It’s Been Way Too Long

Upon the many requests by Petunia’s Mommy my mommy is taking the time to update our blog.  And YES it has been way to long.  LK turns “1” next month.  I watched videos the other night of the first few months, I could not keep the joyful tears from falling.  It’s been the best and I would not change the pregnancy sickness, sleepless nights, and everything that comes with baby for anything in this entire world.  We are beyond blessed to have such a wonderful little boy who makes us laugh every single day.  LK’s top teeth are coming in so the past two nights have not been the best for him.  Poor little guys wakes up about every 2 hours, but we have to let him cry it out since we have established a routine.  He doesn’t cry for long, but you can tell he’s hurting.  So this morning I got up at 5 AM with LK and watched the sunrise with a sleeping baby in my arms.  I just feel so bad for him.  Along with teething comes a runny nose and a little appetite.
Since is has been forever since our last post here are several photos for you to enjoy.

Here is a Christmas picture of me and 
my girlfriend Little Vandy Girl

 
I love feeding myself!


I got to see my Great Aunt N for the very
first time at Christmas, we have the same haircut!


I always love hanging out with my Uncle JM! 
Please pay no attention to my Redneck outfit –
it was hot and my Grandma dressed me!

 
Who wouldn’t love waking up to this face every morning?


Getting ready to play Daddy’s video games!
I picked out Mario Kart for the Wii.

Updates!

LK has been busy since the last update.  He’s really starting to develop a personality which of course is a pleasure all in itself.  When I (dad) comes home from work, he knows my face and voice so he gives me a big smile when I walk in the room.  I love it! 

We’ve been feeding him baby food of course, and so far his favorites are carrots, squash, prunes (yuck!), and some others that I can’t remember…but those are the big ones.

 

 

My favorite thing to do is to open my mouth, wait till mom or dad puts the spoon close….and then look away real quick so the food hits my face!

Teething is pretty much over for the most part…and here are the fruits of my LK’s labor…

 

Well I know this is a short post but today has been crazy busy at work and I’m tired of typing on a computer!!!  I will update some more with some great pictures in the next few days hopefully!  Stay tuned.

 

Dad

First Halloween

LK’s first Halloween was pretty uneventful, but it was still fun.  We only had 10 trick-or-treaters….10….what the heck??  Maybe the kids went to the neighborhoods with the bigger houses in hopes of getting full size candy bars.  Who knows?  Anyway, we didn’t dress LK up too much because well, it’s just not worth it for one picture.  Maybe next year we’ll get him a good costume. 

That being said, we still got him SOMETHING…

 This is my scary face!

I want candy!!!

So yeah, not too much of a costume, but it’s still something.  Next year will be different :-).  Happy Halloween everyone!

The Camera is Charged

Much thanks to daddy for finding the camera battery.  We’ve been picture taking fools here lately.  LK is now 6 months.  We are trying new foods – squash and sweet potatoes are the only ones that he likes at the moment.  I can get a couple of spoonfuls of pears, but that is it.  He does not like green beans, bananas or apple sauce.  Our next new food to try will be peaches.  We think he is cutting a tooth, I’ve been wiping snot all week.  Maybe I should take him to the doctor, but he has not had a fever so I am not going to rush him to the doctor when he is in a good mood.
We are anxiously awaiting our new friends “Little Vandy Girl” and “The Next Baseball Star”.  Every time their moms call me I expect to hear “We are on our way to the hospital!”  False alarm every time!  I’ve jumped across the couch a couple of times in the past few days.  Once was just a Dr. update and the other was “Did you watch Wheel of Fortune?”  Also, please be praying for my newest friend JCM.  She is having a tough time with her bilirubin counts which are on the high side.  Please pray specifically for the numbers to go down.
And now what you all have been waiting for.  Pictures.  These are slightly older, but good ones that we just can’t leave out.  Hopefully we will get better at posting.

   
Paying no attention to my rainforest because I would much rather
watch the soccer game – you all should know better by now!

  
Learning to roll over, but I get a little frustrated when I can’t get back over.

   
I finally got the hang of eating – I wanted my cereal like oatmeal not soup.

   
Trying to figure out my new toy.  Yeah that little green guy – I’ve practically destroyed him – I think I broke his neck!

We are such slackers!

Hey remember us?  Yeah, we have a little boy and it's been so long since we posted on this blog, he's now a senior in high school and plans on being in the starting 11 for the LA Galaxy next year. 

Okay so maybe not, but man it's been a long time since I posted on here!  Sorry about that, but you know...baby and all.  LK is really growing, and we've done lots since I last posted.  We are now feeding him "cereal", but it's more like runny oatmeal.  Maybe more like Tasty Wheat.  But he loves it and gobbles it up every time, but the best part is that it makes him SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!  WHOOOOOOO!!!  Ah, 6 hours of straight sleep (sometimes even more) never felt so good.  LK is able to roll over to his stomach now (I almost said tummy...mom can say that here, but I just feel weird saying tummy).  He loves to scream for no apparent reason other than to just make noise.  Of course mom and dad encourage this screaming by laughing at him so I'm sure we are just feeding his love for noise.  Ah well.  But by now I'm sure you are all saying "enough talking, where are the pictures????"  Well here ya go...

      

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!