Food and Thumbs

I tried starting Lucas on rice cereal this week. Some days he enjoyed it and other days he wasn't that interested. As long as he is getting enough milk (and we all know he is), I am not too concerned with rice cereal. We'll start the other solid foods at 6 months.

Lucas has been sucking his thumb a lot lately. Frankly, I'm glad. He doesn't particularly like the pacifier, but likes to suck. It seems to calm him and I don't have to worry about him dropping it or loosing it!

Steve left today for work in Nantucket. He won't be back until late Tuesday night. It's me and Lucas until then. I wonder how it'll be without Steve!?!?

17 pounds of baby

In no particular order here are some highlights from the past week:

-Lucas went to his 4 month check up and weighs 17 pounds! The doctor said he was healthy and wasn't worried about his weight at all. The doc also wants to wait to give Lucas any solids (including rice cereal) until 6 months. He said babies that start solids before then are more likely to develop allergies.

-Lucas has a new cousin! Eli Cooper Powell was born on Friday in his mom and dad's bathroom. Lucas is very excited to meet him over Memorial Day weekend. We even went shopping to buy the new guy a little something.

-This was my first Mother's Day as a mom! For the past 14 years I dreaded Mother's Day but I actually enjoyed this one with Lucas. Steve even made me a great lobster dinner.

-Steve and I went out on a date without Lucas. This was the first time we went out together since Lucas was born back in December. Donna came over and watched the little guy while we enjoyed Star Trek. It was so nice to get out and relax without worrying someone will have a crying fit, poop or be overtired (Steve did great). We'll be calling Donna again real soon.

Hot, hot, hot!

It was so hot last week that we broke out the kiddie pool. Lucas loved splashing in the water with his daddy. Take a look at some of the pictures.

Lucas participated in his first 5k walk on Saturday. The family walked for the March for Dimes with the Chien family. We had to stop about 10 seconds into the walk because someone got fussy and needed food (not Steve). All in all it was a fun day and I think Lucas would like to do some more charity walks/runs.

Lucas has his 4 month appointment on Tuesday. We are sure the doctor will tell us to start feeding him rice cereal. As you can tell by the pictures Lucas doesn't miss a meal, so we don't anticipate any problems with Lucas eating his rice cereal.

I'll update you next week to let you know how it goes!

Fussy munchkin

Lucas has been showing the beginning sign of teething. The poor thing is drooling like crazy and wants to chew on everything. Steve bought him this little stuffed dog that Lucas loves to chew on. Besides teething, he is also going through a growth spurt.

teething + growth spurt = fussy baby

On a positive note the weather was beautiful yesterday so we got to play outside. Check out the pictures of Lucas sporting his Red Sox hat.

Busy week

In no particular order here are some highlights from the past week:

1. Lucas starting grabbing his pacifier and holding it in his mouth.

2. Early Tuesday, Steve took my car key to work and had to drive back to give it to me. He was about 15 minutes late but I managed to drop Lucas off and get to work on time

3. Lucas now sleeps in his own room.

4. Steve tripped, went to the emergency room, found he sprained his ankle, and was on crutches for 2 days.

5. I started running with Lucas in the jogging stroller.

6. We got another car key (see #2).

Last week was very eventful and we plan on relaxing this week for our vacation. More pictures to come!

The Shahnamians

We went to Mohegan Sun yesterday for the Shahnamain family reunion. It was pretty fun and Lucas was the hit of the party. He did really well up until the end when he got tired. My favorite part was when Steve was telling his family to "shhh" because Lucas was trying to sleep in a casino. By the way, you can't bring a 3 1/2 month old into the slot machine room. Oh well..

We also learned that Lucas is the last boy (so far) to carry on the Shahnamian name. So much pressure for the little one!

Diving or Sushi?

The other day Steve and I were trying to get ready for the next day. We both had a ton of stuff to do, so Steve suggested we put Lucas in front of the fish tank. Maybe the bright lights, colorful fish and the humming sound of the filter would entertain him. You know what?!? It did! We were in the other room and all we could hear were kicking of legs and some cooing. Lucas was smiling, staring at the fish. Every time a fish would swim by he would kick his legs and try to talk with the fish. Trust me it was adorable.

Steve thinks this is a sign that he will like scuba diving. I think it is a sign that he will like sushi. We'll have to wait a few years to see who was right.