Charlie's Arrival

We are so excited to announce the arrival of our second son, Charlie. Here is our first family picture taken at the hospital on Charlie's birthday. He weighed 7 lbs. 13 oz and was 20 1/2 in long. He was born at 9:05 am. Contractions started Tues night about 10:30pm and we started timing them around 12:30am and they were about 7 min apart and 30 sec. in duration. After laboring at home all night, we headed to the hospital at 7am. He was born just 2 hrs. later. I was able to get an epidural but I gave birth before it was able to take effect. So if you want to know what natural childbirth is like, I can tell you all about it :).

Jack loves his new baby brother. As you can see, Charlie has light brown, almost blonde hair. It will be interesting to see if it will stay that color. And his eyes are a light grey, can't wait to see their final color too.

Jack pointed to Charlie's eyes, ears, mouth and nose and then all those parts on himself. Jack really loved it when Charlie opened his eyes (which isn't too often, I forgot how much newborns sleep).

How he looked on his birthday. He already looks different from that day.

This was today. Mark is holding Charlie and Jack is trying to give Charlie his water. He has also been bringing Charlie balls, stuffed animals, and his pacifier. Right now he gets upset when Charlie cries, but hopefully he'll get used to it and not cry along w/ him.