Every day things...

In the crib there is a "sleep positioner" which helps Charles stay in a certain position. He usually likes to sleep on his side if he is flat. On this day, however, he was being a wiggle-worm, which is fine as long as he is sleeping. He likes to have a pacifier sometimes and his "Ookie" doll.

Charles sleeps in our room at night in the bassinet. This is the set-up we have for him because he still doesn't like to sleep flat on his back. He is in his bouncy seat. We have started strapping him in because he's been actively dreaming lately! He does really well sleeping at night except every now and then when he has too much gas.

Charles likes his swing. I remember when he actually did not like it very much. In this picture you can see what he usually does in the swing--hold Ookie and talk to Po the Kung-fu Panda. He's actually looking at the Christmas tree in this shot.

Look! It's a cloth diaper. Charles wears his cloth diapers mostly on the weekends but some evenings too. During the day he wears disposable at the daycare and at night as well. The diapers are not up to his heavy wetting in the night. We had two instances of leaks and that was it for me! Other than that, the diapers are great. They are so soft and he can usually wear them 2-3 hours before a change is needed. I put a paper (made for cloth diapers) in the diaper to help clean up poop messes. It works great. I just lift out the paper and the diaper is not messy. Then I just put the diapers in a bag and wash them the next day. In one day he uses about 8 diapers. If I was with him at home all day I would use these all the time.
Here he is with the pajamas closed up. See! You can't tell he's got a cloth diaper on! For more pics of our family click the link to the right that says "Brian's pictures." Brian has a page where he uploads pretty much all the pics we have.

Christmas 2008

We spent Christmas at the Henriksen's in Texas. This was Charles' first trip to Texas and his first long trip. This was the first time spent the night away from home. The first two nights he needed to adjust and he slept with me. But then he was right at home. He had a great time with Henry and Emma. Every time he saw Emma his face would light up. Emma said, "Look! He's making a happy face at me!" Henry and Emma also got to help with bath time. Emma was very interested in everything that Charles did--from sleeping to eating to diaper change. Henry just wanted to show him how to play with toys and get a kiss every now and then. We had a web-camera Christmas with the family in Washington. It was great! It was nice to talk to everyone and see them at the same time. Here's some Christmas pics...Enjoy! To see more, check out Jenny's blog for Henry and Emma.

Our Christmas tree. We bought it this year. It is tall and skinny which is what we needed. Charles loves looking at it so much that we are going to leave it up for a bit.

Christmas morning at the Henriksen's house before the kids woke up.

Hanging out on Christmas Eve. The kids are getting ready to go to bed and everyone is in their pajamas.

Christmas morning! Brian, Charles, and I were the first to get up. Brian and I ate breakfast which was hot chocolate and a large cookie that we split. Charles is modeling the "Baby's First Christmas" hat that Granny got him. It was actually way too small so we just set it on top of his head and took a picture quickly before it fell off.

After opening presents! Brian and Jason tackle the wooden kitchen set that Santa brought for Emma.

Look Santa, I love my links!

Line up all the dinosaurs!

Feeling much better

The medicine has been helping to clear up the rash. No more itching, etc. I still have redness in my face, arms, stomach and back. My legs and feet still look like they have some of the rash. I also still have the scaly patches but they are going away. Thanks for the calls and emails!