Trevor's Baptism

This weekend was a big, exciting one for us. Trevor was being Baptized, so we had a lot of family and friends here to be with us for his big day. For us, Trevor being baptized was just as important as him being born, so having our family and friends all here to celebrate with us was very special.

The weekend started with Shane's parents arriving on Friday afternoon with Kansas. Once we met up with them, we headed back to our house so that they could spend a little time with Trevor and get to now their grandson for a little while. For the evening, we headed out to Sandbridge to see my parents and brother at the condo they were staying at and wait for the rest of my family to arrive from Connecticut. Saturday everyone met back up at the condo, and because the weather was so beautiful, everyone headed down to the beach. Shane and my brother even dared to get in the water to swim and do some skim boarding. Sunday morning, we started our day early and everyone headed to the church for the actual baptism. Liz, my best friend growing up and Trevor's godmother, met us there. It was so good to see her--she had flown in from Iowa just for this, and we hadn't seen her since our wedding in December 2006 so it was wonderful to reunite with her. The ceremony was beatiful--Trevor did wonderful for it all--even when Father Dan took him to hold him during the homily. He didn't make a sound--except for when he was immersed in the baptismal font to actually be baptized. Later that afternoon, everyone came over to our house to celebrate. Trevor slept through most of his party, but everyone else had a great time. Trevor woke up for a little while towards the end of the night for us to open up all of his gifts, but by the time everyone headed out, he was back to sleep--which Shane and I can't argue with, because we were exhausted too! Today both of our parent's stopped by the house so that we could say goodbye before they headed home for good. By noon, everyone was gone, so we put the baby down for a nap and passed out ourselves. We had an amazing weekend and are so blessed with such a wonderful son, loving family and caring friends. Trevor is an extremely lucky little boy to have all of these people to love him and be in his life.

(I am exhausted, so all the captions for the pictures are underneath them)

Trevor with Grandma ChapmanTrevor with Uncle ChristopherTrevor with Great-Grammy Perusse (my grandmother)my crazy husband and brother going swimming--in AprilGetting ready to be baptizedthe water was a little coldGrammy and Grampy Drisko, Great-Grammy Perusse, us and Grandma and Grandpa ChapmanMy godfather, Uncle Loren, us and Aunt Sharonus with Father Dan, the same priest who married us and baptized Shane, exactly two years before he baptized TrevorTrevor and his godparents--Chris (my brother) and Liz (my childhood best friend)Our Family
Our little angel, all tired out!

Trevor's First Easter

This Easter was filled with blessings for us. This was the first Easter that Shane and I have spent together since we have been married, and most importantly we were sharing this Easter with our adorable son.

We began our Easter by going to the Easter Vigil on Saturday night. This is a tradition that Shane and I have had since before we were even engaged and we always make sure that we go to the Vigil, even when we aren't together. Trevor was so good for the entire three hour service--and slept right through it all. I was a little worried that the loud organ music or the clapping when people were baptized would wake him, but he was completely out. After mass we stayed around church for the reception for a little while before heading home to get some rest.

The next morning, we got up a little early and headed up to NoVa to my parent's house for the day. When we arrived after we got everything unloaded from the car (I still can't get over how much stuff we need even for a day trip with the baby) we all sat down for Easter brunch. We all hung out for a while and once Trevor went down for a nap Shane and I were not far behind him. After getting some rest, we went through Trevor's Easter baskets and took some pictures of him. After that we sat down to dinner. Here are a few pictures from our day:

Rub a Dub Dub!

Trevor took a bath in the tub!

This past Friday afternoon, we gave Trevor his first bath in his bathtub. Before that, his umbilical cord hadn't fallen off, so we had to give him sponge baths, which he HATED. Now that it is gone, he was able to actually sit in the water, and he had a much better time.

Newborn Photos of the Little Guy

Yesterday our friend Dana came over to take some newborn photos of Trevor. Despite being extremely busy with wedding season about to start, she rushed through the editing process and added pictures from our shoot to her blog last night. Go to www.danaduncan.blogspot.com to see them!

Thank you so much Dana--we love the photographs and can't wait for you to capture even more amazing shots of our little guy in the future! xoxo

First Week Home

Shane, Trevor and I have now been home from the hospital for a full week now...and what a wonderful week it has been! We have adjusted really well as a family of three and are taking the time to enjoy each moment that we have with our little guy. We see how fast this past week has gone, and we can only imagine how fast it is going to go by here. Time is flying already, and he is only 11 days old!

So far, Trevor is a really easy baby--he doesn't fuss just to fuss and when he does cry it isn't bad at all. He is extremely laid back--just like his daddy. Nighttime isn't a nightmare at all for us--he sleeps for a good 3-4 hours at a time before he has to be changed and fed....and more often than not, it is us having to wake him at 4 hours to eat, afterwards he goes right back to his sweet dreaming. The 3 a.m. feedings aren't bad at all, as when Shane and I see his sweet little face it is like falling in love with him all over again.

Overall, our first week at home has been a dream...we have made sure to take tons of pictures so that we won't ever forget this special time in all of our lives. Shane heads back to work on Friday, so I will miss having him at home, but I am kind of looking forward to having to "fly solo" with Trevor, so that I can get the kinks worked out with how I do things without an extra set of hands, before things get too far along.