Lukes First Swim

A few days ago, Luke had his first swim in his grandparent's pool. He was a little hesitant at first, but our little water baby soon started to enjoy his swim. He loves the shower too, so we really weren't surprised at how much he enjoyed the pool.

Getting used to the water with daddy!

Enjoying his swim with mommy!

In the picture below, I was getting distracted, and didn't realise that poor Luke was silently swallowing the pool water. The little cutie didn't at all complain. LOL Poor thing!

A Little Bit of History...

The other day, we took a few pictures of Luke wearing a little white 'nightie'... they might seem random, but we wanted to take the pictures because they come with a little bit of history.

The white 'nightie' that Luke has on is almost 30 years old and belonged to Jake when he was about the same age... so we just had to get some pictures of him wearing something that was once his daddy's. Though I do struggle to picture Jake being this little and cute... lol :D

Buddha Baby

Luke has grown so much over the last couple weeks. He is the cutest, chunkiest little boy, and he has sooo much character.

He has a hearty appetite, and as a result, he has become our little 'Buddha Baby'... he has a huge pot belly, a set of 'moobs' and he has some porky little thunder thighs.

We are just loving our little chunker... chubby babies are just the cutest.

He has also started to sleep really well at night. About 2 weeks ago, so when he was about 6 weeks old, he started only waking up once in the night. He goes to bed around 9:30-10:00pm and usually sleeps until some time between 3:00-4:00am, and then goes back to sleep until 7 or 7:30am...
We have been so grateful for the extra sleep. Then, last night, he did even better.. he slept right through the night, from 10:00pm until 6:00am, and then he went back to sleep at 6:45am after a feed, and slept until just before 9:00am... it was wonderful. So, I think his hearty appetite and chubby baby fat storage are definitely helping him to be a good sleeper.

We just love him so much!

BUDDHA BABY

When Life Throws You Lemons...

Life has taken and interesting turn for our family recently. I am not going to say that it is a turn for the worst just yet, as I really think that somewhere amidst the chaos of what's going on, there is a blessing just waiting to reveal itself.

Last Friday, Jake lost his job. It didn't really come as a surprise because it is the 3rd time this year that his company has let people go, but it is still a shock to the system nonetheless.
The compensation he received isn't very good, and we have also lost our medical insurance, so things aren't great right now, but we are doing ok considering.

Jake has already applied for a few positions, both in Michigan and in Utah, and we are hopeful that something will come up soon.

Oddly enough, I am not feeling overwhelmingly worried yet... perhaps its because the severity of the situation hasn't fully sunk in yet, but I think it's more because somewhere in my gut I know that things will be ok, and that at the end of the tunnel, we are going to see a great blessing that has come from this all.

The timing in some ways is already a blessing. The company laid off people in Feb and April too, and I just keep thinking what a disaster that would have been, because we really needed our medical insurance then as I was very pregnant.
I also thought about the timing that Luke made... Jake and I were only planning on trying for children around the start of this year... but, Luke had other ideas, and decided he wanted to come sooner, so instead I got pregnant in August last year... as a result, he was born 7.5 weeks before Jake lost his job, and when we still had great insurance that covered my prenatal care and most importantly the very expensive delivery.

We are anxious, and feeling very unsure of the future right now, but I just keep trying to keep the attitude, " When life throws you lemons... make lemonade"... and I know that when this trial is over, we will be tasting some very sweet lemonade!

Father and Son... A Bond Like No Other

This morning, Jake decided to take Luke into the shower with him. It was the first time he had been in the shower, so we weren't sure how it would go, but we thought we would try, because he needed a bath anyway.

Luke absolutely loved it, so I couldn't resist getting a picture...

I never imagined I would catch the most perfect moment on camera...

This has become my absolute favourite picture. It just shows the proudest daddy, and his sweet son looking at him with love and admiration.
I just love the two 'boys' in my life...what more could I ask for.

LUKES 1 MONTH+ HIGHLIGHTS

Luke has grown so much. He turned 1 month old on the 6th... I can't believe more than 5 weeks have already passed.

The highlights of the last little while are

1) Luke is slowly learning to smile. He hasn't quite got it yet, but you can see the little smile starting to crack sometimes.


2) He seems to love bathing... though he prefers the kitchen sink to his bath chair in the big bath, so we are bathing in the kitchen for now. He also doesn't mind being 'showered down' under the running tap, which makes getting all the soap suds off of him really easy.



3) Today we bought him his first toy... well the first that we have bought (he already has 2 rattle toys from him grandma)... we got him an activity mat, that plays music and has a polar bear with a light up nose. Well, he seems to love it... we thought it was time to get him something entertaining, because while in Utah, he loved the activity center at Jakes friends house. I guess now that he is 5 and a half weeks old, he is better able to focus and to enjoy things like the flashing polar bear nose and the music.

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4) He has just gotten so darn big... and so freaking cute.

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