Charlito turns 1 month!

We thought he'd be a Charlie, but then he looked like Carlos so we started calling him Carlito. But now you can't see much of the resemblance below all his chub - so we're back to Charlie. We went to the pediatrician this week and he now weighs in at 12 lbs 5 oz! He gained over 4 lbs in a month - that's 50% of his weight! That's twice the average and he's now in the 90% for his age. And I thought I was in for a 6 lbs baby...His favorite activities remain eating, diaper soiling, waiting for me to open his diaper so he can pee on me, and sleeping is a distant fourth. He is getting cuter by the day and he is moving his head more which again provides more endless entertainment for his mother. In fact he is doing tummy time and starting to move his head back and forth...here is a video documenting it (kindof)

The last four weeks have gone by so fast yet the nights still seem endless. I've never been so happy to see daylight. The best has been hearing from other moms and their experiences. They remind me that I'm not crazy and that babies are the wildest adjustment ever. Sam gets the prize for calling from Hong Kong, but mothers seem to come out of the woodwork to provide support. They also make me feel better given that all the books I'm reading say that I should have started on a schedule already and that he should be sleeping 5-6 hours at night! ha! if only! Instead he sleeps okay from 8pm to 3am (walking every 2.5 hours) but then from 4am onwards is a disaster - he starts making weird grunting noises and then 7am is wake up time. 1

To celebrate Carlito's existence some school friends made brunch here last weekend. It was also a chance for him to meet the thunderbird team - given that he was our (unknown) mascot in Phoenix and suffered overdoses of caffeine, sleepless nights & celebratory tequila...So here is a picture with the team in his team onesie made by Sarah. Ralles asked what words he was saying. As you can see in the picture with his dad he has started "reading," but unfortunately no words yet to report - just grunting, cooing and crying.