Luke's First Food!

Luke had his first bites of baby cereal on Sunday and he loved it!  Luckily, we caught it all on tape...enjoy!

5 Months!

Luke turned 5 months old on February 19th, and he is growing like a weed!  He now weighs 17lbs 3ozs and is 26 inches long.  He never did lose any of the hair he had a birth, so his wild hair tends to stick up all over the place!  He's sitting up by himself now for short periods of time and he loves his "Johnny Jumper" that attaches to the door frame.  It is his favorite place to be when mom is getting some work done in the kitchen.  He just bounces away and takes in what is going on around him.  The weather has been warming up lately, and he loves our trips to the park in the afternoon.  He's not interested in the toys yet, but could sit and watch what is going on around him for hours.  As always, he loves his big brother and always saves his biggest laughs for him.  Here are Luke's 5 month pics in the chair in his room.  Look how much he's grown!

 

Big boy!

A little wobbly!

 

Photo Shoot

I was browsing through some pictures yesterday and came across these that I shot right before Christmas.  I was trying to get a good photo to put on our Christmas cards. I never did get that perfect shot, but I did get a few that were worth sharing. 

Do we have to do this mom?

OK, we're ready!

Got it yet?

Cheese!

Any time now...

Moooom hurry!

Hang in there Luke!

After a quick wardrobe change, the final shot!

Snow Days!

We got so much snow!  First there was the blizzard, which kept Blake out of school for four days, then the next week brought another big snowstorm that had Blake at home for three more days.  He and Luke loved the extra time together, but mom was about to go stir crazy by the end of it all!  Thank goodness we are now enjoying some sun and warmer temps.  

Here are a few pics from our snow days.  We ventured outside for just a few minutes so Luke could experience his first snow.  He loved his snow outfit, but wasn't quite sure what to think of all the white stuff!

 

I feel all cozy mom!

Umm, what is this stuff?!?

 

Luke is four months old!

Our little tough guy Luke is now 4 months old!  We can't believe he's already that big.  

It's gone by so fast!  He has learned how to roll over from front to back and is giggling and smiling now more than ever.  He loves it when we sing to him, especially "You are my sunshine" and "Twinkle twinkle little star."  His favorite thing to do is watch his big brother and Blake loves to entertain him and make him laugh.  Although he's still not sleeping very well, we are working on it and hopefully he'll be sleeping like a champ soon.  In the meantime, we are just enjoying his grins and playful kicks in the middle of the night.  He likes to think it's playtime when he wakes up! 

Happy boys

My four month pic!

Our little beefcake

Morning cuddle time with brother!

Fun Times

More pictures!

Dimples!

Cookies for Santa!

Matching stripes.

Hangin' with the boys

Sleepover with Thomas!

Mister Smiley

Three month pics!

Finally, Luke's three month pictures!  They're not exactly well thought out or planned.  I happened to realize three days after he turned three months that "oops, I forgot your three month pics!"  Knowing that if I didn't take them at that very second they would probably never get done, I quickly plopped Luke in his chair and snapped away.  As you can see he wasn't really in the mood to be photographed, but he sure was enjoying his fingers!

Three months has been a treat.  Luke has most definitely found his hands and has started using them to grab at and hold onto objects.  He absolutely loves to grin and giggle and he gives us huge smiles when we sing to him or give his belly a tickle.  He loves to watch his big brother and I think he smiles the most for him.  We are still dealing with the sleep issues.  This kid doesn't like to nap!  At the most his naps are 30 minutes long.  I'm hoping this is just a phase.  He's waking up just about every two to three hours at night now, which is a big regression from a few months ago.  I'm guessing this is because he's not getting enough calories during the day and he's just hungry more at night.  We're not ready to feed him solids yet though, so I'll just wake up more for now.  He'll grow out of it before we know it anyways.

Enjoy the pictures of our three month old!