James meets his sister!

The big question has been how James would react to his new little sister. We have been talking about her to him for months but being only 17 months, we were not sure how much he understood and how he would react to sharing her. In the hospital the first day, Charlotte was not the most exciting thing to James, the balloons that Jenn brought and all the buttons on my hospital bed as well as the other exciting things in the room were his focus. It was like he did not even know she was there- but the second day he was a bit more receptive and started taking an interest in her. He did not want to touch her, he likes to look at her though- constantly saying “up” to lift him up to look into the bassinet and then he would smile at her!

Charlottes Guests

We had many visitors at the hospital, Grammie, Jenn, and Erin were the first to come meet Charlotte, they had such a great time, they came back the next day!

Charlottes Arrival

Charlotte Cindy Pierce arrived on April 3rd weighing right at 8 pounds and was 20 inches long at 10:52 AM. Brian and I both thought the process and surgery went much smoother than the last time and felt overwhelming in love with this girl the first second we saw her.

She is beautiful , looks alot like James did when he was born- same hair and shape and skin color, but lighter!!! We could not wait to show her off to everyone. All my fears of having a girl and not knowing what to do went away the second I saw her because I knew that it did not matter, I would figure it out later. Welcome to our family Charlotte!

James playing cards

Earlier in the month, James got to learn how to play cards with his great grandmother, his great uncle and of course his favorite cousin.

One more day!

This is James and I one day before Baby Charlotte is to arrive! I am huge and so ready to meet this new addition to our family!

James playing with Grammie

Jame and his grammie were playing and having lots of fun this past week. Grammie is visiting awaiting the arrival of baby Charlotte!

James and Daddy at the park

James had so much fun at the park playing with his daddy, picking up pinecones and sticks!

He always has fun if he is able to move around on his own!