As far as percentages go, I know that 97% is an A. 

Luke had his two month check-up today and he is in the 97th percentile for weight – he is 15 pounds, 7 ounces.  He is in the 90th percentile for length, he is 24 1/4 inches long.  I am going to have some pipes when this kid is 1 from lifting him 🙂

He had to get 3 shots and he really did not like the needle, must get that from his Grandpas.  But he eventually got over it.  But he had the crying hiccups for the first time.  Once he is done crying he is usually done, but not today!  He is sleeping it off now, but I am sure he will wake up when our dinner is ready!

I still need to learn the fine art of picture resizing, but I took some cute ones this week so I will have Ryan upload them this weekend sometime.  I am happy to report that we have no plans at the moment, so we can all hang at home. 

More Later! – Kathy

I have had a very busy week, I don't know what Mom was thinking traipsing me around all week, but it wears a little guy out!  Here's a recap and some pictures of my travels…

 First we had Mommy & Baby class on Monday – Mom really likes this class, I think I do, but I can take any one of these kids with 1 hand!

Then Monday night we went for our first walk to Joan's house, she's really nice but I'm not so sure about that Dave guy across the street, here's me and Daddy getting all bundled up.

Then on Tuesday we went to surprise Grandpa Pat at work, being St. Patrick's day and all, he's 100% Irish, but I don't know how much I am yet because I haven't learned math.

Who is this guy a leprechan or something? He kinda scared me for a sec, then I realized it's just Grandpa Pat…

Then on Wednesday Mom & I hung out at home, but this crazy friend of Mom's – Martha I think her name was – came over and took her for a couple hours, but Dad & I did OK…I decided to be nice to him and not puke at all after my bottle, but when Mom got home and fed me next time I got back at her and puked all over her…hehe

Thursday came around and after an uneventful day (Other than me puking on Mom…I was still mad from Wednesday night) I went to see Grandma Kathy & Grandpa Steve for a couple hours, I think Mom & Dad went to Home Depot AND Mendards, and Dad even said something about Gander Mountain…I'm not sure what this place is yet, but I think Dad really likes this store, maybe he'll take me next time…I think I'm gonna like it.

Jeez if all that wasn't enough on Friday Mom & I were relaxing and she got a call from Jaime and she wanted to come over with Leon, I told her it was OK, I like Leon…we chilled on the floor together, just wait until him & I can run around and terrorize our mothers!

So now here we are on Saturday Dad & I chilled for a while this morning while Mom slept (I kept her up for 2 hours between 5 & 7 talking and smiling at her – so Dad & I let her sleep for a bit longer…

So now we are about to head to Le Sueur (after I get fed!) for a Porch Crew Baby Shower (I think it means more presents for me) and then a St. Patrick's Day party…wait a minute that was Tuesday…oh ok I get it, any excuse to have a party…fine by me…

Look out Le Sueur…here I come!
Luke

P.S. Oh yeah, despite my best efforts of puking on Mommy all the time, she managed to shower every day this week, quite an accomplishment for her!

Wow, my baby is 7 weeks old today!!!  How did that happen?  Everything is going really great, we are slowly moving toward a schedule – Luke's time – but it is getting a little more predictable so that is helping my sanity.  My only baby complaint is that he really is a puker, I'm not talking a little spit-up, I'm talking ounces of puke – yuck!  But he usually has big smiles afterward – he is very proud!  Funny thing is his smiles are even bigger when he covers Ryan!!  hee hee

I went in to work on Monday and confirmed that I will be going back on Tuesday April 7th, can't say that I am excited about it, but Luke will be in good hands at his daycare.  And I should go back while they still miss me.

Yesterday, Luke's first St. Patrick's Day, we went to Le Sueur and surprised Grandpa at work.  We told Grandpa it was take a Leprechaun to work day!!  He was surprised.  We visited Grandma too and then we went to The Bar for dinner where we learned that Luke is not a big fan of polka music.  At least not at that volume!  Grandpa said it was because it wasn't Sunday!   (he listens to polka in the car on the way home from church on Sunday – thank God we are only a couple blocks from church)

Happy Saint Patrick's Day everyone I will try to get some pictures up soon.  Luke and I were both in our "Kiss Me I'm Irish" shirts – he got more kisses than me, but that is okay this time!

K

Well Week 5 of Luke's life was kinda tough.  Luke and I both got a cold.  Thankfully, I got it worse than he did, but neither one of us can take any medication so we are finally just about past it now.  He also has a little cradle cap and some baby acne and his 3 month clothes are getting too short for him to straighten his legs or reach around his budda belly and he didn't see Grandpa Pat. 🙂  But on the up side, as you can see from the pictures that Ryan posted, Luke is smiling now and cooing.  I have been waiting for that for about 10 months now so that is way fun for me.  Ryan and I also got a "date night" last Wednesday – we took Ford along, but left Luke with Grandma Kathy – he puked all over Grandpa Steve and then Luke got a bath!  Not sure about Grandpa…?

We had our 2nd Mom and baby class yesterday and I really like them.  The other moms are really nice and we seem to mesh really well and it gets me out of the house.  It is funny, we all look pretty cute and so do the babies – yup, the old "yeah a reason to not wear sweats!!" routine!  I remember this phenomenon from my factory working days! 

Better go, I am running dangerously low on burp clothes and with little "Puke-y Luke-y" as I call him, I need to throw in a load of laundry! 

Well Kathy & Luke are both sick with a cold that I'm trying to avoid getting! but here's a couple new pics

Apparently Luke likes Survivor! 

 
OK Grandpa Pat you win – that's an actual smile with one foot sticking out!

We had our one month doctor appoinhtment yesterday and everyone is doing great!  Luke is now 23 inches long and his head is 15.5 inches (no wonder those newborn hats are getting tight) and he weighs 13 pounds 1 ounce.  Everything looks good, I did get scolded for putting him on his stomach to sleep and the doctor said I need to stop doing that, I didn't.

 I won't tell you what I weigh, but it is 20 pounds less than I was when I got pregnant, I recommend pregnancy and breast feeding!! 

Luke is starting to smile back and coo, this is just happening in the past couple of days so that is pretty fun.

Yesterday was a pretty big day, we also had lunch with Jodi and then we went to our first Mom and Baby class.  I think I am going to really like it and Luke said that all the babies were nice, but he could take them if he had too, yup, he is the biggest!  It is a 6 week class at the hospital and there are 6 Mom and Babies, interesting fact, we all ended up with C-Sections and all but one of us is nursing and most of us are also going back to work so we have a lot of common Mom things in common to talk about.

More Later – and we will have to get new pictures up here soon.  Luke is wearing a 6 month sleeper today (he is getting SO big!)

Kathy