4 Months and Talking A LOT!

LK has started gurgling and babbling with his smiles.  He has this very loud squeal that makes us laugh every time - he is the best bubble blower I've ever seen.  LK is almost laughing, he has a few times, but it's not everyday - so we love the times that he does.   It is so much fun to talk to him and of course Mommy translates all his sounds into real words.  He has said "green," "how," "burger" and "big boy."  He is really good saying "I'm good" - he says this one a lot!  Daddy has not heard him say the following yet, but I am sure he will hear it soon enough "Mommy is always right!"  I didn't know 4 month olds could talk in complete sentences! 

 
LK is already working on his sign language
"I Love You!"



Here he is hatching his evil plans
to take over the world.


Then there is the ole' silent treatment.

 
Shouting at those crazy people what
to bid on the Price is Right!


"Milk - it does a body good!"

Happy 4th...yesterday!

Okay, so where we live is kind of in the country.  Well, it's "country" compared to the city, but not really...that's just what everyone in the city says.  Whatever.  Anyway, several people asked us "where are you going to watch fireworks?", to which we reply with "well where we live, every redneck within a 20 mile radius from our house is setting off fireworks so we don't need to go anywhere."  One thing I was worried about last night was the loud fireworks scaring LK.  But with that in mind, we went outside and stood in the driveway and watched our neighbors, and neighbors of our neighbors, and...well okay the whole neighborhood set off fireworks.  I was so distracted by the fireworks display, that I didn't look over at Donavan's reaction to the loud noises and bright lights until about 5 minutes into the show...and this is what I saw...

Come on dad, give me something just a LITTLE more exciting than this!  Boooorrrrring!

Seriously, the fireworks were RIGHT in front of our house...as in, loud booms, and bright lights and everything.  He fell asleep during the show.  He wasn't asleep when we brought him out, but the calming, soothing sounds of Japanese explosive devices put him off to dream land.  Mom and dad are raising a real party animal!

It's been a while

Sorry it's been so long since we last updated.  Apparently mom is only letting me update the blog and she just takes the pictures :-P Oh well...

 

Once LK starts crawling and doing a little more, it will be more fun to take pics and post about his new discoveries.  Right now, he's just beginning to grab for things.  He LOVES anything yellow, especially this little lion thing we got at one our many baby showers.  So...thanks to whoever got that for him!

 

He's also started to just mumble and squeal every so often.  It's funny because it will be extremely quiet, and then he'll just belt out a loud squeal all of a sudden.  Ha!  It makes us both laugh every time we hear it.  I'm not sure it's not that funny to everyone, but to us, well you know...we are easily entertained.  Now, I know everyone just wants to see more pics, so here you go:

Here I am in my bath/hammock thing.  I used to cry EVERY time mom and dad placed me in it, but now I just chill.  Dad covered me up so as not to expose me to the Internet.

And right after my bath, I get dried off, squirm, and then start to complain that dad is taking too long to put my pajama's on.

Here is mom and dad's attempt at getting me to sit up.  It works for the most part...until I have to sneeze...and then my head is a little unstable!

I'm just so photogenic....the camera loves me.

That's all for now, but I'll post some more pics soon.  I have a couple that are another "before and after" that just need to be shown in their own post :-)

What's The Schedule?

This is Mommy's first post!!  The number one question I get is "What is his schedule?"  Well, the only real schedule we have is my TV schedule.  I do think that LK is getting close to a schedule, rather than flying by the seat of our pants - which does keep things interesting!  So I'm going to share my TV schedule because I know you want to know!  Please note that I don't sit in front of the TV all day, every day, but if I did this is what my schedule would look like.

6:00-9:00 A.M. - SportsCenter (really depends on when we wake up)

9:00 A.M. - Live with Regis & Kelly (not everyday)

10:00 A.M. - The Price is Right

11:00 A.M. - What Not to Wear

12:00 P.M. - All My Children

1:00 P.M. - One Life to Live (just started watching this Soap, like I need another one to watch - I've got to have more drama than a poopy diaper in my life!)

2:00 P.M. - Days of Our Lives (which I said I would never watch again!)

3:00 P.M. - Dr. Phil (only if it is not sleazy and if we are not napping)

4:00 P.M. - PTI: Pardon the Interruption

5:00 P.M. - Cash Cab

6:00 P.M. - Jeopardy

6:30 P.M. - Wheel of Fortune

Primetime (when the shows are in season)
The Bachelorette, Jon & Kate Plus 8, So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef, America's Next Top Model, Step it Up and Dance, Shear Genius, Project Runway, Big Brother, Design Star

WOW! I am a reality junkie!

Well, I can't post without adding a photo of LK.  We are working on sitting up!

Here come the smiles!

Over the past week or so, LK has started to finally smile.  It comes and goes, but when he starts smiling he'll do it several times.  Of course the trick for me is trying to catch when he is doing it.  It's harder than you think!  However, I was able to get some good ones one Saturday morning while mom slept....I guess it was my reward for not sleeping in :-)

And just to prove that I mean it when I say it's hard to catch him while he's smiling...here's a couple of pictures that prove it!

Here he is, completely content, and looks like he is getting ready to just laugh up a storm.

And then....

So as you can see, these pictures really can tell the story of a baby's emotions.  But it's hilarious to watch. 

It's so cool to watch him grow and develop.  He's only a little more than a month old and he's already grown so much, at least to me.

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures!!

I know it's been a while since I last posted.  Things have just been crazy around here.  LK is 6 weeks old today and it seems like time is going by really fast.  He's sleeping right now, and it's early enough that I'm not asleep myself....soooo....I'm posting pictures!  So without further ado:

 

This is what we affectionately call LK's "rainforest".  It lights up, plays music, and completely mesmerizes LK.  You can't see it in a picture, but he kicks his legs out like crazy when the music is playing....I can't help but laugh :-)

 

 

He doesn't sleep in this thing much, but in this picture he is! 

 

This is some kind of vibrating, bouncy, swing...thing.  Basically it's something else to keep him entertained for a good 15 minutes.

 

I LOVE this picture.  Need I say more?!?

 

And I'll end with this one.  Good stuff :-)

Well I have some video but I still have yet to get anything all edited up to post.  I'll post as soon as he's asleep and I'm awake again...and not doing anything else...and not going anywhere.  So yeah...sometime eventually!

Dad

Sleeping at night? Check. Sleeping during the day for mom? Notsomuch.

So we started out with LK sleeping mostly during the day, and at night it was up and down. Sometimes he would sleep for 2 hours, sometimes 3 if we were lucky. Now he is sleeping for 5 hours or so for last few nights! Great for dad, bad for mom. Why bad for mom? Well for some reason, he has decided to fall asleep for his naps during the day, and then wake up within 20 minutes of being put down. At this point, we aren't really sure what the deal is with that, but hopefully he'll snap out of it soon.

On the other hand, my big project is finally starting to calm down a little, thanks in large part to mom being able to take care of LK at night so I can sleep. It makes coming to work so much easier. I think tonight we will be able to go on a date for the first time in a long while because Grandma has been staying with us for a few days. I've surrendered my eyes, ears, and movie taste in general to go see Baby Mama will my wife. It's a sacrifice I'm willing to make for the good of the group! Just kidding...sorta....well not really....but yeah pretty much. Anyway, I hope it's funny...or...something. Maybe mom will change her mind and decide she wants to see Iron Man instead! :-)

I'll post pics in the next day or so of LK finally "playing" with one of his toys. I want to post video but I'm not sure how well that will work on this blog. We'll see.