8 months old!

Happy 8 months a few days late! Lucas is doing really well - we now have 2 teeth and a lot of mobility! Our super cute shirt and vest are compliments of Grandpa and Grandma Pauls who came to visit and spoil us this weekend!

7 Months!

Sorry this one is a tad late....Here's our 7 month old picture. Lots of exciting news since I haven't done a good job of posting in awhile! Lucas is very adept at crawling now, as well as he can sit up on his own, as well as stand up on his own! (while holding on to something :) This means we had to make some adjustments to his crib and do a little more babyproofing around the house. He's trying awful hard to walk and can follow behind something if you move it for him, or move alongside something while holding on to it.

We've also had our first case of RSV (it is really just a cold for adults, but can quickly turn into pneumonia for babies so they take it very seriously). Lucas was out of school for most of last week and still taking antibiotics now with a doctor follow up on Thursday. He is eating really well - he's gotten meat, yogurt and little puffs added to his diet. The little puffs are things he can pick up and put into his mouth on his own. He should be learning how to use a sippy cup, but so far he is mostly interested in drinking out of mom and dad's cup. He is pretty vocal these days - he mostly says "a-da." And he also will clap two blocks together a lot. He is thinking about learning how to wave. That's all I can think of for now. Lucas sends his love to everyone!

6 months old!

6 months old today - time really does fly like they say it does. We continue to get bigger - seems like mostly chunkier these days. But Mom and Dad did get him a new car seat since he has really outgrown his infant one. We're still working at solid foods and this month we get to add oatmeal and yogurt. We have started doing some pretty good babbling that sounds more like actual words and that is a lot of fun. We've gotten another haircut and a half and can sit up pretty well on our own. We push up with our hands from the floor pretty well now too, but haven't really thought about using our knees for crawling although we love to bounce and wiggle around! We are looking forward to seeing everyone for the Holidays!

Santa!

Lucas had a visit from Santa at his school. His teachers said he cried the whole time - you can tell he was just crying in this picture. We probably won't do Santa again this year :)

Lucas has some really cute Christmas outfits from his Grandma that we have been wearing and are wearing one to church this morning. We would have worn our Baylor outfit (go RGIII!) but it has short sleeves and it has gotten too cold out here for short sleeves.

Yesterday, Lucas was kind enough to donate some of his outgrown items to our adopted family for Christmas. They have a 2 month old little boy, so Lucas gave them his jungle gym, lamb chair and some outgrown clothes - as well as some new clothes and lots of fun other gifts for the older kids. Mom & Dad look forward to continuing this tradition with Lucas as he gets older.

Merry Christmas!!

Hawaii!

For Lucas' 7th state, he got to visit Hawaii for Thanksgiving with grandparents, great grandparents and Uncle Brian and Aunt Jen. We had an awesome time! Lucas did a little shopping, surfing and site seeing. Unfortunately his belly was feeling a little bad while we were there and he got a little congested before we came home, but that didn't stop his good mood! He learned to make some additional sounds (thanks Great Grandma!) and he is doing an awful lot of talking after we got home today. He was an excellent traveler for a couple of really long flights and a good long road trip to Hana. This was Lucas' first time in the pool and he enjoyed kicking around like he does in the bathtub and making friends with some girls in the kiddie pool. We did some good work on rolling over and sitting up as well. We're still feeling a little crummy but just went to bed and hopefully will wake up feeling better!

5 Months

Lucas is 5 months old today! It is amazing how time flies. Also how much better he can sit up in Papa's rocking chair by himself than he could at 4 months. Lucas has continued to love his pears, but did not take so much to the peas we tried. We'll have to explore some different vegetables. At 5 months we are supposed to start having 2-3 fruits and veggies a day and starting to drink out of a sippy cup. We should be rolling over any day now but haven't quite mastered that yet.

Jungle!

Dad is enjoying his new skills with photo shop to put us in a jungle with all of our jungle toys. Lucas will be turning 5 months tomorrow :) I will get up a new picture for that occasion. He's had another check up at the doctor's for his ear infection at which he weighed 16 lbs. 12 ounces. There was still fluid in his ear but it is clearing up and his eyes have been getting better. He started eating pears on Sunday, which he loves! We tried some peas last night and were not quite as excited with those. We continue to grow and are doing very well!