Six Months Already??
Wow. Time seems to be flying by. And little Luke is just growing up so fast and learning so many new things.
He had a great check up at the doctor.
Here are his stats:
Weight: 19lbs 2oz - 70th percentile
Length: 27.5in - 78th percentile
He's no longer in the 90th percentile for weight, probably because he's a major wiggler now. Trying to change his diaper now-days I feel like gator wrangler. This kid just loves to roll over now. Ironic, since for the first 6 months of his life he thought tummy time equalled death. Now it's all he wants to do.
We are now parents of a crawler! We're very excited about it. But I need to clarify. He doesn't have the classic hands & knees crawl. He's more of the "charlie in the trees" army crawl. Which is totally hilarious. But I can't believe how fast he is now. And he has a major "naughty" radar. Anything he shouldn't have or go, he notices immediately after being placed on the ground and races after it. For example: he loves movie cases and will empty the shelf at least twice a day. Daddy's shoes are a new favorite. And he always runs to the baby gate and tries to move it around...this one is a little scary. Thank goodness it locks into place.
And of course the dogs just don't know they should be afraid....very afraid. Luke gets SO excited when he sees them and chases after them. And when he catches up to them he likes to grab their tails and feet. The poor dogs don't even know what's in store for them. If they did, they would be running from this little boy. But they just love little Lucas so much...they put up with a lot.
This little guy is starting to form opinions about his world now. And he will let me know when he doesn't want to do something anymore...like eating, playing, etc. He is still such a great baby, but every once in a while.....Mr. Attitude comes to visit.
Here he is again practicing his crawling action. But he's learned a lot of other things too. He's a pro at sitting, but hasn't figured out how to pull himself up to sitting. He loves to have Daddy pull him up to a standing position and show him how to old onto the side of the coffee table or pack and play. Then he'll just stand there all proud of himself and beaming....until he falls over.
Luke has also learned how to take his pacifier from us and put it in his mouth. He usually will take it with one hand, then pass it to the other and pop it in. I think it's cute so I'll take it out of his mouth and hold it out for him. He'll let me do that a couple times, and then he gets a little irritated. He's got a serious relationship with his "pacy" and doesn't like when Mom gets in the way.
He is an almost constant talker. He jabbers all day long. And he LOVES to hear his own voice downstairs where the tile makes his voice bounce off the walls. We're working on teaching him about his "quiet" voice. But mostly he just laughs at us and starts screeching. Nice.
Here he is again practicing his crawling action. But he's learned a lot of other things too. He's a pro at sitting, but hasn't figured out how to pull himself up to sitting. He loves to have Daddy pull him up to a standing position and show him how to old onto the side of the coffee table or pack and play. Then he'll just stand there all proud of himself and beaming....until he falls over.Luke has also learned how to take his pacifier from us and put it in his mouth. He usually will take it with one hand, then pass it to the other and pop it in. I think it's cute so I'll take it out of his mouth and hold it out for him. He'll let me do that a couple times, and then he gets a little irritated. He's got a serious relationship with his "pacy" and doesn't like when Mom gets in the way.He is an almost constant talker. He jabbers all day long. And he LOVES to hear his own voice downstairs where the tile makes his voice bounce off the walls. We're working on teaching him about his "quiet" voice. But mostly he just laughs at us and starts screeching. Nice.But we really are SO in love with this little boy. I am so glad he has joined our little family and feel so grateful for the opportunity he gives me to be his Mommy.
Lucas now has a thing about sleeping with a blankie. So cute. He just snuggles right in when you give it to him. He really likes the special blankie Aunt Erin made for him. But he'll make do when his favorite has to have a bath.
Minnie has decided that the baby pool is really a nice lounger for her to sun bathe in. NICE.
You see this cute face? Seemingly innocent right? WRONG. I had just undressed this little stinker in preparation for bath time. Well he just rolled right over onto my carpet and peed. PEED. ON. MY. CARPET. When I picked him up I had to put him back on the blanket so I could clean up, and this is the face he gives me. Trying to make up with cute points. He's a sneaky one, I'll have to keep an eye on him when he's older.
This is the face I get from Matt after I told him "his" son peed on my floors. His comment? Well he has been hanging out with the dogs alot lately. NOT funny.
Enjoying a little tub time after the whole unfortunate carpet incident. Nothing like blowing raspberries at your toes to complete a very "ordinary" day.
First off, my dogs thought it was a fancy new water bowl. Thanks Mom!! But, being the caring family that we are, we had no problem sharing. Quite fun for everyone. It was even funner licking the water off the baby then it was to drink right out of the new, improved, fancy, squishy drinking bowl. Mom's the awesomest! How does she think these things up?
We had a good time. The baby had some bath toys and just relaxed in the water. Took him a while to figure out that he can splash around in there. Mostly he just chilled. It was so relaxing for him that he fell quietly asleep a little while later after pool time was over. Pretty impressive considering it was his cranky time of the day.
