Five Months- March 29th!

Luke,

You are now 5 months old! You are 18 lbs. and heavyyyy. I am ready to get rid of your baby car seat because with your 18 lbs. and the car seat's 11 lbs. it is a heavy combo to carry around. As soon as you can confidently sit up I am moving you up to a big boy car seat.
You are now a rolling machine- forwards, backwards it doesn't matter- you do it and you do it all day long. I am so proud of you! I have been wanting you to roll for so long. Next step- sitting up.
You have ventured into the world of baby food. You eat oat meal twice a day and now have started 'food' in the evenings. So far you have only tried carrots- But you love them!
You have been out to the lake several times and even went on your first boat ride- you did great- you are going to love the boat this summer.
You are well into the teething stage- you chew on everything you can get your hands on. It is so sad though seeing you in pain. Hopefully we will see a tooth soon.
You have started to go to Wee School at church with mommy on Thursdays and you love to play with the other babies. Singing all the Sunday School songs in your favorite. You squeal with such delight.
You now sleep in your crib all night long. We did cry-it-out a few weeks ago with you and you took it like a champ. You only cried for a little while each night before you were fast asleep and now we just lay you down and say goodnight and you put yourself to sleep without crying. It is so wonderful.
I love you!

Mommy

Luke's Baby Blessing!

Today was Luke's baby blessing at church. Our church blessed 7 babies today! It was such a special service planned all around babies and raising children in a Christian household. Since Luke's cousin was born 3 weeks after he was, Taylor was also blessed today at church. It was extra special to have them blessed at the same time. We had a lot of family come- my parents and brother came, and Andrew's parents, his brother Jon Mark and his wife and then Andrew's grandfather- Da and his wife Dee. It was so encouraging to have family there to stand beside us as we prayed over Luke and Taylor. And an extra plus is we had Babe's catered afterwords. Our children's minister did a great job putting this together. Knowing that Luke has so many friends and family praying and caring for him is so comforting and encouraging! He is so loved!

Tyler State Park

A few weekends ago Andrew, Luke and I met up with Andrew's brother, Christopher, and his family and headed out to Tyler State Park. Andrew and Christopher convinced my sister-in-law, Tiffany and me that this park had the best fishing around and that they HAD to go fishing that weekend. So here we go packing up all seven of us (4 adults, 1 toddler and 2 babies) in 1 Tahoe and a boat and headed toward Tyler.
It took us about an hour longer to get there that expected- between the gas stop and about 10,000 potty breaks on the side of the highway for Brazos (he's potty training- but had no accidents the whole way! Yay!) we finally go there.
Before we went, the plan was to go and watch the boys catch tons of fish, while the girls and babies hung out on the shore. We got there we set up camp (Blanket and chairs), the boys headed out, they fished for a few hours (caught almost nothing as I recall). We then packed up and headed to the fine Comfort Inn and Suites and the 7 of us shared a hotel room. It was a tight squeeze- but surprising it worked out. The next day the guys fished all day and hung out with us some- Luke wasn't having it towards the afternoon and we had a major breakdown, but towards the evening he calmed down. This 'great fishing' must have been a myth- because they didn't catch much- but the weather was perfect and we had fun hanging out and enjoying each others' company!

Rice Cereal Adventure

A few weeks ago we started Luke on rice cereal. He wasn't sure about it for the first bite or two but since then he has gobbled it up every time. The only thing is- since he has started it he has been waking up every 20 mins at night- which is wearing me out! If there are any moms out there who have any tips or has experienced this I would loved to hear what you had to do. We have since taken a break to see if it really is the ceareal waking him up an then we might try a different brand, or oatmeal. But this mom cant get up every 20 mins. Here are pics from his first rice cereal experience:

He of course had to go straight to the bath afterwords!

4 Months- Feb.28? Mar.1?

I am not really sure what day to count Luke to be 4 months old on since he was born on the 29th and there isn't a Feb 29th. So I guess we'll just call him 4 months old. For an OCD person like myself this rally bothers me bc i like patterns and organization.

4 months!

Luke,

You are growing so fast! Stop it! You were 15lbs 1 oz at your 4 month check up. You (and mommy) t00k your shots like a champ! Much better than your 2 month appt.
This month you have grown in many different ways. You have turned more into a 'baby' and less 'infant'. You no longer use your green soothie- you have moved up in the pacifier world and are using blue gumdrop pacifiers.
We got this goofy caterpillar that hangs from your car seat and it has been a life saver- you cry so much less now in the car. Thank you weird caterpillar.
You went to Sing Song and met all of Mommy and Daddy's friends! Everyone love you!
You are getting better at rolling over- but how would I know?- I have yet to see it! You have this game going on that you won't do it in front of me. I can leave you on you mat and leave the room and come back and you will have rolled over- or you will do it for your dad- but me? no. Its ok- I can wait...
You are 'talking' now. You are babbling and cooing all day just talking up a storm telling all kinds of stories. You even say the sound 'mama'. I know you aren't associating it with me yet- but it makes me feel special bc I keep telling myself that you are saying my name, and I'm trying to convince your dad that that is your first word(which drives him crazy).
You went on your first plane ride to the ski house in Utah. You traveled great and we were very proud of you.
You are wearing mostly 3-6 month clothes but you are fitting into some 9 month clothes! Its killing me to put those on you!
You are a laughing machine- we can tickle and play with you and you just giggle away.
We love you and enjoy watching you grow and change!

Love,
Mommy

Utah for Andrew's Birthday

We went to Utah to ski and spend time in the mountains for Andrew's birthday at the end of Feb. Luke got to go on his first plane ride and he did great! He slept most of the time. I packed the 3 of us in 2 bags and when we got there only one of our bags made it. :( The bag that had ALL of our Ski gear, Luke's diapers, and other necessities was nowhere to be found. But after talking to the bagaggae claim lady and giving her our house address American somehow found our bag and had it delivered to us at 5 am- just in time to ski the next day! Thanks American Airlines- i admit i didnt have much faith in you.
The rest of the days we spent skiing, hanging out, hot tubbing, celebrating Andrew and eating. In between all that I got altitude sickness for about 24 hours and was throwing up and having an awful headache- gatorade and advil helped me through that one. I took our camera up there and then never really used it. I am so bad about that! Somehow these are the only pics I took. We had so much fun! Can't wait to go back! When can Luke start ski school?!? Andrew begged to put Luke in the Bjorn and ski down the mountain- but i think CPS would have a problem with that. I had to say 'no' multiple times. :)

Lake Day in Feb.

Well Folks.
Sorry it has been so long. I love Luke to death, but trying to find time during the day to get my computer out and blog is becoming harder and harder. He isnt much of a long napper, and when he is awake he is hands on. Anyways, today he is sick (my poor baby) and sleeping a lot so I am fortunately watching tv (catching up on my Bravo addiction) quietly, trying to put out a few blog posts and pay bills (yuck!), and I might be doing a little online shopping (don't tell Andrew).

Anyways...Remember that week in Feb. where we had like a week of snow and then on Saturday it was warm and in the 70s? Well that weekend after we were stuck in the house for like foreverrr we finally got out of the house and spend the day at the lake with family soaking up the sun!

Luke and his cousin Taylor Jo enjoying the outdoors:

Brazos' redneck hot tub:

I now am ready to be spending all my time outside enjoying the warm weather!