Monday, August 31, 2015

Summer 2015 - last half of August

Man, this summer has gone by so so quickly!

Some things that have happened in the second half of August:

--Joe had a birthday!  Happy Birthday, Joe!  His parents came down on Sunday, cooked a special dinner (Joe's request), and celebrated his birthday with us on Monday morning.  We hope you had a great birthday, Joe!  We love you!!
Ryan loves Daddy's birthday present!



Happy Birthday, Daddy!  You're my best friend!


Lucas enjoying his first outdoor dining experience on Daddy's birthday

--Ryan started preschool!!  I think he might have been a little nervous at first, but so far, things have gone really smoothly!

"I'm not going to smile"...but I promise, he was still excited!


A nervous smile :)  My big preschooler!

Moving around like ocean creatures
--Lucas turned 2 months old on August 28th - and we celebrated by going to the doctor and getting his first round of vaccinations!  He's also ahead of Ryan on the growth curve - he came in at 12lbs 9oz (60th-ish percentile), 23.5" long (75th percentile), and he's in the 95th percentile for head circumference.  I have another lollipop baby!  He's a much better sleeper than Ryan was at this age (knock on wood) - but he's kind of backwards with his sleep.  He takes FOREVER to get him to go to sleep in the evenings (we're talking about 2 hours of putting him down asleep, him waking up, us trying to get him to go back to sleep, him going to sleep, us putting him back down, he wakes up, the cycle continues).  After he's asleep, Lucas will wake up after about two hours, will go back down after a feeding, sleep for 4-5 hours (closer to 5 than to 4), wake up for another feeding, go back to sleep for another 3-4 hours.  Either way, it's working out for us.  Ryan still comes in first thing in the morning to check on Lucas and give him a kiss and a hug, and then usually goes to wake up Joe.  Ryan still loves Lucas so so much!

Two months!  How is this possible?!?

He is such a happy baby....

...except after his shots.  Poor guy!
--Lucas has started to smile A LOT!  He is such an expressive baby - he likes to coo lots and tries to "talk" to us when we talk to him - Joe and I hope that he's just as animated as Ryan :)

Funny faces from my funny baby
Lucas has started rolling over from belly to back - he doesn't get much tummy time on the floor (which he doesn't really enjoy), but I've been told that holding him upright and baby-wearing him counts as tummy time as well.  He can push himself up pretty well on the floor (in the "seal" position) so I figure he's doing pretty well with his muscle development.  He bears weight on his legs all the time and has even started "bouncing" a few times when we're holding him upright - just like his older brother did!  


Here are some other random pictures from the second half of the month:

We might have a thumb sucker on our hands!

Ryan at the park

Pullen Park - Lucas's first trip!

"Mommy, take a serious picture of me and Lucas"

Fun in the sprinkler at Nora's 3rd birthday party!

Carousel at Pullen Park

I love this picture :)

A lunch date with Julien!

We're excited to see what September brings!! Hopefully some cooler weather so we can spend more time outside :)

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