Love my little charlie

So I haven't been blogging much as always! Just not much time between work and charlies er and hospital stay and well just everyday life! But I am very pumped that I learned about the blogger app!!! Now I can post anytime and anywhere! Charlie is already 7 months old and bowman is almost 3! Wow! I have taken tons of pics over the last 7 months so here are a few! Baby Charlie I doing very well now and staying out o the doctors office and we for several weeks now! I pray so hard for the families that have extended stays at ach! So sad when kiddie are sick! Anyway, we are lookin forward to a wonderful sick free spring-fingers crossed!!I don't have but a few pics on my phone since it is new but these are some of my faves!! Love my baby charlie!





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Bowman's 2nd birthday Party- A WAGON PARADE

I had so much fun planning this party for my sweet Bowman. Kiddos brought over their favorite riding toy and we wheeled around the neighborhood. Bowman was the grand marshall of course. We had the party in our back yard and everything was themed around wagons and frogs. it was sooo cute! Check it out!

My Sweet Baby Charlie Stein

Arrived on 8/24 at 9:23 a.m. He weighed 9 lbs and 6 ounces. He measured 23 1/2 inches according to the NICU nurse - we later found out at our 1 week visit that it was more like 22- wow what a difference. Charlie was born and went straight to the NICU for 48 hours to dry out his little lungs. His nurse Laura was wonderful!! I wasn't able to see or hold him for 24 hours and that was no fun. Carter went to see him a lot and Big Brother Bowman got to go see him too. Carter went in every three hours to feed him even in the night. Charlie was mainly fed with tubes but sometimes they gave him a bottle and Carter got to do that too. His aunt kimmie was there a lot and even got to go in to his first feeding. I had to pump and pump to get out a drop and she and Carter took it in and gave Charlie a taste on a qtip! I finally held him on 8/25 and got to officially feed him on 8/26 when he came to stay with us in our room- it was a wonderful day. Those first 2 days were very weird without him but we had so many guests and special friends to keep our spirts up! I can't imagine what mommies and daddies go through when their babes are in there for weeks and months- what a sad feeling.

Charlie is doing very well now and eating a LOT! :) He weighed 11 pounds at 1 month so I would say he ain't starvin! :) Here are some pics of his early days and pics with brother Bowman. Charlie looks a lot bigger in these pics than he really is in person. He had a lot of fluids pumping in him and made him very swolen. Bowman is such a good brother and calls him Charwie. He is always looking in his bed for him and he always gives him a kiss on the head- such a sweet boy considering before he arrived Bowman said I bite Charwie- whew! Charlie is also sleeping at night about 5-6 hours now! yayyy!

Sweet Charlie Stein!

Here are some pictures of Bowman's Baby Brother- Charles ( Charlie) Walker Stein at around 32 weeks. He will be here the last week of August and we can't wait for him! Bowman calls him "Chawie"! Even though he has no idea who that really is he does say brother and if you ask him who's room he is in he says "Chawie". We are getting there but I don't think Bowman will truly understand until that sweet baby arrives on North Harrison Street! He is so sweet and quite a chunk. Predicted to be a little larger than B- Lord help me!

We are so excited!! Bowman is going to be a big brother. Baby Stein is due on September 1 and we can't wait. Everything is going well and I heard the sweet baby's heartbeat last Friday. As Bowman says it goes boom boom- boom boom. Bowman thinks he wants a "titha" as he calls it. I just don't think he can say brother yet! We asked him in the beginning- Do you want a brother or sister? He said "titha" immediately and of course I cried! So now that is all he says! We will just be excited for a healthy little one! Gonna be a long hot summer for big momma! :) I am 13 weeks now and feeling a little better. It is a little different this go round with a little guy running around and wanting to play. Thank God for his sweet dad!

Catching Up!

Hello! I lost touch with the blogging world but I am BACK now! We have had a very fun fall and lots to share. Bowman has really grown up sooo much. He graduated from the nursery to the Freshman class in August. He loves his school Grace Lutheran and we love it too. We are so excited that our best friend Annie will be starting there with us next week! Yayy! Annie's mom and I have been best friends since I was born and I am so glad they will be together now too. Bowman is 18 months now and really talking up a storm and quite the little bull! Whew! He can be very sweet too. He loves to give kisses and say cheese. Two weeks ago I said Bowman I Love you and he said LOVE YOU! My heart melted! We have enjoyed play dates with our girlfriends Greenlee and Mary Margaret and loved going to the State Fair for the first time. Bowman had clown day at school so I made a homemade clown costume in case you couldn't tell. He was super baby for Halloween but fell asleep on the way to trick or treat so we were our best in our peeps at home. He loooved waiting for trick or treaters at the door! We also welcomed Baby Ryder and Rowe Roark into the world! What a busy and fun filled fall.

Check out the Video of Bowman- My little Hog Fan made Channel 7 Daybreak tailgaiting at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock! Go Hogs!


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