Happy 6th Months Superman!

6 months ago today at 9:16 am our life was blessed with a handsome little man. What started as a normal pregnancy took an unexpected turn, however I believe God only gives you things you can handle. What started as a 1 pound 1 ounce miracle is now a bouncing 9 pound 5 ounce baby as of 2 weeks ago. He has slowly moved from newborn clothes to 0-3 months. They are still a little big, but otherwise he is a little cramped. He has begun to hold his head up on occasion and hopefully by Christmas he can be more steady. More and more Luke is noticing things. He is more alert and is taking in the world more. I know this Christmas isn't going to be too exciting for him, but I'm excited for our first Christmas with him.

This week we will finally be going back to Riley for the first time in 2 months. We should have went while we were in the hospital for Luke's abscess. Thursday we will FINALLY see the developmental pediatrician. Hopefully they will put us in the right direction. Our pediatrician here doesn't want to change anything. Hopefully we can start moving towards baby food. I know it won't be right away, but hopefully he can take more cereal. Also a week from today we go back to Riley to see the Pulmonologist. If we would have stayed on schedule we would be working down to oxygen only at night and in the car. However, I'm pretty sure we will only be going to .25 liter all the time. I will be so ready to finally be off the oxygen. He is breaking out all the time from his patches on his face. We are also fighting either an extremely dry head, or cradle cap. He can't decide. 

Hopefully today will be uneventful. He has already scratched himself with those daggers of fingernails across his forehead. He now resembles Harry Potter. Hopefully that is all that goes on. I swear I cut or file his nails every couple days. 

We took a picture of Luke with one of his many giraffes to measure him up. I wish we would have started this earlier. Then I put the giraffe by his giraffe in his room where hopefully we can measure him as he grows up. And yes we know his giraffe only has 3 legs, it matches an alphabet picture in his room.

Jordan

Moving Across the House

Slowly but surely we are working Luke across the house towards his room. I know deep down I won't let him be in there alone till he can sleep through the night, but a mom can dream. This week's goal is the play pen. It has been almost 2 months and I think Luke has only spent a couple hours total in his play pen in the living room. He has been spoiled with either us holding him or in his swing. I feel horrible, but he is  slowly figuring it out. This is slowly working him into sleeping in his travel crib in our room. He has become so accustomed to his swing in our room. I know it isn't the greatest sleeping arrangement, but I do like my sleep when I can get it. Hopefully more this week I can get him to nap in his crib. He has only been in it once and wasn't the biggest fan. Hopefully that can change.

Jordan

Look no Oxygen tube! Spitting image of his daddy.

Hoo-Hoo-Hoo Hoosiers! Just gearing up for basketball season!