Waving, teething, kissing

Luke is waving more, at the mirror, and I found his first tooth Thursday night! He pulled my hand to his mouth while bathing and I knew it felt different. I'm excited that he decided to wave and cut his first tooth in the same week. It quells some fears that he is not developing fast enough and he's pleasing mommy. He also started open mouth kissing around 8 months- I didn't realize what he was doing at first but it's a wide open slobber mouth kiss anywhere on my face that he can get to.
I'll get more pics and hopefully video up soon.

-Megan

Luke Does Things

Luke waved for the first time tonight.  He was waving to... the TV.  He's truly our child.  It looked more like a "hi" wave than a "bye" wave, side to side.  It was cute.  He did it on command a few more times when we would do it to him.  I think he was stalling going to bed and trying to get us distracted.  He's funny. 

Here he is playing and eating off the floor.

Here he is loving peek-a-boo.  He laughs so hard he gets hiccups.  It's funny.

-Mother of a Cute Baby

Crawling Machine

Luke was 8 months old on Saturday April 17th, and this is his monthly picture. Such a cutie. These pictures are much better than the 1 or 2 months pictures. I'm starting to wonder if he was ever as beautiful as I thought when he was younger. I have that mother's blindness and think no other boy is as adorable but I've always said newborns aren't so cute... Nah, he was beautiful then too!

Luke started crawling this week. He looks like a toy GI Joe pulling himself along the floor, but he's moving forward so we're excited. We're also watching him more closely. No more being left alone on the bed- I sat right next to him as he tried crawling over the edge. I kept telling him to turn back but he's a boy so...

Will get video soon. Uploading all my video to YouTube since it won't all upload here. Search for MMLVargas as the username.

-Megan

Where have we been?

I can not believe I haven't posted since December. I'm a busy lady. Luke had a 4 month check-up in December and was in the 40th percentile for weight. Then we had his first Christmas and a New Year's in Georgia (which he slept through). We bought a house in Red Oak south of Dallas and moved at the end of January. He had a 6 month check-up in February and was in the 10th percentile for weight. His baby dedication was March 21st at First Baptist Dallas and his Meme and Papa and Uncle Taylor and Aunt Tara came. It was their first time meeting him. And now we're trucking along.

A lot has gone on with him- he's sitting up alone, rolling over and scooting backwards or in circles. He's been in his own room now since February and he loves eating baby foods and tiny bits of safe "people" food.

I'm going to get more pictures up soon and keep updating. I always think "I need to go update," but I never do. So here I am. Here is a Christmas shot from visiting Mom and Dad.

Here is a picture from right after he rolled over for the first time. Naked and surprised.

And here is a recent one of my cutie pie baby boy.

And here is the house we bought. Two weeks after we moved it snowed over a foot. Unheard of around here.So that is all for now. We have a 9 month check-up in May and I'm trying to put some weight on that boy with some real food. He's a good height but he's a real light-weight compared to the "charts." But light is good for us. He's such a good baby... most of the time. No teeth yet but we're expecting them soon. I'll get more picture and hopefully video soon. Everything is going well in Vargas-land.

-Out in the country now

Luke Talking

I haven't posted in weeks. I want to get all kinds of things on here but I feel so busy I can't make the time. Or I could just not sleep, but if you've been around me without sleep you know how unpleasant I can be. Here is a cute video I took yesterday of Luke talking and Miguel joining him. He will be four months next Thursday. Oh how time flies.

He's cute like a little dumpling!

I'll post his new stats next week after his 4 month check-up and we'll see if he's still in the 90th percentile.

-Megan

Halloween

I was going to wrap my baby up in gauze over his white onesie and make him a mummy for Halloween since we have gauze leftover from Miguel's accident but I decided not to be mean. So instead he wore his Halloween onesie on the 30th and on the 31st he's wearing his Darth Vader onesie that says "I take after my Dad." It's clever because his name is Luke... it's Darth Vader... get it? So for Halloween he is Luke Skywalker, kind of. Here are pictures and video.

Luke, I'm your father... and the force is with you... and blah, blah, blah (I know very little about those movies).

This is Luke in his nicest garb. I think he looks like Bobby Hill trying to dress up, but Miguel finds it cute and amusing...

Videos were taken today and feature a Yankees teether toy with a mirror and song and a rattle with those developmental colors on it.

His cute t-shirt I bought in May and forgot we had until he'd almost outgrown it.

Yes, my son is always laying on the floor. It's his preferred position right now and he can't sit anyway.

-Megan Vader

My cute little baby

I told Miguel last week that I could not believe we had a baby and how he was made. I mean I know how it all happens but it's such a complex thing, even if it happens every day. Luke started out as this tiny microscopic thing made out of a couple of cells and developed inside of me and turned into this cute little butterball. It's almost incomprehensible to me. I just can't believe it! He's so cute it makes me want another one. We'll probably try for kid #2 in a year, give or take a few months.

Here is a picture from Texas vs. OU weekend and one where he found his hand (he's two months in that picture). Same baby in both pictures taken within a few days of each other, even if it looks like a different kid. I also included a video of my cute child.

At his 9 week check-up he got 3 shots and some drops in his mouth. He cried but did pretty good. Miguel and I got the H1N1 flu mist vaccine since our jobs put us in so much contact with others and we have such a young baby.

He weighed 12 pounds 7 ounces (75% percentile for his age). He measured 24 1/4 inches long (90% percentile). Head was 40 cm.


Basically my teeny 2 month old baby is right on track for the size of a healthy 3-4 month old. But isn't that common, especially in boys? I prefer him to be hefty, even though he's slim in the torso (probably will have a long torso and be tall) he can still roll over on the other babies, just like I hoped he'd do.

I need to go tend to my healthy baby now.

-Megan