Giggles and Rolls

Last week, as an early birthday celebration for Jeff, Eddie's brother, we went to a Bulls game. Again, Charlie loved all the flashing lights and cheering fans. He's gonna be a sports kid for sure.

We had lots of fun at Grandma and Grandpa's house in Mishawaka this past weekend! There was lots of giggling and talking and rolling over!! :) We even went to Great Grandma Velleman's house and played at game night. Each time the cards got passed to the next dealer, so did Charlie. Of course, we took a nice long break to play with Charlie on the floor...

 He also had a fun play date with his buddy Grant! They must have swapped notes, because after the visit, Charlie slept all night, and Grant rolled over!!

Christmas and New Years 2010

It has been a little while since our last posting... but what a great holiday season!!

Charlie was baptized at Old St. Patrick's Church in Chicago on December 12th- his 3 month birthday. He was a grinning baby throughout the ceremony and smiled broadly at Fr.Hurley right after he poured the water on his head!! We had a great party afterwards at Dugan's- an Irish pub not far from the church. With all the snow that day, we were blessed that so many of our family and friends could attend.

Charlie seemed to love every minute of the Christmas parties, and didn't shy away from being held by anyone. He's such a little socialite. ;) It was pretty exciting that Santa was able to make an appearance at both the Velleman family party and at the O'Neill party. All the kids must have been extra good this year to get Santa's attention!!

Eddie put together Charlie's crib for him for Christmas... it only took him an hour!

The week between Christmas and New Year's we spent down in Florida with most of the Hamilton family. We stayed on Sanibel Island and soaked in as much sunshine as we could! It was really great to be able to take Charlie outside without bundling him up like crazy.

He is really starting to show alot more personality. He's still not quite sleeping through the night, but surprises us with 6 and 7 hour stretches a few nights a week. He is completely fascinated with the bright christmas lights and loves reading the paper with Daddy on Sunday mornings. Charlie and I have a great time during the day, too! He comes with me to most of my client meetings and is a very quiet business partner. (so far)

Singing Charlie to sleep is easy... he is starting to recognize the bedtime song

Does he look like his mommy?



This morning, in the 30 seconds of tummy time by himself, Charlie flipped himself over!!! I guess I'll have to strart keeping a closer eye on him! At Charlie's 4 month doctor's appointment, he weighed in at 14lbs and measured 24 inches long. He's in the 25th percentile for his age and he is growing at a really good rate. He was a champ with his shots and is a really healthy kid! After such a rough start, he is doing really well. I will be scheduling a follow up appointment with Children's Memorial for a specialist to check his heart one last time in March. Then he'll be cleared for life!