medications, etc. we'd like to give our child (if any). we couldn't be more impressed with the way her first appointment was handled (aside from the one hour wait). charlie is back up to her birth weight - she weighed 7 pounds 12.8 ounces yesterday, which is in the 50th percentile. she has already grown an inch in length - she is up to 20.5 inches (50th percentile) and her head size is also in the 50th percentile (which, so far, indicates she does NOT have a maine head). she got a little fussy toward the end because she was hungry, so we had to sit in the car and nurse for a good 20 minutes after her appointment. (the office closed while we were there so we couldn't hang out and nurse there.) we go back in two weeks to check her growth, and then we will basically be going back once per month until she hits a year.

tomorrow, morgan and i are putting on our brave faces and taking charlotte with us to go see the final harry potter movie. we decided to go to an early showing for a plethora of reasons, but mainly because she sleeps a lot in the morning hours. the movie is only 2 hours & 10 minutes long, so if she does wake up, it would likely only be to quickly nurse and go back to sleep. (hopefully she doesn't poo herself!) i'm just not ready to leave her with a babysitter yet, so she will just have to come with us. we're likely going to the 10:30 am showing, so we're hoping there won't be a ton of people there.

also - we got charlotte's newborn pictures done. omg. i can't even begin to explain how incredibly difficult it was to narrow it down to a few photos! they are not on the website just yet, but in a few days you will be able to go to www.shirkphotography.com, click client portraits, and her photos should be listed under mays newborn. they are truly the cutest things i've ever seen.

so far, being at home with charlie has been so amazing. i'm not sure how i'll ever go back to work. often times we sit in complete silence, just gazing at one another. i'm so worried that i'll miss out on some milestone or be too distracted to notice a smile. it is crazy how much your whole world changes once you bring a child into the world. even as i sit upstairs on the computer, i feel my body aching to go downstairs and grab her, even though i know she's safe & perfectly content in her daddy's arms. thankfully the baby blues have packed their bags and left my house - what a rollercoaster that was!!

i was going to add some photos to this blog but it is taking forever for them to upload onto the computer! i will just have to overload my next post. hope you are all enjoying your summer so far!

-the mays'