Charlie Quentin Clore

Whoa, who knew it would take me so long to update about something so important. Little Charlie was born on August 17th at 7:50am. He weighed in at 7 lbs 10 oz (not too shabby for a 36 weeker) and was 19 inches long. And, he's pretty much Harvey's doppelganger. He's awesome.

At his two week checkup he was already 8 lbs 2 oz (up a fully pound in one week) and was 20 1/2 inches long. I have a feeling we're going to have another big boy on our hands. And with the way home boy likes to eat, it's no wonder. Seriously, all the time.

Oh, and did I mention he has the best curly blonde baby mullet there ever was? Yes, it's all true. I've always wanted a baby with a mullet, so it appears I win, forever.


Ok, I'm crazy tired (go figure), so I'm just going to let some photos tell the rest of the story. Hopefully it's not another month before we update again!












Big brother is absolutely over the moon.























And this is pretty much how he spends all of his time these days. When he's not eating, of course.

McQueep

Ah McQueep, my other other child. You may actually know McQueep. His real name: Lightning McQueen. But to Harvey, he's McQueep. The love of his life. The best thing that's ever happened to him. The one toy he can't go anywhere without. And, simultaneously, the one thing he can never seem to keep up with. Oh my word.













I spend a good portion of my days keeping up with Harvey, Mary Helen and Sam while also keeping up with McQueen's whereabouts. Because if I don't, he ends up in all kinds of interesting places. If I see Harv put him somewhere secret (behind couch cushions, under some other toys, in a basket mixed with Mary Helen's toys) and I ask him where McQueen is soon after, he can go find him and bring it to me.















However, if I'm not watching and he hides him, he'll forget where he put him within five minutes and there's a four alarm fire to find him again. And guess who's on the search party? Yup, just me. I spent a good 20 minutes on my hands and knees the other day, looking behind/under furniture, going through toy boxes, searching drawers in the kitchen while Harvey whimpered and watched. Thanks for the help! I finally emailed John and told him McQueep was officially gone and we were going to have some serious issues. I decided to try one more time, and in a deep dark dusty corner, there was McQueep. Shew, dodged that bullet!

McQueep is a requirement to go anywhere. Leave the house without him, you'll be turning around to get him (happened today on the way to Target). He goes to the pool and sinks right to the bottom. He goes to bed with Harvey every time and "sleeps" on his nightstand. It's the first thing he grabs in the morning. And the last thing (get this) he kisses at night. You see, Harvey doesn't give kisses. Ever. He'll lean in and allow us to kiss him, but we've never ever seen him kiss someone/something else. John told him to give McQueen a kiss goodnight one night, and now he kisses that car all.the.time. It's a bit ridiculous.


So as you can see, McQueep is a huge part of our lives, completely deserving of his own blogpost.


And here are a few recent photos of our sweet McQueep toting toddler.










Haha, I love this face. He was so sick of me and my camera by this point. Sorry buddy, I'm never going to stop. Ever. So you might as well smile sometime. :)

The Best Way to Beat the Heat

And repeat..........

Cardinals Game

Somehow I forgot to add this story to the blog. Back in June (June 5 if you want to be exact) John took Harvey with his dad, brother and two other friends to St Louis for a Cardinals day game. Aka---I had one whole day all to myself! :) And Harvey and John got to have some super fun father son time. Some of these photos absolutely crack me up. Here are just a few that I love from their day.



Man, what a lucky guy. Breakfast, a movie, endless entertainment in the floorboard. He sure knows how to travel first class.




Taking his turn to drive.





Speaking of traveling first class---lunch at the Champions Club.





Such a sweet/funny face.





Uhhh, I should prolly has dis Cokey. Mommy would want me to has it.

























Travelin' light.









This series of photos is so totally Harvey these days.






Move it or lose it PawPaw. Gots to put my water somewheres.








And the best photo of the day:

This is how he reacted when Pujols hit a walk off home run----aka they just won, fireworks are going off, everyone's screaming. Including Harvey. And he's crying. We'll have to work on his reactions.