Sleepy Boys

My two boys on a lazy afternoon. :)

He'll sleep anywhere...

Luke's never really done the whole fall-asleep-wherever-I-am thing. But then, twice within a few days, he totally did. He's sweet.

Here, he was just leaning on the chair, rocking. All of the sudden I noticed the rocking had stopped and he was asleep with his legs hanging in the air.

And these, he wasn't feeling well so he totally went to his room and brought out his pillow and just took over the floor. It was pretty sweet.

Sleepy boy

So I set the kid up to watch a show while I took a shower (yes, I am now that mom). When I came out this is how I found him. He was out cold. I guess he really needed a nap! I wasn't gone that long either.

What a sweet boy he is! And yes, he was still sporting his pajamas (a birthday gift from Gramma and Grampa) at 11 o'clock in the morning...

Sleepy boys

We've had some sick, sleepy days around here in the last month or so. That's all.

Faces of Lukey

Here are just a few of the expressions I see on a daily basis. I love this sweet baby. He brings a smile to my face every day. He's also helping me to get really strong arms!














All those expressions must have tired him out!

Catch-Up (or ketchup....)

So, it's been a bit. Life is really crazy with a baby who doesn't sleep very well. Hopefully we're headed for better sleep in the future. (He did sleep pretty decently the night before last, but then last night, not so much.) Of course, just when I get him sleeping again, something else will happen and I'll have to start all over. Welcome to life as a mother, hey? Anyway, we had a blast in Canada. It was so good to see family and friends from up north. I don't have as many pictures of the trip as I would have liked... I need to work on specific pictures for these trips and then make sure I get them. I don't think I have any pictures of Luke with Grandpa. I have some video, but no pictures. how did that happen? There are quite a few like that that I just can't believe I missed. Next time I will be better.

The two weeks since we've been home have been crazy. Andrew's had a lot of stuff going on at work, and Luke and I have been struggling to find a workable schedule since we've been home. First we were thrown off by the long trip and then by shots and "pre" teething. He did SO well for his vaccinations though. For which I'm glad because I was a mess sitting in the waiting room listening to other children and babies screaming as they got theirs. I couldn't decide whether I was happy or sad that this didn't yet pose a problem for Luke. I mean, it's great that he doesn't anticipate the pain, but it's also hard to not be able to explain what's going to happen to him. Anyway, it's over and it seems like he's doing okay. He's growing well and as of last Thursday he weighed 16 and a half pounds and was 26 and a half inches long. Yay Luke. I can't believe my baby is so big! He's almost five months old, which is just ridiculous.

Anyway here are a few pictures of the car ride to (and from) Canada, in no particular order. I'll try to post a few pics of the time there at some point...



Diaper changes in the car... If I recall correctly this one involved an outfit change as well.



Mmmm mmmm. Hands really are delicious!


I blow bubbles in your general direction.


Good morning! That was a good nap. Now let's play.

A nap.... and, it seems, another outfit change. He actually arrived at Gramma and Grandpa's in this one. :)



"Mom??? What are you doing?"



Our sleepy boy.

Well, that's it for now. The above sleepy boy is "helping" me type at the moment. He's getting really good at hitting the keyboard and bringing up the start menu. :) I'm off to try to get him to take a nap.

Sleep Dreams

So yesterday I knew Luke was getting sleepy but I really had to go to the bathroom. I propped him up on my pillow a little bit and left him on our bed. This is what I found when I came back not two minutes later...




He was one sleepy boy! He didn't stir when I moved him to his crib. He's definitely going through a growth spurt where one day he just wants to eat and the next he just wants to sleep. (By the way, today is an "eat" day... he was up every hour or two all night long and then wanted to get up for the day at 5:04. I went ahead and got up with him so Andrew could sleep a little more, thinking he would probably go back to sleep an hour or so later, as is his usual pattern, and then I could get some more sleep. Yeah, nothing doing. he's taken two 15-20 minute naps since then. Seriously! Anyone want to babysit?)