6 Weeks and Happy Halloween!

 Happy Halloween!!!

We had another pretty eventful week with little Lucas - Tim and I drove up to Grand Forks to visit Grandma, Grandpa and his aunt, uncles and cousins! Lucas had a lot of fun dressing up for halloween and even went trick or treating for the first time at Great Grandma Carroll's nursing home (the residents said he was the youngest one that has came through)!!! Tim and I also took my parents tickets and went to a Sioux hockey game with my sister and  brother in law and our nephew Logan, and Lucas got to hang out with his grandparents and cousin Carter for the night. It was so much fun seeing everyone and getting to spend halloween in Grand Forks! I am usually working! 

6 Weeks-- Lucas continues to grow and grow! He seems like he is changing every day and conquering something new when he wakes up each day! He is starting to find his  voice more and more and we here the "a goos, coos, and ooos" now which is pretty fun to hear! The smiles are also coming more and more and he is more alert to lights and music! 6 Weeks also marks a significant increase in spit up!!! ha! I have never seen so much spit up before - we now have to use receiving blankets instead of burp cloths-- we are thinking this is a little more of the reflux happening. He also slept from 9:30PM to 4:30 AM! Wow! But that was only 1x-- I am hoping he is able to fall asleep earlier and earlier when he begins the transition to my work schedule! Here are a bunch of photos from our fun Halloween Week!

Grandma Wendy's awesome photography skills!

Logan and Uncle Tim playing piano!

Unhappy pea pod!

Family Halloween Photo!

Carter and Lucas sitting so nice before the attack on the pea pod!

Posing so nice for the photo!

Then the attack on the peas happened! Carter loved the little peas!!

Auntie Cassidy and Lucas 

Uncle Tony, Lucas and cousin Logan

Grandpa Don, Carter bug and Lucas

The forgotten cow! Poor puppy doesn't get any attention anymore!

Grandpa Don and Lucas

Halloween photo with his two cousins

Lucas had to get his Sioux gear on too!

Trying out the nap nanny that Auntie Cassidy is letting us borrow!

Sleepy little Giraffe!

Trick or Treating at Great Grandma Carroll's residence!

5 Weeks!

Happy 5 Weeks to Lucas!

Lucas continues to be growing a ton and learning new things each day! We've had fun this past week playing dress up with some of his cute little outfits that he seems to be already growing out of! He was also weighed recently and he now weights 11.6#! He is quite the big boy! This last week he has really been smiling alot more, mainly with waking up, going to sleep and when we talk to him! It is so awesome to see his big smile! He is also having more content awake time during the day! And he now loves his bath time as of this past week! He also loves taking naps in his swing. We are still trying to get him to sleep in the crib but its tough! We ordered a Miracle Blanket swaddle from Amazon to see if it will help him sleep in his crib at night -- not sure if its helping! He really doesn't seem to like his crib at all! We also think the gripe water has helped a lot with his gas! Lucas has started to have a little bit of a routine at night that he goes through despite what his parents would like! We started putting him down to sleep around 9 with nursing at that time, but then usually it takes a full 2 hours with 3 to 4x of laying down, crying, picking him up and walking/bouncing for 5 min or so then he fall asleep- we lay him down 5 min later he wakes back up again! Then usually by 11 he is sound asleep, then he will sleep til 4 or so, wake up to eat at that time, then he will sleep again til 7 or 8. This next week we will be traveling up to Grand Forks to spend Halloween with his cousins! So excited to have him in his cute little costume with his cousins!!

Cute little hat from my Aunt Dar!

Cute little pottery barn airplane
 shirt and baby jeans!

Ufta! Daddy gave Lucas a comb over during his bath-- he is not so sure about that but he loves his baths!

Future pilot? 

Super cute outfit from my cousin Summer! (She loves reading my blog :) )

5 Weeks and stretch out so big!

Trying to get him to smile for the camera for his 5 week photo!

1 Month Old!

Lucas turned 1 month on October 14th! I can't believe how fast this first month has gone and he is already changing so much! He is definitely becoming quite the little chunk and his expressions are so much more animated! In his first month Lucas has found his thumb and sucked it for a few minutes, rolled over to his side, grew out of all his newborn clothes, and he has began to smile (especially when falling asleep), I even heard him giggle a little bit yesterday! He also follows black and white objects, loves being carried in baby carriers  (the baby bjorn and ergo carrier) and is beginning to really like tummy time! He can hold his head up for about 5 seconds or so at a time (when he is in the mood!). He has also been on his first road trip, went to church, met all his grandparents and great grandma! We also decided when he turned 1 month to try sleeping in his own room in his big crib as he has been sleeping in his bassinet and rock n play sleeper in our room (and he sleeps really well - 4-5 hours a time before we wake him up to eat!) We swaddled him up tight and gave it a shot--- he was able to sleep for 3 hours at a time before waking up the first night which isnt too bad but we weren't used to him actually waking up on his own- we will see how it goes after this! During the day Lucas has been a little gassy and fussy and it seems like his belly just hurts so much from the gas, so we tried some gas relief gripe water over the weekend - we think it might have done the trick!  

I am hoping to show how much he grows each month using a blanket that a family friend quilted with his name on it! She just finished it and we will hopefully have it when he turns 2 months! We have been using the letters on his wall - so now we won't have to take those down every time we take a photo! I can't wait to see what the quilt looks like - I am sure its beautiful! We will also use the cute little bear to show progress!! 

 

1 month old! All dressed up to go to church! We even put cute little shoes on him!

1 week old!

Newborn Photos! - Lucas - 6 days old

Grand Forks Visit!

We made our first big road trip to Grand Forks on Oct 5th - we drove about 2 hours before stopping for a diaper change and feeding- after that was done he slept the rest of the way about 2.5 hours and did pretty well in the car! Tim and I went to a wedding in Grand Forks on Saturday and contemplated taking Lucas with or Tim staying home with him, we ended up taking him with and he slept during the wedding and most of reception-- of course until it was time to eat he became a little fussy! Lucas also was able to meet his cousins Logan and Carter this weekend! Logan did awesome with his new cousin and he is excited to teach him how to play hockey! His other boy cousin Jadon wants to teach him how to wrestle! He is going to have some awesome cousins to hang out with!! Lucas also was able to meet his Great Grandma Carroll!! She loved him and said he was a beautiful baby boy! She was very excited to see him and have visitors!

Logan and Lucas

Carter, Logan and Lucas

Grandpa Don and all his Grandsons!

All ready for the wedding - he borrowed his cousins clothes!

Daddy and Lucas matching and all dressed up!

Great Grandma Carroll and Lucas!

2 Weeks!

Lucas turned 2 weeks last week and he has been quite the busy little baby! He has had lots of visitors with coworkers, family and friends! He loves meeting everyone and for the most part is pretty relaxed and sleepy when visitors come! He also had his 2 week check up and everything looked great! 2 days prior to his 2 week birthday he weighed in at 9# and was in the 70th percentile for weight and 96th percentile for his head circumference! He also had a check up with a nurse to make sure nursing was going okay 3 days after his 2 week birthday and he had already gained a ton of weight-- he weighed in at 9.9#, then I fed him and his weight increased to 9.11# so he is really getting what he needs which makes me feel a lot better !! He is becoming quite the little chunk and he seems like he is hungry all the time!! Overall he continues to be a pretty calm baby at night and Tim and I have to wake him up every 4-5 hours at night to eat, he would probably sleep through the whole night! He does have his fussy time during the day at different times but normally its because he either hungry, gassy, needs his diaper changed or is tired! We also had awesome help from Grandma Wendy again when Tim had another 4 day trip and then Grandma Ferol and Grandpa Don Ireland came to see their new grandson for the first time! We really enjoyed their company and all their help as well and I took advantage of getting a few naps in while Grandma took over! They also were able to witness Lucas' first bath in the bath tub- this was a learning experience for Tim and I! He seemed like he enjoyed parts of his bath! We are so lucky to have such great family and friends!