January Recap

I can’t believe how fast time is passing. How did my baby get to be 5-months-old?? It is so strange to think that a year ago I was still adjusting to the idea of carrying a child inside of me for 9 months and now I’m a full-blown diaper-changin, spit-up-catchin, breast feedin’ machine! Having a little boy has been so life-changing for me. I love every second that I have to spend with this little terror. He somehow manages to keep me busy all day and isn’t even mobile yet! We will definitely have our work cut out for us once this little man can move on his own…and I have a feeling that is not too far away for us. At Luke’s last appointment he was almost exactly 4 months old, he weighed 14 pounds 10 ounces and was 24 inches. He always cries when he gets the shots (and so does mommy) but he’s always fine a few minutes after as long has he gets his paci. We made quite a few big changes the last few weeks: we started solids, moved to the crib, and stopped the swaddling all within 3 days. He must have been ready to kick his old man and mama to the road because he has slept like a champ ever since getting his own room. It is so nice to have my bedroom back and to be able to have him sleeping (almost) through the night but I do miss my cuddle time with the baby before dad came to bed. Luke will usually go to bed around 9pm, wake up to eat around 5am, and then go back to sleep until 8:30ish. I feel like a new woman! Even when I’m sleepy in the morning, when I hear him on the monitor, I basically run to the nursery to get him out of bed because I LOVE how cute and excited he is to see me every morning. He is the light of my whole day.

Anyway, enough with the mush rambling. You all are here for the pictures anyway so here you go. I will try not to overload you with cuteness (but don’t say I didn’t warn you)…

By the way, I LOVE LOVE LOVE my IPhone. How did I ever live without one?

Luke gets a few ounces of freshly squeezed juice every day in his sippy cup…he put the least amount of effort as possible into holding it himself: 1 finger.

Grandma teaches Luke valuable lessons while mom is at work. This day: a rowdy round of UNO.

Sometimes we hang out in our jammies all day…even when there is laundry that needs to be put away.

When you wake up in the middle of the night and see this…

It’s a little easier to leave Luke to go to work when I know that his Grandmas and Aunts will take lots of cute pictures of him while I’m gone.

Luke surprised his Grandma Liz on her birthday by wearing a “Happy Birthday Grandma” shirt that his mom made.

Such a handsome little man.

Okay, okay…this is the last one.

Until next time…

Kylee and Luke