4.5 Months

A lot has happened since my last post. Most recently Lucas had his 4 (really 4 1/2) month checkup. He is doing really well, and happily has made it back under the growth line for weight! GO LUCAS!!! He weighs 19 lbs 2 oz, is 26 inches long, and has a small head like his dad. And apparently like his cousins on the Anderson side. He's also hitting all the milestones according to Dr. Denen. And 1 more thing from the appointment - Lucas can start eating food-like substances, about 1 tbsp of rice cereal which hopefully we'll start this weekend:)

Lucas took his first plane ride all the way to West Texas, complete with a plane and terminal change in DFW. He was absolutely amazing! Honestly, not a sound on the way to Lubbock. The ride back from DFW to Dayton was good too until the last 20 minutes or so when the pressure really got to him. Crocodile tears and all it was the saddest part of the trip.

In West Texas Lucas spent time with his Mimi and Ganghi, Aunnie Re and Aunt Haley and met several new family members. Cousins Cecilie & Adrianne, and Uncles John and Jack. True to form, Lucas spit up on Cec every time she picked him up. It was awesome.

As soon as we got back from Texas, Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Mark came to town. Lucas was still recovering from the trip but he seemed to really enjoy himself. It was Halloween Weekend! Lucas made an outstanding Baby Yoda, and trick-or-treated 3 houses in the neighborhood. No candy was gathered, but we all enjoyed the photo opps with the neighbors. Sunday we raked leaves. No pictures but I will say that the next house we find ourselves living in will be taken into consideration based on the number of trees in the yard.

In the last couple of days Lucas has really started playing a lot more. He's now reaching for things with success that are dangling over his head, he's squeaking and squealing a lot more, and he's spontaneously giggling which may be the funniest thing ever! You can tell when he's really starting to have fun when he holds his arms straight out from his sides and they start to shake a little bit.

In the next few months, Lucas will be meeting Lindsey and Sarah (from Iowa), and we just bought our tickets to Texas for Lucas's 1st Christmas. So exciting!

And now for the pictures...hopefully you didn't just skip to them, but if you did its okay:)

PS: If you want to print any of the pictures from the blog the best way to do it is out of my Picasa web account instead of straight from the blog. Let me know and I'll give you access to it.