PIZZA PANIC

Last night, Jake and I decided to get a pizza for dinner. Luke was being fussy, so Jake held him in his lap while we ate... Luke seemed rather interested in Jakes food, so he decided to give him the crust to lick... well, Luke loved that.

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Anyway, being only 4 months old, licking pizza crusts probably isn't the best idea, so we took it away after a few licks and Jake grabbed another slice for himself.

WELL... Luke, all 4 months of him, had some SERIOUS objections to his daddy eating pizza in front of him and not sharing a second time... Our little stinker is too smart for his 4 month old socks...and definitely knows what he wants... I think we may have created a little monster. LOL.

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WHAT TO DO WITH A HYPER BABY...

Luke, we have come to learn is an extremely high maintenance baby, and he requires constant attention and entertaining, often from both Jake and I at the same time or he doesn't seem to be satisfied and will "whine" until he knows he has both our undivided attention.
Well, we have started to discover some of the things that entertain our little "speed" baby.

Here are a few videos of things we do with Luke that seem to satisfy his need for attention and entertainment... please note that all are 'energetic' because our little hyper boy doesn't think that sitting on daddy's lap, chilling out in front of the tv or rocking with mommy in the glider while having a quiet conversation is sufficient attention and entertainment.

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LUKE IN ACTION

Here are a few video clips of Luke

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This video clip is for grandma Geddes

Luke can be a little stinker sometimes, but it seems he generally only does it for Jake and I... so grandma Geddes thinks we are telling lies about our perfectly darling little boy. LOL..
Well, here Luke is being kinda fussy, but the funny part about it, is that he rarely lets us catch him on camera... as soon as he sees the camera, he stops... doesn't want grandma to know the truth. LOL.

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LIFE IN THE GEDDES HOME

Not a whole lot has happened recently... Jake is still job hunting, and we are hoping something will come up soon.

Having Jake home all day has both it's pro's and cons... he is fantastic to have around as an extra set of hands for our busy little Luke who loves to always be entertained, and sometimes its nice to just spend an afternoon vegging together on the couch watching McGyver or what ever...some good family time... but then there are other times, when I think we want to strangle each other because often we will be together 24/7 for days on end just breathing down each others necks day in and day out. LOL.. the joys of having a spouse.
The job hunting is keeping both our stress levels at a not so nice high. Fortunately our happy, smiley little boy keeps us occupied much of the time, so we stay distracted and don't spend too much time worrying. Luke really is our little ray of sunshine in perilous times.

Luke keeps us on our toes. We are so grateful for his adorable, fiesty, little personality.
And, boy, does he have personality... LOL... Everyday we are laughing at him about something. And he is such a little stinker, but gets away with it because of his too darn cute little face.
This morning, Jake rocked him to sleep in the rocking chair, then got up to put him down when he had fallen asleep... just as he put him down, Luke opens his eyes, but rather than starting to cry like most babies would, he looks up at Jake, cracks him a huge smile, and starts babbling... well, that was the end of his 10 minute nap in dads lap... now it was "maybe if i'm cute, they'll forget the nap and play with me" time.
I have absolutely no idea how we are going to discipline our little boy when he gets older... he is just like my brother, Jarryd... Jarryd was always making my mom laugh when he was in trouble, so he would escape punishment.. it drove me insane as a child, cos I was never able to pull off the same stunts. LOL... well, now I am my mother, and Luke is my stinker brother... funny how you always end up where you vowed you'd never go. LOL.

Yesterday, we decided to give Luke some rice cereal. He has been spitting up his milk really badly, so is always hungry. We gave him some rice cereal so he would have something heavier in his tummy, to hopefully help keep everything down..
Well, he was a little unsure of what to do with it when I first put some in his mouth, but he soon started to love it. He also wouldn't stop grabbing the spoon, and would hold onto it while I put it into his mouth... my child will be feeding himself in no time.
When dinner was done, we just gave him the spoon to play with for a few minutes.

MESSY MEAL TIME



DADDY'S TIRED, BUT I'M HUNGRY...



WATCHING TV WITH DADDY



JAKE: "I LOVE MY LITTLE BOY"
LUKE: "HMMM, THESE FINGERS SURE DO TASTE GOOD"



"OOPS.. I THINK I POOPED MY PANTS"



SILLY TIME...

MORE ABOUT LUKE

Luke has grown so much. He is such a chubby little chunker... and it amazes me every time I look at videos or photo's of him, just how much he changes and how quickly he is growing. Luke has come a long way over the past few weeks. He has just recently started sleeping through the night which is just the greatest thing.

He has also finally, with some strong insistence, learned to take a dummy/pacifier, which has made him a completely different baby. He was never able to settle himself, or put himself to sleep. He would also wake up within minutes after falling asleep if we put him down, which was very frustrating because either Jake or I would always have to be holding him to keep him asleep. After we finally got him to take a pacifier he is now a changed baby... he will happily just chill out on the couch or in his bed when he starts getting tired and suck his pacifier until he falls asleep. He is a lot less cranky, and just such a pleasure during the day. We have also noticed that since taking the pacifier, he seems to prefer being put down to 'rest' or nap when he gets cranky, rather than being held constantly like he did before. It has just made things so much easier each day, as he isn't in 24/7 need of our attention, and we are able to get other everyday things done.
Since napping so well with his pacifier, he is also much happier in general, as he is far less tired.
We are just loving our sweet little boy. I feel like the luckiest person in the world, to have such a perfect family... a loving, caring husband and just the cutest, sweetest little boy.

Our Cute Little Happy Boy

Sweet Little Angel Asleep On Grandma & Grandpa's Couch

Our Newly 'Chilled Out' Baby, Hanging Out On The Couch...

Not A Huge Fan Of Getting Kiss Attacks, But I Can Rarely Contain Myself When I See That Sweet Little Face

The Proud Owner Of The Chubbiest Little Legs...
Funny How Having Rolls On Rolls Is Only Cute When You're This Big! :D

Recently, Luke starting realising he has a tongue... he now loves to wiggle it around and stick it out. Sometimes he looks like a little reptile alien baby with his tongue action. We get such laughs watching him sometimes.
Here is a video clip we got of him doing a little of the tongue wiggling.

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We went to Utah for 2 weeks in July. Here are the first pictures we have of Luke with his Grandma, Grandpa and his cousins.

Grandma & Grandpa Geddes With Their 5 Grandchildren
"Annabelle, Luke, Kaden, Hunter & Landon"

5 Cousins (lol... mom, you would appreciate that... )
Kaden, Hunter, Annabelle, Landon & Luke

Play Time With Cousin Hunter

PICTURE PERFECT

Tonight I was once again bathing Luke in the kitchen sink. Just before taking him out, I flipped him over to wash and rinse his back, and when I did that, he just made himself comfortable hanging over the edge of the sink. We just had to take a picture, and it came out just so adorable. I just have the most beautiful son in the world. He is perfect. (Perhaps the words of a biased mom, but you have to agree, that he is just darn cute. )