Fall In Love...

after laboring for nine hours thru the early morning hours on december 6th, beautiful charlene mae (charly) came nine days early at 11:06 am, weighing in at 8 lbs 14 oz and 21 1/4 inches long. i pushed for just five minutes and then she was here. the delivery was perfect and i have a perfect baby. charly has beautiful, round cheeks and bright blue eyes. i am so lucky. meeting mommy:

and daddy:

meeting big sister addison:

charlene was named after my grandma charlene (who got married two days before little charly was born). by naming our little girl charlene and calling her charly we honor both my grandmother and late grandfather charles brown. her middle name (mae) came from my great grandmother ella mae. our little charlene is named after great people who have done amazing things and i know she will be amazing too.

meeting her namesake:

we love you charlene and couldn't be more excited for you to be in our family!