Photo shoots are fun...go Sox!!

I used to make fun of my sister for sending me several e-mails everyday at work after she had Wyatt of him in different outfits-she used to do the same to her cat :) and here I am loving themed photo shoots! So fun...we had serious thunderstorms this afternoon, so I was looking for something to cover his feet up and as soon as I saw this outfit it turned into photo shoot #2. Luckily we were well stocked up on props...but we did leave out the bobbleheads. This one is my favorite:

In this one he looks pretty small...but he is sitting up on his own!
Not so small in this one...kinda looks like Big Poppie (designated hitter for those of you who aren't Red Sox fans)
Here is he Saturday night all dressed up in his first pair of jeans for our dinner date.
Ready to go...he is a happy boy, smiling a ton!!
Fun weekend!!

6 Weeks old and ready for college football season!!

Tommy's six weeks old and time is flying by...especially when you're spending your mornings having photos shoots. Yesterday morning we decided to show how excited (the duck) and serious (Tommy) we are about the upcoming Oregon football season. Michael has promised many Saturdays in front of the t.v. watching games, so we thought we better get the duck out and let him and Tommy start bonding. Luckily Anna gave us a three pack of Oregon onesies b/c the grey one got peed on, the white one he projectile vomited on and the green one is ok so far...I think he was so excited and that was his only way to show it :)

We spend time everyday on his playmat and he's really enjoying it-he listens to motzart and looks up at all of the animals and colors. It's fun to see him entertaining himself!
This is a shot of Tommy looking at his first play friend, she's a crazy colored peacock that he cannot get enough of! We put her by him while we're changing him and put her on the playmat and he just cannot stop starring! I should have taken a picture of her front, her backside is definitely not as exciting. It's really cute to see him so taken by something already.
I just loved this shot b/c he's just chillin in his "bop" and it really shows how much he's grown!! Approaching the weight limit for this swing!! We should definitely be buckling him in now...oops!
And of course there's still a lot of napping going on around here!!

That's pretty much all we're up to!!

Mimi & Ma's visit!!

We had a great visit with Michael's mom, Barb and stepdad, Mike, known as Mimi & Ma to Tommy (the term "Ma" was created for Mike by Tommy's older cousin John when he was learning to talk, and he's stuck with it from now on).

Tommy enjoyed every minute of their visit, this picture was taken within the first hour and it's no accident that it's also his first smile caught on picture! He loved listening to Mimi talk to him-we heard more cooing from him when she was holding him and he really was smiling more than we've ever seen!

Every morning Ma stood outside our door
asking, "can Tommy come out and play,
can Tommy come out and play?" He loved his play dates and especially liked showing off his strong neck muscles for Ma. During their visit we really noticed a change in his alertness, noticing his surroundings and taking interest in his toys. And of course, he's gaining so much strength, especially in his neck and legs-so strong!!

This is a shot of overcoming our
first major parental mental obstacle. Michael and I were both very reluctant to give Tommy a pacifier, binky, or "chupe" as we're going to call it. But after some gentle nudging and observing his strong desire to suck on his hands, we tried it and he's hooked. It helps him settle down at night and gets him through those times when he thinks he wants to eat again even though he just did half an hour ago. I'm sure it's just one of the many firsts we'll find ourselves suprised by something we thought we weren't going to do and end up doing it!

Here's a picture of us on Tommy's one month birthday after mass at St. Patrick's. Tommy was snatched by the "baby snatchers" and slept the whole time, even through his first blessing.

A big thank you to Barb & Mike for their trip to Texas! We have a beautiful weed free, freshly mowed front yard with a new "bonsai tree," thanks to Mike; we were able to get almost all of the announcements completed thanks to Barb, a task that I would have been working on for months; we had a lot of nice outings and when we stayed in, the meals were even better; but most of all, Tommy got to spend time with his Mimi and Ma!!




Weight update: On tuesday we went to the pediatrician to have his congestion checked out as well as a little rash on his face, both turned out to be fine, and found out he's up to 11lbs 2 ozs!!!

Here's a link to some more pictures from the week:

http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingSignin.jsp?Uc=5cslxsd.408vdsp1&Uy=-59ikle&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0&UV=282088990498_981839197605&localeid=en_US

Yipeee our own blog!!

Hey All-

I've been thinking of doing a blog for at least 2 years, I obsessively check our family & friend's blogs and finally have a reason to get ours up and running. I like the idea of sending out the link and letting you all check it when you want, rather than sending out a kodak gallery every other day :)

Hopefully I'll be good about updating it regularly...we'll see!!

So here we go....here's some shots from the past 3 weeks and 4 days, "AT" as we call it, "after Tommy." We hardly remember what our life was like before he arrived!

Thomas Martin Callaghan arrived on July 10, 2008 at 10:18 pm (our 4th anniversary!). He weighed in at 7 lbs. 15 ozs., 22 in. long (much less than our dr. was estimating of around 9 lbs!).

Proud Dad on day 2 or 3 in the hospital, it's all kind of a blurrrr. I'll take this opportunity to brag about Michael, he was more support than I could ever ask for during the 18+ hours of labor/delivery/c-section and I didn't change one diaper until after we had been home for 2 days, so he took on the task for the first 5 days of Tommy's life!

Grandma Joyce to the rescue!! We were lucky she retired the first week of July, so she was able to stay July 11-30 with us, holding Tommy, helping us get extra sleep, cooking, cleaning, lots of laundry, experience some first outings and teach us a few baby skills!! Thanks Momma!

Grandpa Wink arrives and within minutes, Tommy marked his territory on his shorts! Thanks to Grandpa for helping clean, getting us prepared for Dolly, negotiating lawn care and for doing laps with Tommy keeping him warm and happy!

Tommy sleeping through his one week old birthday party, he loves his boppy swing!

T.J. just past two weeks already weighing in at 9lbs. 2.5 ozs.!!! Could that be a record??

Three weeks old and loving his first "real" bath, much better than the cold sponge ones!

Most recent shot-napping on a sunday afternoon in his new favorite spot!! That's also his favorite pose-"my name is chubby."

Next up-a vist from Mimi and Ma (Michael's mom, Barb and stepdad, Mike), can't wait!!!!