Luke Buraglio’s Brave New World

I especially enjoy the “alfalfa sprout” hairdo that I so nicely staged.

The Buraglio grandparents came by today and took us out to lunch. It was Luke’s first “real” outing…although he slept through 100% of it. Afterward, we had a few more visitors!

Ross and Tyler dropped by on Thursday. Ross’ hair was doing its best impression of Leif Garrett. =)

No clever text, just some more pictures of events and visitors! We had our first “outing”, a trip to Target. It was fairly unremarkable, but it was a first nonetheless.

We had another busy Saturday, lots of visitors and lots of pictures. Tired, but everything still going well!

Dreaming about a stick up or participating in some sort of wave….we’ll probably never know.

Hands up!

Sunday yielded a lot of family and friends coming over to see the little fella, and with the visitors came a lot of delicious food for mom and dad! I don’t think I’m going to have to cook for a week! Everything from Shepherd’s Pie and Italian Beef to chocolate chip cookies and dirt desert, we are living the life of kings. To everyone that brought us food, thanks. It is very generous and helpful.
We got visitors from Some more Buraglio family, Mark and Jeff, as well as the Great Grandma and Grandpa Larkin, Grandma and Grandpa Toohill, , Grandma Buraglio, Tyler, Clara, Bryce, the Szymkiewicz family and Aunt Patricia. Good times!

Well, the first night was pretty uneventful. After the initial fumbling around with the car seat to get him home we pretty much just tried to settle in and form some kind of a pattern/routine. Luke sleeps really well so far and eats as he should so those stresses are minimal. Dexter and Chloe have warmed up. Dexter is curious and Chloe doesn’t seem to care at all. Folks have been coming and going all day and the dogs have been great.
We prepped our four legged kids for about 7 months using positive reinforcement as well as, dare I say, some indispensable DVDs and some CDs.
I think my favorite thing was probably the CD of baby sounds. We started playing that about 8 months before Luke arrived, that way, when he got here the crying and fussing wouldn’t be some foreign sound that would scare the dogs and cats. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

The first DVD, Helping Fido welcome baby, had some really good information in it, most of it seemed like common sense to me, but I live with a Vet and she is well versed in behavior, specifically canine behavior. That said, I think it’s worth the money for the DVD.

The second DVD, The Dogs&Storks™ DVD answers the most common questions expecting families ask! was pretty good too, but like the first it seemed like common sense stuff to me. I must admit that I rushed through this one a bit so I should probably watch it again to give a fair assessment.

Overall I’d say all 3 products are a must have if you have dogs and are expecting, if for no other reason than to fill in gaps or refresh your mind regarding your dogs behavior.

Here are some helpful links:
http://dogsandstorks.com
http://www.helpingfido.com
http://dogwise.com/

After a loooooooong week, we’re finally home. The doctors and nurses at Carle were great, right up until we left the building. The ride home was beautifully uneventful; a pleasant change from the preceding week.
Introduction to our furry family members is fairly complete and went pretty well thus far.

Luke made his grand exit from the hospital in the same little jumpsuit that his dad wore in 1975 and that his two uncles Mike and Chris wore on their way home as well.
Buraglio tradition intact.

Luke got a nice visit from Grandma, Grandpa, Great Grandma and Great Uncle Vic and Aunt Bonnie today!
Check out the pics!