6 month stats

Yes, we celebrated his 1/2 birthday with a cuppy cake cut in half. :-)

Lucas went to the dr today. He's a little guy but absolutely perfect. He is 13lbs 14 oz and 25.75 in tall. Tall and skinny. He did gain almost 3lbs in 2 months! Woot Woot She said someone has to be at the low end of the scale and he's doing wonderful. We are going to start adding in more solids and will introduce a sippy cup this weekend. He got 3 shots today and will get the 2nd round of his flu shot next month. Then he won't go back until 9 months. The next time he sees Dr. K it will be after Thanksgiving. WOAH!

I love you Aidan Christopher and Lucas Alexander

Maggs

Apples...

Are not a fan favorite!

 

Lucas Alexander,

You crack me up when you eat! So far you have only loved your peas. Everything else is eh and apples are just yucky. They are a little sour and your entire body would shake instead of just your face puckering up. I love you so much you goofy little guy!

I love you Aidan Christopher and Lucas Alexander!

Maggs 

 

More pictures

I have 80 of the same picture, but I can't seem to delete any of them. I love all the different angles that I get of this kid.

Here's some more

This is one of my favorite pictures of him and I took it this morning

I love you Aidan Christopher and Lucas Alexander!

Maggs

6 months

Age: 6 months

Weight: I'm guessing around 13.5/14 lbs. I'll find out on the 29th

Length: Guessing around 25in I'll find out on the 29th

Size: Mostly 3 months and in 3-6m sleepers. Tall skinny boy

Teeth: none, but he is teething

Sleeping: I love him for this... he's been sleeping 8p-6am. On the weekends he usually takes about 2 30 minute naps and 1 hour long nap

Eating: He's eating about 27oz of breastmilk. He eats carrots, peas and bananas. I can usually get him to eat a tablespoon of carrots and bananas and half a jar of peas. That boy loves him some peas

Movement: He can shuffle around on this belly and mostly goes around in circles. When he's sitting in his walker at gma's he can "walk" backwards. He's starting to act like he wants to crawl.

Milestones: He's sitting by himself

Favorite Toys: Sophie, binkie, Mr. Chewy (lovey with a duck on it), Mr. Fuzzy (It's a boy bear that we got that's well..fuzzy) and his hands/feet. Oh and Snoopy. He loves to watch Snoopy walk around.

Dislikes: breaks during bottle time, being hot in his car seat and when he spits out his binkie when he's tired

Words/sounds: He loves to babble while chewing on his hand.

I love you Aidan Christopher and Lucas Alexander!

Maggs

1st annual Run 4 Everett

Today is a huge milestone/moment for a mom from my local support group. Last year, her son Everett was born sleeping due to 2 true knots in the cord and the cord being wrapped around his neck twice. She has put so much time and effort into creating Run 4 Everett to help others after tragically losing her son. Stephanie, I am so proud of you. I have watched you grow this past year and I'm honored to call you my friend. I know that Everett couldn't be more proud of you and he's so glad you're his mommy! I'm looking forward to participating in this event for years to come.

I walk in memory of Everett, Aidan Christopher, Colby, Emma, Oliver, Jillian, Katie, Matthew, Caleb, Olivia and many many more babies that were born too soon, born sleeping or passed away after birth.

I walk in honor of Lucas Alexander and other rainbow babies

Stephanie, again I am so proud of you.

I love you Aidan Christopher and Lucas Alexander!

Maggs

So thankful for this blog

I just went back to my posts from February. I re-read the one that I wrote before we went to the hospital. I totally forgot about some of those emotions that I felt. I'm so glad that I started this blog as a way to remember stuff. 

Lucas is teething right now and is pretty pathetic. Hey, I'm his mom, I can say that. He normally takes his bottle straight from the fridge, but when he's teething he doesn't want anything cold. I didn't figure that out or even think about it. My MIL told me that she had started warming up his bottle. I was going with the mindset that cold makes them feel better. He only ate 1.5 oz last. Yeah from 4:30pm yesterday until 8:30am this morning he only ate 1.5 oz. I was freaking out/ on the verge of calling the pedi. You know, because I never overreact. :-D

I don't have any new pictures right now, they are on my computer at home, so I will leave you with some "old pics"

 My big boy sitting all by himself! -8/4/11

 He looks super chunky here, but really, who doesn't laying on their back?

I love you Aidan Christopher and Lucas Alexander!

Maggs

All of my blogs are gone

I follow a lot of blogs. Every single one of them that clicked "follow blog" are gone from my reader. I don't remember all of them and I have a bunch of BLM blogs. I'm soooooooo sad. So now I have to go through and try to remember/find all the blogs. If you would like me to follow your blog please comment with your blog link so I can start adding again.

So very sad!
I love you Aidan Christopher and Lucas Alexander!

Maggs

Time is flying

Dear Aidan

Hi baby boy. I miss you so much! I can't believe you would have been a year and a half old and gone for a year and a half. Your little brother is helping to ease the pain, but there are days where I feel the hurt just as much as I did a year and a half ago. I try not to think of what you would be doing now, but sometimes I can't help it. You would be walking and talking and I know you'd be helping to give Lucas his bottles. I've been seeing a lot of dragon flies lately and I've been wondering if you've been sending them to me. Grandma and Grandpa took another pinwheel out to your gravestone. They had Lucas help them pick it out. He picked out two to play with at their house during they day. We all miss you bud.

I love you Aidan Christopher. You are my first born, you are guardian angel and you are my precious baby boy. I love you and miss you with all of my heart and soul!

Mommy

5 months

Age: 5 months

Weight: 12 1/2 lbs. I took him to the dr on Saturday because of his cold and they weighed him

Length: Guessing around 24in I'll find out on the 29th

Size: Some 0-3, but mostly 3 months and in 3-6m sleepers. Tall skinny boy

Teeth: none, but he is teething

Sleeping: I love him for this... he's been sleeping 8p-6am. On the weekends he usually takes about 2 30 minute naps and 1 hour long nap

Eating: He's eating about 24oz of breastmilk. He eats carrots mixed with rice cereal and started peas yesterday,7/31. He loves the peas

Movement: No new movement. Starting to get up on to his knees to crawl, but hasn't figured out that he has to be on his hands and knees

Milestones: He's getting his belly laugh going.

Favorite Toys: Sophie, binkie, Mr. Chewy (lovey with a duck on it), Mr. Fuzzy (It's a boy bear that we got that's well..fuzzy) and his hands/feet

Dislikes: breaks during bottle time* and being hot in his car seat

Words/sounds: He has said mama 3 times. It's usually a whiny mama

*We do breaks during his bottle to keep him from spitting up. He takes 20 minutes to take 4oz and rarely spits up. It works for us and it's teaching him to eat slowly.

Lucas Alexander,

I can't believe you're 5 months old already. You are such a happy snuggly boy. Even when you're sick, you have a big smile on your face. You learned to share your cold with me by constantly shoving your fingers in my mouth. Probably doesn't help that I like to snack on your toes and you do too. You love watching Snoopy and will usually stop what you're doing to see him. You like carrots and love peas. I've never seen anyone attack peas as much as you did. I'm so proud of you for eating your veggies. You would much rather be standing instead of laying down or sitting. You still sleep in mommy and daddy's room in your Rock and Play. I love that you are just an arms reach away. You are such a quiet sleeper and you love your sleep. On the weekends you have been known to sleep in until 7 or 7:30. You really are taking after your daddy. I love you so much baby boy.

I love you Aidan Christopher and Lucas Alexander

Maggs