Waaahhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Action shot since she will not stay put!

So, HC had to go back to work today. BOO!   He has been off for the past 12 days, and it was an interesting vacation. On his first day off, he got some surgery done that typically has a quick recovery time.  We assumed he would be  average or better since he has a high threshold for pain, and is in very good shape.  Well, that so didn't happen.  Poor HC was bedridden for half of his vacation, and very sore for the rest. At 5 this morning, he was begging me to call in sick for him, dreading walking downtown for 12 hours.

So, we hung around the house a lot, just hanging out.  It was quite nice, even for us go, go, go type A people. We talked, played, watched movies, but did not get a lot checked off the to-do list.

The slow pace probably helped us since Charlie is well into her 4 month sleep regression.  This thing has been lasting for almost three weeks already!  I think the end is near, as she is not trying to party all night.  Poor thing just got her needles on Monday, and yesterday evening, she had a really hard time to get to sleep.  It did make me value how good of a sleeper she usually is.  It is also bringing back memories of trying to get Quinn to sleep.  He only had one cry, it was loud and long!  Charlotte has distinct cries for hunger, reflux pain, or being overtired.  It makes it easy to diagnose what to do.  Last night from 8-10, she cried "owww!".  The funny thing was that Quinn was having a hard time settling down in his room, but as soon as she started up, I never heard a peep from him until this morning.  He hates to hear her cry.

The good news from the check-up was that she gained back all the weight she lost while struggling with her meals.  She is now 16 lbs, and has gone from the 20th percentile to the 70th percentile.  WOW! She still struggles with her meals, but in the end she eats a lot!  Her height is also good news, she is 28", and off the top of the chart.  It is not hard to believe, since she is wearing 9 and 12 month clothing!