Chunky Monkey

Oh my goodness, I am SO backlogged on posting! I have 11 posts I need to finish...sorry if things get out of order for the next little while. I've been back at work for two weeks now, so I guess it's fitting that it's been two weeks since I posted! Hopefully I can get everything caught up this weekend.

I think the most heartbreaking thing about going back to work for me has been seeing just how FAST this little boy is growing! It's like I blink and we've gone up a diaper size. He's hitting all these milestones at home with Scott--I'm so glad Dad is there to be together with him. The two of them are best buds. I won't lie and say I'm not jealous!

This little chunker is such a cutie. I weighed him with our (wildly inaccurate, I'm sure) bathroom scale about a week and a half ago and it said he's up to 12 pounds. We could tell for a while that he was getting too big for his newborn clothes, but we didn't really start retiring them until last week...they're just so cute! I'll have to post a fashion show with all of my favorites sometime. We've been pulling out his 3-month clothes this week, and they almost fit him! Yikes! He turns exactly 8 weeks today. Hopefully we can keep him in these outfits for at least a little while.

Showing off the big boy clothes

Check out that gut hanging over!

I think the first tip-off that he'd really done some serious growing was trying to get him into his carseat one day:

It's a little snug, mom!

Depending on the angle you catch him at, his face is looking REALLY chubby sometimes.

Gotta love that double chin.

We finally had to graduate from 0-3 month to 3-6 month onesies. (When clothes are stretched tight enough to be see-through, it's time to go up a size, I think.)

I'll have to post an "After" picture with the 3-6 month onesies for comparison.

It's so funny to see how he's even chubbier after he eats--his cute little belly gets giant!

The horizontal stripes aren't exactly slimming, buddy...

Winking for the camera!

Goin' For a Ride

Baby boy LOVES to be carried tummy-to-tummy. We started out with this black carrier that works great (Scott loves it, too):

All you can see is his tiger hat :)

But I read some scare stories online about how kids consistently carried in those "crotch danglers" for long periods of time can develop joint problems (like hip dysplasia) and I started looking at other styles. Everyone online kept raving about "ring slings": how comfortable they are to wear, how versatile, and--bonus!--you can nurse in them! That's the kicker that got me to order one in the end. I'd been saying for weeks that I would be able to get so much more done at home if I could just duct tape the kid to myself while he ate.

MUCH cuter than duct tape. (Why do I never put on makeup anymore?)

Sleepyhead

Luke is such a fan of the ring sling that it's hard to keep him awake in it. He just hunkers right down as soon as he's inside and conks out until we take him out again. I think he likes how tightly it holds him. We've gone on lots of walks now (and to church, etc.) with him in the sling and he always sleeps the whole time. When he's at his fussiest at home, it's an easy way to soothe him to sleep, too.

Little bug! (It's like my chest got pregnant this time.)

Still haven't mastered the art of feeding him in the sling yet, but it's working great as mode of transportation and nap inducer. I think the monkey is a fan.

Playdates

So I'm getting a little backlogged here--I still have a bunch of older stuff to post, but these are so cute I had to get them up.

Friday was a big, busy day for little Luke. In the morning, he and Savannah got to go hang out at Olive Garden and Red Butte Gardens with their moms.

Savannah was squinty in the sun, not crabby. She was a doll!

Luke got to ride in his black carrier. He likes it, apparently--he slept the ENTIRE time. It was really easy to keep him warm enough that way. (It was SO cold, despite being the second-to-last day of April. It snowed the night before!)

Savannah got to ride in the stroller for most of the day so she wouldn't get run over by the crazy first graders running around. Here, she found a book she recognized in the learning center (we ducked in for a few minutes to warm up). 

Tag-teaming it with the kiddos. Luke got to ride with Allie for a while.  (We wondered how many people we could confuse with this photo...mom swap!)

As if that wasn't enough fun for one day, Luke and Simon had a playdate on Friday night, too!

In the car on the way to Simon's house, thinking about all the fun things they're going to do together.  (His white-noise giraffe is in the foreground. Super handy for long car trips.)

Look at these handsome devils in blue!

Hangin' out with Simon's grandma, Lisa, and watching Simon like a hawk.

Simon watched Luke right back.

Already plotting big pranks, probably! 

They were both mesmerized by each other. It seemed like they kept trying to talk. Poor babies. 

We tried to see if they would like some tummy time together, since they'd both be at the same eye level...

...but it quickly dissolved into a giant-head-bobbing session with many squawks of frustration. 

Simon loves to hang by his tummy. 

...Luke, not so much. (How funny is it that both boys are in blue & both moms are in pink?)

Scott says "playdate" isn't very manly for our little boys, but "mandate" doesn't have quite the same effect. I guess we'll say they...collaborated on feats of awesomeness.

Best buds forever!

Bonus video time!