On Sunday we lounged around and did a few things around the house. In the evening, we went to the Muldoon's house for a get together. Luke was a big hit and enjoyed being cuddled by everyone. On monday, after his morning nap, Luke and I hit the mall. We did some window shopping and took care of a few exchanges. Then we went to Macy's to use a gift card from Isolde. We went on what I thought was Luke's first elevator ride.
When we got home, Rick pointed out that we left the hospital via the elevator.... so Luke's second elevator ride!

I forgot to post, on Saturday at the beach, Luke rolled over from back to front for the first time! we all cheered!

Sept 28,2007

One year ago today, at 5:30AM Rick and I were 2 very excited people. I will spare you the details but the clebration may have included Rick beating his chest like an ape. At a more normal hour, we packed up the camper and headed up to Danforth Bay in NH. We had a great weekend camping. Our site was beautiful and right on the water. We enjoyed being outside and we did some kayaking and hiking.
On year ago today, Luke, we found out you were coming into our lives!

Aunty Beach Crafting Weekend and more

Wednesday - I met Rick and Luke in Lowell and we did the baby swap. Luke and I had Lunch with Deirdre and caught up. We had a nice time :) After we left lunch, we drove up to Nana and Papa's house just in time for dinner! Luke and I slept over there because Rick had to work all day on Thursday. So nana and papa got to hang out with Luke all day!
Thursday - I left nana and papa's bright and early while everyone was still sleeping. Nana and Papa had a great day with Luke, and he was very happy to be hanging out with them! They were very thorough babysitters and gave us a list of what happened all day long, including the time of the explosive poo Luke did. :) Rick went over the the afternoon after his meeting to get Luke and bring him back home.

Friday - After I got home from work Luke and I took a nap. It was a long nap that went right past Luke's bedtime, oops. He still slept great, thank god.

Saturday- ABC weekend! We left the house early to head to the beach. We picked up Grandma on the way there. Luke got to hang out with Great-grammy

and Aunty Sarahhave play time with Aunty Stacy who came all the way from Florida

do tummy time with Aunty Deeand be silly with Aunty Erin

We had a great time and Luke was very tired when we headed home.

One year ago tomorrow was a big day.....

Daddy Day-Care again.....

Well it's Tuesday again....you know what that means....Daddy and Luke have a fun filled day together! We went to see his cousins of course and Aunt Michelle. Had lunch there, and went for a nice long walk. It was very warm and sunny out.

~~A kiss for Luke from his cousin Christopher ~~
Then it was off to Nana's for some Great-Grandparent time and dinner mmmmmm!

And something I never thought I'd see......grown-adults fighting over a baby!

Looks like Papa won!

Another great day...

Lake weekend

On Sunday morning we woke up at the lake after driving up on saturday night. Luke did some tummy time while I drank a cup of coffe. Since we re-arranged the living room at the camp, I can see the lake from my seat now. Luke can't - he's too short. :) Then we hung around outside in the yard and walked down to the water.
Then we went inside and got dressed and had some playtime on our bed. We got Luke dressed in his Patriots gear for the game.
Mom and Luke had on matching socks for the game! It didn't bring any extra luck to the players though :(
Hi Mom!
Then Aunty Michelle, Uncle Ken, Chirstopher and Ava arrived! We hung around for a bit inside And took some picturesand the babies sat next to each other.Then everyone went out on the jet skiis (except Ava and Luke of course!) Christopher went once with Uncle RickyOnce with his dad, and then another time with his mom and dad. He fell asleep on the jet ski that time as it was the end of a long day and he was very tired!Luke was exhausted when everyone left too and fell right to sleep on the couch. On Monday morning when we got up, it was pretty chilly out. We bundled up Luke and went out in the yard. He loves his jacket with ears and loves to be outside. We made a fire and then enjoyed lunch outside.
Before we left Maine, we went for a little walk at one of the area parks along the river. It turned out to be a beautiful day!

Saturday

Saturday morning Luke and Mom got up and played for a bit. Luke was in a great mood as usual and he did some tummy time.
Then he took a bath (with some strategically placed sunlight :) ) We are going to need to look into a different bathtub as he is getting too long for it! We went to the grocery store and to the bank (where the teller offered Luke a lollipop). We nicely declined the candy and took care of our banking business. Later on saturday evening, aunty dee and uncle john came over for dinner!
Dee even got John to hold Luke after dinner. Luke loved all of the attention! :)

We had a great dinner and a yummy apple pie, that was still warm from the oven for dessert. Aunty Dee makes good pies!

Past few days

Thursday - Rick and Luke went to hang out with Aunty Michelle and cousins Ava and Christopher. The babies had fun hanging out together.













Christopher had a blast hanging out in Uncle Ricky's boat and pretending to drive it. good news is that Ken helped Rick figure out what was wrong with the boat, and hopefully it will be up and running for next summer!








FRIDAY- On Friday, Rick and Luke sold one of our many campers (Yeah!) and then went over to Nana and Papa's house. Luke got to stay and hang out there while Rick went off to work. When I got out of work and got there, Papa and Luke were nicely cuddled up in the recliner. They had a fun day of playing and napping. Nana fed me some dinner before we headed home. No camera today, but I assure you that Papa and Luke were very cute together :) Both Nana and Papa make Luke smile a lot!

Luke meets Sebastien!

Baby Sebastien Masse was born on Tuesday 8-16-08! He was 8 pounds 12 ounces and 20.5 inches long - even bigger than Luke was! Rick went over to the hospital today with Luke for a visit.

Luke got to meet his new friend and hang out with the new mommy and daddy! Crazy to think Luke was that little only 3 months ago!

Today was Luke's 3 month birthday and he had an eventful day. After Luke and Rick left the hospital, they came over to my work and he hung out with the girls for a few minutes. Then we headed back towards home, but we decided to take a detour to the mall. Luke and I spent a bit there and got some errands done. Then when we got home, we had some playtime, and a few outfit changes due to some massive spit-ups. When Rick got home from work the 3 of us went for a walk and enjoyed a nice night.

clarification and contest

Clarification: Luke has 2 cousins named Ava(h). 1 is AVA - she was born on the same day as Luke, thus is a baby. Other cousin AVAH just turned 2. Sorry for any confusion :)

Contest: Manda suggested giving captions for this photo (which is hillarios). Please leave it in a comment.

My sister couldn't post hers so here it is-

Rick saying: "Luke, it's time for me to dress you!"

Past few days

Yeah! We got our first two comments! The winner is Jess (aka Luz). I dont know what you win, but you were our very first comment. :) Our second comment comes all the way from Hong Kong from Erica :)

On Saturday we got up and played with Luke for a bit. Then Dad got him ready and drove him over to Grandma and Grandpa's house. Luke helped Grandma make applesauce and do some other canning. Grandpa tired to teach him how to weed the garden, but Luke decided drooling was more fun.

Oh- while Luke was gone, I cleaned the whole house. Fun day :)

I went to get Luke in the afternoon and brought him back home to meet Amy and Heather. I speaced out on taking pics of them and Luke :( Luke wore his outfit that Heather brought over for him on Sunday to watch the Pats game! Our routine seems to be working as the Pats are 2-0.
After Amy and Heather left we went back to Grandma and Grandpa's for dinner. Cousin Avah was over for the night too. We all had a nice dinner together. Avah and Grandma gave Luke a bottle before we left for camp. She did a great job feeding him and being gentle with her little cousin. Luke was tired and slept the whole way up to camp and then til almost 7am :)






Sunday we got up and it was raining so we went out to breakfast in town. Everyone at the diner was smiling at Luke. There was a life size poster cut-out of David Ortiz there that I wanted to take a picture of Luke with, but I forgot the camera :( 2 missed photo oportunities in 2 days!
When we got back to the house, Luke and I lounged around and watched football and played on our bellies. Well, he did, I watched. Rick cut down some branches and did yard work in the rain. Then it was game-time and Luke slept through most of the Pats game. After the game it was bed-time for Luke and we had dinner (left overs from the night before at Grandma and Grandpa's and corn from their garden - yum!).




(side note - this picture was taken after a diaper change. We usually play on the changing table a bit afterwards. He looks way more scared than he was and I swear he was having fun)




Today we hung around at the house and on the water, then we went for a long walk. They are letting water out of the lake because it's been so high, so we walked down to the dam and looked at the raging water.

Thanks Manda!!

Thanks to Manda (computer-genius extraordinaire!) for pimping out our blog page!! We love it and hope that all our readers do too :)

Luke came down to my work today with Rick, so Rick could get to his appointment a bit earlier. Luke and I did some paperwork and then did our offices payroll. Luke was less than impressed with the amount of paperwork required :) He did, however, enjoy hanging out with the girls at the office.

His sleep schedule has been less than ideal the past week, but I am hoping he is just in a growth spurt. He has been waking up at midnight to eat and then at some point again between 3:30 and 5. The 3:30's are not fun!

cousins

I had to post another pic of Luke and Ava together because they are so cute :)

Work is going well for me, and while I am gone Rick and Luke are doing great together. We all seem to be into a great routine and so far, so good! I look forward to the weekends a lot more than I used to, when I get to spend more time with him :)

We went out yesterday afternoon when i got home from work and did some errands. We went to Walmart to pick up a few things then headed over to the mall. We cruised around the mall for a bit and did some window shopping :) Then we went for a walk around the neighborhood bedfore bed. Luke loves being outside!

Tuesday after work, I spaced out and forgot to get on 93 north coming home :( I stayed on 495 South and ended up in Lowell... oops! I won't do that again!