"Say Cheese"

Luke's first legitimate photo shoot. Compliments of our new neighbor Heather (HDG Photography)! I learned my lesson the hard way on this - if you're going to take baby pics do it the first week or two while they're still sleeping a lot. We took these at 4.5 weeks and Luke did not like it!! But turns out we got some good shots so I was happy. Priceless memories. What a little stud muffin we have.

And here are a few shots that me and Amy took one day. As a side note - if you are loving the hats and diaper cover that Luke is wearing in these pictures visit Amy's website (Loopty Loo Designs) at http://www.etsy.com/shop/looptyloodesigns.

by this time he had had it :)

Perfect Christmas

To back track a bit - my whole family stayed with us as Christmastime and Chris's family were all in town staying with Amy. It was so much fun having everyone. Having Luke born and everyone there to celebrate with us was the greatest gift we could have asked for. Our families bring us so much happiness - we're so glad everyone got to be here and meet the newest edition to our family!

Here are some random pictures of the fun.

First of all - we got to talk to Sister Rathgeber (Julie) on Christmas day. She got transferred to Billings, Montana so she will be there until about April. She sounds like she is doing terrific over there and just became a trainer. It was so fun to talk to her and hear her laugh. I miss her. This is us talking to Julie on the phone.

Basically this Christmas consisted of a lot of hanging out, eating (cafe rio), watching Luke sleep, playing with Tucker (who started standing in his crib on this trip) - so fun to have him around!, Sequence (of course), and lots of laughing.

This video should give you an idea of how Luke spent his first 2 weeks on this earth. Lots of sleeping and hardly any crying :). My how things change! haha

The rest are pictures from Christmas morning, Thompson's coming over to visit, and us hanging out.

Dance Party

Dance party with dad...

(haha this one makes me laugh. he's like 'whatever dad')

...then time to get dressed.

The Magic Sleeper

For anyone who has a newborn with reflux, I highly recomment this Sleeper (Fisher-Price Newborn Rock 'n Play Sleeper). My mom told me about it 2 weeks ago so I ordered it from Target online. Luke already slept fairly well but kept waking up every 3-4 hours because of his reflux. The first night we slept him in the new Sleeper we got an 8 hour stretch out of him. It is great because it lays them on about a 30 degree incline which keeps the food, acid, and spit up down - so they aren't choking on it and waking themselves up. I think he feels snuggled in it too, so maybe that helps as well. Pretty much since we got it we can count on at least a 6 hour stretch of sleep - but one night Luke almost slept 9 hours. Love this thing. Although he absolutely does not like to sit in it in the day like some babies, at least he gets a great nights sleep!!

It's Love

Love this little boy so much it's not even funny. Haha, how can you resist that cute little face?!! I'll post a few more recent pics soon so you can see his newest rolls. Not so litte Luke weighed in at 11lbs 4oz at his 5 week appointment last week - gained 2lbs in 2 weeks :).