Ruby Rubes and Charlotte Too!: Charlotte

Wow - what a week! We were so appreciative to have another week with Gamma. It was so wonderful to have her here and she was SO MUCH HELP! She was constantly changing diapers, burping the baby, walking her around, doing the dishes, doing our laundry, cleaning, cooking supper, playing with Ruby and being here for my emotional support. We love you Gamma and miss you so much already.

J-A and Mae came on Monday until Thursday and it was so great to have the cousins together. J-A and I had a couple sane, kid-free moments where we just got to hang out and talk and that alone was just so wonderful. As we were out for coffee one day, we were day-dreaming how nice it would be if we could do that once a week. Maybe someday... Ruby absolutely adored Mae and loved trying to make her smile (which is not hard, by the way) this baby smiles when she's crying, it's unbelievable! What a happy, happy baby! It all went by way too fast and in sort of a blur due to lack of sleep. :)

Charlotte is getting more and more alert every day and she is getting so big! Every day I notice she's bigger, it's amazing. She's also smiling more but we really have to work for them. We're seeing that she has cute little dimples that I could just eat up. She's starting to do really well at night, last night we went to bed at 9:30 and I was only up at 2:30 and 5:30 to feed her. I feel almost human today! Charlie is getting really strong and loves holding her head up and looking around. Her personality seems to be sweet and laid back and a little goofy. We only hear her cry if she has tummy pains or if she's really hungry. She's not a huge fan of her car seat which is new for me because Ruby loved being in hers.

Ruby is doing really well with Charlotte now and loves helping give her baths. She's pretty gentle most of the time and really does love her little sister. Mom and J-A got to see first hand how sweet Ruby can be and also what a handful she can be. It's hard being 3! :)

Charlie loves Gamma!