Lucas 1st Easter

Lucas Easter celebration started Thursday when he had a celebration at daycare. He dyed Easter eggs with the kids and got an adorable sports themed basket filled with toys and candy to bring home. He is apparently a hit at daycare while all the older kids love to hang out with him.

Saturday was beautiful so we decided to head down to DC to see the Cherry Blossoms as this was supposed to be "the day" to see them in full bloom. Lucas was great on this big adventure and probably more behaved than his parents who got really tired of all the people. It was so crowded it made it hard to enjoy, but we had a nice time. The best part of the day was our picnic beside the Smithsonian enjoying the shade and breeze.


Sunday morning Lucas got his singing duck from us and we headed off to church in our Sunday best.
The best picture I got of Lucas outfit was while he decided to throw up...what a moment to capture!
We had a good time hanging out with the family and enjoying yet another beautiful day. Later he got to do a costume change into his little bunny outfit which I have to say was adorable.
He passed out early both nights and slept like a rock from all the fun and excitement. What a great weekend!

Joe Cool

Mee Maw's Visit

My mom came down for a week to help out with Lucas and watch him one last week before starting daycare. It was a great week and I know Luke really enjoyed hanging out with her. He was of course spoiled rotten!! He got held, loved, kissed, and cuddled constantly. Not to mention our major shopping spree where he got tons of new clothes! He really needed a lot since he has already grown out of a lot of things and is now wearing size 6 months. He also celebrated his 1st St. Patrick's Day, got dedicated at church and slept thru the night for the 1st time, Yeah!!!!!!!! What a busy and exciting week! We were sad to see MeMa go and she was definitely upset to leave the little guy, but we will see her again soon and can't wait! What will we have in store then???

On The Job

Lucas is able to come with me to work or I can work from home on Mondays and Wednesdays. He has been the best little work buddy and Aunt Tina just loves having him there to spend time with her. She refers to him as her little furnace and actually dresses in lighter clothing when she knows he is coming because he will keep her warm. My office is now overcome with baby supplies and it looks like a nursery. What makes it even funnier is that he hasn't really used any of these supplies as he is passed around the office. He is the little office mascot. Here are some pictures of him helping out and working hard!

Time Flies

It feels like it was just yesterday we were anticipating the arrival of Lucas and here it is time to go back to work! Ugh! I can't believe we are coming up on him being 7 weeks old and my return to the world of employment. I have to say that I feel torn about going back. I look forward to a glimmer of my old routine and do love my career, but am so sad that this special time with Lucas as a newborn is ending. I am fortunate enough to be able to work from home or take him with me on Mondays and Wednesdays for awhile and have family watching him the first 3 weeks of my return. So thankfully he doesn't have to start daycare until the end of March and I will only be away from him 3 days a week. I still have my fears of leaving him and all of those thoughts that go through a mother's head like: will he be okay, what if I miss something, what if he cries a lot when I am gone, no one can take care of him like I can, etc. It is a scary thing leaving your baby for the first time, especially your first.

Well, Lucas know that I have enjoyed every minute of our 7 weeks together at home getting to know each other and bond as a family without any other stressors. It was so great even when you were crying and I was sleep deprived. Now we continue on our next adventure of trying to juggle work and motherhood. I know we will be fine with Daddy being the HUGE help that he is and us being a good team. So here's to the next chapter with you little man. The first was a blast.

One Month Old

Our little man is already one month old and it is hard to believe. It has been 4 of the most wonderful, exhausting, eye opening, and rewarding weeks of our lives. No one can truly prepare for how your life changes with a newborn. It is more challenging and more incredible than I could have ever imagined. It is amazing how much love I feel for Lucas and have felt for him the moment they placed him in my arms. It has truly been an amazing month full of memories and I look forward to the next months ahead and all the changes and developmental milestones that Lucas will hit.

We have already made some strides even within the past couple days. He hated his swing at first and refused to sit in it for even a few minutes. Now just this morning he has slept in it for hours. He has been sitting in it more and more each day. (Yay!) As for sleeping, he has been doing really well this week. Yes, he was in our bed a few nights, but then I figured out the problem. When he slept with us we didn't hold him or snuggle him because I was so scared of his suffocating. Jeremy would go down to the couch and Luke would lay in his spot so I couldn't figure out why he liked it so much more than his bassinet. Then I thought well maybe it is the mattress. Maybe he would like his crib better since it is a real mattress like the bed. We put him in his room last night and Bam!!!! He slept on his own, in his room, in his crib like a big boy and it was a great night!!! Now, this was after Jeremy and I checking to be sure the monitor was working 50 times and going in to check on him before falling asleep because we were scared he wasnt' breathing or something else horrible! He is so little to be out of our room and on his own and it was so scary and weird not having him in there, but hey it appears to be what he wanted. We will keep our fingers crossed that it continues to work and he continues to sleep well. :)


So Lucas thanks for a great month in which your dad and I have grown in more ways than I can count and have been challenged more than ever. You are truly a blessing to our lives and we can't even imagine all of the wonderful times and moments we have to look with you. Happy 1 month birthday!!

Snowpocalypse

Well Lucas here it is. The big one. There are more than 28 inches of snow outside. The biggest Storm that MD has ever seen. So needless to say we have some time to kill as we are all snowed in today. The only adventuring outside we have done is to take the dog out. This has been met with mixed results. Not only did I have to shovel a path for the dog as the snow is over his head. The snow is coming down so thick that I keep expecting to see out of the shadows a predator or maybe even an abominable snowman attacking me. This is one heck of a storm.

But it did help your loving parents to finally get started on a project that we had been talking about for quite some time. The creation of this blog ..... this will hopefully be something that one day when we are older you can look back on see all of the crazy things that we went through as you were growing up. Kind of like a digital baby book that hopefully will continue throughout your adolescence. This is a family project so both your mother and I will be posting... (once I show her how the site works). The duel purpose of this blog is also to share our adventures with family back in Pittsburgh who are not able to be a part of the day to day activities of our family. This is of course contingent upon Grandpa getting grandma a computer and then grandma figuring out how to use it. But If they can't figure it out they may have another option :)



Now that we have all of that out of way it brings us to how we are going to handle this first post. I think the best way to handle this is to bring you up to speed on that last three weeks. So lets start at the beginning the day before you were born... Your mother had a doctor appt that day. The doctor told us that you were still not ready to come out and that we could schedule and induction for a week later. Well needless to say you had other ideas and later that night you broke mommies water and got the process going. So off we go to the hospital and the next day you were born. This turned out to be the greatest day of our lives. It was the day we went from a couple to family and well things will never be the same.

The story was actually pretty crazy. After your mommy was in labor for 13 hours the decision was made that your huge pumpkin head was not going to allow you to get out of mommies small hips. So the only option at that point was a C section. This means well they were going to make a skylight in your little house and get you out that way... or Give you a womb with a view... :) Once the plan of action was decided it moved pretty quick and about 30 minutes later you were with us.... 8lbs 13oz and 21 inches of perfect baby. You and your mommy did a fantastic job and 3 days later we were home.

The last three weeks have been a crazy adjustment for all of us. We have gone from happy hours to conversations about poop color/texture and nipple soreness (your moms not yours) But in truth we wouldn't trade one second of it you are so freaking cool. You amaze us every day. I can't wait to see what you are going to do next. I am very much looking forward seeing you smile. That should be the next big milestone that we have. I can't wait for you to do it. Then we rolling over. After that from what I hear things are going to change pretty quick.



There is one thing however we are very worried about... you may have a horrible genetic defect... there is some thought that you may have... Ginger-Vitus. This sadly may have been passed on by me and my side of the family. But don't worry we don't know for sure and I have put your name on a ton of prayer chains.. If however it is determined that you have this awful problem I promise we will invest in tons of hats, long sleeve shirts and as much spf 100 that we can legally buy. Somehow we will learn as family to cope with the fact that the sun is you natural enemy. All right I hate to cut this first blog short but I plan on being active and well you are fussy with hiccups and typing while trying to console you is not going all that well. I love you and will talk to you soon.