Life Lately

Wow, just realized I haven't written in a while.  Not a whole lot of exciting things have happened lately.  We have just been getting ready for the Christmas season.  Thanksgiving was a hard day for all of us.  We have much to be thankful for, but we were missing Lucas extra bad that day.

I am thankful for Lucas' life and the 76 beautiful days he spent with us.  I am thankful that God chose me, out of everyone in this world, to be that sweet boy's mother.  I am thankful that, because we know Jesus, we will see Lucas again.  I am thankful for my 2 boys here, and all the joy and laughter they bring us.  I am thankful for the family and friends who have been there for us through the nightmare of losing a child.

Over the past few weeks this little guy turned 7 months old.

Gosh.  Where is the time going?  He is hitting his milestones, somewhere between his actual age and adjusted age.  He is not as far behind as he could be, but he is not where a 7 month old should be developmentally.  This is to be expected of a preemie.  His adjusted age is almost 5 months (age from his due date).

He is starting to enjoy baby food more.  He has had bananas, green beans, and prunes so far.  Prunes have been his favorite, as well as the messiest and most likely to stain his clothes!

He has been rolling over both ways for a couple of months now.  His recent developmental milestone is reaching up and holding toys.

He is still sleeping very well at night, usually 7-8 hour stretches.  His naps are becoming more predicable too.  He is getting himself on a nap schedule.  He is consistently taking 6 oz bottles and sometimes wants a little bit more.  He is in size 3 diapers and wearing 6-9 month clothing.  The boy is growing fast!

Last week we took the boys to see Santa.  I expected this to be a disaster since Declan isn't too fond of strangers and gets shy.  He wasn't thrilled about it, but he cooperated enough for a picture, so I consider that a victory.

These two boys are so much fun.  They really love each other a lot.  Declan is always wanting to hold Miller, although Miller is half his size now!  Miller thinks Declan is hilarious.  Sometimes I will look over at them and they are laughing about something and once they see me, they stop and get serious again.  I guess they already have some sort of inside joke.

Yesterday, my mom and I took Declan to Build-A-Bear to pick out and build a new teddy bear.  He immediately gets excited over all the "woof woofs."  Yup.  My crazy boy calls ALL stuffed animals "woof woof" regardless of what kind of animal they are.  Even his Spiderman stuffed toy is a woof woof.   Here is the new Woof Woof.  Yoda bear.  So cute.  I love being a mommy of boys.