More from March

Below are some pics from lots of different things! We have started to put Tommy in his Bumbo seat to help him to learn to sit up. We think he looks hilarious when he is in it...like a talk show host or something, so I had to include a picture of that. He is also starting to love reading and I got some great pics of him with daddy. The crib pictures are from one day when I came in when he woke up from a nap and he was just pushed up looking at his UT mobile hanging over his crib. He is such a Vol fan already! And then of course there was Easter and I got a great picture of him with his Gram in his cute Easter outfit. We made it to church and he was a little angel, despite all the chaos around him.

I went back to work on March 13 which was much harder on me than Tommy. I cried the entire first morning after dropping him off at daycare. But I got to visit him at lunch and he was quite content and he was still smiling when I picked him up after work. He must know that mommy really needs her sleep now because ever since that Thursday, he has been sleeping through the night. Woo hoo!! Luckily, the next week my mom was here to watch him all week so at least he got to be in his own house. This week we are off to Nashville for spring break to visit all our family and friends and to see Tommy's new cousin who will be born on Friday. I'm hoping the sleeping through the night thing continues even in his new surroundings! I am doing better with working...it helps that I work in an amazing place with such remarkable people and kids. It is so hard to be away from him but I know it will get a little easier and I know that I am working in order to enable him to experience going to school at Bolles!

I'm sure I'll have lots of Nashville pics to post when I get back. He will be going in for his 4 month check up the first week of April...I can hardly believe it! We'll have another weight update then which I'm sure will give us all another laugh (although I do think he is slowing down a little!).

Enjoy!!

Deer Valley

Well our first trip with Tommy was a success!! We flew to Deer Valley Utah on March 4. It was a long day of traveling....2 3 hour flights, a layover and then a 45 minute car ride to Grandnan and Pops' beautiful condo. Tommy was such a trooper. He did great on the flights and had so much fun in Deer Valley. Ryan and I both got to ski quite a bit thanks to Grandnan and Pops taking turns watching Tommy. The time change and unfamiliar surroundings did lead to a few rough nights but overall it was great! Although I think next time we go, we may put Gram in charge of watching Tommy so Ryan and I can fully enjoy a relaxing experience. Below are some pics of Tommy on the airplane and in the condo. The last night we were there we went to the Stein Erickson lodge for some drinks and appetizers and there are a couple pics from there, too. Everywhere we went, Tommy was the center of attention...just like a Bauchiero. One of the highlights of the trip was that Tommy got to meet his great uncle Bob in the Salt Lake airport! Bob & Brigitte were leaving the condo as we were coming so we got to spend a few minutes with them in the airport.

Life is so exciting!

Our little man is doing great! He is really smiling, cooing and interacting now and he tells great stories. He continues to pack on the pounds but I think he is starting to slow down a little. He turned 12 weeks on Thursday and he celebrated by sleeping through the night on Friday and Saturday!! My mom was in town visiting last week and Ryan was at a conference in Amelia Island at the Ritz Carlton so I went up and spent one night there. It was my first night away from Tommy so of course I didn't sleep well because I didn't know what kind of night he was having. And my mom didn't sleep very well because it was her first night alone with him and what happened??? Tommy slept from 7pm till 7:45am! Oh the irony....neither mom nor I slept well and Tommy slept great! He is always full of surprises. Luckily Ryan and I were both home to enjoy him doing it again last night. But Tuesday we leave for Deer Valley to ski with Jim and Nanci and we are bringing Tommy with us, so hopefully we won't mess up his progress too much.

Last week, my best friend Carissa came to town from Northern Cal with her 9 month old Darcy. We had a great time and had lots of successful outings. Tommy had his first dinner out at a restaurant, his first trip to the beach and his first shopping trip, during all of which he was an angel! The pics below are some from his time with Carissa and Darcy, as well as some bath tub pictures that I love. I'm sure he'll really appreciate these some day.

Things are definitely starting to get easier and more fun. I know that more challenges will continue to pop up all the time but for now we are really doing great, just in time for me to go back to work :( I go back on March 13. Luckily I only have one week of work and then I have a week off for spring break, so it should help to ease me into the transition. Then only 8 weeks and it is summer again, so at least I have that to look forward to.

I will definitely post more once we get back from our trip. Hopefully we will discover that Tommy is a good traveller! In the meantime, enjoy the pics!!!