Sherbert Lane

So Finn's favorite "Aunt" Sheree (that he hasn't even met yet) makes adorable onesies and sells them online which is fantastic because they look fantastic! Plus, Finn loves his, so they have to be pretty cool, right? Anywho, all ya'll with chilluns need to check out her Etsy store http://www.etsy.com/shop/SherbertLane because they're only $8 AND she does custom orders. Heck Yes.

Here's a sample:



Such a super model...

The Strangest Case of Sleep Deprivation...EVER.

I guess you could say I'm lucky...(for now)I have a four week old who refuses to cry at night...And yet, I'm still a bleary-eyed new mom. How does this happen? Oh, I forgot to mention. Finn is a grunter. A LOUD grunter.

You know what? That's not fair to Finn...he doesn't just grunt, his noises span the range of an entire barnyard and beyond. Much of the time he sounds like a baby elephant which then changes to something of a gorilla mating call. Sometimes, during his 'quieter' nights he just sounds like a sheep or a horse wistfully neighing into the wee hours of the morning. Cute, right? Maybe if he was an elephant, gorilla, sheep or horse. Or an elegorilorse. Or if he just did it during the day. Yeah.

The point here is that he is loud. Loud enough to keep me awake for much of the night as I contemplate actually putting him in a barnyard for the night just to compare noises and seeing how accurate I am. Thankfully, he doesn't usually keep Luke up, but I often do as I shake him awake asking, "How do I shut him up?!" He doesn't know so we try swaddling him, unswaddling him, loosely swaddling him, picking him up (which stops it until we put him down)and feeding him AGAIN (same result...temporary).

So it looks like Mr. Finn won't be sleeping in our room in his bassinet much longer. Nope, its big-boy-crib time...in the nursery. Sorry, dude.



EQUALS:

Baby Blessing!

Last Sunday, Finn was lucky enough to get a proper blessing from his pops at church. By all means I think it went swimmingly even though his appearance was brief...we pretty much whisked him in and out of there like the true celebrity that he is. That, and we're still avoiding the crowds-of-snotty-nosed-kids thing. All that aside, Finn behaved like a gentleman and even got to wear his first sunday suit :)



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Luke's parents and brother were also able to make it out from Wisconsin for the occasion so it was a right party-o over at the Rebarchik household! Until I got sick, but whatever. The best part? I made everyone wash their hands religiously (ha!) so they wouldn't get Finn sick...Apparently my immune system is weaker than that of a 4 week old. Sigh.

Anywho, here is our first picture as a family! And the first picture of me and Finn in the same frame...I'm the artist BEHIND the camera, people...what can I say :)

Because I'm a Bit Too Tired to do an Actual Update...

...I'll let this picture explain

Hello World!

...he seems to say.

Newest Finn Developments:
-Rolling over from his tummy to back....verrry exciting, I know.
-Smiling? Maybe?
-Pooping. LOTS.
-Pretty much just being a baby :)

Happy *****Day!

So yesterday was a special day...for Luke...even though he won't admit it. I'll let this picture explain:





Luke is like the birthday Grinch, but I made a cake anyway to see if he would warm up to the idea that a birthday is a celebration...and I think he may have. Slightly :)How could you not when your cake has Golden Oreos AND Reese's Pieces on it! But as you can see I was very tactful about not reminding him how old he is (I'll give you a hint: Its got a '0' and a '3' in it...and he ain't turnin' 03 people). Good times! In other news, my birthday (and Nick's) is in 23 days...let the countdown begin!

In other OTHER news, Finn had his two week checkup and stats are as follows:

Weight: 6 lbs 11oz
Height: 19.25"

Oh, and he's still cute. Phew :)

Look at Those Blue Eyes

I finally got the camera out :) He's my fantastic little super model...