Adventures!!

It's been kind of a week of firsts around here!

Lukie is now eating yogurt 1 or 2 times a day to help his belly a bit. He wasn't really sure about it at first (probably seemed a little sour compared to breastmilk), but he's getting the hang of it. Wish I could say the same for the pacifier we give him to serve the yogurt, but hey, baby steps, right?

We've switched to footie pajamas. We were having him sleep in a onesie with a swaddling blanket around him, but he'd inevitably kick it off and then get cold...and then wake up cranky about it. So not only do they keep him warm, but they are INSANELY cute.

 (Post bathtime freak-out exhaustion)

We also took our first big day away from the house yesterday. We went to Kingsport and test drove a car, then went to the library to see Grandma Rebecca and have lunch with her and another co-worker, Miss Karen, and then we went to Jonesborough to see one of Pete's students and the exhibit she did for the historical society there.

Grandma Rebecca finally got to hold Lukie!

The trip went well...mostly. We had one minor freak-out in a car between the dealership and the library, and a major one later when Mommy and Daddy stopped to get ice cream and the car wasn't moving anymore...for WAY TOO LONG apparently. Otherwise, he was a perfect gentleman at the library and at lunch. I'm hoping we're turning a corner on the crying. He barely cried at all yesterday afternoon and evening.

Finally, and I don't have any pictures of this for obvious reasons, we had our first freak-out free bath time. Luke has HATED baths since he was born. We're talking full-on meltdown hatred. I posted about it on Facebook, and a friend of mine suggested two things: if we use a baby tub, remove the hammock. If I was comfortable with it, take a bath with him. We did the latter last night, and man, what a difference. I filled the tub with 4-5 inches of warm water, and then I sat in there. Pete handed Luke to me, and when his feet hit the water, he made this wide-eyed shocked expression and then just MELTED into the water and became a super slippery water baby. He was a happy guy the entire time, eventually letting me lay him down in the water while I washed his hair with ZERO fussing. Now, I was a little worried the whole time that he would poop in the water, but we made sure he had pooped recently before we pulled this stunt, and it worked SO well. I'd have stayed in there playing with him for half an hour if it wasn't for my fear of an accident in the tub. Next time, we might try the baby bath without the hammock, since I don't know that I'll want to get wet every time he needs a bath, but if that doesn't work, it's nice to know that this does!