Saturday, April 26, 2008
Not So Little
Although his shirt says "little boy", I can't help thinking what a big boy he is! Luke just passed the seven week mark. He is growing like a weed! I think he put on 2 pounds in the last two days. I already packed away his newborn clothes. He has started wearing some onesies that are in the six month range already! I think one day this guy might ring up a very big grocery bill!
Monday, April 21, 2008
Stay Cool!
It looks like spring has sprung around here. The only thing I'm going to miss about the cooler weather is decking Luke out in some hats. Something tells me he isn't going to miss it so much. We can't keep a hat on this guy. We sure have fun trying, though.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Misremembering?
When talking with other parents about newborns, everyone said the same thing. I kept hearing, "all they do is eat, sleep, poop, eat, sleep, poop!" Hmmm...I'm not sure if everyone lied or maybe they pulled a Hillary and misremembered but nobody mentioned this...
He is still the best looking crying baby I have ever seen!
He is still the best looking crying baby I have ever seen!
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Sounds From Delivery Room 9
Matt was so excited after the delivery that he put the camera in his pocket while it was still running. Unfortunately he didn't capture much video footage but he got quite a bit of audio. I cut it down from the original size. There are about 6 minutes of crying and chaos below. You can really hear the wails that kept me up for the first few nights. I thought it would be fun to post this since some family members weren't able to be there listening on the other side of the door.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Month One
Dear Luke,
Happy one month birthday little boy! It is hard to believe a month has passed already. We have come a long way in a short time. The day we brought you home from the hospital was a very scary one. I remember standing in your room, minutes after you came home with tears running down my face. I didn’t have a clue how to be a mommy. Each of your cries struck me like a blow to the stomach!
As the days have passed, I’ve learned more and more about what you like and how to make you happy. You love to be rocked in the rocking chair. You want to be swaddled and held tightly and rocked just as quickly as possible. Your favorite sound is a strong “shhhhh” in the ear. You think tummy time really stinks. You usually “squawk” (as daddy calls it) quite a bit. I have managed to get you to do some tummy time in your boppy or while hanging out on my belly. With some effort, you can turn your head from side to side. You have a real strong interest in pictures around the house and the ceiling fan. The only way I could get any make-up on for two weeks, was to get your tummy full, put you in front of the ceiling fan, and make a mad dash to the eye shadow. You hang out with me mostly at night. You spend some time in the swing sleeping and rack out with me quite a bit too. You have your days and nights straightened out now. Some nights you will sleep up to 10 hours, just waking every couple to eat and then go right back to sleep. There are also nights where I have to rock you for a very long time before I can put you down. Just when I think you are asleep, I creep over to the swing or pack & play. When I try to put you down, your eyes usually spring open and you look at me with eyes that say, “you weren’t REALLY going to put me down were you?” Our favorite thing to do is to pick you up after you have been sleeping for a long time. You stretch your little body out and make about 46 different hilarious faces before you start to really open your eyes. Sometimes you are a gassy little guy. You had a particularly bad night this last week and screamed for about 6 hours. Daddy said that one of your “poots” was longer than “Stairway To Heaven”. Thank goodness you felt better by bedtime. It was a very long day.
I’ve been off with you for a little over four weeks now. I wish it could go on forever. I love watching you do new things every single day. I love you more than you will ever know. Happy one month of being here.
Love,
Mama
The top photo is a picture taken just a few hours after birth. I thought I would take his picture next to this monkey every month to see how he has grown. He is almost the same size as that monkey right now.
Happy one month birthday little boy! It is hard to believe a month has passed already. We have come a long way in a short time. The day we brought you home from the hospital was a very scary one. I remember standing in your room, minutes after you came home with tears running down my face. I didn’t have a clue how to be a mommy. Each of your cries struck me like a blow to the stomach!
As the days have passed, I’ve learned more and more about what you like and how to make you happy. You love to be rocked in the rocking chair. You want to be swaddled and held tightly and rocked just as quickly as possible. Your favorite sound is a strong “shhhhh” in the ear. You think tummy time really stinks. You usually “squawk” (as daddy calls it) quite a bit. I have managed to get you to do some tummy time in your boppy or while hanging out on my belly. With some effort, you can turn your head from side to side. You have a real strong interest in pictures around the house and the ceiling fan. The only way I could get any make-up on for two weeks, was to get your tummy full, put you in front of the ceiling fan, and make a mad dash to the eye shadow. You hang out with me mostly at night. You spend some time in the swing sleeping and rack out with me quite a bit too. You have your days and nights straightened out now. Some nights you will sleep up to 10 hours, just waking every couple to eat and then go right back to sleep. There are also nights where I have to rock you for a very long time before I can put you down. Just when I think you are asleep, I creep over to the swing or pack & play. When I try to put you down, your eyes usually spring open and you look at me with eyes that say, “you weren’t REALLY going to put me down were you?” Our favorite thing to do is to pick you up after you have been sleeping for a long time. You stretch your little body out and make about 46 different hilarious faces before you start to really open your eyes. Sometimes you are a gassy little guy. You had a particularly bad night this last week and screamed for about 6 hours. Daddy said that one of your “poots” was longer than “Stairway To Heaven”. Thank goodness you felt better by bedtime. It was a very long day.
I’ve been off with you for a little over four weeks now. I wish it could go on forever. I love watching you do new things every single day. I love you more than you will ever know. Happy one month of being here.
Love,
Mama
The top photo is a picture taken just a few hours after birth. I thought I would take his picture next to this monkey every month to see how he has grown. He is almost the same size as that monkey right now.
Friday, April 4, 2008
Finished Room
I realized I never posted pictures of the finished room. Is a room ever really finished? I constantly feel like I am tweaking his room. Right now it is flooded with wonderful gifts I'm still trying to organize. For now though, this is just about as done as it is going to get. I can't wait until he gets a full night of sleep in here! I hope he doesn't wake up with nightmares...thinking those big guys are going to get him.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Play Ball!
Unfortunately the first official game of the season was rained out. Luke was on pins and needles while waiting to see if the game would be on. We are a little sad that the Cards don't look so good this year. We are lucky though that Luke still looks super cute in red. Luke and daddy are going to watch a LOT of sports together over the years.
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