We've Moved!!!!

Ok, not literally, but we are leaving the blogger site for something a bit better. We have created a page for Charlie with Shutterfly to show all of his pictures - and we've already loaded almost 50 from his first week!

Please check out the page at www.charlieelliott.shutterfly.com

The password is our family last name (don't forget your proper capitilization).

Thanks to everyone who followed us on this site. We will leave it up for a while during the transition. We look forward to sharing so much more with our new site. We also want to thank everyone for their warm wishes and prayers during Charlie's birth and coming home. It was been the most amazing experience of our lives, and we are so grateful for everyone's help and thoughts.

As you can see by the timing of this post, Charlie is awake! Time for wiping...

Ladies and Gentlemen...

Charlie has arrived. Weighing in at 7lbs, 9oz; 20 inches in length - he is a trooper. And so is Franzi. I must say, I married the most amazing woman. Charlie arrived today at 3:27PM. And he is gorgeous. See for yourself.

The Eve of Charlie

Hello everyone - we are preparing tonight for our induction appointment - tomorrow at 7AM at Calvert. We ask for your thoughts and prayers that all goes smooth. We will be posting pictures and updates here, so stay tuned. Here is one more pic of Franzi. Friday we were in Annapolis for some induction acupuncture and it was so nice we took Charlie to the water. Cheers!

Waiting...

No one tells you about this part of the pregnancy - the waiting for the end. The anxiety to meet your baby that grows so much it becomes a frustration in need of distraction. We can't wait. Until then, here are some pictures from our two baby showers and one of Charlie's new room. Thank you everyone who attended, for the company and all the wonderful gifts.

Boom Boom Pow

Charlie's Heartbeat

36 Weeks !!!

We had our final sonogram today. Charlie was there... He showed us most of his face, but was covering his eyes for the pictures. See for yourselves... He weighs 5lbs 11oz, as of today and everything looks great, the tech said.