12 Week Old Luke

Luke is pretty close to being able to sit up on his own...I'd give him a month or so maybe? He has already been sitting in his Bumbo (thanks Mel, Riss, John & Paula!). It's kinda crazy to see him sitting in it without me holding on to him!

He loves to sleep and generally sleeps 7 or 8 hours straight. :) He likes to wake up around 6:00 am even though he is not hungry. I often wonder why he gets up and is fussy (even after I change his diaper). He usually goes back to sleep after a little while. He loves sleeping in his Granny's (Linda's) arms. She lulls him right to sleep.





He loves the John Deere clock at Grandma & Grandpa's house in the corn. When he gets upset we just walk him over to the clock and he is a happy boy.

I weighed him yesterday and it said he weighs 12 pounds 6 ounces. He is a growing boy; that is for sure! It is not uncommon for him to knock out over maybe 6 or 7 ounces in a feeding (it is hard to tell exactly what I am feeding him since I am breastfeeding him). It seems like he is hungry a lot!


He is still a really happy boy and gives us a lot of smiles! :)

Luke gained a new cousin this week! He is not sure what to think about James. They are 5 days short of three months apart. :)



He loves peek-a-boo and he will stop fussing and smile when we play with him!


He has a clogged tear duct in his left eye again (when he was little little he had them in both eyes).


He still loves to be cuddled up in his wrap and sling. A lifesaver in the grocery store when he cries!!


He has really been starting to play with his toys...crinkling them and making them rattle. So fun to see him play all by himself!



He really loves to be read to. Sometimes he will stop eating (stop eating, people! He loves to eat!) so that he can see the pages in the stories that we read to him! So cute! :) He especially loves to watch the cover of this book he got from his grandma. It lights up and plays music! It mezmerizes him! :)


BVOTD: "For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities -- his eternal power and divine nature -- have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse." Romans 1:20

What 11 Weeks Looks Like on Luke

When I lay Luke on the floor for tummy time he will hold up his head and arms and legs and "tummy surf". He will also surf on his daddy's belly.

He is beginning to love putting his hands in his mouth (he has always put his hands over his mouth when he was hungry but he is doing it a lot more now). Now he likes to try to stick his whole hand in there.

He is very strong and when he gets upset he will knock his little head into whoever is holding him. His legs are very strong too!

He is getting more hair on the top of his head...it is growing in quite nicely these days. It seems like the hair on top of his head is lighter than the rest.

He smiles when he recognizes someone. He gives his momma and poppa lots of smiles too (even during diaper changes...which is crazy because he has always disliked diaper changes!).

He loves to visit the Ye Olde English Bakery with his mommy and Auntie Vicki on Saturdays. He gives us lots of smiles.

He loves being read to and the other day when he was especially fussy I got out "I'll Teach My Dog 100 Words" and right when I started reading he calmed down and stared at the pages. Some days I read five or six books to him and he just loves it! :)

He is still quite the little tooter. Our friend Thomas was over the other night and he let out quite the toot...filling up a diaper in about two minutes. Gotta watch that little guy. You would never believe that such a noise could come out of such a little body. He is going to win contests one day (really).

He loves to be outside and will stop (even if he is crying) and look around. Sometimes I just stand out in the front yard with him and he takes it all in. :) We have been having wonderful weather so we have had a lot of opportunities to enjoy the outdoors. Occasionally when Brad comes home when we have plenty of daylight left we will head to the park and take him strolling on the trail. It makes for a happy Luke!

BVOTD: "Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name." Psalm 103:1

10 Weeks Old

Everywhere we go people say Luke looks just like Brad. An answer to my prayers :)

We are certainly enjoying hearing his little noises when he "talks." Brad can't wait till he can have a conversation with him. I am just savoring these moments. Luke is getting a lot more interactive. He loves to ooh and aah and coo at us. We occasionally hear him squeal with delight. :) He is giving us lots of smiles when we make faces at him.

He is still quite the eater. At 11 pounds 4 ounces and 24" long, he is growing away.

He is a wonderful sleeper and the other night he slept 9 hours straight. People also tell me that I am spoiled with Luke...I can't tell you how many people have told me to consider myself blessed because their kids didn't sleep through the night till they were much older... five months old or I even heard one lady say five years old! We are on a pretty good schedule now. I feed him around 10:00 or 11:00 and he lays down around 11:00 or 12:00 in his bed (Co-Sleeper) after we change him. While I still have to hold his pacifier in for him for a little while, he is usually out within 15 minutes or so. We usually play nature sounds for him on the "Select a Show Soother" so that he can head into dreamland (he thinks that he is camping).

We are still using the vaporizer at night (but I think it is just because I like the hum and think that I sleep better with it so I figure he might sleep better with it too).

In the last week or two he has become very social and will cry when he is in the backseat of the car alone. When I stop the car and pick up his carseat (not even taking him out of the carseat) he immediately stops crying and calms down. He just loves to be with people and have someone hold his little hand. This is a new thing because he usually loves car rides (and the music that we play for him).

He clasps his hands together and has a tight grip on whatever he can grab onto.

He can get his pacifier back in his mouth as long as it is close and he can just flip it back in.

He still hates baths and cries the whole time. He has what I call a death grip on his little fingers when we bathe him. He loves to cuddle up with us right after a bath. In fact, getting clothes on and getting cuddled in a towel is definitely his favorite part of bath time.

When I whisper "shhh" in his ear and get really close to him, he will usually calm down (even if he is really upset).

He is a pretty good burper these days. When he was teeny you could try to burp him for an hour and only get a little burp or two out of him (I think his little digestive system wasn't fully developed yet).

I have to put socks on his feet and hands every night before bed or his hands and feet are like little ice cubes by morning.

It is really tough to get a run and shower in these days. It is like he knows that I am about to run and shower and so he decides to cry. I think he is just too social to sit by himself in his swing.

I love spending my days with him and honestly cannot imagine having to let him go to a babysitter (besides family) or daycare. I just want to protect him and love on him. He is beyond sweet and his dad and I are just head over heels for our little boy. He is the light of our lives.

Brad wants him to sleep in the bed with us (he loves that he is a cuddle bug) but I have been strong, insisting that he sleeps in his Co-Sleeper (for a while when he was a few weeks old he would sleep in bed with us). I am just beyond nervous that we will roll over on him or smother him when he is in bed with us. (Though, occasionally I fall asleep while feeding him I usually wake up soon after and move him to his bed.) Don't worry, though, we still get cat naps with him (according to Mr. Marshall...that is the best nap that you will ever have is with a little one snuggled up on your chest).

Everyone talks about how big he is getting and how much he looks like his daddy. We just went back to Sunday school for the first time this Sunday (we have been going to church but not Sunday school) and everyone was so excited to meet Mr. Luke. We even got another handmade blanket from the quilting ladies (the piecemakers) at church! So sweet! He is one blessed little boy! So many people love him!!!

BVOTD: If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. 1 John 4:20

8 Weeks Old

Luke is a growing boy for sure! He is already 10 pounds and 6 ounces and I am not quite sure how long he is but he has grown inches since he was born. He just seems so very long to me for such a little guy. A lot of his 0-3 month clothes are getting too short! He is changing so much!

We can tell he is going to be such a wonderful little man...he has such a good disposition. He is advanced for his age, too. :) His new favorite thing is mimicking us when we stick out our tongues at him. (I know, that's a really good thing to teach him, lol!). I might try to share a video of it...it is too cute! He can hold up his head for minutes...I was reading about what he is supposed to be doing developmentally and it said that next month he is supposed to be able to hold up his head for a few seconds. Ha :) I read online that he isn't supposed to be sleeping "through the night" till he is 4 months old. He has been sleeping for 6 or 7 hours straight a night fairly consistently for the last few weeks. (= a happy momma!).

He is just the light of our lives. He brightens up our days and makes us feel all warm and giddy inside :) I know I have said it before...but I just love this stay-at-home-mom gig! It is the best! :) Sure, some days he is a little more fussy than others or I get frustrated because it feels like I can't get anything done because I have to feed him every two seconds (he really loves to eat) but it beats a 9-to-5 job (or a 9:30-to-6 job ;) anyday. :)

Can't believe that he is already 8 weeks old! Time is flying (what's new?!). Hope you enjoy the video...I've never posted one before so I hope I did it right :) Let me know if it doesn't work!

BVOTD: "As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God." Psalm 42:1