Luke: 5 months

Luke Daniel Fisher

5 months old already!!!

It doesn't seem possible that this little cutie pie has been with us for 5 months.

The time is flying by so quickly and Luke is getting so big.

I know I keep saying it, but he really is our biggest baby by far ~ we refer to him as the "bruiser" :-)

At 5 months, Luke is such a little ham and a pretty happy little guy.

He always has smiles and loves showing off those adorable dimples.

Thankfully, the colic seems to have passed,

though he is definitely a boy who knows what he likes and what he does NOT like.

For instance, he likes nursing; he does NOT like bottles (i.e. full out refuses them!) 

He also refuses to take any pacifiers or suck a thumb, though he does suck his wrist at times!

At 5 months, Luke is quite the little chatter box and loves when we talk and sing to him.

Pat-a-cake and the Itsy Bitsy Spider are current faves.

Of course, he also loves all of the silly made up songs by Mommy and Alli.

At 5 months, he still doesn't have any teeth but he sure seems to be teething.

Luke drools constantly and is always running his tongue along his gums.

He also gets fussy for no apparent reason and bites everything he can.

Alli and Eli both had teeth by 5 months so we are assuming they will pop up soon.

At 5 months, Luke is rolling from back to tummy both over the right and left.

He actually doesn't seem to mind tummy time anymore and flips to his tummy a ton.

The only time it seems to bother him is when he gets stuck in his crib with an arm between the bars.

We've ordered a breathable bumper and are hoping that will help.

It is quite amusing while he's on his tummy because he puts his arms to the sides and looks like he's trying to fly.  We call him "Baby Buzz" because Eli is always flying around as Buzz Lightyear ;-)

At 5 months, Luke is still very enthralled with his siblings, and they with him.

Although Eli didn't want to participate in the photoshoot, both the bigs adore Luke.

The three of them love to snuggle and play ~ so sweet.

At 5 months, Luke is a huge fan of the jumperoo and really gets going.

Eli loves to stand in front of Luke and "help" him jump even higher ~ leading to lots of giggles!

At 5 months, Luke has tried mashed up bananas, which he seemed to enjoy,

though we have no idea if any actually made it to his tummy ;-)

We've only tried it once as he wound up with a rash (doubt it's related but wanted to be sure),

but he sure had fun with the experiment!!!

At 5 months, Luke is wearing some 3-6 month clothing but outgrowing them in moving into the 6-12 month size.  He is also starting to outgrow the size 2 diapers and will be moving up to size 3 in the next week or so.  Luke is doing better sleeping at night and typically sleeps from 7 pm to 5 am (waking only to nurse) and then up for the day around 7:30 am.  Of course, some nights, he wakes more frequently making for some very tired parents ;-)  We do not know his exact stats but our "unofficial" weight (using our home scale) has him at 16.6 lbs.  Additionally, he's wearing clothes that Eli wasn't in until he was almost a year!

At 5 months, we are all completely in love with our little Lukey and thank God each day for opening our hearts to the idea of having a third child.  We cannot imagine our family without him!!! 

Dislocated Elbow

Luke and I were at the Y this morning when I got a call from Eli's teacher.

Turns out he had a little fall on the playground resulting in lots of tears.

The crying had subsided but he wasn't moving or wanting to use his right arm.

He was trying to eat applesauce with his left arm so they called to let me know.

Luke and I went straight to the school.

I called Dr. D on the way to let him know what was going on.

He said to bring him in if he still wasn't moving it or seemed to be in pain.

When I got to the school, he was outside playing at recess, appearing happy, 

but immediately wanted to tell me about his boo boo.

I thought he was okay until he tried to grab my hand with his right hand and started crying.

Decision made, we were off to see Dr. D.

Mrs. Benoit gave me Eli's "owie report" and he gave her a one-armed hug.

When we got to Dr. D's, Eli told everyone his elbow hurt (by pointing).

Turns out he is a smart kid, it was dislocated :(

Thankfully, Dr. D was able to pop it right back into place with no problems or tears.

We were out of there in 10 minutes with his loot ;-)

Although he is still a bit sore (and will be for a couple days),

Eli is doing great now and has decided his kisses make it all better :-)

Love this happy boy!!!



Three 'lil shamrocks ;-)

You wouldn't believe how many pictures I took and this really was the best one!

What is it with my boys refusing to cooperate??? ;-)

Thank goodness for Miss Alli who LOVES having her picture taken.

Luke simply didn't know what to think of this morning's photo shoot. 

Alli LOVED wearing her dress and showing it off at school today.

She insisted on wearing the hat as well.

Seriously, too cute!!!

More sewing fun :-)

Our wonderful Miss Kaitlyn has been teaching me new tricks with my sewing machine

so I decided to try making the kiddos some new items with their "letters" on them.

Eli's class had "letter" day last week so I made him a t-shirt with a sports-themed "E"

I was so happy with how it turned out and Eli LOVED it!!!  Score one for Mommy :-)

Alli thought it was very cool and wanted one too

so I decided to make the kiddos matching outfits for St Patty's Day.

Eli gets another shirt ~ no picture yet but it's done and turned out great if I do say so myself ;-)

I decided to do a bib for Luke . . .

You can see the imperfections but I'm still pretty excited with what I can do now!

For Alli, I decided to try something I've been wanting to do since I got the sewing machine . . .

 a tee shirt dress 

 I was terrified to try it but Kaitlyn showed me how to gather the fabric and I decided to go for it.

I am very happy with how it turned out and Alli keeps telling me how much she loves it!!!

Tomorrow, Eli is having shamrock day at school so they will be wearing their new items.

Hoping to get a pic of all three in their snazzy St Patty's Day wear :-)

Enjoying the sunshine!

We finally had a fairly warm, sunny day ~ woo hoo!!!

We had to take full advantage by enjoying some time outside.

G got home relatively early from work so we let the kiddos take their cars out for a spin.

This year, Eli was big enough to drive himself and he loved it!!!

Though, he definitely needs more practice steering ~

Daddy spent most of his time right next to Eli helping him steer ;-)

Alli on the other hand was a little pro & got right back into driving as though she never took a break!

Luke found the whole outside time overrated ;-)

Unlike A & E, who LOVED being in the sling, Luke has always HATED it.  Someone recommended that I try the Ergo and I was desperate so I ordered one this week.  It came today and I tried it out.  Guess what, he didn't scream, cry or fuss.  In fact, he smiled and fell asleep!!!  It was even very comfortable ~ I'm completely sold and think it was worth every penny.  I was able to get dinner ready while he comfortably slept on me ~ YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Luke woke up happy as could be just in time for us to eat dinner and we decided to pull out the high chair so he could join us at the table.  He was intrigued and enjoyed it for quite awhile. 

Alli and Eli thought it was pretty cool that Luke was in their high chair (one of the few baby items that has gone through all three of our little fish!) and insisted on having their pictures taken with Luke. 

Although he didn't make it through the whole dinner, I would still call this a success!

Love these sunny days and cannot wait for summer to arrive.

4 Month Comparison of the 'lil fish

So who is the biggest 'lil fish???

As you can see, it is no contest, Luke is by far the biggest of our babies at the four month mark ;-)

They are all pretty cute though!