Our good friends Mike and Rebecca gave birth to their daughter Lilia yesterday! Charlie hasn't seen her yet, but he hearts her already!

After he posed for his note to Lilia, he did a little dance for her. 

Charlie's first TWO teeth just came in!  He's been chewing on his lower lip a lot this week. (Better that than other things that come to mind...)

Don't want a flat head or a wobbly neck? Try some Tummy Time!

Charlie stares at himself on the LCD screen

"Charlie and Sharks and Bears... Oh my!"

Out and about with Charlie's dad...

... and mine!

Hanging out in Mike and Rebecca's 20th floor condo. Charlie didn't seem to mind the heights at all. Sean on the other hand hung out by the walls.

Charlie is practicing his sitting in the Bumbo. He starts to tilt over after about five minutes, but he just loves watching us cook in the kitchen. He drools and coos. It's very motivating.

Here I am grooming Charlie to take my place as daddy's playwriting editor.

Here are the mamas on our latest date. I don't know what I would do without them! 

What a month!

 My show has closed and our visit from Grandma and Grampy Devine came and went. It was unbelievably helpful having them here so that I could rest in between feedings and get over being sick.  Their long walks with Charlie, good cooking and diaper changes will be greatly missed.

Hanging out with Grandma and Grampy Devine! 

You should hear this man sing!!! What a beautiful voice.

Charlie is ALL smiles these days (in between blowing spit bubbles, eating his fingers and screeching with delight)!

I have been taking pictures of Charlie in this chair every week since he was born. The changes are incredible.  

4-8 weeks

Charlie sure has changed a lot since these earlier clips were shot, but life around here has been pretty busy with rehearsals, so we're a bit behind schedule on getting this posted.  He is a very calm and peaceful baby as you will see, and a day doesn't go by where we aren't grateful for it! 

WARNING: It is 6 minutes of baby watching so it may get boring to some. But for the grandparents and family far away it's a must see. Enjoy!

A busy weekend

Charlie in his Finnish garb. "Moomins" are very big in Grandma Nurmi's home country.

Charlie was handed around at Jody-Kay's baby shower and one girl Phoebe made him the subject of some sweet pics. Thanks!

All three babes have arrived! Our Charlie, Tara Jean's Violet and lastly Jody-Kay's Jade. They are all so beautiful. We did it MAMAS!!! And au naturel no less!!! All three down! Who's ready for #2?

Spending some quiet time with Papa after a long day at rehearsal with Mom. Thanks Papa.   xoxo

S is for Saturday, Sweaters and Smiles

For an update on Charlie's love life click here.

(Yup, I'm now sporting a high fashion mom-bob!)

Charlie's First Dose of Celebrity

Well, it's Sean here. This is my first time posting something on this blog, and it goes along with the fact that the pants-wearing roles have temporarily shifted in the Devine household. As I write this, Alexa is in an adjoining room rehearsing a play that she'll be performing in the next few weeks, while I'm in a make-shift baby room playing Mr.Mom and distracting myself from doing my away-from-the-office work cause there's exciting news in Charlie World. 

As some of  you may know, Alexa was recently the subject of a cover story article on midwifery for a Vancouver newspaper The Courier. Go to the following link... 

http://www.canada.com/vancouvercourier/index.html

...and check out the cover boy himself getting some hands-on attention from the midwives. 

To read the article, click on "Full Story" below the photo. 

Also, as you'll see from the photo below, Charlie recently attended a baby-conference on napping and other sofa-related issues. He's the esteemed dignitary on the far right.

In truth, this photo took place at a recent reunion of all the Moms & Dads who attended a local pre-natal workshop. 

Take care everyone!

12 lbs 2 oz of pure love

We had our last appointment with our midwives this week (sob...sob...sniff...sigh). We stayed for 1 1/2 hours and just talked. It's gonna be weird not being able to page them in the middle of the night with questions... and we'll  sure miss our visits for tea every week to talk about Charlie. Speaking of Charlie, he weighed in at 12 lbs 2oz as he approached 7 weeks. He is eating tons and sleeping well. Couldn't ask for a sweeter boy.

In all his sweetness

Much to our family's chagrin, this one will probably not grow up a Habs fan!

After tummy-time comes quiet-time...

Here is Charlie's first love: Violet, born Dec 14th 2008. She's so beautiful. Way to go Charlie!

Charlie's First Month

Here is a collage of clips from Charlie's first month of life. He is so beautiful it hurts...Happy Birthday Grampa Devine!

Christmas Day

Look what Santa left in our stocking! 

"Hey, hey, hey, it's Christmas Day!" (That's what our t-shirts say. Cheesy I know, but it's become our family tradition over the years.)

It appears as though we have direct sunlight in our home, but really it's the reflection off a window in the house across the street. We get really excited for about 5 minutes a day when this happens.

Saving the world one poop at a time. Charlie is now in cloth diapers! 

Also, last week (at ONE MONTH) we discovered that he now only fits THREE MONTH sleepers. Our kid is going to be a giant!

Snow Day!

Our little snow angel

Meeting Santa

Charlie meets the man in red and insists that he has been a good boy over the past four weeks and that he thinks we need to get a tree

So papa takes us out to "Three Guidos" where we pick out a special tree...

A Charlie Tree

A tree for Charlie

4 weeks old

Here is a family portrait of sorts

Mama gets ready to take  Charlie out for a walk 

A young Alfalfa gets a sponge bath