4 months

Luke is 4 months old. I can not believe how quickly he is growing. At his 4 month well appointment he was 26 1/4 inches long and weighed 16 lbs and 4 ozs. We went to see Dr. Roy for a check-up and I mentioned to him that Luke had a swollen lymph node behind his ear. He was a little concerned because he said it was a reactive lymph node but the scary thing was that Luke had no signs of being sick. He decided to do a CBC and his white blood count was pretty elevated (18,000 and average is 4-10,000). He told me not to worry (yeah right) and to come back in a week to check it again. Of course the worst-case was running through my mind all week. One week (and a lot of stress) later I took him back and it had dropped to 13,000, praise the Lord! Dr. Roy said he probably had some kind of virus and is just a tough cookie. Once again, the Lord reminded me, I am not in control and Luke is His! When will I just learn this lesson already?

I also took Luke to his first baseball game. In his 4 months of life he has not cried outside of being hungry or tired. For the most part he is very content and happy baby. This day was different. About 5 innings in he started to scream as if someone was pinching him. I did everything I could think of to stop him and nothing could calm him down. I finally decided to put him in his car seat and take him home. While driving home I was contemplating my next move (call Dr. Roy?, take him to the ER?) he was clearly in pain, right? Well, we walked through the door of our house and he completely stopped, I took him to his room to change his diaper and he looked up at me and smiled. LITTLE STINKER...he just wanted to come home! While I have no idea what was wrong that day, he has not had another episode and actually loves to watch baseball. We were going to have serious problems if this child had a problem with the baseball field.

Other things I don't want to forget about this stage:
-He is so so ticklish...knee, armpit, belly it all makes him belly laugh
-He has found his feet and loves to play with them
-He knows who mommy and daddy are and recognizes strangers
-He fights sleep
-He sleeps about 9 hours at night
-He has the sweetest smile and belly laugh
-He wants to sit-up (even though he can't) all of the time
-He loves to be held and rocked

Mi amor

This is my fabulous date for valentine's day. We drove up to Montgomery, ate at Carrabbas, made a Target run and headed home. I enjoy every minute that I get to spend with my boys. I seriously could not love these two more!

Snow Day

It actually snowed down here in south Alabama. And not just flurries...about 4-5 inches. Unfortunately, it came on the back end of the Irons' family week of sickness. The week started with an ear infection for Luke, a few days later I came down with strep and the day before it snowed Derek got strep. I built a little Bama snowman and took Luke out for just a minute since it was his first. Derek was feeling pretty bad and had to stay in the house. Our power went out and we headed to the Jones' to stay the night. Thankful for such sweet friends who let us come stay warm with them despite our illness.

Luke's Nursery

I am very much a type A person and in my normal state I would have had Luke's nursery completely done about 2 weeks past my 20 week ultrasound. However, pregnant Leslie was very indecisive and unsure of what she wanted. Did I really just speak of myself in third-person? Just call me Elmo....nonetheless, I am still working on Luke's nursery. I finally have these two walls done.