I'm very excited for Luke to reach this milestone. It's very exciting to see him learn new things and do new things. However, part of me is also kind of sad. There are so many things that we'll never do with Luke again. For instance, bottles are almost done. I even packed a few of them away the other night. Also, it seems like babies go through so many sizes of clothing in the first year. I've packed so many clothes away.
Perhaps we'll have another boy someday? Who knows? Perhaps God has a girl in mind for us (Nope -- I'm NOT pregnant).
This past weekend, we cheated just a bit and flipped Luke's carseat around. He was starting to really dislike not seeing us. He'd fuss nearly everytime I went somewhere with him. Then, a couple of weeks ago, he started stiffening up everytime I tried to put him in the car -- really, not a fun thing.
We knew he was well over 20 pounds. He's almost a year. SOOOOO, we did it. We just wanted to make sure he was as safe as we could keep him in the car.
(And yes, we know many of you did this as well).
Luke LOVED seeing us by being forward-facing. Does this smile say it all?
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There was just so much to look around at....
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This morning, I took him to his 12-month well-baby check-up. He did fairly well except for during the dreaded "shot time." That was sad -- more so for me, probably.
Here are his stats.
Height: 30 3/4" (83rd percentile)
Weight: 24 lb. 7 oz. (75th percentile)
Head Circumference: 18 1/2" (76th percentile)
So, Luke is a big boy. We're thankful for his growth.
But, here's what I told the nurse, "It's interesting that he's only in the 75th percentile for weight. EVERYBODY comments on his chubbiness. You'd think that he'd be in the 125th percentile or something."
So, I guess his weight isn't as much as most would think.
Luke's starting to develop a bit of orneriness lately. The other day, he was in his room. He hadn't been left alone very long at all. Here's what I walked in his room to find.
I absolutely LOVE his smile. It's one of my favorite traits of his. So, when I see this smile when he's done something like take most of diapers out, I just grin.
Uh-Oh...he's got himself wrapped around my finger, doesn't he?
3 comments:
That is a cute smile...but soon you will start to be able to block that out when he's done something he's not supposed to do.....maybe that comes more when they can actually talk!!!!!
we love his smile too :) what a little stinker!
I love his smile and laughter! We also cheated on those car seats with our grandkids. I find it incredulous that with my first born, his car seat was in the front seat so I could interact with him while driving. And on long trips, we would put a mattress in the backseat and the kids would crawl all over it. Car seats weren't law then. When I was little, we didn't even have any seat belts at all. Loved the back of the station wagon. We'd lay on sleeping bags and play games. Oh the days. I know, it is probably safer now, but I don't recall hearing about accidents where children died.
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