4 months old!!

Make a Smilebox slideshow Wow, 4 months old!! Luke went for his 4 month wellness check on Monday. He is 13# 8.5oz and 24.5 inches long. His pediatrician says he's doing great. He was given the go ahead to play with his friend Josiah again!! Josiah has been sick, so we've had to stay away. Luke is getting big. We removed the pad at the bottom of his carseat because his feet were hitting it. He has good neck control, so he can spend more time in his bumbo seat, and he can play in his activity center now. He has also found his voice. He talks so much. His favorite words are "ah-goo" and "baaaah". Sometimes, he says them quietly, and sometimes he says them very loudly right in my face. It makes me laugh. He imitates me when I stick out my tongue and squish up my nose. He also imitates me when I breathe in really loudly. He's been sleeping 12 hours at night the past 2 nights, and I've been putting the dogs in the garage at night so they don't wake me or Luke up at 5am wanting to go outside. Abigail had gotten in a bad habit of whining at 5am!! I am working on Thursday night this week and Saturday during the day for 14 hours!! Marc is getting ready for some bonding time with Luke. Love, Wendi, Marc and Luke

Make a Smilebox slideshow

We had a great trip to Huntsville last weekend and celebrated my dad's birthday. We got to see lots of family, and we all went out to dinner one night. Luke was very taken with my dad. He watched him wherever he went, and he just laughed and laughed when my dad whistled at him. Luke did very well traveling, and slept well at mom and dad's house.

I can't believe Luke will be 4 months old this Sunday. He's growing and growing. We have a doctor's check up next Monday, so I'll be able to post some official stats then. Luke has been going to Bible Study with me on Mondays. He just watches and takes everything in. We've been going on walks on the trace and hanging out with friends. We've missed seeing Joy, Joseph and Josiah the past couple of weeks because they've been sick. I hope you all enjoy the slide show.

Love,

Wendi and Luke

7,7,7

Okay, this is funny. I was reading Mandy's blog and she challenged me to look in our picture folder at the 7th folder and then the 7th picture in that folder. This is it. It's obviously from our wedding April 15, 2006. It's actually one where my hair is blowing everywhere (it was very windy that day, and some of our pictures are crazy). I think I'm supposed to challenge 7 other people to do this too, so mom, kelli, kristy, elizabeth, laura, suzanne, and erin, you are it!!

Don't worry, there will be lots of new pictures of Luke next week.

Creating new habits

I realized today that I didn't do a very good job last week of taking pictures. Thank goodness Angela came to the rescue. She brought us some very cute pictures of the Kentucky Tumminello's visit. The picture on the left is Riley, Tate and Luke sitting in an oversized chair at pawpaw's house. The one on the right is Riley and Luke. It looks like a couple of very tiny old men laughing and talking. I just love these pictures.

Angela came to visit Luke on Sunday this weekend, and Uncle Garry came over with Sabrina, Papaw's dog, on Saturday. There are a lot of colds, etc., going around so we played it very low key this weekend. We didn't even go to Super Bowl party because we didn't want to expose Luke to anything. I did take him to a mommy's Bible Study in Hammond this morning. He was very good and seemed to pay attention!! He looks at whoever is talking, and acts like he's following along. He is very advanced I think!!

Today, I am getting Luke used to taking naps somewhere else besides his swing or pack 'n' play. Right now, he is laying on a play mat in my bedroom floor. He only cried about 15 minutes (loudly for 10) until he fell asleep. It's so hard to let him cry and not pick him up, but I've been told that it takes 3 days to create a good habit, so if I can endure for 3 days, then he'll be better for it!!

We are going to mom and dad's house this coming weekend. We'll be travelling at night so Luke can sleep most of the way. I think he will do well. I'm more concerned about how well he will sleep while we are there. He's been sleeping 10-11 hours most every night. I wonder if he will do that in a different place?

Love you all,

Marc, Wendi, and Baby Luke