I’ve been remiss in my duties of posting new info and photos. Here is a quick update. Luke has been rolling over for quite some time, I believe a bit early which is good. He’ very happy and very talkative.
Here are some pictures:
We took Luke to see the Easter bunny this week. He was very happy. We had a great visit!
I saw some really cool natural lighting tonight while Rebecca was getting Luke ready to go for a walk. Taken with my Canon EOS Digital Rebel xti with the sock lens with no flash.
I may dust off that undergrad degree in photography at some point.
The Obermeyers got Luke a pretty sweet Star Wars shirt and we decided to take it for a spin today. Here are the pics, mostly a sleeping Luke, but a few of some of the Toohill family hamming it up for the camera.
Here are some images that Rebecca snapped of Luke making some funny faces.
I really enjoyed getting this image from Rebecca’s mom and dad. This was on December 30th, right after Luke was born. Both Rebecca and I had been up for around 48 hours at this point.
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We’re just too tired for any clever prose this morning…Here are some pictures.
I especially enjoy the “alfalfa sprout” hairdo that I so nicely staged.
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/
