sick

sick has two meanings: afflicted with illness and disgusting. often luke is both, but especially the latter. we love our dear guy, but i must confess, he is much grosser than mary... he spits up, drools, snots, has pooped out of his clothing at least half of the last thirty days... just gross.

but even with all of his fluids, i think he's adorable. and he's very advanced.... i mean, look at that bubble.

yute

luke loves his dada... this was him looking at him. he watchs danny all over the room and gets all giddy when danny looks his way (like i do). it's really cute. mary tries so hard to play with luke. today she handed him (laid it on his belly) a piece of paper and a pen so he could write "yute." she doesn't quite understand that he can't grab things yet. she strokes his face and lovingly says "yute." she was the first to get to him this morning when he woke up... his whining stopped immediately when i heard, "HHIIII yute!" i can't wait to see them grow up together. i see a bossy big sister in luke's future (luke can call my little brother to console him when the time comes... michael knows all about being bossed by a big sister). :)

buddies

4 months old

luke is four months old... as of two days ago. he's getting so big and fun. he is a generally happy baby. he smiles as soon as you look at him and loves to be "standing" up looking at us. he gets sad when he's left alone. it's so funny. literally, he will be laying happily on the floor with me sitting beside him... the moment i walk away he starts gripping. it's not a cry, just a yell to let me know he isn't happy without a companion. sometimes mary is that companion... which is SO cute! she always says, "hi yute!" ("yute" is luke) in the same exact sweet, baby talk tone that she hears me say it.

his sleeping arrangements have been upgraded to a bassinet from a friend's stroller (thanks, sarah). it's nice because he sleeps in our dining room at night, which is right in the middle of the apartment, so we use the shade to keep him from seeing us in the morning. i hope he can fit in it until we leave for indonesia... if not, back to the tupperware. :) mary likes to put her baby down in his bed when luke isn't sleeping... she gave baby his blanket, paci and turned the fan on for noise. she's quite the mom.

speaking of luke sleeping... here is his sleep schedule. 8:30 or 9am wake up. eat and play. 10-12pm nap time. eat and play. 2-5pm nap time. eat and play. 7-8pm nap time. eat and play and get really tired. eat again at 10pm and then off to bed. and, all that "play" time consists of laying on the floor or sitting in the bumbo drooling or... being entertained by mary.

luke enjoys being read to by big sister... what? you can't tell he's thrilled to be sitting with her and totally engaged in the story?!? he is.

lastly, a weight update.... today he weighed in at 17lb 8oz! he's a big boy!

meatball

sometimes i call luke my little meatball... i mean, look at that adorable meatball head. love him. today we went to the park and luke had his first go at the swing. he was pretty indifferent but mary really liked that she could push him.

rotating...

look at my "new" blender and blocks!

we have a pretty small apartment so mary's first christmas we decided that we would always put some of mary's toys in the basement so that our house isn't too cluttered... then we can pull out old toys and she'll think they're new! :) so, today i rotated her toys. most of them she hasn't played with in almost a year... and she was SO occupied by them! it was awesome! i highly suggest it to all parents.

and, here is her cute brother watching her play.

MMEEEE!

"Bible, Bible, Bible loves MMEEE! yeeaahhh!" This is what we heard from Mary after we put her to bed last night.... for about 15 minutes. She was singing "Jesus loves me." She cheered after she finished everytime because that is what we do. It was so sweet to hear. She's not quite theologically there (it's not actually the Bible that loves her, it's Jesus), but we're getting there. :) Our sweet girl.