Big Boys!

Marc climbed out of his bed twice the other night, so we decided to take the leap to a toddler bed. He has done okay the last two nights, but right now he is supposed to be taking a nap and I can hear him destroying his bedroom. He seems to like the idea of a big boy bed, but doesn't want to slow down long enough to sleep.
Marc loves to "play" with Luke and Luke usually loves it too. Except when Marc lays on him, or pulls him around or other things like that. I can't wait until Luke can really play, they are going to have so much fun together.

Luke has found his thumb, but he won't always suck on it it. So I need some advice, do I keep giving him the binky and discourage the thumb or put the binky away and encourage the thumb. I can see advantages and disadvantages to both, so what do you think is easier to deal with?
Anyway Luke just keeps growing and is such a good and happy baby. He still screams when he rolls to his tummy, so hopefully we can work on rolling the other way as well. He is a fun boy and we love him lots.

Stitch

I know stitches would be a better title, but it was only a stitch so that's what it has to say. Marc was being a good little helper and picking up all the towels he pulled out of a drawer when Matt heard him say, "bonk". Matt responded, "That is not just a bonk." Marc had hit his eyebrow on the corner of the drawer and had a little gash in his eyebrow. It wasn't big, but kinda deep. We debated whether or not we needed to take him in, but after a visit from a friend (Thanks Melissa) we decided to go and get stitches.

I know this sounds ridiculous but I really wanted to take him even though I wouldn't have stayed in the room. My reasoning... I wanted to have pictures of the whole thing. We talked it over and I decided I would just stay home with Luke. So we don't have it all documented with pictures like I wanted, but it's a good think I didn't take him. Marc absolutely hated it. He was screaming the whole time, and it took three nurses to hold him down. I would have been out in the hall crying the whole time too, so at home was a much better choice. Marc finally settled down when he got a car and a popsicle. He is doing just fine and gets his stitch out Friday. Pre-stitch. They had to wash peanut butter out of his cut (and ears and hair).

One little stitch is all it took, but we are glad it will be a much smaller scar.

Guess Who's Rolling Over?

Well Luke can now roll over. The only problem is once he rolls over he screams because he hates being on his stomach. Now he needs to learn to roll back onto his back.

Luke

Luke is now 4 months old and growing like crazy. He weighs 17 lbs 10 oz and is 27 inches long. He is in the 95 percentile for everything. He is holding his head up much better now and is getting really strong. He is so ticklish and gives us great smiles. He is starting to make fun baby noises and Marc's favorite is when he kicks his legs (I am not sure why he thinks its so funny). Luke has endured many fun times with Marc including: being rolled over while buckled in his car seat, being pulled around on a blanket, and being pushed really fast in his swing, just to name a few. the funny thing is Luke is as happy as can be and has a big smile on his face, Marc is saying fun, and I am usually freaking out. I feel bad because at this point in Marc's life I had taken hundreds of pictures, so here is an attempt to get to that number someday!

Marc is 2!!

Marc is two and I can't believe it. He is getting so big, is talking so much, and is getting much more independent (in some cases this is good and some cases bad). We had a couple fun birthday parties for him. First he had an early party with my sister Rebecca before we left Idaho. We went to my sister's house had pizza and went to my brother's football game. Marc got some fun presents, including an electric guitar from his Aunts and Uncles~ thanks alot guys!! It was fun to be with everyone before we came back to Spokane.


We also had a party here in Spokane with some of our friends. Marc loves Elmo, so I made him an Elmo cake and pinata. It was way fun to make them. Matt said the party was really for me, and he was probably right! We learned a few things from this party:

Marc will not hit Elmo with a bat. All the other kids loved it, but Marc just kept saying, "No, No.". Maybe the next pinata I make should be of a ball! When people ask Marc about his birthday this is what they get. "Hit Elmo, pinata, candy." So the candy made an impression on him.

Next we learned that Marc does not like to blow out candles. I think he was scared of the fire, but the candle did go out even if he didn't mean to blow it out.


Marc is smart. He would look at his present with the wrapping paper on them, and just say,"help". That was much easier than actually trying to pull the wrapping paper off. Then once the paper was off he would take the present to someone and say, "Open". He certainly knows how to get what he wants.

We had a great time celebrating Marc and love him very much. He is such a good boy and is growing up so quickly. He is talking like crazy and surprises me everyday with new words.

One thing we are struggling with is nap time. The last few days I have heard him and I go into his room to find:

Apparently it is so much better to sleep in a spaceship then in a crib.


Ok so I can understand how he got the spaceship in his crib, but a tote I really can't figure that one out. It must have been rough, look at his clothes!

Life

We went bowling and Marc had a great time. I think he got a better score than I did! Marc got his first goose egg and it was a pretty good one. He did recover though and was right back at it in no time. His new favorite place is in Luke's toy and I am just fine with it because I can actually keep track of him for a few seconds!
Luke is such a happy baby. He is so ticklish and will laugh if you barely touch him. He is getting so big and is now wearing 9 month clothes. He hasn't gotten sick again, and we are very grateful for that. We went and saw the urologist again, and things aren't quite like they would like to see, so we will go back in a few months and hope things look better. We love our little Luke and are grateful to have him.

Hat

What happens when Marc is cooking with me and I leave him unattended? He turns the bowl into a hat!