Luke Laughs for the First Time!!

This is the cutest video... Ever! Blake, one of Luke's best buds was tickling his feet and Luke had his first full on laugh! This is sweet sweet music to my ears! He is 14 weeks old.

Meeting Great Grandparents

Two weeks ago we made the trek to Bend to do two things: have Luke meet his great grandparents Chan and Nancy and throw a small surprise birthday party for my sister, Katy! Chan and Nancy were here from Boise, so we took the opportunity to come see them! We left during Luke's morning nap Saturday morning (which, worked great!!! He didn't cry once!) and made it to Chuck and Debbies by 10:30am. Debbie and I whipped up a strawberry pizza for Katy's surprise party! We left Sunday during Luke's afternoon nap. He broke down as we pulled into Corvallis. We are so blessed!!

Four generations of Hammagren men!

The whole Hammagren family!

Katy is surprised at Ten Barrel!

Bath time at Grammy and Grandpas!

Loving my sweet boy!

3 Months!

This post is a little late (I am WAY behind on blogging!)

Luke, you are THREE months old!

You are starting to wear 3-6 months Old Navy Clothes, 6 months in Carters. We started using Fuzzi Bunz cloth diapers, and they are going really well! Your bum is super cute :0)

You have been sleeping great at night. You go to sleep around 7pm and wake up between 4am and 530 to eat and then back to sleep till 7-730am ish. Some nights you are rocked to sleep, some nights you nurse to sleep, and some nights we put you in your crib wide awake and you put yourself to sleep!

You are holding onto toys and batting at them while you are on your activity mat. You are doing awesome in the Bumbo.

During the day, you take great naps in your swing. I know we need to get you to nap in your crib, but you will sleep for 2.5 hours in your swing and only an hour in your crib. Hopefully you will grow out of the swing (not just physically!!)

We are seriously loving every minute with you! I cannot believe how much I love being a mama. I am exhausted but have so much joy; it is indescribable.

I had to go to some meetings for work and Grammy (Debbie) and Aunt Lisa drove ALL the way from Bend to watch you. You are a blessed little boy! It was a good introduction to go back to work. Thankfully, I will be able to do most of it from home while you nap.

You and your buddy Blake... He made you laugh for the first time... Will post on that soon!

Meeting Great Grandma and Portland Shower

Saturday was our first day trip out of the house! It went really well, but we were all exhausted by the time we got home. I am sure that will get easier as we do it more often.

Grammy and Grandpa came on Friday to hang out with Luke. I got a nap in the afternoon (YAY!) We went to Flat Tail Brewing in downtown Corvallis for dinner. We all decided we do not need to go back :-)

Saturday we left early so we could meet my Grandma Wheeler (my dad's mom). She was in love with Luke and held him for an hour! He also got to meet my cousin John and Aunt Pam. It was sweet to see her interact with him. A memory I will always remember :-)

Then, Luke pooped... and Grandma Wheeler felt it.

Cousin John holding Luke:

Then we headed out to a family shower that Erik's family had for us. His aunts, uncles and cousins were all there to welcome and meet Luke. It was so great to see everyone and for Luke to get lots of holding from friends and family.

We then took him to his most important outing... T-A-C-O H-O-U-S-E!!! We haven't been there since a week before he was born. The waiter that is always there greeted us and remembered that I was pregnant and was excited to see Luke. We must drive to Portland to go to Taco House a little too often...

Thank you to everyone who showered Luke with gifts and love!!! We are so blessed!

One Month!

Friday, April 22

Luke is one month old today, or four weeks old?! Oh. my. gosh. Where did the last four weeks go?! We are trying to settle in to life as a family of three. I am still healing and anxious to be all better so I can be 100% for Luke. I am still going to physical therapy for my silly tail bone.

Here is what you are up to Luke!

You are 9lbs 8 oz as of Wednesday, April 20.

We call you our little froggy.

You wear some Carter's newborn clothes and three month jammies. Old Navy clothes 0-3 months fit you pretty well.

You are wearing Pampers Newborn size diapers.

You have put yourself on a semi-schedule for eating. You ea

t at 7am, 10am, 1pm, 4pm, 7pm, then daddy gives you a bottle between 10pm-11pm, then you wake up between 2am and 3am to eat. This gives me a nice stretch of sleep in the beginning of the night and daddy sleeps well from 10pm- 7am.

Last night you slept from 9:30pm (we put you down TOO late!! OOPS!) until 4am (with a feed from dad at 1am. His alarm didn't wake him up at 11pm)

You love your paci as you fall asleep. You are a content and sweet baby. You get fussy when you get tired or need to burp (or poop!) You LOVE the bath every night and being dried by the hairdryer :-)

Today you smiled at me for the very first time intentionally (I think!) We were in bed and you were in the Boppy and I was kissing your little hands and you looked at me with your bright eyes and let out a BIG grin!! Maybe it was gas, but I am going to pretend it was real :-) You are starting to coo a teeny bit.

Your bedtime routine is:

7 pm you eat, then get a bath with a blow dry, then some naked tummy time, then we pray with you, then we put you down and you usually fall asleep on your own with your paci.

We LOVE you SO very much! We love watching you grow!

Life at home with Luke

Luke is 3 weeks old tomorrow. THREE WEEKS! Where did the last three weeks go? Besides changing diapers, feeding, cuddling, and trying to sleep in between, I am not sure three weeks have ever gone by so fast. (Although at two o'clock in the morning it doesn't necessarily seem that fast!)

At Luke's two week appt he weighed 8 lbs 8 oz (passed up his birth weight of 8 lbs 2 oz! Go Luke!) and grew 3/4 of an inch. He is in the 50th percentile for weight and 75th percentile for height.

This is at his dr. appointment:

He is doing well with tummy time and LOVES his baths. Daddy loves coming home at lunch to hold him and is with him most of the evening. The last few days we have started a routine where we give him a bath around 8 and then I go to sleep around 830 and Erik brings him in to eat at 10. This helps me get a kick start on the nights...

Grammy (Debbie) left yesterday. We are so thankful for all her help! She cooked and cleaned and had lots of cuddle time with Luke.

Now we are trying to figure it out on our own, but still REALLY thankful for all the dinners that are coming the end of the week and part of next week. What an incredible blessing!!

Newborn Pictures

She caught Luke giving off a precious smile!

We had newborn pictures taken when Luke was one week old. We really wanted to capture him being so tiny and are SO glad we made the investment. Marci, the photographer, is a mama to seven kids herself, so she knew exactly how to take great pictures of Luke. She stayed with us for a few hours (I even fed Luke in the middle of the shoot!)

Seeing these pictures gives me the chills! He is so precious! If you ever need an awesome photographer, look up Marci at www.marcib.com.

We had to include the other furry family members Charlie and Hannah (by the way, they have been AWESOME with Luke!!):