More photo's

Here are some more pictures of our precious baby boy.  At two weeks old, I am already noticing that he is gaining weight and is much more sturdy than before.  I have definitely taken my time to enjoy this precious time when he is so little, I think because Charlie grew so fast.  Before I even realized it, Charlie had grown and put on lots of weight!  I'm expecting the same thing to happen with Moe, so I'm taking it one day at a time.

Photo Shoot!

We had a two week photo shoot last weekend - here are some of the photo's we took.  I read that it is best to take newborn pictures within the first two weeks, so I had to get organized before the time flew by.  Over the past few months, I have pinned ideas that I liked, but let me say again, its harder than you think copying picture ideas. 

Moe continues to be such a good baby - we didn't have any problems distinguishing between night and day, and Charlie continues to adjust to his baby brother.  It is pretty precious watching Charlie give Moe kisses and talk about him. 

Well - here are some pictures!  More to come later.

Snow!

We have had two fairly decent snow falls in the past month....so much so that Charlie has made more use out of his snow suit so far this year, than he did all of last year :)  These pictures were taken before Moe was born, but Mommy and Charlie did venture out in the snow while Moe was sleeping last week!

As well, Charlie did get to go trick or treating with a friend on Halloween.  It was COLD, so he was a bundled up fireman.  Unfortunately, I only got one picture and it wasn't even very good.  But - I will post so I have the memory.  Doug went out with Charlie, my sister handed out candy, and I got to look after Moe.  It was lovely!

Holding Moe

Within a week of Moe coming home, we asked Charlie if he wanted to hold Moe.  I was a little surprised when Charlie excitedly said yes.  He was soooo excited!  He stuck out his arms and waited while Dad put his baby brother in his lap.  He held Moe for probably a minute and then said he was all done.

That was our breakthrough!  Charlie has held him one other time - but we don't make an issue of Moe with Charlie.....Life is different enough already without making his brother a big issue!!!!

Go Riders!

Even though the Riders lost the game on Sunday, we still had some pretty happy fans in our house.  Doug went to the game with his Dad and brother, but before he left us at home, we took some pictures. 

Doug and I have noticed that Charlie has been more willing to get his picture taken and will even smile :)  I think it has to do something with his little brother!  Anyway - I love it!  We did have to bribe him to get up with Dad and his brother, but a little candy does wonders for this boy!

Speaking of candy, Auntie Pookie was giving Charlie a treat after dinner and she asked him if he was eating Smarties.  He replied, no, its MnM's!  Hahahaha - can you tell who has been eating Halloween candy?

Life as a family of 4

I still can't believe it when I hear it.....we are a family of 4!!!  Our sweet and tiny little Moe has settled down quite nicely into our home.  We had lots of help last week and have more this week, but I have been alone with my two boys a little bit - this past Monday being the first full day as a mommy on my own.

I have to give some background before I tell the story!  Charlie did not like Moe's crying during our first few days at home.  We had two kids crying and it wasn't very fun :(  But since then, Charlie has gotten much better with being a big brother.  He held Moe this weekend and has started to give more kisses and even tickled his feet today.  BUT - the story below is before Charlie really started to get better around his baby brother :)

I was flying solo on Friday night with the dinner and bedtime routine.  Moe slept right through dinner (which he has been doing), but unfortunately, woke during Charlie's bath time.  Needless to say, we cut bath time short :).  We proceeded to Charlie's room where I quickly put on his diaper and pj's, before settling down to feed Moe and read to Charlie.

Charlie was a bit skeptical - Moe's feet kept on touching him while he sat beside me - so there was a lot of moving and shifting going on!  But we made it through the books and even our singing time (which just isn't the same when Charlie had to sit beside me!).  Charlie even got into bed fairly well and Moe and I left him in his room to fall asleep.

Well - 2 minutes later, Charlie was crying hard (which he very rarely does), and Moe had settled, so upstairs I went to console Charlie.  He was asking for one more song, so I obliged.  However, halfway through the song, Moe started to cry and by the end of the song, was crying quite hard.  I knew Charlie wouldn't want to go to bed hearing his brother cry and sure enough, when I said "good night", Charlie started crying again :(.  So I did something I have never done before.  I asked Charlie if he wanted to watch Cat in the Hat - and sure enough, he did!  So downstairs we came to watch a little tv while I gave Moe some more food ;)  After that Moe settled quite well and Charlie went to bed, but what a gong show.

And yes, from the picture below you will see that Moe has A LOT more hair than Charlie did.  Doug and I were shocked to hear that he had lots of hair and that it was long.....compared to Charlie at least.  But I love his hair so much!!!!

See my mohawk? :)

Introducing.....

We would like to welcome our precious baby boy into this world.  Moe - as he will be referred to (due to his cute mohawk!) - arrived a week early on Sunday and weighed in at 7 pounds, 1 ounce.  He has settled into our home really well and is already gaining weight.  He was 7 pounds, 4 ounces at the Doctor's office today.  I realize that this precious little body is soon going to be packing on the pounds!

So, here are the pictures!!!!

Just minutes old

Happy family of four

Guess what day it was yesterday :)

Precious sleeper