He's HERE!!!!

We are THRILLED To announce and welcome baby

LUKE DAVID WOOD

Born Saturday November 10th, 2012

9:37 AM

8lbs 8oz   20.5 in long

ADORABLE!

Here's the story:

So I was pretty set on letting baby Luke make his appearance in his own time.....Until....November 9th. My birthday. Which happened to be the date of my "last" OB appointment. That morning I decided it was time, and planned my usual "let's get induced" trick at the dr's.  So I packed my bag, and the kids overnight bags, dropped the kids off and headed to the dr.  All went well with the plan, and they did a stress test and decided it was time for baby Luke to get kicked out of the hot tub.  Called the hospital and they were "full up" and couldn't do an optional inducement.  DRATS!  But they said come back that night and they would get me in for a "slow" inducement so baby would come saturday morning.  OK we said.....went in Friday night and...

 TA-DA!  baby came at 9:37 AM.  To spare you all the labor and birth story, let's just say that I will NOT Be doing a "slow" inducement ever again..it's all or nothing.....and let's work on the epidurals Holy Family hospital, deal?? Deal.....

 Here's the crew.  That's Dr Hardy.....he's great for putting up with me :)  I'm surprised he has not fired me as a patient yet.  He did say however,...."I hope Scott knows what he's in for....."  why?  "Cuz he married a woman that definitely gets what she wants...."  haha...he said that after I convinced him to go ahead and send me to get induced......all I could say was that he knew what he was getting before we got married :) 

 Daddy and baby Luke after a feeding.  Daddy is a great baby burper

 Gramma Nette came to visit!

Then the kiddos came!! It was SO Fun to see their reactions when they came to the hospital!  This captures lucy's overall reaction to baby Luke:  "oh my"

She loves to look at him, and is always concerned about where he is, but isn't all that interested in holding him or doing anything WITH him.....it's cute!

Then there's big brother Lane.  Lane is awesome!!! he LOVES his little brother, and is just can't wait until he's old enough to "play"!  The night we brought him home Lane said, "ok, let's teach him how to walk!"  :)  

This smile sums up Lane's response to baby Luke.  LOVE!  Lane likes to hold him and feed him. He also like to make up lullaby's to sing to him before he goes to bed...it's awesome. I love when his tender side comes out......such a sweet-heart!

And little Macy...who is not so little anymore next to her little brother!  Macy is in love with baby Luke.  She loves to "pet" him and look at him and hold him....

I'm going to have to watch her that she doesn't adopt him as one of her many baby dolls!

Gramma Deb brought the kiddos to us.  Thanks Debbie for all you did (and do) to help during baby Luke's weekend!!! You  guys are AWESOME!!

Chillin' in the hospital crib

 Proud daddy!  A side note: here's the story of daddy's beard.  Scott's beard seems to draw alot of attention for some reason.   EVERY. YEAR.  It's not like it's a new thing, so i'm not sure why it surprises so many people every year.  Anyways, he's been getting alot of comments about his beard at church, and he had a great answer this year.  "I have to grow out my beard this year, we're having a baby!"  To which people look at him like he's crazy and he explains, "This way I'll look more familiar, and the baby will like me more because I'll look like Heavenly Father.....HE has a beard!"  hahahaha......

I just realized I didn't get any pics of me holding Luke at the hospital :)  Darn!  We'll have to fix that this week......I love my little guy! We're so happy that he's finally here!

1 WEEK!

ONE WEEK LEFT!!!!

AHHHHHHH!!!!! :)

Pumpkin patch

I just thought it was funny that 3 of my kids have been a pumpkin for Halloween....

Baby Lucy in '09

Baby Macy in '10

Baby Luke in '12

I'd say this shirt has gotten some good use!!! 

Happy Halloween!

Here's Lane's costume parade at school....the girls thought it was fun to go and watch, and it was fun to see all the kiddo's costumes....

 On to Trick or treat festivities!!!

Here's the crew.  Lane the Mummy, Pirate Macy, and Lucy the witch!

 Group Photo....waiting for daddy to come home...

 Oh yeah...and Baby Luke the pumpkin!

 We stopped at our neighbor's out in the woods, and she had bags for the kids!! Thanks, Barb!

 Then we stopped at our other neighbor here at the lake, and trick or treated there too!

 She made the kids pumpkin cupcakes!!! :) It pays to be the only kids in the neighborhood!

Then it was off to deer park for trick or treating at the golf course! no pics of that...because....well...it just didn't happen :) The kids did great, no stroller this year!  They lasted about an hour, then all said they were done!  Good times had by all and we were actually home at a decent hour for bedtime.....happy halloween!!!

On to Christmas!!!! oh wait....I guess we have a few birthdays, baby birth, and Thanksgiving to go......:)

Projects

I finally got all my baby projects done!! You can come anytime now, Baby Luke!!!

 Curtain topper....the brown panels were left from the girls......good planning, eh?!?

 Name letters:   check!

 Crib bumper...check! 

 A cocoon blanket from the left over yarn from baby afghan below....Check!  This one was with no pattern BTW....I'm a fan of winging it these days.....which does NOT always turn out for the best...but...whatever :)

 Cute polka dot afghan....CHECK!......i DID use a pattern for this.....:)

 Car seat canopy....CHECK!  OK so i didn't make this one :)  My sweet friend gave it to me, so I didn't have to make one! YAY!

 Car seat snuggie and cover.....check check!!

 For Lucy, my friend sent me a cute car seat cover....I wanted a boy one, so I used it for a pattern and made this one!! pretty sweet I think.

 Re-used dresser.....CHECK!  The drawers were already colored, I just had to paint the box brown....Scott is horrified that I used spray paint......but WHY NOT!! I think it looks fine :)

 I had a car seat snuggie for Lucy, and used it for a pattern to make a boy one!! It turned out great....except I was clearly sleep deprived when I was cutting it out, because mine is like 4 inches shorter than the original....but it's for a newborn....his legs will still fit inside it :)

 A couple of receiving blankets......check!

cute, fuzzy, flappy hat for pictures...check!!  No official pattern either :) I looked at a couple patterns, then just winged it......

YAY!  Now I just need to get through trick or treat and crazy grocery shopping tomorrow, and i'll be ready for this baby!

BOO!

A quick sneek peek at Lane's halloween costume i finished yesterday!  He was so excited to wear it to school today!

School days!

So Lane started Kindergarten this year, and I haven't posted about it yet!  Why? Because my children ate my little camera that had all the first day of school pics and i was HOPING that they would cough it up by now, so i could post about it.....but.....all in vain. I think it's missing forever....along with the last half of our summer pics :( grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

SOOO on to kindergarten.

I am LOVING the school work Lane is bringing home. #1 because I think it is adorable.  #2 because I can already see so much learning and growing! #3 because they have magical powers at school that make him actually COMPLETE workbook pages at school that I cannot produce at home :)  We have some good times, and some good work sessions, but there's definitely something to be said for my kid doing better with a teacher versus his mom :)  and that's ok!

 

This is one of my favs.  I love the little mice drawings!!

can you get much cuter than this??? I don't think so

bug.....in case you were wondering :)

starting to write in lower case instead of all upper case....gotta love that!

 This is an "all about me" poster, and I LOVE IT!  the pic is not great, but there are the items..left to right.

a candle, movies, cows, family, a guy painting( he said he picked that because he likes to work), heads, and mashed potatos (not sure where THAT one came from because he won't touch them :))

Here's a close up of what the "families" picture.....that still makes me giggle....except there's no mom in this family!! Must have had limited magazines to pick from :)

I get new favorites every day in lane's back pack but these are just from the first month or so! Kindergarten has been a big growing experience for both me and Lane.  Probably more for ME! :)  It's fun though and we're enjoying it! Here's to a great year!