5 Months!

5 Months is already here, and I feel like I just blogged about 4 months! Lucas has definitely conquered a TON of new skills from 4-5 month old! After his 4 month appointment we were cleared to try some solids, we put his high chair all together, strapped him in,  and then started with some rice cereal - we were a little nervous about this, but gave it a shot -- he didnt seem too interested! We tried too different brands and he didn't like either, so I tried a little oatmeal, and he liked maybe just a tad better...but still didn't eat too much. I thought maybe lets just see if he just wants to go straight for the veggies, and he loved them! We started with oranges and gave him a little squash for 3-4 days, 1x/day which he liked, and then just recently tried sweet potatoes -- he absolutely loves sweet potatoes so far! It is so fun to see him chow down on real food, he does a little chewing action and then swallows them right down! Such a big boy! And by big, I mean he weighs 19.6# as of this past week!

Besides the food milestones, he is really making good progress with his gross and fine motor skills! :)

He has been really good with fine motor and being able to pick up objects so easily and quickly and pass them back and forth between his hands, even on his tummy he weight shifts well to grab an object-- he also is able to pick things up with his thumb and index finger and can pick up tiny little things!

We've had one of my friends/coworkers who is a pediatric PT out to our house to just work with Lukey a little bit on his tight right sternocleidomastoid (which can lead to torticollis/ plagiocephally (flat head)) and all that fun stuff, we noticed this when he just favored looking to the left and sidebending to the right, and sure enough, he did have some tightness and a very mild flat spot. Our pediatrician wasnt concerned at all and said its nothing to worry about. But just knowing some awesome pediatric therapist, I figured I'd have them just double check it. So Dana has been amazing and  comes over to hang out with Luke and has worked with him 3 times, and I think he is continuing to improve nicely!! Thanks Dana!! He also began rolling 1 week after he turned 4 months (I think sometimes bigger babies are a little slower with this!) and he rolls from his back to tummy, but hasnt been able to figure out tummy to back yet! He also surprised us last week with being able to sit unsupported! He can now sit for over 1 minute without any support, it is so much fun having him sit up and look around at everything that is going on, especially at his best friend Fenton!

As far as his personality goes, he is the goofiest, happiest, cutest little baby boy! He seriously smiles and giggles so much, its so cute! We get lots of compliments asking us if he is always so happy and so good! When we take him out to gatherings with friends it seems like he doesn't even fuss at all, I think he just loves being around people and in on all the action. He also is doing well at daycare, and they say he always has such good days, he just likes his environment changed every so often! He LOVEs to read books, he just stares at the pictures and then trys to flip the pages! He also has a little girlfriend now at daycare - her name is Elin! Elin and her mom actually come to our early family education class on Monday nights too! Lucas is about 3 weeks older! He still isnt sure about that class yet, Tim and I took him to his first  class on Feb 4th, and he was able to play with bubbles, new toys/books, hear his mommy's horrible singing voice, watch Daddy get embarrassed by the being the only dad, and play lots of little games! I think he will get into it more as he gets older!

He is also able to fall asleep much easier, its barely any work to put him down at night, and he wakes up probably 1-2x/night just for a moment and we just change his position in his crib and he falls back to sleep. Two nights ago he slept 7:30pm-6am - I think it was his Valentine's Day present to his Mommy!

Grandma and Grandpa Schultz also came up for a visit last weekend and brought Lucas such a cute little cat in the hat stuffed animal and book and a few balloons! I think his favorite part was the tissue and balloons! Tim and I were talking and I don't think we could love anything or anyone more than how much we love our little baby boy!

4 Months!

4 months has come and gone already! I can't believe how much Lucas has grown and everything he can do! He had his 4 month check up last week and it went very well, even though I couldn't go because I was home with the stomach flu! His new stats: weight - 17# 10 oz (90th percentile), head circumference was 90th percentile as well, and length was 25 1/4in (56th percentile). He hasnt decided to roll yet, but thats okay I think he is getting there! And our Dr. said he might be a little late with rolling because he has such a big head! But he is bringing everything up to his mouth to chew on and he has been for awhile, and she was saying that bringing things to your mouth is a 6th month milestone! He is now wearing 9 month sleepers and is still a pretty content baby! We are STILL working on his congestion and little cough, so our pediatrician referred us to a EENT specialist to check it out. In the meantime we are trying our own little problem solving and trying a few different formulas to see if we can see a difference, he has always been on Similac Sensitive which we really started it around 2 months when I started to wean him from nursing, and this was right when we went on an air plane and went to AZ and right when we started formula -- so we couldnt decide if he caught something on the plane or what! But today is day 2 of his new formula (enfamil gentlease) and we haven't had to use the nose sucker once so far... :) We have been working with his little neck muscles a bit too as he was initially favoring looking to the left and sidebending to the right, but with a few stretches and a couple carrying techniques (PT really works :) ) I think he has greatly improved! Our pediatrician said she could barely tell he had any type of flat spot (plagiocephaly) on his head anymore! Another new adventure for us was the introduction of rice cereal, first day he took maybe 4 small spoonfuls, second day not so good, but the third day he probably ate about 8 small spoonfuls! It's pretty fun having him sit at the table with us in his cute little high chair-- he looks like such a big boy! Tim and I have been having so much fun just sitting at home and playing with him! Every day when I look at him  I think I can't believe how lucky we are to have such a wonderful, sweet, and funny little baby boy in our lives! He has just so many different facial expressions and just the cutest little personality!! Enjoy all the expressions of Lukey duke! 

Giggling with daddy!

Really, mom, more pictures?

First taste of rice cereal!

holding big toys!!

It was 40 degrees one day and we went for a walk in the stroller!

napping with daddy on his birthday

I hope he's not teething already!!

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!!! :)