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Saturday, March 23, 2019

8 months with Luke

Luke Robert is 8 months old today, and I truly don't know how this is possible!  I blinked, and he's two-thirds of the way to a year.  In some ways, it's been a blur, but in others, it's been crystal clear and bright.  He brings so much light and joy to our family!


Luke is a momma's boy, for sure!  He always has his eye on me when I'm in the room.  There have been a few instances of major separation anxiety lately.  I sure love my sweet boy.  

He is scooting around/army crawling everywhere!  He will lift his bottom up and get on his knees, but can't quite figure out the crawling yet.  That's more than ok with us, as we're still enjoying the less mobile stage. :)  

Luke has 4 teeth, two top and two bottom.  They are getting more visible when he smiles and are so cute!

He is getting a better hang of the food thing.  We have been doing traditional purees mixed with some baby-led weaning ("real food").  He has tried all kinds of "real food" - cantaloupe, brussels sprouts, turkey meatballs, and more - but his very favorite so far is mango!  He also looooooves pouches and is getting good at drinking them himself. 

Luke is officially down to two naps!  I am master manipulator when it comes to getting both kids to nap at the same time.  I usually get anywhere from 45 minutes to 1.5 hours of overlap if I push Perry's nap later.  Woo-hoo!

Luke is just super smiley!  He loves swinging, rolling around, playing peek-a-boo, rolling the ball, watching his sister, looking in the mirror, and chewing on tags and shoestrings.  And he still LOVES his big sister!  She gets the most smiles and laughs by far. :)








We love our blonde, blue-eyed boy SO so much!

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Luke is 7 months!

Baby Luke is 7 months old!  I can't believe it!  I truly don't remember life before him.


We're recovering from another bout of bronchiolitis (poor little guy can't catch a break), and we happened to go to the doctor on his 7-month birthday.  Our tall, skinny boy weighed 17 pounds, 7 ounces.


Luke is still a pretty chill baby!  Except poor guy keeps getting sick, so he's definitely been a little more fussy and attached lately, which is totally understandable!  He is still mostly happy and smiley and easy. :)


He is getting his top two teeth!  One poked through a couple days ago, and the other is right behind it.  It looks like he will have a giant gap between his front teeth, like sister has and mommy had. ;)


We've been struggling a bit to get on a specific schedule, mostly because he's been sick so often, having two kids is hard, and we've honestly been in survival mode many days.  Real life!  But generally he still eats 5 times a day (nurses 4 times and bottle once), and he takes 2-3 naps a day.  He goes to sleep around 7:30 pm, and he wakes up between 6-7 am.  He is still waking up at night.  He'll usually wake up at least a couple times crying, but he doesn't want to eat, he just wants us to hold him and comfort him.  He is a very unpredictable sleeper, so we just wing it.  


We've been slow to introduce solids with Luke.  At first he loved food!  We were just doing purees.  Then he was having tummy troubles.  Then he decided he wasn't very into food.  Then he got sick again, and we completely stopped trying for a few days.  We're just not putting pressure on it and going with the flow.


Luke loves:
- Perry! They have started "playing" together a little bit, and they just love each other so much.
- His dump truck!  This might be his favorite toy right now?  He also really loves chewing on tags and strings and closing the window on the "house toy".  
- Peek-a-boo!  He will smile so big and laugh when we play it!
- Bathtime!
- Swinging!
- Being held or facing outwards in the Baby Bjorn
- Kicking!  Constantly.

Here are a few of my favorite pictures of Luke from the past month:







We couldn't imagine our life without Luke!  Love you, buppy!

6-month pictures

We snapped some pictures a few weeks ago of my sweet 6-month old!  John and I were not dressed for pictures, but we also got a few sweet ones of Luke with Mumsie and Popsie!










Sunday, February 17, 2019

Valentine's Day and Rodeo!

Perry had a Valentine party at school the day before Valentine's Day.  They made friendship soup and passed out Valentine's to their friends...





The kids and I just played during the day, then we decided to check out the Katy rodeo that evening!  It was so fun!  Perry loved watching the cowgirls and eating her hot dog.  She went down for the stick horse race, but didn't want to actually participate in the race.  She looked cute trying! ;)













We had to leave early to get Luke to bed, but we'll definitely be back next year.  It was a fun way to spend the evening with my Valentines!

Pony tails and Piggy tails...

Perry finally has enough hair for a ponytail and pigtails, and I cannot get over the cuteness!  I've waited for this for 2.5 years! :)