Jump Around Part Deux

We tried the Johnny Jump Up again tonight.


He likes it! It's more like a Johnny-Sit-and-Be-Cute for him right now.



Or maybe it's a Johnny-Tip-Toes...



Or a Johnny-Soaked-With-Saliva...

Actually I think it's a Johnny-Ear-of-Corn...


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New Experiences

Tommy got to try some new things today. At daycare he fingerpainted a four leaf clover for St Patrick's Day.


Such an artist already!


He also got to rock his newest outfit from Baby Gap.


We picked this outfit because it had a marmot on it. (Baby Gap caters toward The Big Lebowski crowd).

He went for a stroller ride outside.


But instead of marveling at the wonder of the great outdoors, he decided he would rather eat the socks on his hands. (Do they even make baby mittens? I'm sure they do. But we've got tons of socks! Why not use 'em?)

We are told this is the perfect age to experience textures so we let him cop a feel on some tree bark.


He is not amused.


Oh wait, now he is!


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He's Pooped!

Literally.


This is not the outfit I put him in this morning. Tommy had his first blowout at daycare!! Milestone!
Someone else had to clean it up. That's kinda nice.


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Jump Around

Tommy has other ideas for the Johnny Jump Up.


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The First Week

We survived our first week of Day Care.  I can't believe it's already over. Tommy seems to be really enjoying it now.  He was a little unsure at first but now he gets excited when I carry him in.  I think it's all the cool toys.
He's fully acclimated now with his little picture on his crib.  Such a photogenic little man.

That picture was taken on his first day.  He doesn't look so sure about things.

He's making friends.  Or I guess I should say, I'm getting to know all his roommates.  First there's Baby Bully.  She has a ridiculously long girly name for such a little stinker.  She is known for stealing other babies pacifiers and trying to climb into Tommy's carseat.  She always smiles and waves bye bye when I walk in the door.  I think she's secretly planning a Baby Revolt.

Then there's Sumo Baby.  She is the seriously the biggest baby I've ever seen.  Rolls upon rolls upon rolls.  She sits and just rocks back and forth.  The teacher will say "Are you rocking?" Sumo Baby will shake her head no and keep rocking.

Those are the only two I've gotten to know so far.

The teachers have really taken a liking to Tommy, I think.  I snuck in quietly one day last week to pick up Tommy.  I didn't want to wake up any sleeping babies (since Tommy took care of that on his first visit).  Miss J (no not the one from Top Model) was changing Tommy's diaper and singing to him.  The words are below and they are sung to the tune of Happy Birthday.

I'm gonna wii-iiipe yo' butt, I'm gonna wii-iiipe yo' butt.
Gotta wipe off the stiii-iink, so your butt won't be pink!

That absolutely cracked me up. He was cooing and talking back to her.  So cute.

Every day I get abnormally excited to go pick him up.  I love our little mirror for the car so I can see what he's up to while driving. Most of the time he's trying figure out how to get the buckles undone so he can escape and join the Baby Revolt.

He also gets a report card every day too.  On this day, he got an A+ in bowel movements.  It also tells me what kind of mood he's going to be in that night.  No naps=Cranky Pants.

Like for instance Saturday, he didn't nap all day.  So he either looked like this above, or he was balls to the wall screaming.  Fun times!

This week Tommy will be at day care full time.  There was a boy there this morning that I haven't seen before.  He was on Spring Break last week in Mexico.  Apparently he's very loud.  Can't wait to get to know Loud Baby and all the crazy partying he did in Cancun. :)  Stay tuned for more...

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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