Katie's First Book

We went to the Members Only Night at the Zoo on Saturday. They had a station where the kids could do some little art projects. Katie made a clown nose to wear, and also wrote a book about our trip to the zoo. Here is Katie's first book:

"Zoo"

"Our family is at the zoo."

(From left to right: Daddy, Mommy (holding Luke), Katie)

"We saw the Pandas."

"We saw the tigers."

"The End ... by Katie"

New format

Well, it's time for a new format for our family blog. Katie has informed us that she no longer wants the responsibility of telling about our family life on the internet anymore. And since Luke is here now, it wouldn't be fair if he doesn't get to do some blogging too, sometimes.

So....this is our new blog address. We will use it to share our adventures with the world (but mostly just our friends and family)! We will try to update with new posts on a semi-regular basis, but don't get your hopes up.

May (and a little bit of June)

Since I took a couple months off from blogging, this is a post about what has been going on in May. Another post is coming soon about all that happened in April.

Enjoy!

Mommy had to go back to work for a few weeks at the end of May. So, Grammy and Grampa came to play with Luke and Katie. We had a lot of fun while Mommy was at work.

Katie helped Grammy bake a cake!

Luke still did a lot of sleeping.

We even got a new roof on our house!

But before all that, back at the beginning of May, we took a trip to the beach with Grammy and Grampa. We had a lot of fun. Mommy enjoyed the relaxation, and Luke ... slept a lot!

May was also a month of learning to be more independent. Katie can wait in line to order things at a restaurant.

Mother's Day was in May, and we made sure that Mommy had a wonderful day. Here is Katie eating with Mommy on Mother's Day.

Katie always tells Mommy to take a picture.

In May, Katie figured out how to draw people! This is a picture of Mommy and Katie in NYC walking into a door.

Beginning of June:

We had fun swimming at Honey and Pop's house.

Katie had her very first dance recital (and very first experience on stage in front of a big audience ... she loved it!)

We had a picnic and watched a movie at the park!

Luke's Update

(Luke - ONE DAY OLD)

Luke has been growing so much. This post is all about his growth during his first three months!

When Luke was born he was 7 lbs, 15 oz. He was 19 inches tall.

At his ONE WEEK appointment, Luke was 8 lbs (42nd percentile) and 20 inches long (43rd percentile), and his head was 14 inches (32nd percentile).

When he was two weeks old, we went back for another check up. Luke was 9.3 lbs (64th percentile) and 21.5 inches tall (79th percentile). His head was 14.5 inches (31st percentile).

Then we went back to the doctor when he was ONE MONTH old, and then again when he was TWO MONTHS old. Here are some pictures and stats from the past three months.

ONE MONTH OLD:

Weight: 12 lb, 9 oz (97th percentile)

Length: 22 inches (61st percentile)

Head circumference: 15.25 inches (57th percentile)

Colleen came over to our house and took some newborn photos for us!

Luke celebrated his first Easter.

He slept a lot.

Mommy likes these pictures, because it looks like he's thinking.

Then, suddenly comes up with a great idea!

And he's happy about it!

(Luke learned how to smile just before he was one month old.)

TWO MONTHS OLD:

Weight: 15 lbs (98th percentile)

Length: 23.25 inches (63rd percentile)

Head circumference: 16 inches (67th percentile)

Luke's 2 month photo:

Luke enjoyed his first visit to the beach. (Thanks Grammy and Grampa!)

He continued to fall asleep every single time Mommy put him down for tummy time.

He slept through a visit to the zoo.

He got cuter and cuter!

Almost THREE MONTHS OLD:

(Luke does not have a 3 month doctor appointment. He won't go back until he is four months old. BUT, he weighs almost 17 pounds according to our bathroom scale, and he wears 6/9 month clothes!)

During this month, Luke learned how to laugh. His first laugh was for Grampa, but Mommy and Daddy heard it the next day on May 25th!

Luke's 3 month picture:

He practiced sitting in his (Katie's old purple) Bumbo seat.

He still loves sleeping!

What?! An awake tummy time?!?

Sleeping again!

Luke got too heavy to be carried in his infant carrier, so he got moved to the big carseat. We think he likes it pretty well!

He enjoyed his first movie at the park ... and we all stayed up way too late!

So, in summary: In Luke's first three months, he has learned to smile, celebrated Easter, traveled to Augusta and Hilton Head Island, slept a lot, practiced holding up his head, visited the zoo, gone to the UGA spring football game, seen a play (that Aunt Bess directed), gone to a baseball game (where Uncle Matthew was the coach), visited Mommy's class at school, watched a movie and a dance recital (all on the same day), learned to laugh, and much more! He has been a busy boy, and he has so much more to learn and do as he continues to grow!