Bedtime Stories

Well, all is going well with our growing boy! Luke had his four month check up on Friday. He weighs in at 14.6 pounds (in the 25th percentile), and he is about 26" long. Dr. Lowry told us to "keep shoving in the cereal" to get him to fatten up a bit. Then, we had our first ever baby sitter!! A former student, Abby, came over (after we got Luke to sleep, of course) and sat with him for a few hours so we could go enjoy some adult time w/friends!!!
Our new bed time routine is we eat some cereal, then we go up to Luke's room, lay on our favorite blanket that Auntie Marissa made, and read books!!! His favorite seems to be Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See? as he always gets excited when we turn the page to the purple cat. He also likes The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and the Twinkle, Twinkle, Panda Bear hand puppet book that Grandma Kathy got him for Christmas. He's so alert!!! We can't wait for warmer weather, but we are quite busy staying in with good books and cozy fires.

Cereal and Sleepless Nights

Well, we've had a big week. Luke was off to Betty's, and Kyle and I are back to work. It wasn't nearly as gut-wrenching as I thought....HOWEVER, I have not been able to sleep. I guess that's how I deal w/change and stress and anxiety. I have been waking up in the middle of the night and staring at the darkness for two hours. OR I can't get to sleep. Luckily, Luke has been a great sleeper.
His big news is.....he got a taste of rice cereal! We gave him about one tablespoon. It was so funny to watch him. Those of you who know Luke know how active his little tongue is, so when the cereal was in his mouth, it came back out on his tongue. He caught on REALLY fast, and realized this thing (spoon) would put the delicious goodness in his mouth. Also, those of you who know Luke, know how "impatient" he is, so screaming ensued in between moutfuls. He's growing up so fast!!!!
Here's to better sleep!