3 months old

Today Luke is 3 months old! Here are some things that he has been doing lately…
-He holds his head up pretty good when he's on his tummy. He usually isn't the biggest fan of tummy time, but the last couple days he is starting to act like he likes it a little better.
-He loves to stand! It surprises me how strong his little legs are, we'll sit there and hold him up standing and he'll do it for forever!
-He has discovered his lately hands and he loves them. They are constantly clasped out in front of him together with his fingers all intertwined. If they aren't in that position they are in his mouth. He loves sucking on his hands, I think he might be a thumb sucker once he figures out how to just put his thumb in his mouth and not his whole hand!
-He is smiling so much and it’s the cutest thing. I love when I smile at him and he smiles back.
-He is making little noises more than ever and he will kind of carry on a conversation with me with his little noises. He’ll make a noise, and I’ll say something back to him, and we’ll go back and forth like that for awhile. It’s really fun to see him trying to communicate like that.
- He is starting to get more hair in. When he was born he had a good amount of hair, but then he lost it all! But it’s starting to come back, especially on the top, and it sticks straight up and is all fluffy. It’s cute!
-He also has developed his dad’s “Yoda ears” – Cory had these ears when he was a baby too and they stick out a little at the top, it’s really cute! I think Cory’s were a little more “Yoda-ish” then Luke’s are. I guess when Cory had them when he was little they used to call him Yoda so that’s when the name comes from.

Yesterday Luke did the funniest thing. I was at my mom’s and she was holding him and he coughed, and then it was like he realized he made a new noise and remembered how he did it and he fake coughed like 10 times in a row! He was smiling at himself doing it and you could totally tell it was a fake cough. He just did it and thought it would be fun to do it again! It was really cute.

It's so fun to see him learn these new little things and it's amazing to me how much he grows up and learns all the time, and how far he has come in three months! I can’t believe he is already 3 months. It’s so fun to have him grow, but at the same time it’s sad! He will never be that little newborn again! But every stage is so fun and I just have to remember to enjoy it all while I can because he’s growing so fast, soon he’ll be all grown up!

Luke's blessing day

This past Sunday was Luke’s baby blessing. What a special and fun day that was for us! First off, he had the cutest little white outfit my aunt Tami found for me. It was a little one piece cable knit, sweater material, short sleeved outfit with a little pocket in the front, and had a cute little hat to match. Tami (my dad’s sister) found it at Baby Gap and it was so nice that she found it and I didn’t have to worry about going out in the cold to shop with Luke.

Our church starts at 12:30pm but Sacrament meeting is last, so Sacrament meeting started at about 2:20. We had quite a few family and friends show up for it, of course both of our immediate families were there and a lot of Cory’s mom’s side (the Bagshaw’s) came, my dad’s side (Bagley’s), and a few from the Ferguson and Haslam families. Also we had a few friends come as well. It was really nice for all those people to come; we have a lot of great and supportive friends and family!

Cory did a great job with the blessing. I asked him if he was nervous and he said he was a little. He wanted to prepare for it so Saturday he talked to his dad about it for a little while and Sunday morning he spent time reading his scriptures and church talks and stuff to get prepared.

The only kink was…Cory didn’t have a microphone when giving the blessing! It was a major bummer, I could barely hear him. I guess the guy who normally sets up the mic for things like this in our ward wasn’t there that day and so it kind of got forgotten and the bishopric forgot about it too. Luckily my grandma Bagley had gotten there early and saved us some seats up front, so I was close enough that I could hear most of the blessing. I had to strain pretty hard to hear it but once the congregation realized he had not mic everyone got a lot quieter and I was able to hear a little better. It really was too bad, especially because a lot of our family who came couldn’t hear it. Oh well, I guess the most important thing is that I could hear it. Our bishopric felt really bad about it, one of the counselors sent Cory an email yesterday apologizing. So it’s okay. I didn’t even think to tape record it and I wish I would have, but I bet the recorder wouldn’t have picked up on it anyway. My aunt Melodee (my dad’s brother Ron’s wife) was sitting behind me and jotted down as much as she could hear for me, which was really nice of her. And I had Cory write down what he remembered saying also so we could remember it. I have those notes from him and I’m going to type them in the end of this entry.

It was a really nice, sweet blessing. Luke didn’t make a peep, although Cory said that he let a “toot” in the circle that stunk pretty bad! That’s one really funny thing about this kid, he lets these stinkers and they are STINKY, they can clear a room! You wouldn't think such a little guy could let such stinky ones! I thought it was pretty funny that he did that in the circle during his blessing. Like I said he didn’t cry during the blessing, but not long after he got fussy and I had to take him out of the meeting for awhile and calm him down until he fell asleep.

I ended up getting up and bearing my testimony, I was the last one of the meeting to do it. I thought I probably would but before I knew it the meeting was almost over, so I got up. Right when I got to the pulpit I couldn’t even talk I was so choked up and starting crying. I was just overwhelmed with thankfulness and gratitude, and my love for this little boy. We are so blessed to have him. He is such a sweetheart and has brought so much into our life. I am just so thankful for the blessing of families and that we can be together forever, and I’m thankful for the priesthood and that Cory was able to bless our little boy.

We decided to invite friends and family who wanted to come to a get together at our house afterwards for some food and to visit. Lots of people brought salads and desserts and we did chicken salad on croissant rolls, so there was lots of yummy food. It was a fun day! Luke was so tuckered out after the whole thing that he slept so good that night!

I wish I had more pictures from the blessing day and the party we had after, but I forgot and we just didn't get that many.

Here is what Cory wrote after he gave the blessing of the main things he remembered saying in the blessing:
Luke’s Blessing: (March 30, 2008), Given by Cory Ferguson
-Your parents love you and are grateful for you and the joy and happiness you have brought them.
-Bless you with the desire for education and learning and to seek out good things.
-Know that prayer is important and is where you can turn to your Heavenly Father and find the answers to what you are seeking or searching for.
-Have faith, stay strong in the gospel, let your faith become strong so that you can come to a realization of the truthfulness of the Savior Jesus Christ and the truthfulness of the church.
-Develop a strong testimony. Have a desire to take your testimony to others and find those that search for truth.
-Bless you that you will find your love and be able to take her to the temple and be married for all eternity.
-Again, we are grateful that you were brought into our life and we love you.

Blessing outfit pictures

My sister Jamie is a great photographer and she did a little photoshoot for us with Luke in his cute blessing outfit. So here are a few of the pictures from that. We couldn't get a good one of him with his hat on...he's not the biggest fan of hats and he didn't like this one any better! The one of him screaming with it on shows how he really feels about the situation ... silly guy... the life of a baby can be so tramatic!

Here are just a few random cute pictures from throughout March.

Easter weekend...a weekend of firsts!

Right now Luke is taking a nap so I may have a little time to write! Last weekend was Easter weekend so we went down to St. George. It has become a tradition that we spend Easter down there, and it’s so nice because it’s usually still cold up in Salt Lake but warm down there! It’s great to escape to the warmer weather and hang out by the pool and in the sun. Cory’s mom’s side of the family always goes down there too so it’s a full house. 

We had a good time. Luke is at a nice age where he is big enough now that I don’t worry about him quite as much because he just seems more sturdy and not so fragile now. Also, the weather is warming up and there isn’t so much sickness going around so I wasn’t as worried about having him down there around all those people. It was nice because everyone loves holding him so he got all the attention in the world being passed around back and forth with cousins, aunts, etc. and they all love to hold him. Everyone says he’s so cute…and he really is! I decided he really is the cutest little baby I have ever seen! I think every parent probably thinks their baby is the cutest, but I swear mine really is! Cory thinks so too, it was funny because the other day he was saying…"I really think we should think about getting Luke an agent so he can become a baby model”…and he was dead serious. I laughed and said we don’t need Luke to be a baby model! It was funny. Yeah, we aren’t biased about our child AT ALL.  

Saturday we took Luke in the pool for his first time. He loves the bath lately so I was excited to have him go in the pool. I got him a little floaty seat thing that has a seat and a turtle head, it’s pretty cute. I got him baby sunscreen and little blue swim trunks. Cory got in the pool with him and Luke didn’t quite know what to think. I think it was a little colder than what he is used to. He was good for about 5 minutes and then got upset and wanted out, which was fine. I thought it was good that he lasted that long! I took him inside and put him in a warm bath to calm him down, and he loved that.

Easter morning was lots of fun. He’s only two months old and holidays are already so much more fun with him! Kids are what most holidays are all about and before we had kids I always thought it would be so much fun once we did have kids. 

Luke is really starting to smile a lot and making a lot of oohs and ahhs and cooing noises. I love it. Right after I feed him and finish nursing he is usually in the best mood and can’t stop smiling and making little noises. It’s so cute. My mom was doing patty cake with him and discovered he really likes that. So just the past day or so I have been doing that with him and he really likes it. He really likes his mobile and is starting to like his little swing. He is so much fun and we just love him so much! 

A couple Luke stories

The other day I was getting together with some friends and bringing Luke along to see them, so I thought I'd get him all dressed up in this cute little outfit he hasn't worn yet. When we're at home I usually just have him wear little onsies and other comfy clothes because I figure he's more cozy and comfortable that way. So I thought now was a good time to have him wear this outfit...getting together with friends, and get him all dressed up looking cute! But of course once I had already left the house he peed threw his diaper and got the little overall outfit all wet! Luckily I brought some jammies in case that happened (it's not the first time!) and changed him into those. So much for the cute outfit! At least I got some pictures of him in it first...

Yesterday was Luke's 2 month pediatritian appointment, and he had to get shots! No fun at all for him or me! The first thing the nurse gave him was actually mouth drops and he's so funny about having anything in his mouth other than when he is nursing. He gags and trys coughing stuff up. So when the nurse gave him the drops he got all mad and starting trying to spit it up and gagging and holding his breath, coughing, the whole bit. She was laughing so hard and said she has never seen a baby that little make such a big deal out of drops! She called him a dramatic little thing! It's funny because he's usually pretty even tempered, but not when it comes to things in his mouth, he won't even take a binki (I'm working on that one). So after the drops came the shots...like I said, not fun. Luke was so sad and it made me so sad! At least we have that over with for a little while.Here's a picture I took of Luke right before going to the doctor's. It looks like he knows what's coming!

Luke and his Grandma Bagley...

Two months old!

Today our little Luke is two months old. I can hardly believe it! In some ways it seems like we just barely brought him home from the hospital, but then I can hardly remember what life was like without him! We are so in love with this little guy and are so grateful to have him. He has brought us so much happiness and he is just so much fun! We love you Luke!

Here is Luke last night...this is his favorite thing right now, to be held up high in the air. We joke around that he likes to be tallest man in the room! He loves it! I guess this one isn't afraid of heights. :) He is smiling more and more and it's the cutest thing.

Kisses for our boy!

You can kind of see it in this picture, but he raises one eyebrow and kind of gets this serious thoughtful look. It's pretty funny.

Luke is smiling and starting to make little oooo and ahhh sounds. It’s so cute. We get so excited with every little move and new thing he does. I really can’t get enough of his cute little smile. He opens his mouth wide when he’s starting to smile and then it turns into a big smile. When he was first learning to smile he would be trying to smile but sometimes he would just open his mouth really wide and it would slowly turn into a smile. But now he smiles normal and also still does that big wide open smile, it’s so cute. Right now he is really enjoying his mobile. He will sit in his crib and watch it go around and around, if he’s in a good mood it can buy me 10 or 15 minutes of cleaning up around the house or something! 

Luke loves to be held. I can’t put him down very often, he doesn’t like it! It’s really nice that he is older now and a little sturdier because lately I’ve just been carrying him on my hip around the house and he loves it. He loves to be looking out so he can see what is going on and look at the things around him. He is not a happy camper if I put him down on the floor on a blanket. Once in awhile he will be okay for a couple minutes doing that but usually he just gets mad and starts crying! I’m not sure if it’s because he’s a little spoiled because he’s the first kid and also the first grandchild on both sides so he gets held a lot, or if he is just a baby that likes to be held! Either way I am okay with it. I’m starting to get pretty good at doing things one handed. I’m sure as he gets a little older and can start playing with toys he’ll be able to entertain himself more too. He also loves being held up high in the air, the higher the better.

We are constantly amazed by how much he is growing and learning, and really just how dang cute he is! He is so much fun and we feel so blessed to have him.