Fun with Family!

Belgian-American

Luke has dual citizenship for life. How cool! We now have both of his passports and we are ready for our first trip to Belgium in May. (I will also be able to apply for the American Nationality this year and will have dual citizenship just like him.)

Under construction

Poor Luke! Cody and I decided to go ahead and make him wear a DOC band (helmet) to reshape his head.

The pediatrician had told us that his head flattening was very mild and that he didn't think he'd need to wear a band, but after seeing the specialist we realized that Luke would benefit from it. He really doesn't care or even notice he has it on. He's still super happy and smiling all of the time. Luckily, he's only five months old and at this age the head is still very malleable. He will wear it 8-12 weeks.

They said the main cause for it all was his positioning in my belly. (From the day he was born, he has always favored turning his head to the right.) That makes sense since one week before I had him people thought I was only 5 months along and Dr. Wai couldn't believe that my belly was measuring at only 32-33 weeks yet Luke was almost 7lbs, not a small baby for my size. We also have to do neck stretches to loosen the muscles on the right.

The other moms in the waiting room at our last appointment were all very encouraging and the kiddos were so cute wearing their decorated helmets. (I guess I need to go buy stickers ASAP or Luke will feel left out at our weekly appointments for the adjustments!)

Luke is NOT sick. He's healthy and happy. We decided to go for it because we didn't want the flattening to hinder his modeling career... HA! Just joking!

Texas Bluebonnets

Luke is five months old today!

I think I am going to cry! Five months old already!!! Time flies!!! One minute I am so excited that he is growing up and doing cool new things and the next I just want to cry because my baby is growing too fast.

Man, that newborn stage didn't last but four weeks at the most. And now, I have this chunky baby who is really turning into a little boy.

Luke is still VERY laid back, loves to hang out in his swing, loves to play on his back and I think he's in no hurry to roll over (although he's done it a few times), sit up or crawl. And I am quite OK with that.

Luke a déjà 5 mois. Mon bébé grandit beaucoup trop vite. Le stade nouveau-né a peut-être duré 4 semaines et maintenant il devient déjà un petit garçon.

Il est toujours aussi calme et souriant, il adore sa balancelle, il préfère toujours jouer sur son dos et il n'a pas l'air pressé de s'assoeir seul, de se retourner ni de ramper.....et moi non plus!

Happy Easter!

My crazy Easter tree and Luke's Easter basket.

Haisley and Luke

Luke met Haisley for the first time last week. Haisley is a couple of months older than Luke. She is the daughter of our friends April and Justin. (Check out their blog "And then there were three.")