10 weeks old!!

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Luke had a great 10th week of life!! He is still sleeping through the night, and he loves to get out of the house and shop--just like his mom and dad.

This past weekend, we had fun with some of our friends. Rhonda and Will have a 5 month old little girl named Madeline. Shannon and Ryan are 26 weeks pregnant; they were in town from Mobile. Our wonderful single friend, Mary Rita came over too. We had fun playing with Luke and Madeline and catching up.

We took Luke shopping the day after Christmas. He is so funny watching people.

Marc's good friend, Jordan, moved to North Carolina, so he came by to tell us good bye and to see Luke. We also had dinner with the Earharts on Saturday night.

Marc's brother Ricco and his family (Tracy, Lydia, Chloe, Tate and Baby Riley) are in town from Kentucky. We saw them last night. I will post some cute pictures of Luke with his Tumminello cousins soon. Tomorrow, we are going to the alligator farm, and then we have lots of fun planned for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. I will have lots of pictures to post at the end of the week.

Happy New Year,

Wendi, Marc, and Luke

A conversation with Luke

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Luke has a story to tell from this weekend. Play the slideshow to read his story.

We did buy some very cute sunglasses for him this weekend. Marc and I laughed so hard we cried when he had them on. We will take some pictures of that soon and post them.

Luke had a check up last week. He was 10# and 11 oz. 22.5 inches. He just keeps on growing!! He has been sleeping through the night for the past week. It is so wonderful. His personality just keeps on coming out too. He is smiling and sticking his tongue out at us when we're talking to him. It makes him laugh when we stick our tongue back out at him.

We miss everyone,

Wendi, Marc and Luke

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We had a great time in Huntsville over Thanksgiving. Luke and I stayed there for an extra week while Marc came home and did some wonderful projects around the house. We all met up in Mississippi the next weekend so Luke and I could come home. We were able to see mom and dad and Kelli and Ben, and it was so wonderful. Luke was held almost constantly!! It did take us a few days to adjust once we got back home. We were very glad to see Marc; we missed him that week.

Enjoy the pictures; I will post some snow pictures soon. Yes, it snowed about 5 inches at our house in South Louisiana last Thursday. It was crazy.

Lots of fun

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As you can see from the pictures, we had a great time visiting with Marc's grandfather and Aunts and Uncles in Diamondhead this past weekend. Luke is doing a little bit of smiling from time to time. He smiled at his Aunt Gail and Aunt Cecilia this weekend. Uncle Terry and Aunt Cecilia were in town from Rhode Island. It was great to see everyone.

Luke had a doctor's appointment last week. He is now 8lbs. and 9 ounces. He is also 21.5 inches long. He gained over 2 pounds and 2 inches in just a few weeks. He is really growing great!!

We are all excited about seeing other family members this weekend. We will have some new pictures to post soon.

Love,

Wendi

Make a Smilebox photobook

We truly have so much to be thankful for. I tried a different slide show program this time; I'm branching out. I hope you guys like it. Aunt Gail gave him the cute elephant towel he's wrapped up in on one of the pages. Luke has his 1 month check up tomorrow, and we'll find out how much he weighs. It's very exciting. We are looking forward to going to grandmama and grandpa's house next week. Luke will get to meet a lot of his family.

1 month old

I cannot believe my precious little boy is one month old on Saturday. He is so special to Marc and I. We are enjoying every minute with him. You can probably tell by all of the pictures we have taken just how proud of him we are. We are looking forward to another fun weekend with Luke. We have several things planned again. I love the picture in the slide show where he is holding onto the flower pen. He just grabbed it when I was playing with him, and he held on tight. I think he was trying to write a letter to someone. I'll let you guys fight over who he was trying to write. I have a feeling it was his grandma!!

Love, Wendi, Marc and Luke

Luke's post

Wow, What a weekend!! I went to my first high school basketball game, Sam's Club, my first wedding, church, Lowe's, and my friend Josiah's house. It's been very busy. My mom and dad say I did very well. I also seem to be getting on a little bit of a schedule, and I'm sleeping much better at night. I am starting to interact a little bit with my toys which is very fun. I especially love my toy giraffe that my cousin Jenny and Don gave me, and I really like to play on my tummy. Mom said she will try to get some pictures of me playing really soon.

I love you guys,
Luke

Luke "Skywalker" Tumminello

Today was the first day at home without grandma!! We somehow survived, but it was very different. Luke and I had a good day; I have to learn how to sleep better when he is sleeping.

My dad came back down this weekend (the third weekend in a row), and this time he took my mom home with him. Luke had several firsts this weekend. He went to the grocery store for the first time, and he went to his first restaurant. He did great at both, and has no idea that he was even at the restaurant.

As you can see from the pictures, my dad gave Luke Daniel "Skywalker" Tumminello his first light saber. He told Luke that any young Jedi in training should have their own light saber. Of course, it is bigger than he is right now, but he will grow into it. I have been taking pictures like crazy, and there are so many more expressions he has that I wish I could capture. Luke has quite the personality already.

This video took awhile for me to figure out how to upload it, but I finally got it. It's a few days old, and I know my voice on it is probably annoying. I will try not to talk as much on future videos. There are a few older videos we took as well. I will get those uploaded in the next few days and take some more recent stuff too.

Luke is a very, very sweet boy!! We love him so much. He slept so good last night and didn't even get fussy at all. Marc and I both got a good night's sleep. It was wonderful.

My mom is still in town, but she is leaving after this weekend. I know she will be glad to get back home with dad and Olivia, but I will miss her so much. She has done so much for us here. Marc and I have been spoiled. I am sure she will be glad to have a break when she gets home. Marc says he'll never forget that his mother in law scooped the litter box for us while she was here!!

Wendi, Marc and Luke

I'm getting big!!

This week, I gained 7 whole ounces!! I now weigh 6lbs and 10.5oz. I love walking around the block (in my stroller), playing in my swing and my papasan chair, and especially snuggling up with my daddy at night!!

I am learning that bath time isn't so terrible, but bedtime stinks!! I love my grandma, and I will miss her next week when she has to go home. I guess my grandpa misses her. I can't wait to meet some more of my family at Thanksgiving in Huntsville.

I love you guys, Luke

Visitors

Aunt Kelli and Grandpa came down to see Luke this weekend. Luke enjoyed watching football on Saturday with his grandpa. We also spent some time with him outside which he seemed to really enjoy.

One week old

Today Luke is one week old!! That is so hard to believe. He gained 1.5oz this week, and 1/2 of an inch. I already can't imagine life without him. Last night Marc spent some daddy time giving him a bath and then feeding him for the first time. Thanks to modern technology I can collect milk and Marc can feed it from a bottle. Marc did great!!

Tomorrow Marc is working from home, so he will get to see Luke more awake during the day. Luke is usually very sleepy by the time Marc gets home, and there isn't a lot of interaction time before Marc goes to bed. Then of course I'm awake during the night feeding and changing him while Marc is sleeping since he has to go to work. Tomorrow, and then the weekend will be great.

Dad and Kelli are coming down for the weekend too. It will be great to finally introduce him to his Aunt Kelli. We have been able to get onto Skype and have a teleconference over the computer with dad, so he has seen Luke in real time a little bit this week.

Enjoy the slide show.

Luke's arrival

I hope you guys enjoyed the pictures. We are sorry it took so long (2 whole days) to get some pictures up online. I guess you guys can see they were worth the wait. Isn't he the cutest little boy you've ever seen.

Here is his vital info:

It's a boy!!!
Luke Daniel Tumminello born Oct. 15, 2008 at 12:03pm
He weighed 6lbs. 7oz and was 19 inches long.

We plan to call him Luke.
He was born 13 days earlier than our predicted due date. Thank goodness for my cousin Mandy I had my bags packed for the hospital, and we really had most everything set up at home.

Marc and I are exhausted. We had our first night at home last night, and we were both awake most of the night. Luke has some jaundice because he and I are different blood types. To treat the jaundice, I have to feed him every 2 to 3 hours and we have a special blanket called a wallaby blanket that we wrap him up in while he sleeps. The blanket produces a special wavelength of light that helps him break down the bilirubin. It seems to be working, and we should be able to stop using the blanket by Monday. He doesn't seem to mind the blanket; I think it helps to keep him warm. He looks like a little glow worm when he's swaddled up with the blanket.

Today, I enjoyed a nice nap as did Marc while my mom watched the baby and went grocery shopping. I am so glad my mom is here; otherwise, Marc and I might starve!!

I will post some more pictures soon.

Wendi and Marc

Another slide show

I thought you guys would be interested in updated pictues of the baby's room and a couple of belly shots of my pregnant belly. Marc and I worked in the nursery today. We put up a hot air balloon mobile that Marc found in New Orleans on Thursday. We had been looking for something with hot air balloons, and we finally found this mobile. We also put up a little wall saying over the baby's bed that says: Sweet dreams, sleep tight, we love you and good night. You can see we surrounded it with little butterflies. Then, we hung up some picture frames that will soon contain pictues of Baby Tumminello. Marc also put a swing together for the baby.

I also think we have finally settled on a boy's name. The girl's name isn't quite there yet. For anyone that we have discussed names with, the boy's name is different from anything we have talked about. I guess we'll just keep everyone hanging about the names until the baby arrives!! Sorry, but it shouldn't be too much longer at least.

We love you guys

37 week check up

We are getting very excited now!! I went to the doctor today for an ultrasound. According to the ultrasound, the baby is 6lbs. 14oz. That puts me right on track for a 7.5 to 8 pound baby. The heart beat looks great, and the head is down. I am far enough along that if I go into labor, I can go to the hospital and have the baby.

I plan on packing my hospital bag tomorrow just to be prepared. The doctor says not to expect anything to happen this week, but that it could. The full moon is next Tuesday, so you never know. Apparently Kelli and I were both born on full moons.

I hope you guys enjoy the slide show. I am so excited that Mandy taught me how to do this. Thanks Mandy!!
As you can see, we had a great baby shower last weekend. Angela put together a great shower for the Tumminello friends and family. We have been so blessed by everyone's generosity. This week, I had my 36 week check up. Everything looks great. Dr. Guillory ordered an ultrasound for this coming Wednesday to try to determine the size of the baby. That will be fun.

Marc's office threw him a suprise baby shower last Friday. I was able to go too and suprise him even more. They bought him his favorite chocolate doberge cake. For those of you that aren't from Louisiana, a doberge cake is a New Orleans style cake that has lots of thin layers separated by pudding. It's very, very good!! They gave us a gift card to Target.

This weekend, we bought the few remaining items we needed to complete the baby's room using our gift cards. We really just had to buy a crib mattress and a lamp. We are so thankful for everyone's love and generosity. We also put together our pack 'n' play and installed the car seat bases into our cars. I packed a bag for the baby and started thinking about my own stuff. Marc also painted some shelves for me for the baby's closet and he worked hard in the back yard planting some irises my mom brought and some ginger he got from his grandfather's property.

My knee is healing great; it's getting stronger every day. I can definitely feel the difference in my pregnancy this last month. It's getting harder to sleep at night and to get comfortable. By the end of each day I am very tired and my feet hurt. Everything else is going well, and we are really too excited to complain too much.