Happy Halloween!

For Luke's first Halloween we went trick or treating with the Jacksons.

Here is a group shot of all the ghouls!

Ben: Evil Pirate

Colin: Creepy old man

Patrick: Robot

Luke: Pumpkin

Our little Pumpkin however was not a ghoul.

The Schneiders first Halloween.

I'm a terrible blogger...

Mom and Jon had us up to Munds Park twice in October. We all had a great time. We went for walks, went night elk seeking, drove into town (Flagstaff), played mexican train, lounged around in our PJ's all day, had a bar-b-que and lots of other things! We even got to go see the Foster's cabin when Mike, Suzanne and the Schneiders were up for a visit. Here are a few pictures from our trip. Lots more can been seen on our picasa web albums!
Luke and Mommy trying to win at mexican train.
Luke and Mommy napping.

A family picture.
Papa Jon sending Luke into a milk coma.

My Secret Weapon

It turns out Luke is a lot like his Dad and not just in physical appearance. Luke is proving to be a bit of a night owl. I however am not a night owl or a morning person these days. I tend to prefer "normal" sleeping hours and with Luke's new awake hours of 9pm to 2am I've had to try out some new techniques to calming the beast. On several occasions Luke has near instantly calmed down and gone to sleep listening to the sweet sounds of Cyndi Lauper's Time after Time. When Cindy doesn't cut it a little vacuuming at 4am seems to do the trick as well!

Pictures!

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Luke Timeline

Positive pregnancy test~ January 16, 2007

First trip to the ER~January 21, 2007 Fainting at work!

First OB appointment~ February 6, 2007

First time hearing the heartbeat~March 6, 2007

First time feeling the baby kick~March 26, 2007

Finding out the sex~ April 3, 2007

Picking out a first name~ April 3, 2007

Bought a Mom and Dad car~ April 10, 2007

First trip to OB Triage~April 14, 2007 Falling at work!

Luke's first cousin on his moms side is born~

~Adeline Emma Jackson~May 18,2007

Rob feels Luke for the first time~ May 21, 2007

Luke has the hiccups~ May 29, 2007

You can see my tummy move with kicks & hiccups~ May 29, 2007

Second trip to OBT~First admit to L&D~ June 13, 2007

Luke weighs in at 2lbs 5ozs~ June 14, 2007

Discharged home~ June 17, 2007

Third trip to OBT~Second admit to L&D~July 8, 2007

Luke weighs in at 3lbs 5ozs~ July 9, 2007

Discharged home~ July 15, 2007

Forth trip to OBT~Third admit to L&D~ August 1, 2007

Luke weighs in at 5lbs 4ozs~ August 1, 2007

Discharged home~ August 5, 2007

First non-doctor appointment outing~ August 10, 2007

Luke's Room~painting in progress~ August 11, 2007

First baby shower~ given by Becky~ August 15, 2007

Second baby shower~given by Ambrey~ August 22, 2007

Rob's third knee surgery~ August 27, 2007

Terb pump is turned off~2:10pm September 1, 2007

Contractions start~10pm September 1, 2007

Luke Robert Schneider is born~2:33am September 2, 2007

Luke and Mommy home, Luke 6 lbs 14 ozs~ September 5, 2007

First doctors appt, 7 lbs 4 ozs~ September 7, 2007

Luke's cord falls off~ September 9, 2007

Luke's cousin Cate is born~September 12, 2007

First funny diaper changing story~September 12, 2007

Second doctors appt, 7 lbs 10 ozs~ September 14, 2007

Mommy and Daddy first night out~September 20, 2007

Aunt Katie here to meet Luke~ September 21, 2007

Luke and Cate finally meet!

Rob, Luke and I had a big outing this afternoon. We packed up the whole gang and went to meet baby Cate! What a darling baby and such a good little sleeper. Even for Luke and Cate's photo op she slept through the whole thing. Luke and Cate are only 10 days apart and look at the difference in size. I'm sure Luke will pass her by real soon!

Loving every minute of it!

First snuggle with Daddy
First time Mommy got to see Luke.
First family picture.

As you can imagine it's been a little harder to work on the blog! I hear little Luke stirring from his nap right now so a nap for me is out of the question. So I thought I would post some overdue pictures.

Things have been going great here at the Schneider house. Luke sleeps most of the day only waking to eat every three hours or so. Our nights have been a little bit harder but really nothing to complain about. Luke had his circumcision done on Friday and has been a little cranky the past few days. Can you blame him?

Rob has come down with the body aches and has been sleeping near as much as Luke. Even though he is still quite a bit gimpy his help now that he is under the weather is greatly missed!

I'm finally starting to feel more and more like myself. I was given the ok to drive. My first outing actually brought tears to my eyes. I've never felt so fortunate for what I have, ever.

Both of our families have been more than amazing. My mom brought the three of us home from the hospital (a story for later) and stayed with us for six whole days! What a godsend she was. Once Mom left it didn't take long for the house to fall apart but I'm happy to say the downstairs is back to normal. The hurricane is still in effect upstairs. My Dad and Kelly have been great as well. From painting the babies room, refinishing the changing table and bassinet to giving lessons and constant advice on working a breast pump. Jon and Linda have been wonderful as well. With three grandchildren to juggle they always seem to make time for everyone. As well as a standing offer for taxi service and errand running.

Thanks again to everyone. We wouldn't have been able to make it with such ease these first two weeks without all of you!

In other baby news:

Mike and Suzanne finally welcomed Baby Cate to the family on September 12, 2007 at 11:21am. A little butterball she was weighing in at 8 pounds 6.2 ounces and 21.5 inches long. Rumor has it that Suzanne was amazing in the delivery. Not that this is at all a surprise. All are home and doing great.

A belated birthday shout out:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLIN!!

Your sister must be getting old...forgetting birthdays already.