Bath time fun

Luke LOVES bath time!  Dan is usually busy taking care of Amelia's bath time and bed time routine so it's nice to have some one-on-one time with my sweet baby boy!

At just 4 months old- he is almost too big for the little bathtub (check out how his head sticks up past the end of it)

 flashback- sweet Amelia around the same age

any time you pour water on his head he kicks his legs like crazy and the water sloshes out all over the counter and mirror

bath hair- not much but he does have a few long hairs on top- blond in color!

Amelia- at about the same age as Luke

Jumperoo!

Luke's first experience in the jumperoo . . .

Amelia 'helping' Luke jump

look at those eyebrows!  I love it!

Now he will smile and really move his feet around to make himself move.  He loves sitting up and being able to look all around- he usually enjoys watching Amelia run around.

Mother's Day

This year we took the kids to a local pottery place and made a fun plate with both of their handprints. It was a little crazy though- the hand printing part didn't come until the end.  First we had to paint the plate with 3 coats and then figure out what design we were going to do.  Dan was great- he kept walking around with Amelia and Luke so I could furiously paint away.  At the end we got both kids hand prints on the plate.  I can't wait to pick it up.

Mother's Day morning I was getting ready for church and was told to get back in bed for breakfast.  I was so surprised . . . both kids were still sleeping so I had a nice quiet breakfast in bed!  While feeding Luke at church I did the call ahead seating for Olive Garden and the timing worked out perfect.  By the time church was over, we picked up the kids, and got to Olive Garden they were calling our name!

Only down side to the day . . . I had outfits picked out for me and the kids that coordinated- so we could take some fun pictures out by our swing like we have done the past couple of years.  Well first off- it was raining . . . like ALL day.  After Luke's morning feeding he spit up ALL over his outfit.  Somehow Amelia messed up her cute dress- can't remember if it was at lunch or what.  So we ended up with a completely mismatched outfits for our picture- but hey, I wouldn't trade these two kiddos for anything!

A sweet moment I will always treasure- Amelia said "happy mudders day mommy!"

Flashback:

1st Mother's Day- 2010

Mother's Day-2011

Just hanging out

Finally captured it- the pouty lip!

although usually it sticks out much more and his eyes well up with tears- I just can't resist his little pouty face

the serious face

Amelia kissing Luke- poor little guy she practically lays on him!

Amelia brought Luke her baby doll

I LOVE this crazy girl and sweet baby boy!

Surprise! Happy Birthday Grandma!

Mischievous little Amelia wanted to surprise Grandma for her birthday.  So she got her Mommy and Grandpa in on the logistics and pulled off an awesome surprise.  When Grandma got home from work- the house was all decorated with streamers and things.  Grandma got home a bit earlier than we expected so we didn't get to yell surprise when she walked in the door but she was definitely still very surprised to see us!

We stayed for a couple of days and had so much fun with Grandma and Grandpa.  On Grandma's birthday, we all went to the zoo!  Amelia LOVED it!  She still talks about seeing the tigers and giraffes.  The St. Louis Zoo is free but it cost $15 to park!  So we all packed into into one car- Grandma volunteered to ride in between the kids on the way there.

It was a hot day- luckily we did get to see most of the animals we were hoping to see

Rockin' her "sun gasses" (the funny way she says sunglasses)

Luke seemed to enjoy all the sights but not the heat- I didn't notice until I uploaded it on my computer how he had his little fist up to his face like "oh man"

We planned it out so we could visit the penguin exhibit towards the end- it's nice and cold in there and give you a chance to cool off from the heat!

I love hippos- Amelia didn't really notice them (look in the back of the picture) because it was afternoon and very hot and they were not moving at all!  The fish however were all over the place and Amelia was captivated by them!

last animal to see on our way out- the elephants!

After seeing a group of elephants we kept walking and were surprised to find this just around the corner:  a sweet baby elephant

if pictures came with sound- you'd hear squeals of laughter!

probably good thing pictures don't come with sound . . .

Amelia was definitely Grandma's girl for the weekend!

Grandma isn't crazy about this picture- but I just love their big smiles! :)

Amelia sound asleep in the car on the way home- what a fun weekend!

Happy Birthday Grandma!  We love you very much and hope our surprise made your birthday special!

New kiddie pool

Amelia loves playing in her new kiddie pool.  Last year she wasn't a big fan of playing in the water- she would just walk away from the water splash area we got her.  This year- she LOVES splashing in the pool and dumping water everywhere!

her lovely "Cheese" face

4 Months Old

Luke turned 4 months old last week- whew the time is just flying!  My sweet little charmer is such a happy boy.  So far he seems to be very laid back and easy going.  He likes to lay on his back, stretch out and check everything out. He has also started rolling up on his side- trying to go after a toy or watching Amelia usually.  He still doesn't seem to mind tummy time.

He weighs in at 14lbs (just under 50th percentile) and is 25 inches long (right at 50th percentile)!  He is wearing 3-6 month clothes but is filling up his sleepers- won't be much longer before we have to move him up to 6-9 month clothes!   He is still wearing size 2 diapers.

He is now eating every 3 1/2 to 4 hours. He is just starting to get a little bit distracted- usually either wanting to smile and coo at me or trying to turn his head to see what Amelia is up to.  So his feedings seem to be much faster now :)

He is still sleeping great!  He goes to bed between 8:30 and 9:00pm and sleeps until around 7:30 or 8:00am.  We also have been working on getting consistent longer naps and he is doing great.  The mornings are usually busy but when we are home he will nap in his bed for about a hour or hour and a half.  After lunch he will take a long 2-3hr afternoon nap! YEAH!  Usually he will still take a 30min or so catnap in the evenings. I started putting him on his tummy to sleep for nap times and he sleeps so much sounder.  At night he still sleeps on his back.

We put him in the jumperoo for the first time the other day and he was very serious at first.  He is so expressive with his eyebrows- but after Amelia came over and "helped" him get used to it (bouncing him like crazy and messing with all the toys) he seems to really like moving his feet and making himself move up and down.

 LOVE these baby blues