eleven months with Luke

My sweet baby boy is ELEVEN months!  Wow!  Time is flying by.

Not a ton has changed since last month.  His new tricks include walking along furniture and waving!  He loves to wave goodnight when John takes him into his room for bed.  He still loves his sister the most.  He loves just exploring around the house.  He LOVES BALLS.  They are by far his favorite toy.  He loves music and starts dancing as soon as he hears it!  He loves shutting doors!  I find him all the time "locked" in the bathroom or guest room because he shut the door and is banging on it for me to open. :)

His schedule is still the same as last month.  He is still very interested in his bottles and his food at mealtime.  He loves eggs now!  And cheese.  And meat.  If he has multiple things on his tray at once, he will go for the meat first every time!

He is a pretty quiet baby and hasn't said any words yet.  I feel like he's starting to understand us more!  Like, when I say "Can you give me that ball?", he will usually hand it to me.  He doesn't understand the word "no" yet, and he usually just smiles really big when we say it.  So far, I think he'll be the strong, silent type. ;)

We love Luke Robert SO, SO much!

A Day in the Life...

I've never done one of these, so I thought it would be fun!  Here is a random Tuesday in our life with an almost 3-year-old, and a 10.5 month old...

Luke woke up at 6:30.  He usually wakes anywhere between 6:30-7.  I nursed him in his rocker.

We went into my bathroom so I could start the process of getting ready for the day.  He found some things in the lower cabinets to keep himself occupied for a good 10 minutes.

We watched a few minutes of the Today Show, and then Perry woke up at 7:15.

We played in her room for a little bit, then came to the kitchen for breakfast.  Peanut butter toast, strawberries, and yogurt for Miss P.  Peanut butter toast, cantaloupe, and yogurt for Lukey.

After breakfast, we usually play for an hour before Luke takes his first nap.  We played about a half hour in the downstairs playroom and a half hour in the upstairs playroom.  Mostly playtime involves trying to keep "Buppy" away from getting Perry's "art projects" and making sure Luke doesn't hurt himself. ;)

Naptime for Luke!  I put him down a little after 9, but normally he's closer to 9:30.  Perry gets to watch tv while I put Luke down, finish getting ready for the day, and get some things done around the house.  Today I did dishes, put on makeup, and did some packing for our upcoming trip to Florida.

Usually we get out of the house after Luke's morning nap (run an errand, playdate, etc.), and today Perry had swim lessons!  I had to wake Luke up from his nap a little after 10 so we could get there on time.  Perry loves swim class!  Luke had a bottle and played while we watched sister swim. 

After swim, I decided to check out ALDI (kind of a discount grocery store), and I wasn't too impressed.  Glad I went so I know not to go back.  I thought it was more of a Trader Joes, but no.

We got home around 12, and I started prepping lunch.  Perry had a hot dog and fruit.  Luke had some chicken meatballs, peaches, and avocado.  I forgot to take lunch pictures.  After lunch, we played in the playroom for a while, then Perry watched a show before naptime at 1:30.  Perry would normally go down around 1, and Luke closer to 2, but I prefer to push both of their naps and overlap. ;)  Perry is hit or miss with naps these days.  I'm very afraid we are nearing the end of naptime.  While the kids napped, I had lunch (chips and guacamole and a bagged salad), pumped, and watched an episode of Riverdale!

I had high hopes to get some laundry done too, but Luke woke up super cranky from his nap at 2:30, which is a solid hour earlier than normal!  I spent the next 30 minutes walking around with him and trying to make him happy.  Then he had a bottle.

Perry woke up at 3.  Regardless of whether she's awake or not, we always get her up at 3 because otherwise her bedtime is dreadful!  We read books and played in Luke's room until about 3:30.  Perry did an "art project" until about 3:45.

Then we decided to go on a walk!  We got home about 4:45.

John got home from work about 5:10.  I went to the postal store to drop off a package and to pick up some ice cream for John and me to have after the kids went to bed. :)  I cooked dinner while John played with the kids, we ate dinner, we did baths, and we played some more.  No pictures of any of that - the most chaotic time of day!  We got the kids jammied up for bedtime!

John almost always puts Luke to sleep at night.  They went into Luke's room for a bottle and bed around 7:20.

Perry watched a show while I straightened up the house.  I took Perry to her room at 7:55, read her some books, and she went to bed!  She likes to lay in her sleeping bag while she watches her nightly show.

At 8:30, I pumped and worked on this blog. :)  John did laundry and dishes.  

It is now 9:00.  John and I just got our ice cream and are about to watch an episode of West Wing!  We're so sad to be almost done with WW - only 3 episodes left of the entire series.  It's so good.  And I have a hard time separating it from reality sometimes.  I keep thinking President Bartlet is our actual president!  Hah!

I am guessing we'll be in bed sometime between 10 and 10:30!  Cheers to an ordinary and exhausting day that makes me so thankful for my little family!!!

May recap

Here's a little bit of what we were up to in May...

I went to my first Mother's Day Tea at Perry's preschool :)

I attended a weekly bible study called MYC (Mothers of Young Children) during the last school year, and I really enjoyed my small group!  Our group got dinner together every other month, and this was our last dinner at our mentor mom Melissa's house.

We spent some time with Annie (aka "Nana").  We love having her back in Houston!

I had a very happy Mother's Day with the fam!

Perry and Rhett had their spring program at school!  They did great!

We had the Boudreauxs over to play and grill out!

Perry had her last day of the 2's class!  She had such a wonderful year in the Monkey Class, and we adored her teachers, Mrs. Frida and Mrs. Melissa!

I went to Sedona, AZ for my friend Amy's bachelorette party!  I had a wonderful time, and it was nice to have a couple of days where I only worried about myself. ;)  But I missed my babies SO!  John had a great weekend with them, and Perry got to have a slumber party with Mumsie and Popsie one night!

We celebrated Memorial Day by swimming at my parents (daddy left that day for a work trip).

We went swimming with cousins!

Summer is already off to a great start!

10 months of Luke!

Luke is 10 months (and a couple weeks)!  I took the pictures on time, but never got around to posting.  This will probably be short and sweet...

Luke is the BEST.  Period.  

He is so happy and easy!  He loves mommy and likes to be held the most. :)  He is pretty content playing alone in the playroom while I pay attention to big sister.  He gets into everyyyyyyything, so the playroom is a safe place where he can roam and get into whatever he wants!  We usually play in the downstairs playroom, but the upstairs playroom might be his favorite place in the house!

He has 8 teeth and is working on more.  He grinds his teeth like crazy and makes funny shapes with his lips when he's getting new teeth.  

He is climbing and pulling up on everything, which is the biggest change from month nine.  One night I was cooking dinner and heard sounds from upstairs.  He had climbed ALL THE WAY up the stairs by himself (major mom fail leaving the gate open) and was just hanging out!  

Current favorite foods include yogurt, watermelon and basically any other fruit, Mexican food (haha! we usually give him rice, beans, and meat from our meals and he looooves it), meat, pouches, sweet potatoes, avocado, and green beans.  He will pretty much eat whatever we give him.

He's a great sleeper!  He usually goes to bed around 7:30/7:45 and sleeps until 6:45.  He takes two great naps most days, around 9:15 and 1:45.  Dare I say we are in an "easy stage" right now, and I'm loving it!  Since he's older, his schedule is a lot more flexible, making it easier to do things!

Happy 10 months to our precious Luke Robert!