Our Little Man at 3 Months

Our little Luke is now officially 3 months and we took him to get his 3 month pictures.  Our handsome and smiley little guy did wonderfully.  I love the pics because you can see his great smile, his cute rolls, his tan, and his beautifully blue eyes.   As you can see from the pictures Luke is moving out of the infant stage, and is such a joy of a little baby boy.  He is a super good sleeper many times sleeping through the night and super content during the day.  Besides not liking his care seat Luke is our happy, cuddly little man in blue.  He has really started laughing, smiling, and talking.  He makes great eye contact and gets so excited to see his sisters.  Luke gives us all little kisses and I swear initiates these little interactions.  He has a great grip and is very interested in his hands and feet.  I suspect he might be a lefty, but the jury is still out.  Daddy says it will be good for his prospects in the majors, but Mommy is concerned that it would prevent him from playing her favorite spot at short.  :)  Honestly, we know are so blessed to have a happy healthy little boy who completes our family and brings us such joy.

Luke at 2 months

 Luke is a fantastic little baby.  He is so content and smiley during the day.  He coos and laughs all the time and to my delight Luke is a GREAT sleeper. Luke has been sleeping well since birth.  Going until at least 5 since he was about a month. I am amazed that I can lay Luke in his bassinet wide awake and he will fall asleep on his own.  He has even slept peacefully from 10pm until 7:45 in the morning.  I realize how lucky I am to have such a good baby for #3.

Luke is also great at tolerating tummy time and at 7 weeks started rolling from his tummy to back. He is becoming adorably social and recognizing us and his sisters.  Megan and Kate love Luke and want to help all the time.  Meggie calls him my baby brother and tells us--I will get him, I will take care of him.  Kate wants to be his mini-Mom and is learning how best to interact with him like giving him a little space and talking in soft voices.  The girls argue over who can see him and who's turn it is to help Mommy bathe him.

Luke loves his sisters.  He is a little scared of Megan still (smart boy), but smiles all the time at Kate.  Luke also loves the bees on his fisher price gym mat, and when he catches glimpses of them he smiles and coos at them.  He is developing some delicious rolls and at 2 months weighs 15lbs 5oz and measures 24.5 inches long.

      

 He is a cute little boy and everyone tells us how dark complected he is.  With his little tan, his ear to ear adorable smile, and what appears like blue eyes and dark hair he is our little show stopper!  What a perfect little boy you are, Luke.   We all love you!

Luke's Baptism

We have had a great July and one of the biggest events was Luke's Baptism.  Both of our families were there to support us as Luke Kendall Davies was baptized in Christ July 22nd.  It was a wonderful service that Brian performed, followed by a great brunch at Whitney's.  In church after the baptism, Kate looked at us, smiled, and said, "Now he is a son of God."  So precious.  It was a wonderful weekend where we felt overwhelmingly blessed with our new family of 5 and our amazing extended family of relatives and friends.  Thank you all so much for celebrating with us.

Happy 1 Month Birthday Luke!

 Wow, that has to be the fastest month of our lives! Luke is doing fabulously. He is adorable and we are all having fun fitting him into our family. He continues to sleep well and generally be very content. He consistently wakes up at 2 and 5 to eat though a few nights has only woken once. I love snuggling with him at night and it is never very hard for me to get out of bed for a little snuggle. Luke has the softest hair and I want to remember the feeling of him snuggled against my cheek forever. If only you could capture a feeling like a photograph. Luke has started smiling socially at my voice and might be a little of a Mommy's boy. He is a great nurser and is growing incredibly, already breaking the 12 lb mark. I was smart enough not to buy anything newborn size but even he is outgrowing my expectations. Luke is already in size 2 diapers, wearing some 6-9 month outfits, and is practically taking up the whole bassinet. He has one particular onesey that makes me laugh each time I put it on him, as it says Little Guy on the Go. Being the third baby he certainly is on the go. In his first month of life Luke has been to Great America three times, the Grayslake pool half a dozen, the sprinkler park several times, Mystic Waters, and many outings to the lake. Whenever I am out people tell me how I brave I am to have the newborn out. I look at them and think you know what brave is.... staying home all day with three kids under 5. When we are home in the evening Luke does get a little fussy, but out in his stroller he sleeps great. I have certainly learned how nice it is to have a baby in the spring. The girls LOVE Luke to pieces and argue over holding him. Kate helps to bathe him, burp him, and diaper him being quite the little Mom, and Megan talks to him so sweetly in her sprite-like voice. Our Luke had a great disposition and we think he is absolutely adorable. Happy 1 moth birthday Luke we adore you!

Put me in Coach!  I'm Ready to Play!

 Megan sharing all her toys...

Wow, that has to be the fastest month of our lives!  Luke is doing fabulously.  He is adorable and we are all having fun fitting him into our family.  He continues to sleep well and generally be very content.  He consistently wakes up at 2 and 5 to eat though a few nights has only woken once.  I love snuggling with him at night and it is never very hard for me to get out of bed for a little snuggle.  Luke has the softest hair and I want to remember the feeling of him snuggled against my cheek forever.  If only you could capture a feeling like a photograph.  Luke has started smiling socially at my voice and might be a little of a Mommy's boy.  He is a great nurser and is growing incredibly, already breaking the 12 lb mark.  I was smart enough not to buy anything newborn size but even he is outgrowing my expectations. Luke is already in size 2 diapers, wearing some 6-9 month outfits, and is  practically taking up the whole bassinet. He has one particular onesey that makes me laugh each time I put it on him, as it says Little Guy on the Go.  Being the third baby he certainly is on the go.  In his first month of life Luke has been to Great America three times, the Grayslake pool half a dozen, the sprinkler park several times, Mystic Waters, and many outings to the lake.  Whenever I am out people tell me how I brave I am to have the newborn out.  I look at them and think you know what brave is.... staying home all day with three kids under 5.  When we are home in the evening Luke does get a little fussy, but out in his stroller he sleeps great.  I have certainly learned how nice it is to have a baby in the spring.  The girls LOVE Luke to pieces and argue over holding him.  Kate helps to bathe him, burp him, and diaper him being quite the little Mom, and Megan talks to him so sweetly in her sprite-like voice.  Our Luke had a great disposition and we think he is absolutely adorable.  Happy 1 moth birthday Luke we adore you!

Kate's Preschool Graduation

Our little girl has finished her year of 3 year old preschool. She has grown so much over this year physically, emotionally, and academically.  She seems to have moved on from any toddlerness.  Kate really has done such a great job at school. She LOVES everything school related and especially loved being line leader and holding the flag for the pledge. Though she had some clashes over sitting on the letter K she did a great job getting along with the other kids.  She has learned so much this year and we couldn't be prouder of the good girl she is. Here are pictures from the morning that I am happy to have made it to!

 Megan didn't quite make it to through the ceremony, so she played in the nursery!

Kate loved her teacher Miss Kathy who put together a beautiful book of pictures at the end of the year of each child that made me cry to look at.  What a special year this has been.