My Giant Adorable 5 Month Old

Would you believe it? My sweet baby Luke is growing up, just like Easton did. Just like every other human on the Earth, and yet, for some reason, it still surprises me. He is changing by the day, it seems. And just like his brother, he has the ability of melting my heart with his sweet smile.

This boy is big. At his well check a few weeks ago, we discovered he is in the 95th percentile for height and 90th percentile for weight, 18.2 lbs. His head is in the 75th. Holy moly. I thought E was big. I kept thinking...Easton wore these pants till he was older, I swear! I wasn't imagining it. He's huge.

Oh this little bubba. He is doing great, however the sleeping is just a mess. We were pretty spoiled with E, he was definitely sleeping through the night at this age. Luke is up several times a night. Not to eat, but because he prefers our bed. I'm up several times giving him the binky, rewrapping...trying to keep him in his bed. Oh well. Randon and I have discussed how even though it is uncomfortable to sleep with him, we secretly love that his favorite place to sleep is in our arms.
He tried rice cereal for the first time a few nights ago, it wasn't his favorite. :) He is liking it more now.

He loves bouncing up and down especially when he is being held and can get a little assistance getting some air.
He has the best cheeks that I kiss probably 15,372 times a day.
He loves when we ask what sounds animals make. His favorite is when I neigh like a horse. Ask me to neigh sometime. I must be good at it. I believe this big smile was a product of my neighing...

He will give me kisses, or just open his mouth for me to kiss him when I ask. Love.
He can roll from his tummy to his back.
He loves to look out the window and watch the cars pass by.
Speaking of cars, he does much better now and doesn't scream when we drive anymore. Yay!
If we are having a sad time, we call Dad on speaker phone and he calms right down, very alert at the sound of dad's voice. He loves his Daddy so much and also gets especially excited to talk with Grandpa. He loves Grammy too...I mean...who wouldn't?
He definitely loves Easton so so much. He lights up for him more than anyone else. It is so adorable how he will just track E and intently watch whatever he is doing. 

I just love him so much. Before he was born, I just couldn't imagine loving another child as much as I love Easton, but I surely do. I just love my boys so much and we are so happy we get to have Luke in our family.

A Happy Valentine's Day

We had a fun little Love Day around here.
1. Mess made from making Valentine's for Grammy and Gramps
2. Valentine for my littles
3. Lost in a sea of cute Valentine's from kids at preschool
4. Boys with their Valentine balloons...Luke wearing flood pants cause he is so dang tall
5. My gift from my sweetheart...he knows I'd rather have something fun instead of flowers
6. My sexy Valentine. That took me to dinner at a Chinese place cause I didn't think anyone would choose Chinese to be romantic so I thought it wouldn't be busy. I was wrong.
7. Lukie checkin out his new monkey rattle.
8. My sweet adorable little Valentines.
9. Heart sandwich I made for E for lunch...wouldn't eat it. Isn't that how it goes.
10.  Our super cool Valentine Daddy and I got in the mail from East!
11. Easton's valentines he took for his classmates.
I'm so lucky to have a little family I love so much!

Roar

We got to go with Easton today on his field trip to the dinosaur museum. It was pretty cool!

He even got to play in some sand and water and bury trees and dinosaurs. 

 Luke took the opportunity to have a little snack. Nom nom nom.

East was a little wary of the Great White. I've always had a strange fear/fascination with them. They make me scurred too, E.

It was a great trip! I think maybe, just maybe East thought he was going to see real dinos, not just bones. He did a good job of hiding his disappointment if that was the case. Good fun.

*Is it lame that I'm following the trend of putting a vintage filter on my photos? I like it. Did you know you can try lots of different filters for free at rollip dot com? Ta da. Try it.

Sometimes we get bored while E is at school...

Lucky Mama

I get to snuggle this little love muffin all day. He loves to sleep wrapped like a burrito. There are times when I am feeding him or rocking him to sleep, thinking of everything else that needs to get done. It's good to sit back and realize I need to cherish these moments as they will be gone all too soon! He is already getting so big. I've said it before and I'll say it again...I can't believe how fast time flies.

A Saturday Night

 It used to be that Saturday nights were for going out...making plans...seeing friends. Our lives have changed a bit since then. Dinner and baths and bedtimes make for a different sort of fun. These days a Saturday night might consist of some good old Lego buildin.

 As I sat watching my little family, Randon being an awesome Daddy, playing with E, looking at my adorable little bubba observing and playing, I just felt so happy and grateful. To the world it sure might not seem like much, but simple times like these make me so happy.

  

*Easton's comment of the day as he was enjoying Rice Chex for breakfast..."Mom, these are gluten free."  Where did that kid come from?

Handsome Little Mister

Cass was kind enough to get some shots of our little Luke for his blessing day. The little stinker saw that camera and would not smile. But Cass sure got some cute ones. Thanks, seester.

A birth print I made to display at the blessing luncheon with the pics...