1 week old!

Charlie will be two weeks old tomorrow. It's amazing how much time a newborn uses. There's always a list of things to do and so few of them get done. It is so wonderful to have a beautiful son to feed, watch sleep and change countless diapers. We have been so blessed!

Here's pictures from his 1 week photo shoot:

And a couple random shots:

First Bath- 5/22

Scrub-a-dub-dub there's a Charlie in the tub...

And he's not sure if it likes it.


Dad just watching the first one, Mom has done a couple of these in the past year and a half.
He did a great job drying him though!

Grandma Theresa

Grandma Theresa was here for almost a week before we realized we had not taken any pictures of the two of them together.

It was very nice having her around to help with the morning feeding so Thomas could go to work and I could sleep a little. She also helped with countless other things. Thanks Mom/Grandma Tesa!!!

My mother has been known for her rubber face tricks and being a little silly around kids. Here's a great example of this:

Charlie, don't be embarrassed, Uncle Tom and I survived and had fun doing it.

Mom also exhausted Charlie's library, I think she read to him every morning. We went to Kohl's and picked up more books and one of Dad's friends sent more books, so she read those to him too.

You're a good sport, Charlie!

Even your mother (who subjects you photo shoots several times a day) kind of feels bad about making you pose for pictures in this outfit, but it is so cute!

note the quilt in the background, that's Charlie's bedding and it should be done tomorrow. I'm excited!

We then had to try on this A&M stuff before he gets too big for it...
The past 5 days have really been wonderful. There hasn't been much sleep and we've changed a lot of diapers but Charlie is so much fun to be around. I'm healing well and enjoying being a mom and not being pregnant anymore.
My mom has been staying with us and has been so helpful. We'll be taking reservations for the guest room, come visit anytime!

A couple of firsts!

Well Charlie has had a couple of firsts here the last two days.

Yesterday he watched his first basketball game. Not only was it his first game, it was his first Spurs game. He got to see the best team in the NBA play (Laura does not agree with this). To commemorate the event he decided he wanted to get a picture made in his Tony Parker jersey.

If you look closely you can see that Charlie thinks the Spurs are Number 1.

Charlie also decided that he wanted to go for a walk. Here are a couple of pics of him on his first ride in his stroller.


Almost another one eyed pirate picture.



Well it has been a long couple of days and Charlie is sleeping now. Hopefully we will see and talk to ya'll soon.

He's Here!!!

Friday, May 16th at 4:32 pm, Charles Jackson Winkler came out and said "HI". He weighed in at a healthy 8 pounds and 15.4 ounces. Just a shade under 9 pounds and well under the 10-11 pound range that we had all been forecasting.

We thought that now would be a good time to share a couple of Pics of Charlie with the world.


Here is the little guy and his mommy. Quite the cute couple if I do say so myself.














Check out this guy's face.







The proud pappa and his new son. Even though he looks small remember he was still almost 9 pounds.









One last good picture to end on for now. I think the shirt says it all ("Instructions not included").

Getting ready for Charlie

I know that we said that we would be updating this more often but this time we mean it. Right now we are in the hospital waiting for Charlie to go ahead and make his first appearance. Here are a couple of pictures for ya'll to take a look at. There will be more here when Charlie gets here.
We both would like to thank all of ya'll for all your thoughts and prayers(and calls and texts). It's nice to know we have such great family and friends.