Introducing Charlie!!!

Charles Matthew was born June 6, 2012 at 4:35 p.m. weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounces. He is 19 inches long, and a perfect picture of health. His birth was perfectly uneventful after 7.5 hours of labor.







Charlie came out crying right away, and I got to hold him before the cord was even cut. Amazing.







The White Sox were in 1st place on his birthday. :)



After a couple hours, we were moved from Labor & Delivery to the Mother Baby unit. My parents brought Reese up to meet her brother. She was excited when she saw him. She smiled & said, "The baby came out!" She has been full of hugs and kisses for him. She's doing really well, and watching them together melts my heart.







After they went home, we took Charlie to the nursery for his first bath. He did not enjoy it.





The next morning, my parents and Reese came up to visit again. Reese was super excited to see Charlie and she couldn't keep her hands off of him. She looked so adorable in her Big Sister shirt and the double french braids that my mom somehow managed to get her to sit still for.











After many months of waiting, Reese finally got to give her brother a fist bump.







Matt's parents and his brother Brian came up to meet the baby that evening.







We were able to go home Friday morning. Reese was super excited that the baby was in the house.





So far, Charlie has been a very laid back baby. He is eating and sleeping great (for a newborn). We are loving our new family of four. We can't wait for everyone to meet him!