Vaccinations are no fun at all!

Well, yesterday was the day for those long dreaded horrible vaccinations. First of all though, Luke’s official measurements are: 40 ½ cm around the head, 23 ½ inches long, and 15.35 pounds. That puts him in the 50th percentile for his head and length and the 90th percentile for his weight…yes he’s a chunk! =) The doctor said he looked good and healthy. I asked him about his lactose intolerance and he said for me to keep trying the milk as he gets older, but until he can handle it, I can do soy milk. He said sometimes the enzymes they need to break it down and digest don’t mature until they get older. Then it was time for the dreaded shots. He got three, and it was torture. He did pretty well though. He cried (the pain cry where no sound comes out for a few seconds and then it’s a heart wrenching wail) and turned bright red. I was trying to comfort him and it was all I could do to wait until they were done vaccinating him to pick him up and comfort him. They had us wait 20 minute before leaving to make sure everything was ok, so I nursed him and that seemed to calm him down. We gave him Tylenol before his shots, so that has been helping. Every now and again he’ll get a bit cranky and he’s had a low fever, but the Tylenol has been working wonders.

In other Luke news: He can hold his head all the way up when he’s laying on his tummy. He love to be read too and look at books, he’s making all kinds of cute noises - coo’s, grunts, laughs…they are all too cute! He’s been smiling a ton lately…unless we get out the camera, video camera or web cam…then for some reason, he stops smiling and gets fussy! He’s found his feet, but can’t quite figure out how to grab them. He’ll swing his arms in their general direction and kick his feet wildly. He looks exactly like Chris when he was Luke’s age. Mom-mom and Pop-pop showed us pictures over the webcam, and the resemblance was amazing! Chris was a big baby just like Luke is now…so we know where he gets it at least. =) Let’s see…what else…Chris and I love being parents…there’s really nothing like it. Sometimes I’m amazed that we have a baby…but then I can’t remember how life was without our little man. We love it! Which means, God willing, there will be more little Chris Scotts (if we ever have a girl, it’ll be a miracle!) running around…but not for another few years.

Chris and I have both been really busy like usual. But life is good and we’re both happy. We’re still on track to move in December, and so far no deployment orders have been sent our way. Well, I gotta get going…it’s taken me like 4 days to get this blog ready (which is why the post date is Sunday and not today, Wednesday. I've been saving it as a draft and adding on to it as I can.) =) Until next time, enjoy these pictures!



Getting ready for a diaper change...
















Mommy and Luke Time!
















Luke loves to chew on your fingers...and his as well!




Luke is mesmerized by this little red dot on the side of his swing...he loves that almost as much as the cute mobile on it!




Luke loves his bouncy chair!




Smile!






















Luke has started rubbing his eyes very vigorously when he's tired.




















Close up!!!




Luke is after Carolyn's husband Mike...you see, Luke wants Carolyn all to himself and Mike is in the way of that. So Luke stares him down in Sunday School with this expression hitting his fists together...it's a warning Mike, I'd take it seriously. =)




He really did use to be a tiny little thing! These are pictures from his first few weeks of life...can you believe he was ever that small!!!

More Pictures!

Luke doing his Tummy Time...



Luke hanging out with his new Buddy...



Luke reading an absolutely adorable, cute as can be book from Aunt Cherry. (Thanks so much Cherry, he loves it (and we do too!)) =)









How cute is he! =)

Until next time!

10 Weeks Today

Little Lukey is 10 weeks today…can you believe it! All day I thought he was 11 weeks, but when I counted on the calendar, he's only 10 weeks. In some ways it doesn’t seem like he’s been here that long, and in others, it feels like he’s always been apart of our lives.

Things have been going good these past few weeks. Chris and I have both been pretty busy. I don’t really have much new news, but here's what I have...

Here are the fast facts on Luke: He is approximately 14 lbs and 24 inches long…those are our crude measurements from home. He laughed today which was so incredibly cute…it wasn’t a full out belly laugh, but you could tell that’s what he was trying to do. He still isn’t sleeping though the night. If we put him in his bassinet at 11:00pm, he’ll usually wake up at around 2:30ish or 3:00am. He’ll feed, dirty his diaper and then, of course, he's wide awake. He’ll fuss and fuss, so usually we end up making our way downstairs to see what’s on TV at 3:30 in the morning. He’ll eventually fall asleep for an hour or so (depending on how quickly he falls asleep) and wake again at 5:00-5:30am. After that, he likes to eat every 2-3 hours for the rest of the day. He likes his food! =) He's at the stage where he wants to put everything in his mouth...your hand, a blanket, his fist. He's also drooling more. Why is it so cute on a baby, but when we drool on our pillows at night it's gross? He's smiling daily, much to our delight. He's gripping like a linebacker with both his hands and his feet (he has the longest strongest toes ever!) and he likes to grab on to your finger or a blanket and squeeze it tight. He's cooing like crazy and it's the cutest thing ever. He’ll have a whole conversation with you in coo's! I think that’s about all the new facts I have at this point. Here are some pictures to enjoy!



Luke in his Swing.





Luke Dancing...



Luke after a bath.



Chris and Luke playing "airplane."





Luke's new buddy.

Long time gone

Hey hey hey! It’s been too long since we’ve posted…you won’t believe how much Luke has changed just within the last few weeks! He’s growing so fast! We even had to move up to the next size of diapers (Pampers Swaddlers are the bomb for future reference). He’s going to be crawling tomorrow and walking next week, and next month he’ll be in college…at least that’s how it feels. He’s still eating like a linebacker…almost every 2 hours. When I’m lucky, he’ll sometimes go 3-4 hours once or twice a day. He isn’t sleeping through the night yet either…to hungry to do that. =) Some nights he’ll wake up about every 2 hours to eat…others he’ll sleep for 3 or 4 hours, then wake up every 2 hours for the rest of the night. Speaking of hungry, he needs to eat now…be back!

Ok, I’m back. Here are the fast facts on Luke: Ok, wait, I need to change his diaper…be back…Ok, now I’m back. So here are the fast facts: Luke is now a bit over 13 pounds. He’s a chunk! He has all the cute baby chub and he looks so plump and healthy. I have no idea how long he is, but he is growing length wise as fast as he’s growing pound wise. He’s smiling now too! He’s smiled a bit here and there before, but now he’s much more consistent. He’s very ticklish on his neck, sides and feet. Right now he doesn’t think being tickled is very much fun, but maybe that’ll change a little later on. We’re still battling what foods make his stomach hurt. Right now it seems like everything makes his tummy hurt other than pop tarts and granola bars. I decided to try milk again and now I definitely know that does not set well. He just can’t take the dairy yet. He’ll cry and cry and pull his legs up, arch his back…he’s just plain miserable. So I’m back to no dairy. Most other foods give him gas, but Mylicon drops have become our best friend. I’ve had to start buying the Wal-Mart brand because he needs it so much and the name brand is so expensive. However, it works wonders when he has gas. I’ll give him the dose, he’ll smack his lips (because they’re sugary) and I’ll give him his pacifier, and soon he’s calm and not kicking his feet and thrashing his arms anymore and he’ll usually drift off to sleep. Other then being fussy because of hunger, needing to be changed and his upset stomach, he’s a very sweet, gentle happy baby. His coo’s are precious and it’s so funny to watch him get excited and pump his arms and legs, his eyes will get huge and round and sometimes he’ll get a huge smile on his face…it’s the best!

You can tell he can see farther away now, he’ll follow us with his eyes, and I think he can even see us across the room. He loves his mobiles; he’s just transfixed by them. Now when he gets tired he’ll rub and rub at his eyes and face. Usually he falls asleep sucking on his pacifier and it’ll fall out, but he continues to suck in his sleep…it’s so cute! He is incredibly strong. You’ll stand him up on your lap, and he pushes up with his legs and it’s amazing how much strength he has. He’ll just stand there and look around. I’ll lay him across my boppy pillow on the floor on his stomach and he’ll push up with his feet and try to somersault over the pillow. He’s also turning over from his stomach to his back usually at least once during his tummy time. He’s awake and alert a lot more now, so I try to take advantage of when he does sleep by cleaning, working on whatever project needs to be done at that time, running errands with him or taking a quick nap for myself. He’s beginning to look a lot like Chris. So far the only things he has from me are his eyes (which will probably change) and a dimple. The rest is all Chris.

I called to get his 2 month doctor’s appointment and vaccination time, but they weren’t able to get us in until the end of this month…so it looks like it’ll be his 3 month appt. That’s one thing I don’t like about being at the mercy of an army hospital…getting appointments at the proper time is impossible. It amazes me I was able to see a doctor at the right times during my pregnancy! I’m not looking forward to his first shots, but I’m going to have Chris go with me so we can both cuddle and comfort him afterwards. He’s a strong healthy little (I mean big) boy, so I know he’ll be fine, but there’s something about hurting them when they’re completely oblivious to what’s going on. They’re calm one minute and screaming the next wondering what in the world just happened. It’s for his health and safety though, so it has to be done.

Chris and I are doing well. We’ve been very busy for the last few weeks. I’ve been doing a lot at the church lately and Chris has been busy with work and church as well. I haven’t had hardly any sleep for the last week, so this morning after Luke had a rough early morning, we both took a 2 hour nap…let’s just say that made all the difference in the world. I feel human again! It’s amazing what a good nap will do for you. So, with that said, I should go do some housework since I haven’t been at home all week to do it. Here are some pictures and I’ll try to get into the routine of posting at least once a week. Until next time, enjoy these pictures!








Caught Mom and baby napping...








Lunch break is a lot more fun when he's awake and alert








What a smile!