A WEEK OF FIRSTS.

I presume, as with most new babies, there are the continuous "week of firsts" and many many more to come that we look forward to sharing and enjoying. Luke and Jenn have been very busy actually, with their first week home from the hospital though they should both be resting. They have visited Grandma and Grandpa Schlief's many times already to help finish Grandpa's new fence. My cousin Andrea, who is attending college in St. Augustine, FL visited us Tuesday afternoon and just couldn't resist adorable Luke. Angie and cousin Baron visited us last Wednesday. They stayed for dinner, some naps and just a nice visit. They also went and saw Grandma Jeanne at work and got to visit their favorite shopping venue, Walmart. *yeah!

Luke has been doing very well. I think we both were expecting the worst(taking after his father), but hoping for the best and we have landed somewhere in between, to the better, so far. He is sleeping throughout the night and is awakening more and more throughout the day time. As you can see mommy gave him his first bath, which he didn't care for very much, but was happy & shiney as a new penny afterwards. He is enjoying his morning time with daddy as we get up early and watch the news, have some breakfast, watch turkey hunting and fishing shows and drift back into some rest time. I taught him about the internet today;0 He thinks its just a fad.

Over this past weekend Uncle Robbie and his friend Janeece came to visit from Orlando area. They enjoyed a very slow day garage saling at Grandma Schleifs. Saturday night we visited our friends Mark/Max & Pam/Kraig at Max's house for a wedding shower/party for Kraig&Pam. This was a 'mock' redneck event and we enjoyed it very much as did Luke. Max makes some mean fried chicken. Luke enjoyed his first visit to church on Sunday and did very well in mommy and daddy's arms throughout the entire service. He got to go to "The Loop" for lunch which is a handy 'after-church' hot spot.

Luke has an overwhelming calmness about him when we take him outside. We have enjoyed many walks in his new stroller throughout our community. We watched a squirrel being chased by a mockingbird the other morning. He has been fairly cranky the last couple days, but as I walk him through the back yard and trees he turns very calm and relaxed. According to Grandma Raulie this was the only way to get Zach to quiet down when he was younger, imagine that!a

Talking about church, we going to have a Dual-Baptism for Luke Morgan and Baron Reid on May 25th, 2008 at our church, Crossroads Church, in Fleming Island. It will be the 10:30a.m. service. I'm sure we are to have a little party afterwards, but i'll let Jenn tell you all about that business.

More to come, enjoy....

Zach