April Fool's

Well, we have quite the jokester on our hands. Lucas decided to play an April Fool's joke on Wally and I...he made us think for almost one week straight that he was sleeping through the night, and then last night he got us. He just fooled us into believing that we would be getting a full night's rest from now on!

Last night he woke up at 10:30 hysterically crying. This was not funny at all. Both Wally and I were really worried - we have never heard him cry like that before and there was nothing we could do to calm him for quite awhile. He finally took a couple of ounces from his bottle and fell back asleep. All we can think was that it was gas pains possibly...very scary though. Then he decided to wake up to say "hi" for a bit around 3:00. I was able to rock him back to sleep pretty easily. Then he woke at 5:15 and was not happy. He had his morning bottle and went back to sleep for another hour or so before having to get ready for the day.

Last night was just a joke right?!?! We will be back to sleeping through the night tonight, won't we??? Let's hope!

(P.S. Wally and I are fully aware that there will be nights like this, especially when he starts teething, and that is fine - sometimes I miss him in the middle of the night! But 6 nights in a row of 7 hours + of straight sleep for Wally and me was a wonderful feeling and he certainly had us fooled into believing it would continue on forever....LOL)

Here is a picture of how he started his little joke - sound asleep!

Tubby Time

Lucas loves his tubby time with Daddy! Those two are crazy in the bathroom - splishing and splashing around! I thought while Lucas was enjoying his bath with Dad tonight, I would share some pictures from last night's bath (along with a couple others).

I have tried rotating this picture a million times - it won't work - sorry!

3 Month Pics

Can you believe it??? Lucas is already 3 months old - well actually he is 3.5 months old now....time sure does fly! He is getting bigger and stronger and did I mention possibly sleeping through the night???? I don't want to jinx myself, but we are going on 2 nights in a row so it is promising (keep your fingers crossed). Here are a few of his 3 month pictures we had taken. He wasn't much in the mood that day - we got a couple of smirks out of him, but mostly he was just content and not being very smiley, but they are still super cute!

St. Patty's Day

Hi Everyone - I am trying to do some catch up now that I have loaded all of the pictures we have taken over the past month. Here are some St. Patty's Day ones.

New Happenings

As of yesterday, we have several new happenings going on........

1. I get to work from home on Fridays!!
2. Lucas laughed!!
3. Lucas slept from 8:45 PM-6:15 AM!! (and unfortunately woke up from a little coaxing from me (although he was starting to squirm a bit). He had to eat and get ready to go the sitter.)

Let's hope #2 and #3 continue on!!!!!!!!

Punky, Smiley, and Crabby Thursdays

Well the dreaded week arrived - Lucas started daycare on Monday! I was a mess, Lucas was a champ. There were lots of tears from me on Monday - both Wally and my mom can attest to that. I dropped Lucas off at Punky's (our sitter) about 7 and told them I would be calling and coming by on my lunch. Of course the morning report was good, then I went there about 12:15 and he was sleeping (boo!), but I was glad that he was napping there - I was afraid he wouldn't. I called in the afternoon and Lucas was, of course, still doing wonderfully. He ate, napped, pooped, played, tummy time, went into the other room for storytime with the toddlers and was just taking it all in (remember he is a people watcher). He seems to be doing great and I am very happy with Punky and the other teachers there. Lucas does get some "me" time with the teacher's too because on some days he is the only infant and the toddlers are napping so it is just him and Jamie or Punky usually. They hold him and really interact with him all day long! It didn't get any easier to drop him off every morning this week, but I knew that he was in good hands. He is a full, happy baby when we get home around 4:30. We play for a bit, he tells me about his day (he is "talking" so much!), and then he needs a little catnap (about 30 minutes). Bathtime begins about 7/7:30, bottle, book, and bedtime...that is our routine now. So far so good!

On Wednesday when I called in the afternoon to check on Lucas, Jamie told me that they call him "Smiley" because he is just so happy all the time! As I have told several people, that makes me so happy to know he is happy, but it breaks my heart at the same time knowing that they get to see his smiles all day long and I don't (I get my fair share at home at night though)!

Lucas wasn't a happy camper on Thursday morning when he had to get strapped in to his carseat for the ride to Punky's. He cried just about the whole way there (not a full out cry, but very whiny!). I tried talking to him, giving him his paci, singing to him - he wasn't up for any of it. So we get to the sitter's, and Jamie is there to greet us. She said "How is Smiley today?". I told her that he wasn't very happy and as I pull the blanket from over him, his eyes are all red and watery, but he wasn't crying anymore so that made me feel better about leaving (I couldn't leave if he was crying). When I called in the afternoon, Punky told me that she heard Lucas downstairs (her and her family basically "live" upstairs in her house as the whole downstairs is set-up as the daycare) crying in the morning (shortly after I left) so she went down there and told him that he can't be crabby for mommy in the morning. She told me that Lucas must have gotten the notice on Crabby Thursdays. Apparently, all the kids are crabby on Thursdays. She said there is always a lot of tattle tailing, "he/she looked at me funny", whining, etc. She doesn't know why, but that is how Thursdays go. So Lucas had his crabby day yesterday with everyone else too. I think next Thursday he will wear his Shed t-shirt ("Sometimes Crabby, Always Cute")

So we made it through week 1 (well almost, Friday is about half over). It's not easy, but Lucas and I will be ok - or should I say, I will be ok!

Update on pictures - I have lots to upload, but we are now having laptop issues at home (I think we have a virus), and we are still using my parent's camera since ours broke, and for some reason I am not able to upload the pictures to our desktop computer at home. Hopefully I will find a solution this weekend.

Mommy Moments

I'm sure those of you that are moms have had some "mommy moments". I have had my share over the past almost 3 months. I thought I would share a few with you (and only a few because the other part of being a mom for me is my memory is gone and I can't remember any other ones... These are just silly ones, luckily, mommy minds are equipped to never forget the really important stuff!

Mommmy Moment #1
This one is the most embarrassing for me and I can't believe I am actually posting it. It made me immediately question my mothering-ability. This one takes place at the pediatrician's office when Wally and I took Lucas to his first pedi appointment a few days after he was born. We were in the waiting room, and Lucas was sound asleep in his carrier. Wally asked me if I brought the diaper bag. I said "No, why would we need it? We are just going straight home after the appointment." He just shook his head at me. So we get called in by the nurse. We go into the exam room, and she asks us to strip Lucas down to his diaper. Luckily we had a blanket over the carrier that could be used to cover him (we would have had a receiving blanket though - in the diaper bag)...so we need to go down the hall to the big scale to weigh Lucas. I lay him on the table, and the nurse starts to take his diaper off to weigh him so that they can compare it to his birth weight. Well, of course, Lucas starts peeing! The nurse covers him with the diaper and said "Don't worry this happens all the time. Do you have another diaper?" I think my face turned red and Wally, again, shook his head at me (would have been nice if he would have asked about the diaper bag before going out the door). I had to tell her I didn't. The pedi had diapers but none small enough for Lucas so he had to have the wet diaper put back on. Oops...Lesson learned: ALWAYS carry the diaper bag with you!!

Mommy Moment #2
This one takes place at our house my first day back at work. After 8 hours of being away from Lucas, I can't get home fast enough from work. I am so excited to pull into the garage and go in the house to see him! The next morning, I am looking all over for my car keys. Not in the basket on the counter where I usually put them, not in my purse, not in my coat pocket. I think to myself "where else could they be?" Sure enough, they were still in the ignition...at least I turned the car off. I was just THAT excited to get inside to see my little guy! Lesson learned: if the keys can't be found, they are most likely still in the car!

Mommy Moment #3
We subscribe to Netflix. We have the package where we can only have 2 DVD's at a time. So I wanted to return one of the movies we had ("Into the Wild") so that I could have the "30 Day Shred" sent out to me (yes, I am going to do it...I did it once from Comcast OnDemand and thought it was great, but of course never did it again. I have been very lucky as the baby weight has pretty much just fallen off, but it is time to tone up!). Those of you that also subscribe to Netflix will know what I am talking about - I was at the mailbox, DVD in between my fingers, getting ready to drop it in when I realize I only have the DVD in the sleeve not in the envelope you have to send it back in - which is still at home. I don't know what would have happened if I had dropped it in (I'm sure nothing earth-shattering), and I don't know what made me stop myself. So needless to say, I will now have to wait one more day to start "the Shred".

Mommy Moment #4
This one takes place at work - Day #5 back. Mind you - I am exhausted...not a whole lot of sleep going on these days...I have to send a fax so I get out of my chair, papers in hand, and where do I end up....the bathroom! Lesson learned: You can't send faxes from the bathroom!

Hope you enjoyed!