3 Months!

Luke's a quarter of a year old! Three months! He weighs 13 pounds, 6 ounces.

The other day we had to visit the doctor because his belly button's been really irritated for about a week. When my mom, Adam's mom and the ladies at daycare had never seen/heard of it before, we thought it was time to call the doc. Turns out he has an umbilical granuloma, which sounds a lot scarier than it really is -- a small piece of scar tissue that did not become normally covered with skin cells. So, it remained a little moist and eventually became irritated. The doctor swabbed it with silver nitrate, and it should be healing up. Keep you posted.

Happy Baby!

Mornings are our best times! He's always so happy -- probably because he has a full tummy and a full night of sleep and he doesn't have to go to work like Mom and Dad.

Big Lips

Have no idea where these big lips came from, but they're just too cute. I know I'm biased since I'm his mother, but good grief! So adorable! I can't wait to get sloppy little kisses!

Luke's Rattail

With the little bald spot that Luke's sporting on the back of his head, he now has a rattail. It's so funny. Adam keeps wanting to chop it off, but I like it.

Luke's Favorite Things

Besides eating, Luke loves bathtime and sleeping (just like Adam). At bathtime, he'll splash his little hands and feet into the water -- I think he's figured out that it makes a noise. He's so cute.

The Breast of Times, The Worst of Times

A really great thing and a really bad thing happened to me this week when I was pumping at work.

The good -- I pumped a ridiculous amount on Monday morning. I don't know what happened, but maybe it had something to do with Luke sleeping completely through the night. I pumped 11 ounces in one sitting! That's never happened before -- usually I pump about 5 ounces each time. Here's a picture of all of the milk that came from the left boob in just 15 minutes -- unbelievable!

The bad -- a coworker walked in on me. I knew it would happen sooner or later! At least it was a girl. I freaked and just threw my shirt down, yanked off the suckers. Ugh. She didn't even really see anything -- the suite's pretty big, but still...

Big Developments

Luke changes every day. It's crazy. When he's on his playmat now, he bats and grabs for the toys hanging overhead. And, he's started to put a lot of stuff in his mouth, including his hands which he can suck on forever, it seems. He smiles a lot more, and it seems more spontaneous like he's really meaning to:

Completely Pooped

So, I've debated whether or not to post this picture, and decided ... eh ... no biggie ... it's just poop. Everyone does it. Well ... not like this.

A week or so ago, according to the report the daycare sends home every day, Luke hadn't pooped all day, which is really not that big of deal (from what I've read) for breastfed babies. It happens. But, I'm not sure if this complete poop explosion is supposed to happen. Needless to say, he was a lot less fussy after this dump.

A Day at the Park

We met Mikel and Michaela at the park today so Luke could hang with Grace and Nolan. So far, Grace is beating these two little boys -- she's three weeks younger than them, but already weighs more! They're going to have to catch up! We were probably there about three hours, and all three babies were great -- no crying or fussing. The only bad thing about it were the bees that kept hanging around.
Luke decided he was tired of Dr. Brown's bottles and went for Mom's bottle of red...