Welcome Charlie !!!!!

Charles David Craig (Charlie) was born on February 19 at 12:58 a.m. He weighed 9 pounds 14.2 ounces and is one of the most beautiful babies ever (that's grandma talking......the other beautiful babies are Grant, Madyline, Micha, Sophia....etc. for four more). In this photo, Charlie is about 12 hours old and, though awake, was having a little trouble learning to work his eyes to stay open. By the way, this picture wasn't posed. We laid the bear beside him and Charlie immediately cuddled.

As soon as I found out Jessica (and David, of course) was going to have a baby, I told the administration at school that I would be going to be with her when the time came. I scheduled my visit for a week after the due date and Charlie was gracious enough to wait until I got there to come into the world. I was able to stay with Grant while Mom and Dad went to the hospital.

Speaking of Grant, he is completely enamoured of he baby brother. As soon as he saw Charlie, he couldn't stop smiling. Grant and I went back for forth from home to the hospital for the three days Mom was in and one time, when we went out for some groceries, I heard him say to himself, "I miss my little brother." (said with a kind of sigh in his voice) All the time I was there, Grant never tired of holding his baby brother. When Charlie was in his arms, every once in awhile Grant would lean down and say something private to him. Just a bit of brother talk.

Jessica says Charlie is sleeping well and that he is the kind of little one who knows what he wants and lets the rest of the family know.

I'm just sad that he will be 8 months old before I get to see him again. Grandmas are supposed to be right there.