Luke's Half Birthday!

Somehow, it's been 6 months since Lucas was born. He's growing so quickly and is really such a happy boy.



Today Luke also woke up with his first legitimate runny nose and proceeded to run a 102 degree fever later this afternoon. Cami was also not feeling well today, with a slight fever and nauseau, so some bug must be in our house.

Luke is doing great. We've added oatmeal, sweet potatoes, pears, plums and prunes to his menu and can't wait to move on to even more now that he's 6 mos. old.  As you can see from the picture above, he drools nonstop. I'm pretty sure in the next few weeks a tooth or two will pop out.

The boy LOVES his toes.

He's sitting with a little support.

And he adores his big sisters. (This pic is from Easter.)

Luke was baptized on May 1st. Alaina's recital was also that day. She performed in ballet and tap and did a great job! (To see pictures from these events, go to http://bit.ly/lvfI8j. My mom took pics for us!)

Cami started swimming lessons for the first time too. She's getting very brave and is much more comfortable in the water now. She's not swimming alone yet, but they moved her down to a smaller float device since she's doing so well.

Adam ran the Mini Marathon this past weekend for the fourth time. We went to cheer him on near the end of the race. The girls were waiting for him to arrive.

And Luke slept.

He did a great job finishing the 13.1 miles in 1 hr 48 min (his 2nd best time).

Adam will be running a marathon in South Bend on June 4th so I'll be sure to update you on how he does!

We're enjoying the break in rain and the warm weather. The girls jumped on the trampoline with the sprinkler under it after dinner tonight and had a blast. Cami finishes preschool the end of next week and Alaina has less than 4 weeks of school left. We're looking forward to what the rest of the Spring and Summer have in store for us!

Ahhh... Spring. Finally.

I wasn't sure we'd actually make it to Spring. Being couped up with a newborn all winter was hard on me.  And therefore hard on the rest of the family. But Spring has arrived and I feel blessed by this warm weather.

We started Spring Break off by taking a trip to Evansville with my dad (sans Adam). We had a wonderful time visiting my grandma (aka "Super Grandma" to the kids) and lots of other family members as well. 

Lucas was enamored with my grandma and completely fell in love with her (it's impossible not to!).

And the girls, well, they found love in Uncle George.

The girls went back to Ft. Wayne after Evansville for a quick visit with Adam's mom. Then returned to Indianapolis to find snow on their first full day back. So we stayed inside and made crowns. :)

Adam took a couple days off at the end of the week. We went rock wall climbing, but forgot the camera. This is something Alaina loves to do so she was climbing the whole time having a blast. Cami climbed twice in a harness and a few times across some pegged walls, but that was it. She had a great time cheering for Alaina though!

We all went ice skating, which was a trip! Alaina really enjoyed herself and skated for a good 1.5 hours, finally getting the hang of it about 1/2 way in.

Cami on the other hand, skated twice. But she had a great time being there, which is all that matters I guess.

The weather was beautiful over the weekend. The girls have been asking for weeks to play outside in their bathing suits with the hose, so I finally gave in. They played for probably two hours!

Baby Jedi is now 5 months old and it seems like he's growing overnight! He has found his hands, toes and tongue, which is always sticking out. :)

Luke is very active. He's always moving his arms and legs, so we got out the Johnny Jumper for him to try out, which was a huge hit! Our doorways are too high though to use it anywhere but in the bathroom by the kitchen. When he's bigger and weighs more, we'll be able to move it so he's not stuck in the bathroom door. :)

I was planning to introduce Luke to solid foods when he turned 6 months old, since those are the new pediatric recommendations.  But he kept trying to grab food out of my hand and was intentently watching each and every bite I would put in my mouth at every meal. So I thought I'd try some cereal to see if he was ready.  Holy cow, that boy ate the cereal like it was second nature! No sour faces, no spitting it out. So he started eating some solid foods a couple weeks ago and is now enjoying brown rice cereal, smashed bananas and avocados and applesauce. The kid LOVES to eat real food! (pardon my hand in the video below) 

I'm happy we chose to have another child. Baby Jedi's pretty cool.

4 month old sucka

Lucas turned 4 months old on Thursday.  It's hard to believe that it's already been that long since he was born.  I don't know why this continues to surprise me, considering Alaina is 8 1/2 now.  Time goes by so quickly...

Luke measured in at 12 lbs. 8 oz. and 25 in.  According to my records, that's only 1 ounce heavier and the same length as Alaina at the same age, which is crazy since I considered Alaina to be so small when she was a baby and Luke doesn't seem that small to me.  Alaina didn't grow much after that though, so we'll see if Luke follows in her footsteps.  I hope not.  Being a bitty boy would be harder than a bitty girl as he gets older.

I didn't have Cameran's measurements at 4 months written down for some reason.  I did find her 2 month measurements and she weighed the same as Luke, just 2 months earlier. :)  I found this picture of her at 4 months old at Zoo Boo. (It's funny that we don't have any digital pics of Alaina because we didn't even have a digital camera until Cami was born!)

We were fortunate to be given free tickets to the Shriner's Circus last weekend.  We had a great time, though it was VERY long and we ended up leaving at intermission (almost 2 hours in!!).  As you can see, Baby Jedi wasn't very attentive and slept through about half of it.

Oh, and one other piece of Baby Jedi news: he's officially a thumb-sucker.

Super cute on a 4 month old right? Not so much when he's 2 and I can't throw his thumb away...



And there he rolls!

Luke has rolled over several times in his crib.  But we've never seen it!  So we were pretty excited to actually see him roll over on Thursday for the first time.  And now he won't stop.  Every time I put him on his stomach to play, he rolls over within minutes. 

Adam took the girls to the symphony this afternoon for a family series performance called The Classical Clown. They were really excited - we haven't taken them to the symphony since the Yuletide performance before Christmas.  It's a beautiful day today, so the girls were equally excited to not have to wear coats when they left. :)

All is going well with us.  Cami is preparing for kindergarten in the fall, having recently had her enrollment assessment and observation.  She's pretty stoked.  Nothing else big is happening right now. 

I'll take it.

Through the ice and snow we go!

It has been a crazy winter here in Indy. We are starting to thaw (thanks to some welcomed warm weather!) from 2 inches of ice that fell Feb. 1 & 2 and the subsequent 3+ inches of snow three days later. The girls had 4 days of school cancelled that left us together, stuck inside, for WAY too long. The girls did have a great time "ice skating" in the backyard at least once a day. And since Adam loves being outside in the ice and snow with the girls, they had fun playing together.

When we could finally get out of the ice, we headed to the Children's Museum for the Barbie runway and the new Dora and Deigo exhibit.

Luke is 3 months old and is so fun to be with right now.  Which is good, since he still prefers me over anyone else. He's just so darn cute.

He has rolled over twice - in his bed in the middle of the night. I haven't seen any interest from him in rolling over during waking hours, so this is a mystery to me. I think he must be pushing off the side of his crib with his foot. Or he's using his Baby Jedi powers.  One of the two. :)



It is supposed to be 62 degrees here tomorrow.  I'm hoping for a trip to the zoo.  Cami needs to run off some energy and I need to breathe some fresh, warm air!

So funny!

Luke laughed for the first time today!  See for yourself.

Isn't he the sweetest?!

59 days and counting

Two months from today is the first day of Spring.  I am counting down.  This cold winter weather has us stuck inside and I am craving some warm weather activities like going to a park, taking a walk, having a picnic, going to the pool... (I could go on and on...) Luckily, the girls, unlike me, absolutely love the snow.

It's a good thing Lucas is so cute or I'd be going stir crazy spending so much time in this house.  Luke smiled at me for the first time on December 17th - it took me weeks to get a smile on camera!

Luke is now 10 weeks old as of yesterday. He was up to 10 lbs 12 oz at his 2 month appointment last Monday. He has been sleeping through the night (probably 5 nights a week) since Christmas Eve. And he's talking like crazy.  He is definitely mama's boy, preferring to be with me over anyone else.  I'll take it. :)

Alaina is home sick from school today with a fever, headache, sore throat and cough.  I'm going a little overboard trying to keep the rest of us from getting sick also.  I can't imagine having this go through our whole house and I definitely don't want Luke to get sick.  Spring cannot come soon enough.

Maybe I'll win a trip somewhere warm...

Yeah, I know, fat chance.

Until then, I'll just cuddle my little man to keep warm.