Back to Work

Today marked the first day of Tommy going to daycare.  I went back to work for a half day on Friday and Andrew got to have some father-son bonding time.  But today Tommy spent a half day in daycare.  Everyone said it would be harder on me than it would be on him.  Well EVERYONE, you were right.  Do you feel better now, EVERYONE? :)

I really had good feelings about it all last week so I didn't think I'd do too bad.  But I didn't even make it out of our neighborhood before I started thinking too much about it and tearing up while driving down the road.  I quickly regained composure and again thought I'd be okay. 

Nope. 

Look at that look.  I was about to leave.  Right before I took this picture, he stuck his bottom lip out.  I lost it.  He sticks his bottom lip out when he's about to cry.  But instead this time it was mommy who cried.  But he was fine.  He was smiling and happy. 

They put up a welcome sign for the newbie!

My absolute first thought was FRESH MEAT! But then I remembered that babies can't yell "fresh meat" nor have they ever seen Shawshank Redemption so Tommy would be just fine. 

I swear it was like I was moving him in to that place with all the stuff I had to bring.  Three outfits, blankets, diapers, wipes, a mobile, four bottles of milk, a pacifier, and a bunch of puppets doing karate (why karate? because you know, when someone calls Miss Piggy fat and she gets mad and goes HIIII-YAAH!).  Sorry I had to throw in the Stefan reference. 

Oh yeah, and we had to make a collage with pictures of his family for him to look at in his crib.  It was just like being back in college.  I waited until 11 o'clock last night to make it. 
Putting that aside, I think I did a decent job?

He'll remember us right? :-) There was a lot of pressure because the director was making fun of someone else's collage saying they put a picture of mom, dad and a flower.  I was like "What's wrong with that????"

So tomorrow is day 2.  Andrew is gone and I have to pack up all the crap by myself.  Luckily there's way less stuff to take since he's technically moved in now.  I'm doing half days all week and then next week I'm back to full time. 

Side note: I thought it was funny that my office was in the same exact condition I left it in.  It was like it was preserved kinda. :)  My date stamp even had the last date I was there. 

Awww, such a memorable day suffering through minor contractions during my committee meeting. Haha!

Hopefully Tommy naps better at daycare tomorrow.  He slept for about 20 minutes today.  He was in a foul mood all night because of the lack of sleep.  Poor baby.  Hopefully he'll do better tomorrow.  Wish us luck!

Wyatt's Baptism Weekend

Wyatt Wayne (or W2 as the Thornburgs sometimes call him) was baptized this weekend.  Andrew was asked to be his godfather and he gladly accepted the honor.  He was baptized at St. Tom's in West Lafayette which has special meaning for us because that's where we did our Pre Cana.  The same woman who did our Pre Cana does baptisms too I guess. 

Well anyway, back to the story of our weekend-- it's Road Trip Time!
Tommy is not very fond of his car seat which is just awful.  He just cries and cries. He used to cry himself to sleep but he didn't this time. The only thing that would calm him down was if I would blow on his face. 

Annnddd that made me a little dizzy but hey, he slept! Thank goodness!

We also stopped at Culver's where Tommy hung out and tried to pick up chicks...

On to the baptism...

I love this picture.  So cute!

Wyatt really enjoyed the ceremony.  I mean, seriously, churches have so much stuff to climb on! Here's Wyatt with Grandpa Kevin, or as my brother knows him: the Mayor of Munchkin Land. 

He's about to be anointed with the oils. (Hey at least they don't use butter anymore.)  Father (?? didn't catch his name) did a great job and explained the back story to all the traditions and why they do the things they do.  It was interesting to hear the hows and the whys. 

Godfather and godson waiting for the holy water. 

Almost Dunkin' Time!

He's in!

Time to dry off.  Definitely not as fun as a bath but it wasn't too bad. 

Tommy made it through the ceremony but quickly conked out shortly after. 

We went to Nine Irish Bros afterward but Tommy didn't last long there.  (Yes, Tommy got to go into his first BAR! Yay!)
So promptly made our way back to Grandma and Grandpa's house where we had a quick photo shoot before making our way back to South Bend.

Grandma got him a new hat. Look at that chubster!

When did he fill out? Like an hour ago? I seriously missed it.  Look at those cheeks!

And that belly! When did that happen? He's changing before our eyes!

We also put him in his new outfit from Aunt Erin so Andrew can have a new facebook picture. 

What a big boy!

Tummy time for our little M&M. 

My favorite picture from the weekend:

Sleepy boys.

He likes it! T.Mikey likes it!

Stop a baby from crying? There's an app for that.

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The Many Faces of Tommy T

Look at that kid! Happy as can be, stuck in the couch...



Another picture from the Hipstamatic app. Love that thing.




Tommy!!! That's naughty! Control those fingers!



I think he just smelled his own diaper...


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Sleepy Boy

The lack of day time sleeping that this boy does has finally caught up with him.


Sleeping babies are just the sweetest thing.



He fell asleep playing in his activity mat.


He fell asleep once I put a pacifier in his mouth.


I used my Hipstamatic app for this picture. Aww poor kid with the scratch on his nose.

Hopefully he gets better at napping in the future. Nighttime fussiness is no fun!


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Naked Baby!

 Poor boy cut his forehead and nose last night because his nails are too sharp, I guess.  Ouchie. 

But you wouldn't know it from looking at him.  Such a happy boy!

Thomas the Musical Genius

Tommy is learning quickly...

Tommy has Visitors!

This weekend Kevin, Diane and Jack drove all the way up from Indy to see us.  Tommy got to play with Jack who is 15 months old-ish.  They were fast friends.  It's amazing how Baby Einstein brings kids together. 

Look at how much fun they are having!

Lots of leg kicking going on there.

 Then they decided to expand their family to four by stealing our baby. Ha! Just kidding of course! 

But they are expecting a child in about 7 weeks.  Pretty soon they will be a family of four with a little girl.  Aww! Look at Diane! You can't even tell she's going to have a baby soon! Crazy!

You can tell Andrew was the one taking the pictures all weekend.  I had to post this picture because I got a new sweater, and it wasn't from Target!!  This is breaking news in my life.  Seriously. Very excited. 

Then on Sunday, we had a house full of Thornburgs! Gram, Pop, Erin and Doug came over to watch the Purdue game. 

Here you can see Tom and Tommy in Purdue gear!

Here are Tommy and Aunt Erin cussing the refs.  Aww, he looks cute even when perturbed. :)

And Purdue won! Great weekend!

Rockin' the iPad

There are tons of apps you can get for babies. We got this awhile ago but recently discovered that Tommy likes it. It's the Baby Piano app.

He's a musical genius!!
And we are silly yuppies.
:-)

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Unsolved Baby Mysteries

We leave Thomas the Tank alone for one second, come back and we have a mystery on our hands.  

 We put these incredibly cute Converse one-star socks on the little guy. 

We come back a minute later and he had somehow kicked his sock off.  

Now, he has kicked his socks off before.  It's not a big deal.  But how did it end up all the way on the opposite side of his body??? Did he pull it off? Did he kick it all the way over there? We are baffled. 

 He says, "Oooohh, you'll never know!!" 

"Heh heh heh..."