A Little Nap

Taking a nap on Grandpa

Entertaining Nana and Grandpa

After going back to the doctor this morning Luke was still pretty puny. He seemed to brighten up this afternoon just in time to go to the Troutt's for Thanksgiving. He did really well and even enjoyed some turkey and a dinner roll. It is amazing how much one little person can entertain everyone. All weekend people have said "what did we do before Luke?" It's true; he is so fun to watch.

Paul made the observation Wednesday night that Luke has been sick on basically all major holidays since he was born. We got to talking about it and he is right. So, we put a special request in with Dr. P today that Luke not be sick for Christmas! We just hope and pray he gets over this respiratory virus and will feel better soon!

Football

We spent yesterday swapping Luke between us. He did not want to be put down and we were trying to get some Christmas decorating done. He has still been pitiful. The breathing treatments have not seemed to help at all. We decided last night that if he was not any better this morning we were taking him back to the doctor. He has been so sleepy and whiny. He is hoarse so he can not even cry. It is so sad. This is by far the worst he has ever been. Luckily, Dr. Patterson was in the office today so we could get her opinion. She did blood work and swabbed his nose for RSV. He does not have RSV, yeah! His white count is fine. It is definitely some type of respiratory virus. She says some kids always get ear infections but Luke gets respiratory infections. I think we can thank daddy for that.

Unfortunately there was not really anything else she could do for him. He does not need antibiotics. It basically has to "run its course". She said if the breathing treatments do not seem to be helping him then do not do it. We did not give him one tonight before he went to bed so we will see how he does.

I took these pictures yesterday. Luke loves to stand in the living room window. There were some people playing football in the street. He was tapping on the window and waving to them. It was too cute!!!

Look At Me!

Even though Luke has not been feeling good at all the past few days he has had a few happy moments. One thing he has started doing is crawling up in the dishwasher! If the door is open he makes a beeline for it! He loves to stand up and roll the racks in and out. Paul assures me the door is sturdy enough and will not break. Let's hope so!

More Thanksgiving

All the grand kids, grand kids-in-law and
the only great grandbaby.

Cousin Thomas with Lukey

Nanny and Luke.

We had a good time for Thanksgiving at Nonna's house. It was so nice to not have to worry about getting our house ready and the food cooked like we had planned. It definitely worked out better this way. Luke was pretty puny all day until we got there. He perked up and did really well, smiling and showing off for everyone.

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! We all have so much to be thankful for. We have planned to host my family for Thanksgiving for about 2 months now. Well, Luke woke up sick Tuesday and wasn't any better by yesterday so Paul took him to the doctor. He has a virus. He has also had a chronic cough since he was a little baby. The doctor recommended him to have breathing treatments at home up to every 4 hours until Sunday. After that he will receive a daily breathing treatment for the next six months. This will hopefully prevent him from developing asthma. Paul had asthma as a child and our pediatrician has told us in the past it was highly likely that Luke would have it, too. We just hope these treatments will help him from being officially diagnosed. He does not like the treatments at all so it is difficult for Paul and I to give them, but we know it helps him so much.

My Mom graciously offered to have everyone come to her house in case Luke wasn't feeling any better by this afternoon. So, we were able to relax last night and spend time with Luke instead of running around cleaning and cooking. Thanks, Mom! Luke seems to be getting back to his old self today. He is also on a liquid steroid until Sunday. The doctor said he should definitely be feeling a lot better within 48 hours of the medicine. Hope everyone has a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Weekend Get Away

Well, Paul and I are going in to uncharted territory this weekend. We are leaving Luke overnight for the first time. We are heading to Gatlinburg for a much needed weekend away with good friends. Nana and Nonna are splitting the Lukester duty 50/50. I know we will miss him terribly and call often but we know it will be good for us to get away and good for Luke to spend some quality time with the grandparents. We will post pictures when we get back! Happy Weekend to all!

Me and Lukey

I know I have mentioned several times before that I have the best husband in the world! I have had a very busy few days. I worked late Thursday night, went scrapbooking Friday night and helped host a baby shower Saturday morning. So, to say the least Paul and Luke had lots of quality time! When I finished with the shower we took Luke to Nonna's so Paul and I could go to Christmas Village. I felt like I hadn't seen my Lukey in forever! When we got home last night we gave Luke a bath, put him in some new fuzzy pj's and he and I hung out before bedtime. I love my little fella!

Baby Jake's Shower

Amy, Me, Angela, Audrey and Jessica

The decorations were beautiful!

Jessica checking the beverage table

Amy keeping things straight in the kitchen

This weekend has been a whirlwind! But, by far the highlight has been helping host a baby brunch for my friend Angela. She has been on light duty the majority of her pregnancy so we had the shower at her house which worked perfect. There was a wonderful turnout and I had fun helping with everything. We can't wait for little Jake Ryan to get here in January!

Bonfire, Hayride

Trying to stay warm...

Taking a nap on Cam

The newly engaged couple...Audrey and Jason!

The "Big" boys....Connor, Cade and Eli

Too much fun...

Rico helping the kiddos decorate their
pumpkins

So we finally got a new camera and were able to retrieve the pictures from our bonfire and hayride in October. The weather was really nice. We had a good time. Luke napped a lot which was nice. I had to work that morning so Paul did most of the preparations, with Luke's help, of course! We plan to keep our bonfire an annual tradition as long as people seem to enjoy themselves and keep coming back!

A Little Early

Let me help Mom...

This is more fun!

Ok, so I know it is early for Christmas trees....but anyone who knows Paul should realize we have been listening to Christmas music since before Halloween! We decided to put Luke's tree up this morning before church. Hey, when you are up at 6 o'clock on a Sunday morning what else can you do?!?! Luke had a great time playing with all the paper and trying to get to the ornaments. We are so excited about our first Christmas with Luke! We know he will be in to everything but it will be fun!

Catching Up

Look at me!

We have been out of the blogosphere lately. The week started with Paul and I both getting a stomach bug. We then passed it on to Nonna. Luckily Luke never got it, but Paul and I both came home from work early Monday and stayed in the bed until Paul went to get Luke from daycare. The rest of the week went by in a blur. My employer, Sumner Regional, laid off over 90 employees and reduced the hours of two dozen more. Fortunately I was not in that group. However, it has been really hard seeing so many people lose their jobs especially with the economy the way it is.

We planned to get a new camera this weekend but just didn't quite get around to it. So, the quality of our pictures is a little off. Luke is cruising around the furniture all the time now. This has meant many more bumps and bruises. He seems to take them all in stride. His latest thing is not wanting to take a nap in his bed. So, for him to nap he likes to be in the car riding or sleeping on someone. He fell asleep on Grandpa yesterday for almost two hours. I don't think Grandpa minded at all!

Halloween

Family photo op

Nonna and Luke

Ready to go!

Nana and Luke

Luke's first Halloween was a lot of fun. Paul and I both left work a little early to get him ready. We went to Memaw's in Gallatin to see Nana, Grandpa and Memaw. Kitty had a bad cold so she didn't want to be around Luke. Kitty celebrated her 93rd birthday on the 30th! We had fun at Memaw's. Luke got to open some Halloween presents and play. We got back to our house about 6:00 and Nonna came over to see us. She thought Luke was too cute! I answered the door for all of the trick-or-treaters. We had a lot of them! Luke seemed to take it all in. He was really tired after his big day and was in bed by 7:30.