Shopping Cart

Luke rode in the shopping cart at Sam's for the first time!!! He rode in the shopping cart once before for a quick run into the grocery store, but this was the first extended ride! He did so well.

Noname No More!

Miss Noname (prounounced no-nah-may) finally has a name......Mallory Claire Zelazny!!! It only took 40 weeks exactly for them to decide, but who's counting ;) Three cheers for one precious angel and one big ol' congrats to Mom, Dad and big sister Macy!! I just love her!

Green Beans

Luke tried green beans for the first time this past Tuesday night. Coming off his recent trial of sweet potatoes he was eager to try the green beans. The first several bites went really well, but once he slowed down enough to realize he wasn't eating sweet potatoes things changed. He made the cutest ugly faces as he was trying to bare the new flavor. He hung in there long enough to eat most of the portion, but gave up with about 20% left. The good news is that last night he was a little more tolerant of the green beans. I still don't think they fall anywhere near the love category, but they appear to be edible. Stay tuned for squash.....

Baby in a Box

Luke has found a new place to hang out! Who knew a diaper box could be so much fun. I am looking forward to the much talked about "baby in a basket," but Luke isn't quite ready for that yet. Maybe in a couple of weeks!!

Baby "No Name" Zelazny

Today is a very special day!! Miss "No Name" Zelazny made her entrance into this world at 10:03 this morning weighing in at 6 lbs, 14.6 ounces. She is a little cutie patootie! I was dead convinced that Miss "No Name" was going to be a bouncing baby boy, oops! Hopefully she will forgive me :) Mom and baby are doing great!! I am hoping that Miss "No Name" will have a name BEFORE they leave the hospital.......we'll see :)

Sweet Potatoes!

Last Friday Luke tasted his very first vegetable.....sweet potatoes - YUM!! He absolutely loved them! He didn't question what was going on, he just opened his mouth and enjoyed it. I have such a good eater. Stay tuned for green beans......

Night at Gigi's

Luke spent the night last Friday night at Gigi's house. This was the very first time Luke had spent the night away from Andy and me. I was sad and excited all at the same time.....it is weird how that happens. Andy and I used this time to go out to dinner and do some shopping for our trip coming up in January (we have to shop for beachy stuff now because it will be hard to find come January). Our first night without the kid and we were home by 9:40pm! So sad.....

As for Luke's night at Gigi's - he had a great time. Mom said that he played, ate, and slept like a champ. She put him down for bed around 8:30pm and he didn't wake up until SHE woke HIM up at 8:15am the next day......he never sleeps this late for me :( All in all this was a good practice run to prepare me for our trip to Salt Lake City in a few weeks.

Gigi did her best to document the milestone for me, but her camera is still suffering from the queso incident (long story). Here are some of the pictures....

Thanks Mom -- I appreciate you!!!

A new kind of blow out

After 23 weeks I experienced a first today......

For the first several months of his life Luke was NOT a pooper. In fact he depended on a daily pear juice bottle to keep him ''regular" until he was 3 1/2 months old. Before discovering pear juice Andy and I worried and wished for poopie diapers - I know, its weird.

Well those days are long gone and he is one "regular" little boy! I now secretly get excited when he has a poopie diaper on Daddy's watch or while he is at Grandma's house -- is that bad? I just can't help it....I smile on the inside :) Sorry guys.....

Well today I was NOT smiling. We have had some blow out diapers over the past 5 months, but nothing like today. Tonight, while we were eating dinner at Pizza Inn he had a blow out to top all previous blow outs. Without getting too detailed, this blow out was of the type that blew out of the FRONT of the diaper.....GROSS!! I can't begin to explain the science of how this actually happened, but I did live to talk about it. I am still recovering - YUCK!

To all of my new mom friends out there -- consider this your warning!

Papa!

This past weekend Papa came to visit!! My dad has not been to Fort Worth for a few months and was excited to see our little guy.....or not so little guy! He brought Makayla with him so that he could enjoy an afternoon with his 2 favorite little people. We love Papa and wish he lived closer :(

Daddy's Boy, No?

I meant to post this a long time ago.....

Bye, Bye Bedtime Baby??

Last night, to celebrate his 5 month birthday, Luke partied like a rock star. Ok, probably not like a rock star, but definitely NOT like the good bedtime baby that he normally is. Up until last night Luke has practically begged us to put him to sleep around 8pm. Well bedtime came and went and Luke was WIDE AWAKE!! The good news is that he was all smiles and a complete joy to be around. I guess that if he was going to stay up past my bedtime, it was good that he was happy. He finally decide to hit the hay around 10:30pm. I was incredibly thankful that he finally gave in because I would have turned into a pumpkin if was any later. I am happy to report that Luke was ready for bed this evening at his usual time (maybe even a little earlier) and he is currently lost in slumber.....I sure hope he stays that way!!

Here are some 22 week pictures. I just love him!

5 Months Old

My baby is 5 months old -- I don't know whether or not to end this sentence with an ! or a :(

At 5 months old Luke is such an exciting kid. He weighs in at a whopping 19 lbs even, which puts him on the 90th percentile for weight. When I picked him up today he felt every bit of those 19 lbs! Luke is continuing to learn new things every day. One of my favorites is that he will grab your head with both of his hands and go in for a big ol' kiss. Can you tell that I kiss him a lot?? He has laid big wet ones on both Gigi and Grandma over this past week -- I am pretty sure their hearts melted right then and there. Luke has also discovered his toes....Andy found him sucking on his big toe yesterday :) So cute! Luke is a good eater and loves his cereal -- man he gobbles it up quickly. He eats 2 tbsps of rice cereal twice daily and definitely wants more (I am going slow with increasing the cereal considering I am not exactly following the doctors rules on introducing solids - me not following rules, never). In addition to rice cereal he eats 4 full bottles (typically 6-7 ounces each) throughout the day and 1 partial bottle before bed. Luke still enjoys playing with his toys, loving on Bella, and watching Mr. Fan......0ld fun never dies!!

Oh, I almost forgot....Luke is on his way to sitting up!! He is starting to get the hang of it as we speak. It is way too premature to say that he is sitting, but I am pretty sure it won't be too long before this happens.

21 Weeks

I guess I blogged too much already this week because I am out of things to say :) Here are some pics of my cutie pie!