Heavenly Day

The long awaited video of Charlie's birth is here! Don't worry this is not a graphic video that's going to make you put the pillow over your face. It's more of a slideshow/video put to a really good song that inspired both Katie and I during our week at Baptist hospital.

This video is a recounting of the day Charlie came into the world - stay tuned for more videos of Charlie's first months at home that include him riding a skateboard and wrestling a three legged kitten.

While the video is uploading I will take a moment to update you on some milestones that Charlie has accomplished the last time we spoke. I will list these in bullet form for your convenience (and mine).

• smiling on occasion now (and not just when he fills his britches)

• he has gotten over his nasal congestion (good thing - he hated that turkey baster thing we kept shoving up his little nose)

• Charlie has moved out of Mom and Dad's room and into his own digs (bittersweet). Although Mom and Dad have been known to let him in bed with us after his 6am feeding for some good 'nuggling (that's snuggling in katiese...katiese is virtually a refined version of pig latin whereas you still drop the first letter of the word, but don't add the -nay at the end. Another example would be 'tinky (instead of stinky) which has become Charlie's unofficial nickname.

• Charlie gets to talk (well, cooing mostly) AND see his grandparents back in Texas via Skype and the cool webcam we have on our new computer. He also got to meet his Great Grandma Veit for the first time over Skype. What an eye opening experience that was for her to see her great grandson over the internet! Unfortunately Skype hasn't invented the means to transport her cookies or chicken soup over the internet. For those of you that want to join us on Skype, go here to download the free software, install it and under add contacts, just do a search for Katie Veit. Even if you dont have a webcam, you can still sign up for free voice chat.

• Charlie is just about 13 pounds now and will be going in for his TWO MONTH check up next week. Can't believe its been two months already!

• The activity mat has become a good source of stimulation for little Charlie. He's quite smitten with the little sun that hangs from the foam bars above his head. It's completely unfair. If my face lit up and sang cute little Mozart ditties, I could probably engage him that much too. Stupid sun.

Well that's about it. Video has 10MB to go. I hope that when folks want to watch this they don't have to wait long for it to download. Oh yeah! I almost forgot! Charlie's newest cousin, Tommy is going to be coming into the world very soon! He can't wait to hear all about it! Best of luck Aunt Nancy. Wow that was weird. Aunt Nancy!

We hope to have some more updates and videos soon. Hope everyone has a great week. Enjoy the show!