Snow!

We can't believe it... There is a very funny thing about the South and weather. First of all, Southerners are obsessed with weather. Alitris has become one of them. They refer to the weathermen by their first name, as if they're friends, and they have the radar set as their home page. If snow or freezing rain is "called for" as they say instead of saying predicted, everyone rushes to the store and buys milk and bread. Nothing else but milk and bread. Still haven't figured out what they're all making with the milk and bread. So there have been various weather reports in Little Rock calling for freezing rain and/or snow or a wintry mix, as they call it. Nothing remarkable has ever happened. A few icicles here and there but no snow thus far. So when they predicted snow for today I was very skeptical, especially since it's going to be 60 tomorrow and was 73 this weekend. But, as me and Charlie Boy got up at 4 am for his "fourth meal", there really was snow falling! I got so excited cos I assumed Alltel would be closed since they closed every other time the weathermen even predicted snow. But for some reason they're still open so Travis is at work. We still haven't figured out how they determine all this stuff here in the South but Charlie Boy was happy to see his first snow this morning.

Baby Books

This is a request for help. Does anyone know of any great baby books? Everyone I've asked so far says they either made theirs (I don't scrapbook) or someone made it for them (I'll pay that person!). I would love one that can have pics and writing and that you can add stuff to, i.e. his hospital arm band, cards, etc... I found a darling one at redenvelope but it's bound so you can't add anything to it. So far it's the best I've seen. Any help?

A New Station

So one thing I learned from my sisters when they were here is about babies and stations. Sometimes they just don't want to sleep in their beds and sometimes they just don't want to sleep in their car seats. So they need options; apparently they're called stations. I've been trying to come up with various stations so Sweet Charlie Boy can have some variety and can have good naps during the day. :) So we started out with his mini crib and his car seat but those weren't helping us out during dinner and shower time. So we decided we wanted a bouncer seat and while watching Friday Night Lights, we decided the one Gracie Belle sits in seemed fab. So I researched it and found it and we ordered it. We located one here in Little Rock at a store, but since we wanted Charlie to have the most fashionably-colored bouncy seat, we had to order it online so he could have the black and red version. It seems awesome and hopefully it is. Too bad the company at amazon has taken over 2 weeks to ship so that station still hasn't arrived!

Another station idea is the infamous swing. We were hesitant to get one at first cos they're so big and annoying to store, but I think I found an option that will work out. It's a mini travel swing and it gets pretty good reviews. It folds flat and can store under a bed and it has some good features as well. Anyone used it before?

Another successful station is the Maya Wrap. At first he seemed skeptical of it and was not a fan but lately he's been loving it. It's fun cos he holds his hand on the edge of it and just hangs out or sleeps while I do laundry, sweep, organize, etc... So 3 stations down, more to come... Any other station ideas?

ebay

So I've found a new passion: ebay. I guess it's not new cos I've always loved buying things, but now I'm into the selling side of ebay. All thanks to Sweet Charlie Boy. Late at night when I'm feeding him I get the fire to look online and see what kind of sweet deals I can get on things that I know will sell well on ebay. So then I buy them and sell them for way more. Those people are suckers. Don't they know they could buy it themselves online for less than they're paying on ebay? I'm pleased with the suckers though. Don't tell them my little secret. :) And Charlie Boy likes it because then I'm not just counting the minutes til he's done eating at 3 am. I don't mind if he takes his time and loses his focus now and then. It's a great thing for both of us...

Happy Valentine's Day

Well, we obviously didn't celebrate Valentine's Day with a night out to dinner or anything, but Travis took the day off work and took Sweet Charlie boy so I could take a nap and it was the best Valentine's Day gift I could've gotten. And Charlie even wore a red gdiaper to celebrate the day.

1 Week Old

Sweet Baby Charlie turned 1 week old yesterday! We can't believe it's already been 1 week. He's already getting so much more alert and fun. He even gave us his first smile on Friday which we loved. He is a joy and is such a good baby. He sleeps about 4 hours at a time so he only wakes up twice per night. He definitely is his mother's son and loves to sleep, which we're a fan of. :)

Baby Charlie James Nilsson

He's here and we couldn't be happier and we couldn't love him more. He's amazing. He arrived at 0635 on Sunday morning after a very quick labor. Unfortunately, he never turned so in the end, they had to rush to do a C section--definitely not my first choice. I was disappointed, but at least I got to labor through it all up until the very end and they got him out so quickly he wasn't affected by the epidural at all; it didn't even have time to take full effect on me so it really didn't make it into his system. So that made us happier. We're all doing very well and are just a little sleep-deprived. He was 8 lbs 3 oz and was 21 1/4 inches long. A big happy baby indeed.