First Christmas and 3 Months!

Lots and Lots of photos to post now that I haven't been keeping up with the blog as well since I have been back working and with the holidays! But just recap - we had a really great Christmas - we had our own little Christmas in Hutch as a family then went up to Grand Forks to celebrate some more. It seemed like we were always busy doing something but we had a lot of fun! We were able to meet up with an old friend of mine, Tammy who has a little girl Annaka that is only 9 days younger than Lucas-- they live in TX so we really don't get to seem them very much - I think Luke likes his new little girlfriend! We also have a tradition of going skating on Christmas eve morning and my brother in law Tony was able to rent a rink again this year, so I was very excited to have Luke's first experience on ice happen! He actually fell asleep when I was holding him, I think he was relaxed when I was skating! After skating, we went to church and Luke was able to make it halfway through the service, then Daddy had to take him out of the church -- he had a huge poopy diaper! Another big highlight of Luke's Christmas was meeting Santa Claus (which was my little brother!) and he was given a ton of presents this year-- he is a pretty spoiled little 3 month old! 

He turned 3 Months on Dec. 16, and he continues to amaze us with all of his new activities! He loves to smile and day care has said he is a very smiley baby when he is there, they always have a good report for us - which is nice to know since its still tough dropping him off there. He also is still loving his baths on our little foam bath - he just kicks around so much and now gets me all wet! Its so much fun watching him! He also has been falling asleep a lot easier - it shocked me that a few days ago he fell asleep just playing on the floor! I would have never guessed he would ever have been able to do that! He is now sleeping 8-4 or 5 or so but still has his dang cough! We decided to take him in again, and our pediatrician tried a nebulizer treatment, she didn't think it helped much, so we are trying out a medication called Singulair, we will see what happens! SO here are a BUNCH of photos of our last few weeks!

fell asleep on the floor!!!

12 Weeks! Santa! 3 Month Photos!

12 Weeks has come and gone!!! I cannot believe Lucas is already 12 weeks old! He is really enjoying laying on his back and kicking and playing on his play mat! He also has been sleeping either 8:45-4:45AM - straight through, or he sleeps 8:45-2 (wakes up for 5 min or so due to coughing, I rock him and he falls back to sleep til 5-6AM). He loves batting objects hanging down and starting to hold a little bit bigger toys! He loves smiling so much I think he is a pretty happy baby overall! We have been following the routine of EASY (eat, activity time, sleep, then time for yourselves) and it seems to work very well for him. We know his routine so well so I guess that  means its  just time for him to start day care next week-- oh great!! At least it will be only part-time day care 20-34 hours/week since Tim has a such different hours at his job and I will still be full time but only cutting back a few hours and working 38 hours/week. I now will get off at 3:30PM MWF which is awesome!

 Pretty blue eyes!!

 Sitting up in between Mom's legs!

 Enjoying his massage after his bath!

 Goofy little boy!

Getting ready for Santa!

We took Lucas to the Hutch mall to see Santa! Of course there were no lines at our mall!! HA! But he was so good for Santa-- it was either 5 bucks for a polaroid or 5 bucks for us to take 3 photos...I figured a poloroid would be kind of a cute keepsake to look back on but it was so cute I wish I would have taken our own so we could have made copies and upload it! Oh well, I can always go back and do that instead!

 I love Santa shirt!

 I tried to take a photo of the Polaroid photo but it didnt really work!!

Here are Lukie's 3 month photo-- actually taken at 11 weeks! He had a tough time the first time we tried and cried and spit up the whole time, we took him back the next day and he was all smiles and did so much better! These are just a few previews of his photos!

I am also having fun dressing Lukie up for Christmas-- we have so many cute little Christmas outfits that everyday from now til Christmas he is going to wear a new outfit!!! :)

Baptism! 12-8-12

Lucas was baptized on 12/8/12 and we had a wonderful weekend full of family and friends that came to Hutchinson to help us all celebrate his baptism! It was so much fun to have most of our family here together for his special day. My sister and her husband became Lucas's Godparents and Tim's brother Greg who is also a pastor helped baptize Lucas! It was awesome, even if the pastor did forget the holy water to baptize him -- he had to run and get it during the prayer! Lucas was pretty good during the service until we brought him up in front of the church - then there was lots of crying!

Overall Lucas is doing much better with his reflux and the funny noises he was making earlier on. But we have been challenged with trying to get rid of his dang cold he came down with during Thanksgiving! He is still coughing at night, we are hoping its just not some type of allergy! He is also developing quite the personality and he loves making all types of faces and loves smiling at his Mommy and Daddy! We are having so much fun watching him grow! 

Here are a few photos from our fun weekend!

 Baptismal outfit! He looked so sweet!

 All of the family that came for his special day!

 The Grandma's!

 Some of the desserts I made!

 Lucas's new godparents: Cassidy and Tony

 The pastor's that baptized Lucas (with Tim's brother Greg)

 Logan helped opened all of Lucas's presents!! What a good helper!

 This is what Lucas did during present opening

11 Weeks!

11 Weeks old! Wow he time has just flown by!!! He is now sleeping in crib on his side with a blanket rolled up to prop him and then he tends to roll to his back throughout the night! His neck extension during tummy time has improved significantly and we started to see if he could sit up a bit and he does so great! We only use the bumbo seat for brief periods of time but he seems to really, really like sitting up in it like a big boy! He also LOVES taking baths! He is starting to kick around a lot during his bath so we might trying using a sponge in the bottom of the bath to allow his little legs to kick a little more! At the end of his baths he also loves my little infant massages I have been giving him! He gets so relaxed!!!  He also has really started to clasp his hands together to bring blankets and small toys up to his mouth! He is starting to really figure out those hands of his!! He is gaining a ton of weight and I believe at 11 weeks he was a little over 16#!