5 & 6 Week Pics + Update

I'm behind on posting any 5 and 6 week pictures of Luke ... we're almost at 7 weeks on Monday!  He's growing so fast!  I hardly recognize the little newborn we *just* had a few days ago!  Luckily I take several hundred pictures each week.  We'll have to get a new computer hard drive soon.  :-)

5 weeks old

6 weeks old

After Bath Time ... Luke really likes his baths!

Hanging out with the kitties ... soon he'll think he's a cat.  

Mommy decided to do a cute photo op.  Daddy wasn't happy about it.  He thought Luke would get scratched, but Mommy knows her kitties.  :-)

Luke (1-1/2 months) & cousin Jayden (3-1/2 months)

Babies are fed and happy .. for the moment!

Hubby facilitating the cousins hanging out ... so much to see!  (Who's this kid again?)

This last week (since Monday the 14th), I've been back at work full time and hubby has been at home.  He took a week's vacation.  Next week Luke starts daycare.  Gulp.  It's not my hearts desire to have him in daycare at all, but we aren't able to go down to just one salary. 

I guess we could, but it would mean selling a lot of things and prevent any future infertility treatments or adoptions, so back to work I go.  I have a company that is depending on me to be back so they can operate, otherwise 2 other people are out of a job as well.  It was nice for the last seven years how everyone depended on me to get things done, but there are downsides as well, as I can see now ... I am now invaluable ... literally.  Of course, who knows what the future will bring, as the owner is having failing health and episodes with his heart, which may cause total heart failure and then we would be out of a job as a result.  I was filled in on the owner's health on Monday when I got back to work.

It was definitely surreal going in on Monday.  It felt a little like "normal", where I kind of forgot that we adopted Luke and I wasn't gone for 6 weeks, but other things, like operating a mouse and keyboard, were so unfamiliar and felt weird.  I missed Luke like crazy those first few hours, as I LOVED lots of time every day with him for the last six weeks and then I had to go cold turkey and deal with grownups.  Ugh.  Luckily, my hubby sent me pics all day of what they were doing and recorded Luke's cute breathing so I could hear him sigh and wheeze like he does.  I'm so thankful for smart phones.  What would I do without them?  

We met the day care lady a few weeks ago, who will take care of Luke next week.  She is nice and has been working with kids for over 20 years.  She has the nicest home and it is bright with lots of fun kid things to do. Out of all the options, she was the best.  And let me tell you ... there were some CRAZY day care people / homes out there!  I had one lady with both eyebrows pierced and I think her tongue pierced too.  And she said she wouldn't tell the kids she loved them if they said it to her.  Some unusual reason, I guess.  She was the first one crossed off!  A lot of the rest of them had smaller, older, dark homes and cramped quarters.  Most were single moms, so I understand that they don't have the easiest time sprucing up their home, but some were just dirty.   I'm not sure how some people would trust their kids to their care.  It would make me feel so uneasy. I like the socialization factor but hate the germs.  Any crazy day care stories out there?

I'm just worried about how she'll care for Luke and how much she'll hold him and interact with him.  She had several other kids there when I visited and they were very well mannered and polite, so I'm sure that she takes good care of them, it just must be mommy nerves.  I'm worried about Luke being too cold and what to dress him in as they can't have blankets in their playpens.  I guess I'll give her the swaddler onesie we have and maybe dress him in a long sleeved onesie for daily wear.  I'm sure as he gets older he can dress in lighter clothes since he'll be moving around a lot.  Advice?

I have yet to get pictures to Luke's birth parents.  I've been "trying" for the last six weeks, but you can see how far I've gotten ... nowhere!  I've been trying to load them onto an iPhoto journal that they could access (hubby will have to tell me how to do it), but I'm not sure if there is a better way.  I'm hoping to load lots of photos and add captions below some of them, so they know who is in the picture, besides Luke.  Also, they can print out any photos they want.  Any good suggestions for sites for sharing photos?   I think doing a separate blog wouldn't have enough room for all the pictures I want.

In more exciting news, on Monday, we will be going to court at 9 am to finalize Luke's adoption in the court!  Then he will be ours "officially"!!!!  Pictures to follow!