Introducing Baby Charis

We've given ourselves a little bit of a break and we hope you all will, too; but we are truly excited to be introducing our Bundle of Joy to the Blog World... albeit 10 weeks late!

Charis Elizabeth Henderson

November 1, 2009

7:05am

Charis weighed a whopping 6 pounds, 1 ounce; she was 19 1/2 inches long; and she was beautiful from the moment we laid eyes on her. We're not gonna lie, we were truly thrilled to have missed a Halloween birthday by even just 7 hours.

Fast forward 10 weeks, and Charis is now 11 pounds and she is 22 1/2 inches long... quite the chubby-cheeked cherub (see photo above).

The most exciting aspects of parenting to date have been:

- seeing the physical and sensory development of our sweet little girl (note: cross-eyedness in newborns is nothing to worry about),

- loving each other even more deeply than we ever thought possible,

- getting to run again (with a stroller, of course),

- changing a diaper only to give Charis a cleaner diaper to messy 2 seconds later,

- changing outfits like it's a photo shoot,

- changing sheets,

- learning to nurse (holy cow),

- learning to sleep less at the beginning

- learning not to worry all night that she's not making a peep because she is now sleeping through the night,

- buying bows... BIG ones,

- buying cardigans... little ones,

- folding onesies,

- and coining the term "Burbles" to euphemize spit up, of which there is a LOT.

Truly, we feel blessed to have embarked on this journey that is parenthood and we are continually trusting the Lord through it. Thank you for all of your prayers during pregnancy, through labor, and after the birth of our baby. As some of you already know, "Charis" is the greek word for "grace," which is entirely fitting since we have felt the grace of the Lord on sweet Charis's life already.

We'll try to keep you "posted" more frequently, but for now... I have burbles to clean up.