Luke's 1st Haircut!!

We finally gave in and got Luke his first haircut! Although he still doesn't have a lot, it was getting out of control and very uneven. Now I wonder what took us so long because he looks a million times better now, not that he wasn't still adorable before! The last straw was when the receptionist at the doctor's office today called Luke a girl! That was the 2nd time in 2 weeks that someone thought he was a girl! I guess that's what we get for having such a pretty boy! =) I wanted to do something special for his first haircut, so we took him to Snip-Its (the Disneyland of haircutting salons!). He did sooo good! He sat perfectly still like a little angel and just looked around wondering what the heck was going on! It looked like he might even fall asleep at one point! It was super cute! The hairdresser said she had never seen a baby hold that still and do that good! Anyways, here are some pictures:

As for Baby P, everything is still going perfectly! I couldn't ask for anything more, no bedrest and no yucky meds! The doc did say, however, that I have a minor case of hydronephrosis. It's inflammation of one of my kidneys most likely due to the baby sitting on a ureter and not allowing it to completely empty. It's nothing too severe and shouldn't affect the baby, but might just give me a little discomfort. Hopefully it will rectify itself as the baby moves around or completely exits its cramped home for that matter! The heart rate is still great and it's growing like a weed, or so it feels anyways! It's pretty funny though that the past couple of times I've gone, the doc said she didn't even need to ask if I'd felt much fetal movement since the baby pretty much kicked the heck outta her during the exam! Oh man am I in for it! You would think Eric and I would've thought twice about the second one considering there was the chance we could get another crazy Luke!! Oh well, I guess we will just be super fit chasing around 2 active little ones! Also, this one is apparently a night owl! I remember that Luke hardly ever moved a muscle at night! I would never wake up to his kicks! This one is a whole different story! Its most active time is at night, but luckily it hasn't effected my sleep too much yet!

The Newest

I had an ultrasound done this morning just to check a few things such as making sure baby is not trying to come early like Luke wanted to and for possible kidney stones(ick!). Baby is doing great though! Still on track for the same due date and much bigger! I can't believe the baby is already 1lb 12oz!! Maybe this one will learn how to pack on those pounds unlike its big brother! This baby loves to have its hands in its face! It went from playing with its toes, to playing with its umbilical cord, to playing with its nose! It was the cutest thing! It's so funny how different these pregnancies have been! When I was preggo with Luke, I could've been happy with him in my belly forever and this time, I actually kinda want it to come out (when its ready of course)! It hasn't been a horrible pregnancy and lord knows I'm terrified of the stresses that are sure to await us, but I'm still kinda looking forward to it! Weird! I guess I've just had a little more anticipation about this one since a lot of the pregnancy stuff has lost its luster. Been there, done that! Here are some pictures of the ultrasound from this morning:



On to Big Brother . . . His vocabulary has been growing leaps and bounds this past month! It's crazy how one day something just clicked and now he tries to say any and every word no matter how difficult! We are in the process of moving him to the guest bedroom to make way for the baby and have had a lot of fun decorating! We decided to go with a space/robot theme, since he is "Bitty Bot"! We've painted, made and hung planets, and made a growth chart! Luke loves going in his soon to be new room, running around, and pointing at the planets as he tries to say "planets"! I think he likes it! We are just waiting on Eric to put up the chair rail, as well as a few other decorative touches and it should be ready for him to move into! We've decided to move the crib in there since we won't need it for the new baby for a while and we will convert it to a toddler bed once he gets comfortable with the new room. Wish us luck!! Here are pictures of what we've done so far with his new room:

Who's more like who?

As I was watching Luke play one day, I noticed that he seemed to enjoy pushing buttons on every single toy so they were all going simultaneously and thought to myself how oddly familiar it seemed! Once one toy stopped, he would even go and turn it back on! Then, just the other day, he started doing it again and I pointed it out to Eric. He said that he had also seen him doing it the night before and was so proud! You see, this is something Eric has always enjoyed doing at toy stores as well! (Poor sales people!) I'm not sure Luke had even seen Eric do it before! Not only does he do that, but he makes the same noises as Eric, does the same songs and dances, and puts anything and everything on top of his head. So the question remains, is Luke more like Eric, or is Eric more like a kid??

I also had to mention how super cute it is when we ask Luke where the baby is! He lifts up my shirt and points at my belly! I'm pretty sure he thinks we are just talking about my belly and really has no idea that there's a baby in there, but it's still pretty darn cute! He also likes to give the "baby" kisses as well as a little poking and prodding which I'm sure is just the beginning! Hopefully with the way this one kicks, it will be able to hold its own! Another new favorite word of Luke's BTW is "did it"! Anytime we get excited and tell him he did it, he repeats, "did it!"! Too cute! I posted another belly picture down on the post below of me at 24 weeks so that you can continue to see the progression. I think I might've overdone the cheesecake this month though, cuz I def had a little shock when I hopped on the scale at my appointment! Heres the link if you don't feel like scrolling down: Belly Pics