Busy Saturday

Today Luke and I accompanied BOTH of my sisters in their hunt for the perfect wedding gown.  We went to Serendipity (the new place in White Plains) and David’s Bridal.  Bonnie is pretty sure she found “the one,” but Carrie still has some searching to do.  Luke was a complete angel and rolled right through his naptime with only a little fussing.  He gave his approval on a couple of the dresses :)  Then we went to the grocery store and came home to relax for about an hour before heading to Jason and Brittany’s.  Today is Brittany’s birthday and she bravely donated bone marrow to her Mom earlier this week, so she’s taking it easy and relaxing.  We brought dinner over from Ledo’s and then Brit’s sister Michelle and her family came over for cake made by her brother-in-law Jesse.  We stayed until way past Luke’s bedtime, so he crashed as soon as we got in the car.  Tomorrow morning is Tommy and Jason’s half marathon, so Tommy is in bed early tonight resting up to kick some butt tomorrow!

Luke… lay off the booze buddy!  Doesn’t he look drunk in this picture?!

Michelle holding Mason, Brittany holding Chase

Chase- 5 months old

Brit and Michelle

making a wish!

Jason and Brittany

Mason

Oh!  When Luke woke up last night (no luck in the sleeping through the night dept. last night) he was STANDING on the side of his  his crib!  It scared me so bad!  The crib was like up to his waist, so one little tip and he could have been on the floor!!  Needless to say, lowering the crib was definitely on Dad’s to do list today. 

It’s an early night in the Baldwin house tonight.  Tommy, Luke, and Krystal are all in bed and I’m watching While You Were Sleeping for the 100th time. 

Same Old, Same Old

Pretty sure this week was one of those crappy "auto pilot" ones where it just feels like I floated through it in a sleepy haze. Not sure what's up. Actually, I think I do know what's up. I'm so burned out from school and can't wait for it to be OVER!

Luke has some very stubborn teeth that are causing him alot of grief! His little gums are so swollen and he pretty much tries to put his whole hand in his mouth to gnaw on it. He's been feeling a little better the past couple of days, and slept through the night again last night. I think that makes four or five nights in the past two weeks. We're getting there!

On Wednesday I put some grapes in the freezer for a while in the little "safe feeder" mesh bag thing and let him chew on them. I know they were nice and cold and soothed his gums and he LOVED it. He went through about 6 grapes sucking the juice out. Shortly after he finished with the grapes I noticed a rash completely covering him except for his arms and legs. It was on his face a little bit, down his neck, and all over his chest and back. Small red bumps everywhere! Hundreds of them. He didn't seem bothered at all, and was really tired, so I put him down for a nap and kept an eye on him. It hadn't changed at all when he woke up so I called his doctor. I told her that he had grapes for the first time, but she didn't seem to think that was the cause. She said to just keep an eye on it and if he became ill or it got worse to call them in the morning. It was a little better in the morning, and is completely gone now except that his skin still feels rough, but do you guys have any idea what it could have been??

Here he is enjoying his grapes... which he may not ever have again because I'm freaking out about the rash!

Blog Party and a Visit with Girlfriends

Thanks ladies and babies for coming all the way down to my house for Saturday’s blogger party!  Maybe we’ll see you again when the pool is open?  I had a great time, and although Luke was a little fussy, he’s definitely getting better with crowds and noise. 

In a room full of toys one has a sock and one has a hanger…

The next great American Bromance?

We had some people over Saturday night for the fight to help eat some leftovers!!  Sunday we headed to my Mom’s to put together the crib she bought for Luke and all future grandchildren, and on the way stopped by Sarah and Brad’s to visit with the girls and give not-so-Baby Claire her quilt that I made her.  I made Claire a quilt because Sarah said that Katie (2 yrs, 7 mos) got about 7 homemade blankets and quilts when she was born and Claire (16 months) has none!  So, that became my mission for my first quilt. 

Katie giving Luke kisses

Claire with her quilt.  Poor baby has a little road rash on her face from a bad fall :(

Sarah and Becca with Katie, Luke, and Claire

Then, Luke swung for the first time!! 

I’m on the verge of being late for school so I have to end this one, but looking forward to a great weekend coming up with my best girl Morgan!  I’m sooo excited she’s finally coming home!!!

After a long day…

12 hours at school and a rainy drive home…

 

I quietly walk in the door…

 

walk down the hall…

 

sloooooowly and oh so quietly open the first door on the left…

 

and this makes my day…

He Did It!

He slept from 7-7 :)

Luke’s First Easter!

Luke got his very first Easter basket this morning!

he got his very first Tonka trucks.  They’re kind of soft for babies and he loves them!

he got a hold of the grass, of course

aaaand right in the mouth

Krystal, Tommy, and Luke

We headed to Aunt Dot’s this morning like we always do for Thanksgiving and Easter.  He got to spend time with his aunts and cousins and did really well.  He’s getting better and better with “crowds.”

and then Luke had his first Easter Egg Hunt!

He got an egg!

with his cousins Toby, Carter, Mikayla, and Anna

yesterday with his “Mommy thinks I’m a chick magnet” shirt on… and a comb over apparently?

After Aunt Dot’s we headed to Tommy’s Aunt Joanne’s to see his family, and then to his sister’s to visit with them.  The camera didn’t make it out for those outings, though :(  I think I did pretty well for the beginning of the day!

 

*Christ has died, CHRIST IS RISEN, Christ will come again!*

Crawling! Crawling?

I need you guys to be the judges.  I know this sounds like such a stupid question, but is he crawling?  I know it’s not the traditional hand over hand, but he’s definitely getting where he wants to be with his Dad and Grandma cheering him on.  Also, please disregard the fact that the “prize” Tommy speaks of is an electrical cord… it was the only thing he would get excited about.  It is soooo time to baby proof this house.

Luke is definitely sick. He's still in good spirits, except at night time when his sleep is interrupted.  He hasn’t been running a fever at all, but his cough is starting to make me think he might need to see the doctor.  The past two nights I've been actually getting him out of his crib to feed him when he wakes up and snuggling him for a while before I put him back down. I haven't done that in quite a while. Usually I just pop a bottle over the side of the crib, prop it up with a blanket, and change his diaper while he's drinking. When he's done drinking the blanket goes back over him, I whisper a quick I love you, and I'm out as fast as possible. So, we've been having some nice cuddly time like the old days.
Tommy was let off work early Thursday because he had a "dirty job" in the morning, and he decided to surprise me by painting the living room, which we've been trying to get around to. But, he called me rather breathlessly around 2 and asked me to come home from school to help him finish up. We got it all done and I'm too lazy to take and post a picture at the moment, but most of you will be seeing it in a week :)  So, while we didn't actually get to enjoy getting outside Thursday, it was nice to paint with sunshine and a cool breeze floating through the window.
I'm so excited to see my family on Easter and to give Luke his first Easter basket and put him in a cute outfit. Although this beautiful weather is kind of throwing my sweater vest plans off...
Our niece Krystal is going to be staying with us for a while, and she moved in last night so just got her settled in tonight and then watched New Moon. Team... I don't care! :) I read all of the books, and enjoyed them, but don't consider myself a "Twihard." Wait, is that what the fans are called? Or did I just make that up? It doesn't sound right. Haha, I think this week has taken its toll and I'm getting delirious.

Here’s some pictures of my man yesterday.