Lucas 6 Months almost 7 Months

 

Time is flying way too fast for this Mom!! This post is a little delayed because Lucas's Dr appointment wasn't until the beginning of January! I am not going to post for 7 months because we have already past that too. My next post will probably be 9 months, unless he does something fun that I need to share. We have had so many changes around here since 5 months. At the Dr appointment Lucas was 23 lbs 4 oz and 28.5 inches long. Of course his weight and head were off the charts and he was 95th percentile for his length. He did have all of those awful shots again and he didn't like it at all. He was so angry this time. Nothing else to really report from the Dr.

After the five month post we bought Lucas a doorway jumper. This kids loves to jump!! He gets so crazy in his exersaucer that we thought he needed something with a little more spring. He cannot get enough of it!! It is so fun to watch him go. I posted a video of him jumping at the end of the post. His other new trick in the exersaucer is rocking. He will rock forward and backward. He is definitely putting some wear and tear on that thing.

 

Lucas has also started sitting up!! He is so cute to see sitting up. He loves to reach around for toys or really anything he can get his hands on. He has so many new toys from Christmas so that has really helped him because he loves all of them. He has also mastered going from sitting to laying. A few times he has fallen straight back and, of course, he didn't like that very much. He also moves all over the place. He isn't close to crawling but he sure gets around rolling and pushing himself around with his feet.

 

 

Lucas decided to drop a bottle during the day. Now he is only taking four bottles of about 7-8oz. He is still eating baby food once a day and it is probably time to start doing 2 a day. The only baby food I have found that he doesn't like is bananas. I love how he has been kind of guiding me with eating and sleep. I wonder if it is because I am much more laid back with Lucas than I was with Andrew. I just kind of let Lucas decide when he sleeps and eats. It has worked very well!! I am sure each kid is different too. Lucas is still sleeping like a champ. He does about 11-12 hours at night and has started with two naps a day. He usually goes down for a morning nap around 10:00ish and the afternoon is just kind of when he seems tired. I also wouldn't be surprised if my next post is about 1st teeth. This little guy cannot stop chewing on everything!!

Lucas is wearing size 12-18 months now and I hoping that he will stay there for more than a month :) I really didn't think that I would be needing these sizes already. I had to go through our totes to find him some more clothes. He is now wearing the clothes Andrew wore when he was 1!! I just recently moved him up to size 4 diapers. I didn't want to and tried to convince myself that size 3 was perfect until he had about 4 blow outs!! He has also grown out of all of his super cute baby shoes!! I guess it is time to do a little shoe shopping.

Matching PJs

1st Christmas

Lucas and Mommy selfie

Hanging out with Charlotte

Hanging out with Andrew's buddies, Andrew was a little jealous he missed out on playing with Dylan!!

 

Lucas, your big brother loves you so much!! It melts my heart everyday watching the two of you together!!

 

Carousel at the Children's Museum

 

So precious!! My baby may be big but he is SOOOO cute!!

 

Lots of snuggles lately!!!

Look at that big boy!! So serious!

 

 

 

Here is a video of the jumping madness!!

 

Fun In The Snow

As everyone knows we had a major snow storm at the beginning of the month and we were snowed in for 3 days. We ended up with about a foot of snow and the city shut down. We all got a good case of cabin fever by the end, but we survived. One thing we had to do was build a snow man.

Love that little boy so much!

We were a little limited on the snowman supplies but he still looks pretty good.

 

Trying out the snow blower!

 

Of course, it hasn't stopped snowing since and it has been crazy cold!!

 

Happy New Year!! 2014 Here We Come!!

As most of you know, once you have kids everything changes for New Years. I always laugh when people ask what my plans are for New Years. We could get a sitter, but the kids are still going to be up at their normal times. This year we decided we would let Andrew stay up until midnight if he wanted. Of course, he wanted to. We put on a movie for Andrew, then Mark and I played Monopoly. Don't be jealous of our wild New Year's Eve!! Andrew started to fade a little around 10:30. He snuggled next to me on the couch. He never fell asleep and then got a second wind of energy. We cut up some paper to throw in the air at midnight and he was super excited about that. We had so much fun staying up with Andrew!! After midnight he was ready to stay up. We had turned on one of the countdown shows so Andrew could watch the ball drop. Right after Mariah Carey came on and Andrew started a little dance party. We all went to bed around 12:45. Lucas slept through all of it. Andrew did sleep in a little, maybe an extra 30 minutes, the next day. He was a little grumpy on New Year's Day but it was worth the fun time we had.

 

 

 

Here is a picture of the boys earlier in the day.

Here's to an amazing 2014!!! Happy New Year!!

 

A Couple Things To Remember

Andrew just informed me that he is going to work at a construction site when he grows up. I love it!! The concerning part was that he went on to say that he would scoop up dirt and throw it in his own eyes!!?? Then he would throw it at other diggers to make them dirty. You can't make this stuff up. I love my 4 year old.

The other thing is Lucas seems to like music! When music comes on he bounces to the beat! So cute! I hope at least one of my kids is musical in some way.

I am going to try and start blogging little things like this that I usually forget. One of my favorite things to do is look back at my blog.

And because you can't do a post without a picture...

This picture was taken at the Dr for Andrews 4 year appointment. Andrew wanted Lucas to lay next to him on the table.