Wow, it's been tough to get out a blog posting.
Luka is now 3 months old and it is so hard to believe. The last couple of months have been great. It's been so nice to have the time to visit with a lot of family who have come to visit. In March and April, Luka got to meet his Grandma Carol and Grandpa Fred (Chicago), cousins Sue, Matt, Sammy and Colette (Los Angeles), Great Grandmother Shirley (Louisiana), and Great Grandmother Evelyn (San Diego). Thank you so much for coming to visit!
We are also feeling a lot more settled in our new home and actually have a housewarming party coming up next weekend.
Luka is soooooo wonderful! He is such a good baby. He's been smiling a bunch and even starting to laugh. His newest thing is holding rattles. :-) He is also fixated on sucking his fingers....I have a feeling he will be a thumb sucker. We started a 2nd series of the infant yoga class on Saturday mornings. His girlfriend, Riley, and mother Nicolette are joining us too. Last week we weighed him on our scale and he was 15 1/2 pounds! He's already growing out of some of his 3-6 month clothes.
My 3 months of maternity leave is officially over today. :-( The time has gone by so quickly. I am looking forward to the work I'll be doing and the people that I get to work with, but it will be hard to be away from Luka for so much time. I will probably be pumping at least 3 times a day too. I am sure we'll both get used to it eventually.
We found a family care center that we loved, but after a trial run this week we are having serious second thoughts. This has been very stressful and we are now on another hunt to find something better.
Tim has been working with Luka for over a month trying to get him to take a bottle. We've tried different bottles, nipples, positions, etc. and nothing really seemed to work. One good thing about the current daycare place is the mother has gotten Luka to take the bottle...so that is great! Tim was able to give him one yesterday too. Phew!
Gotta run to the grocery store......will send pictures later on today.
How has the month of April been for you?
Hi everyone! Sorry we have been so bad about adding to our blog lately. Things have been extremely busy. However, life has been full in so many ways and Luka continues to bring us so much joy. He is 5 months old today and everytime you hold him, you just can't stop kissing his cute cheeks! He has now rolled over from his stomach to his back and is laughing more every day. He even seems to know his name! His last doctor's visit he weighed 18 pounds and is 26 1/2 inches long. Both his height and weight is in the 90th percentile. He still is co-sleeping with us, although has now slept in his crib as long as 1 hr 30 min, which is great. He is still waking up to nurse a couple minutes 3-4 times during the night. We've been exploring introducing rice cereal and/or food and we think we're going to wait until he is at least 6 months. Given his weight, he isn't having a problem getting enough to eat. :-) Fortunately, I have been able to continue to breastfeed and pump at work and that has been going really well. Now that the summer is here, our summer camps are in full swing and going well so far! www.galileo-learning.com We are hoping to get Luka in the pool one of these days. Given how much he likes to splash in the bath, we're thinking he'll love the pool too! How is your summer going so far? Here is some video and pictures we've taken recently.
