Charlie and Nate

Last week was full of excitement and Nate's party was the tail end of it. On Wednesday Nate and I went to Brooklyn to stay with my brother and his wife to babysit for their 5 1/2 month old son Charlie. My parents were still on vacation and Charlie's day care was closed so I offered my help since I planned to take Thursday and Friday off to prepare for Nate's party.

Things went much better than I had hoped. Nate was helpful and was very good at keeping himself occupied while I tended to Charlie's needs. Nate can be very jealous of Charlie so he gets in his face a little too much and hugs him a little too tightly. I'm trying to work with him on that...and his constant whining that he NEEDS me. I was very excited that Charlie was really good for me for both days. I'm a planner and I like a schedule so I fed him every four hours and that gave us enough time for diaper changes, naps and play time before he would get fussy again and be looking for another bottle. We were able to go to the park by my brother's apartment on Thursday and Friday we ran some errands on the way back to my house and Charlie was an angel. It was nice to get some quality time with the little guy and I was happy to help out my brother. I also realized what it would be like to have 2 kids and I am not ready for another right now. I took a lot of pictures so here they are...

 Charlie is a really happy baby

 Nate NEVER held his bottle...his didn't have cool handles

 First Nap of the Day

 Nate loves a good swing

 So Does Charlie!

 Nate opted for the baby swing since I could

push them both at the same time

 Somebody woke up happy!

 Freaking Adorable!

 Fun in the afternoon :)

 Last Ride in the Swing

 Nate helped with Bath Time

 Jammie Time

 Somebody got sleepy again

 Love wanted to know how it was going so I sent him this

 We had a crazy storm Thursday night

 Back at my house on Friday hangin' on the couch

 We took a quick trip to 7-11 and Charlie passed out in the car

 He started fussing so I broke out the Bjorn so I could get some stuff cleaned...he loved it and we even watched The Newsroom while walking around the livingroom so I got a little exercise :)
and yes I would always look this bad if I had 2 kids :(

 Somebody has a tooth coming in!

 I loved how Charlie kept grabbing on to Nate while they watched Mickey Mouse on the iPad together.

oh no! Charlie left his favorite toys behind :(