My little Angel
In the midst of all this hurricane madness my little Luke turned 6 months old. It's been hard to take pictures because our world has sort of been knocked off kilter the past few days and we are all adjusting to being away from home. This is particularly hard for Luke and Jaden. I haven't been able to get Jaden to take a nap and both he and Luke were up all through the night (which means so was Mommy!) We are all tired and suffering from a little cabin fever.
He's been doing wonderful this month. We are exploring new foods. He seems kinda picky when it comes to eating. I wouldn't have expected that from such a fat baby! He tends to eat a little better for Dad than Mom. He loooooves bananas and tends to prefer the green veggies to the yellow/orange. Maybe he won't end up looking yellow like his big Sis. She has something called carotenemia - no big deal - it just means the skin turns yellow from eating too many yellow veggies like carrots. She doesn't actually eat many carrots but eats more than her weight in ketchup and spaghetti with tomato sauce, OJ, etc... I think this will be getting better because she has been eating more broccolli, some cauliflower, corn, and is developing quite a taste for peas!
He is pushing himself back onto his knees some while he's lying on the floor. (a precursor to crawling) He can get his belly up off the floor pretty well. Everyday he's getting stronger. I'm afraid it won't be too long before he figures out how to get those knees moving. It will be time to get out the baby gates once more.
We've been focusing more on healthy sleep habits for Luke and then, maybe for Mom. I finally read "On becoming Babywise" (almost too late) with a fire lit under me. I was on the verge of becoming delerious from not getting enough sleep. About two weeks ago I took him to the doctor to see if he had an ear infection. He not been sleeping well and was crying what felt like "all the time". I had seriously seen every hour on the clock for a couple of days. My friend Dana called me and as I was listening to her message I could not place the voice. This is someone I talk to about every day and for those of you who know Dana- she's got a strong Southern accent (she's from Alabama). Later, my eyes started playing tricks on me. I was getting to be a safety hazard. So, anyway, we went to the doctor. I was so embarrassed when we got the diagnosis. Dx: teething! How embarrassing! How could I have missed that? I must have been through at least 30 teeth coming through between Anna and Jaden! You can see why getting this under control became top priority. He actually responded very well. They said to give it 4-5 days focusing on the day time routine for the late starters (eat, waketime, sleep pretty much) and sure enough about the 3rd or 4th day he slept pretty well through the night. I didn't know what to do with myself. I was still waking up! Then, Ike started becoming more prominent and caused us to be uprooted. You know how that can throw a wrench in things. But, I think we'll get it back in sync soon. I'm going to keep on trucking with it like I would be if we were at home. Luke has been doing okay sleeping during the day in his pack and play so, I have hope :).
These are some really cute t's I found last night for the boys -
A rare moment caught on film - Jaden loving his brother. He really fought me hard to be able to hold the baby and when I got my camera to take their picture he gave me the biggest smile! Luke wasn't as into it...
Hurricane update: not much has changed as far as I know. They are still expecting Ike to make land tomorrow night as at least a category 3 storm. And so far it's still got a good chance of hitting the Freeport area. We'll be keeping a close eye.
In the midst of all this hurricane madness my little Luke turned 6 months old. It's been hard to take pictures because our world has sort of been knocked off kilter the past few days and we are all adjusting to being away from home. This is particularly hard for Luke and Jaden. I haven't been able to get Jaden to take a nap and both he and Luke were up all through the night (which means so was Mommy!) We are all tired and suffering from a little cabin fever.He's been doing wonderful this month. We are exploring new foods. He seems kinda picky when it comes to eating. I wouldn't have expected that from such a fat baby! He tends to eat a little better for Dad than Mom. He loooooves bananas and tends to prefer the green veggies to the yellow/orange. Maybe he won't end up looking yellow like his big Sis. She has something called carotenemia - no big deal - it just means the skin turns yellow from eating too many yellow veggies like carrots. She doesn't actually eat many carrots but eats more than her weight in ketchup and spaghetti with tomato sauce, OJ, etc... I think this will be getting better because she has been eating more broccolli, some cauliflower, corn, and is developing quite a taste for peas!
He is pushing himself back onto his knees some while he's lying on the floor. (a precursor to crawling) He can get his belly up off the floor pretty well. Everyday he's getting stronger. I'm afraid it won't be too long before he figures out how to get those knees moving. It will be time to get out the baby gates once more.
We've been focusing more on healthy sleep habits for Luke and then, maybe for Mom. I finally read "On becoming Babywise" (almost too late) with a fire lit under me. I was on the verge of becoming delerious from not getting enough sleep. About two weeks ago I took him to the doctor to see if he had an ear infection. He not been sleeping well and was crying what felt like "all the time". I had seriously seen every hour on the clock for a couple of days. My friend Dana called me and as I was listening to her message I could not place the voice. This is someone I talk to about every day and for those of you who know Dana- she's got a strong Southern accent (she's from Alabama). Later, my eyes started playing tricks on me. I was getting to be a safety hazard. So, anyway, we went to the doctor. I was so embarrassed when we got the diagnosis. Dx: teething! How embarrassing! How could I have missed that? I must have been through at least 30 teeth coming through between Anna and Jaden! You can see why getting this under control became top priority. He actually responded very well. They said to give it 4-5 days focusing on the day time routine for the late starters (eat, waketime, sleep pretty much) and sure enough about the 3rd or 4th day he slept pretty well through the night. I didn't know what to do with myself. I was still waking up! Then, Ike started becoming more prominent and caused us to be uprooted. You know how that can throw a wrench in things. But, I think we'll get it back in sync soon. I'm going to keep on trucking with it like I would be if we were at home. Luke has been doing okay sleeping during the day in his pack and play so, I have hope :).
These are some really cute t's I found last night for the boys -
Jaden actually just fell asleep sitting up next to me as I started typing this post-
A rare moment caught on film - Jaden loving his brother. He really fought me hard to be able to hold the baby and when I got my camera to take their picture he gave me the biggest smile! Luke wasn't as into it...
Hurricane update: not much has changed as far as I know. They are still expecting Ike to make land tomorrow night as at least a category 3 storm. And so far it's still got a good chance of hitting the Freeport area. We'll be keeping a close eye.