BELLY PROGRESSION

I realize this is a little odd to be adding now but I wanted some record of my sweet little baby growing in my belly on the blog..

 4 weeks

Doug at 4 weeks :)

 8 weeks

 12 weeks

18 weeks

23 weeks

27 weeks

32 weeks

36 weeks

40 weeks (BAM!)

CEREAL

Lucas' pediatrician wanted us to start cereal at 3 months so we gave it a shot last weekend to see how he'd do. I think Doug and I had waaaay too much fun feeding him (as you will see from the gazillion pictures!) - I guess it just seemed like such a huge step which made it really exciting. :) I'm not positive but I think Lucas liked it too! Even though he ended up wearing most the cereal, he did suck it off the spoon and definitely showed interest..at first it would just come right back out but after awhile he got the hang of it - and now (5 days later) he's turned into quite the pro and quadruple the mess!! He is eating/swallowing much easier now but he likes to grab the spoon to help shove it in his mouth... this then gets cereal all over his hands.. and once it's on his hands it's ALL over from there... up his nose, in his eye, on his legs, on the chair, in his hair... LOL.. at first I was trying to wipe up every little bit as soon as he made a mess but now I just go with it and embrace my extremely messy little cereal baby. Here are some pics from last weekend :)

3 MONTHS

It's hard to believe that my little tiny baby is no longer my little tiny baby... he is now my big 3 month old! It blows me away how much he has changed and I swear sometimes I feel so overwhelmend by all my love and adoration for him that I'm certain my heart could burst at any moment. He has grown into such an amazing, fun, happy and sweet little guy. He LOVES one on one interaction and can spend a good chunk of time carrying on a whole conversation (in Lukey talk) filled with lots of smiles and adorable laughs. And just recently he started talking in the sweetest voice ever!!! It is soooo angelic it makes me melt and I swear there is nothing he could ask me for that I wouldn't give him.. (scary!!)  

Just recently we've learned that he doesn't do very well around big groups of people and quite frankly he is a bit of a scaredy cat! He seems to get overwhelmed easily and definitely is not a fan of being passed person to person. Usually by the second person he is crying for his mommy.  And if he's around loud talkers he will either start crying or put his wide eyes on. :) So basically he sort of switches personalites when he's around a bunch of people. He saves all of his cuteness for when he's alone with mommy and daddy!!

Some pics of our sweet Lou at 3 months: