10 March 2006

Charleigh is growing like CRAZY! We can definetly tell a difference in how her clothes fit and how much heavier she is when you hold her. She has had a few meltdowns, they are rare so for the most part she really is an easy baby to care for. When she cries you know something is wrong. Last week my twin sister came down and stayed and watched Charleigh, they both had a good time Lacy is so funny, I would call to check up on them and I would hear Lacy scream and then silence and I would be sitting there on the other end of the phone worried something was really wrong and it would end up just being Charleigh sneezing and spraying milk on Lacy, or Charleigh spitting up on her. This week my Dad is here. He has really impressed me with his baby skills. He used to hand her off as soon as she made a face like she might cry, last night she was crying and Dad said "Let Grandpa see if he can help her" and the most amazing part is that he did. She stopped crying, he started smiling, partly because she was feeling better but you could tell is was also because he had been the one who had done it. Then he spent all night on the couch with her on his chest because Ben and I have also caught some kind of cold. He got up with her when she woke up and fed her and then slept on the couch with her. He is leaving to go home tonight and I'm sure Charleigh will miss him almost as much as her Grandpa will miss her.