Meeting Santa

Who would have ever guessed that Santa would show up at Great Grammie and Papas house! Every year just before Christmas we go to Great Grammie and Papas house for a Christmas party and this year was no different. You were dressed so cute in your little red Baby Gap outfit fit for the holidays. We were all hanging out visiting in the front room while the children played with the train that went around the big beautiful tree when a loud knock on the door caught every ones attention. We were all shocked to find SANTA at the door! Santa came inside and talked to all the children and asked them what they wanted for Christmas. Each one sat on his lap and whispered in his ear what they wanted this year. Mommy was a little nervous that you might not find sitting on Santa's lap much fun but you did great! You sat just long enough for several pictures to be taken and you only cried a little when you'd had enough.
You were even a good sport and squeezed into a Santa outfit to have a few more pictures taken! And I mean squeezed!

Your First Christmas Tree

It took Mommy and Daddy a little while to get out and find a Christmas tree but once we finally did what a fun day it was! We packed you up in the baby Bjorn, your favorite mode of transportation and went off in search of the perfect tree. It didn't take long before we found your first tree. It was prefect! Nice and tall, fat and very green. Uncle Matt even commented that it looked fake! But it wasn't. We tied it to the roof of the car and took it home. Once inside the smell of Christmas filled the house. You watched very closely as Daddy put on all the beautiful white lights and cooed and talked to the tree while Sakai promptly began to eat it!


Not the best picture but here it is!

Your first ornament was this little solider from Nana and Papa E.

Christmas Came Early

Since Nana and Papa Eschinger are going to London this year for Christmas we celebrated a little early! Your favorite gift was your giggling cow. It dances and plays music which really seemed to catch your attention. You also got a very neat ball that lights up, changes colors and plays different sounds and songs. You are just starting to pay attention to toys and Nana and Papa got you some great ones to start out with! You also got your first Christmas tree ornament, a little solider. As soon as we pick out a tree it will go on up top for everyone to see. As usual you were a great boy all night. You can see from this picture that your beautiful dark baby hair is starting to fall out. We are all anxious to see what will grow in it's place. Be it dark or blonde you will always be adorable!

Inspiration

I've been inspired to change up the blog a little bit. From now on instead of writing the blog to you the readers I'm going to write to Luke. I've been printing off the entire blog as an addition to Luke's baby book and it just seems fitting to write to him now. Continue to enjoy and follow along as Luke grows so big!

Three Months already

It seems like just yesterday he was 7 pounds of little baby boy and now he's 16+ pounds of a huge baby boy! How time flys. Luke is doing great. We hate to comment for fear of jinxing ourselves but he is the best baby ever! Luke now sleeps 10 hours a night and gets a few naps in during the day. Sometimes we luck out and he takes a 3 hour morning nap! His awake hours are spent smiling, cooing and kicking up a storm. He is such a joy! With all this sleeping he is getting he is far less grumpy when he is awake. He continues to eat like a champ, love bath time and is mesmerized by the TV....something about that football!

Who knew Luke loved football!

I was hoping that Luke would be a Greys Anatomy fan but it turns out he loves to watch football. We were testing out Luke's new bouncy seat and he seemed to be more impressed with the Patriots than the monkey and frog!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Luke's first Thanksgiving was spent with Nana and Papa Eschinger, Mommy and Daddy and Aunt Ambrey. Good food and fun was had by all! We were sorry to not have the time (or energy) to go visit the Schneiders or Jacksons. We are so thankful this year to have such a happy and healthy baby boy, a knee that is on the mend and a bimonthly paycheck! Life is slowly returning to normal and we love it.