1 month old!

Where has the time gone? Luca is already 1 month old, and weighs 10lbs 9oz, so he's 'thriving' and doing well. He's my little milk man, that's for sure. Days are busy feeding, changing, entertaining, cleaning up spills, and bathing this little boy. Notice I didn't say sleeping! He does sleep, but definitly doesn't like going to bed in his own cot. And for all of those wandering how the nights are going....well it's 4am and I'm writing this if that gives you any indication! On average he sleeps for 3 hours at a time - which isn't too bad...it's just the getting him to go down thing that can sometimes be a struggle. It doesn't help that the poor wee little man has a snotty nose and has trouble breathing because of it. All babies are nose breathers, and unlike adults who have blocked noses and resort to breathing out our mouths, little babies will just keep sniffing and snorting out their noses. You'd think we had a little piggy in the house by the sounds of it. I gave him some saline solution up the nose tonight which seemed to help a bit. We hosted a coffee group at my house last week. It was comprised of some women and their babies from our antenatal group. Our group meets 1 or 2 times a week. Thought this picture was pretty cute. Luca's the one in white collered shirt and blue pants. The baby in the stripes is about 1 month older than the other ones...you can tell how much more alert and calm he is than the others. Speaking of alert....Luca has been getting bigger by the day and more alert. His eyes are open wide, and he likes to hold his head up by himself now. The smile comes out every now and then as well. He's got dimples on both sides of his face - just like Mom and Dad.
Another favourite past time of Luca is peeing on his face....or on us! He likes to catch us off guard when his diaper is being changed. Here I am giving him an emergency wipe down after another episode of free willy. Look he fits in our tiny sink basin just perfect. He's got his confused, 'what are doing to me, mom' look on his face here.

This was taken tonight after bedtime routine of bath, storytime, feeding. He's pretty 'drunk' off the milk and has turned all floppy in James' arms as James tries out a new burping technique. He can burp louder than just about anyone I know. He looks like a little bear dosen't he? Of course as soon as his head hit the cot - his eyes popped wide open and the crying began. We don't know how he does it...fast asleep one minute, and then crying the next.

This week is James 29th birthday! Luca has a special gift that he made Dad - can't wait to give it to him. Grandparents Jo and Bruce will be taking Luca on Friday night while we have our first proper night out since he has been born. We've managed to get in the occasional movie while Grandma Cassie was here, and also another one last week with Jo.....but this will be a whole night of no Luca - as he'll be out at the beach. Some of our friends are joining us for dinner and then a cheesy night of kareoke at a local chinese dive in town. Whenever I'm not with Luca I miss him dearly, so not sure how I'll cope being away a whole night! Although an uninterrupted night of sleep does sound pretty good...