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!!!