Luke is 3 Months Old!

We're a little late with the posting but Luke is 3 months old! His next doctor's appointment is at 4 months so we don't have any updates on his height and weight. It seems like he's still growing but still has plenty of room in those 3 month clothes. We'll see if he grows out of them by the end of the month.


We were again busy busy this month with some Hi's and Low's. I sadly had to make a tough decision to leave my side business partnership due to some differing opinions on how to maintain the business. I have however decided to continue in floral design and just completed my first wedding on my own!

I started back to work, working from home. I am so thankful and blessed to work for a company who were willing to allow this. With my commute from Dallas to Atlanta it would not have been enjoyable for me to continue knowing I was missing out on Luke's first moments. I have truly enjoyed getting back into the swing of things. Dave has been a huge support and encourager by watching Luke while I work in the study. It's been nice to take a break every few hours to hang out with my two favorite boys:).


I celebrated my first Mother's Day which was surreal. It's still really hard for me to think that I'm a MOTHER. It's even harder for me to think that I'm 27 and I'm old enough to be a mother. I still have really vivid memories of me being a little girl hanging out with my Mommy! Now, several years later I have a child of my own. I now understand the kind of love my Mom/parents have for me. People would tell me once I had a child you will experience a love that can't be felt by/for anyone else. I didn't understand this until I saw Luke for the very first time on February 10, 2011. I can honestly say I never boohoo'd more tears of joy in my entire life until that moment. I NEVER felt the love I had for this little being with anyone else. He's so small, fragile and beautiful. It really put God’s love for us in perspective immediately. I understood more then ever the love God has for us by sending his ONLY son to die for our sins so that we can live for eternity with him. I see why God created this moment for a husband and a wife to experience.


We had guests in town from Florida one week and then following we had Grammy and Pop-Pop come to visit from Tampa! Last and possibly the greatest thing of all we finally closed on our house and are soon to be moving! 


Some of our favorite things:

• When we hear Luke playing by himself so intently we like to sneak in the room to see what he's up too.
• He giggles when you smile. He laughs when you laugh. I think it's contagious to him.
• He has went from eating every 2 hours during the day to every 3 hours. That's 5-6 feedings in a day instead of 8! This is HUGE!
• He went from sleeping 6 hours in the night to now 8 or more hours! There are have been a handful of nights where he slept for 11 hours. I'm thinking by 4 months we'll be able to get him on this schedule:).
• He LOVES his play gym. He stares at the animals and actually can grab them knowing that he's grabing them.
• When he's looking in the other direction we can call his name and he'll turn to find us.
• He's starting to not mind tummy time.
• He's almost rolling. By 4 months he should get the hang of it!
• He sits up and stands up so well. (of course we are holding him while he does this)
• His cry is still pretty adorable and he has that bottom lip pout he likes to show us.
• He LOVES ceiling fans.
• He's our little Koala bear right now. When he lays on his back he brings his feet together and almost clasps them.
• He'll give you a big sweet smile right before he pukes all over you.
• When he takes his naps he likes the blanket to cover his face.
• Some of my nicknames for Luke are: Wittle Wuke (may need to be careful with this one, it could cause him to have a speech impediment!) Little Munchkin, Doodle Bug, Little Stinker, Messy Luke, Stinky Luke, Little Man, etc.
• Luke is very animated. I think we may have a little comedian on our hands in the future:).
• Luke is a huge flirt.

Some of our not so favorite things:

• He still spits up ALOT! When I say alot I mean he more like hurls. It's so embarrassing when someone wants to hold him, it never fails, he almost always pukes on them. To me my curdled breastmilk is tolerable but to someone else it's probably disgusting. It's so embarrassing.
• He still has diaper blow-outs which causes lots of laundry loads and spot cleaning his carseat:(.

Last and possibly the best part, is Luke's 3 Month Photo Shoot!

1 Surprise Party + 1 Wedding + 1 Vacation + 1 Two Month Doctor Visit = A month that flew by!

Wow this month flew by! We cramed so much in this month and had so much fun! Sharon and I planned a surprise 50th Birthday Party for my Mom, I started back to work with a wedding, then we went on our first vacation as a family of three and to end the month with a bang Luke had his 2 month doctor check-up with shots! All the while our little munchkin was a trooper through it all. Here are some highlights from this last month!
The Surprise Party!
This was a tough one to pull off. I see my Mom all the time now and too keep something like that a secret was almost impossible! It turned out amazing and was so much fun to plan!



The Wedding!
Mommy tried her first big wedding with the MOSS girls. Little Luke and Daddy tagged along for the ride so that I could continue to breastfeed. It was a success!

The Vacation!
Our vacation was amazing! My Mom and I headed for our road trip to NC without the men, they had to come later. Since it is an 11 hour drive we decided to make a pit stop at the half way point and stayed at a hotel. Luke did great the first day! The second day Mr. Garmin sent us on a little goose chase and took us an hour out of the way. We were NOT happy. I so badly wanted to throw that thing out the window! Note to self, trust the Iphone map versus the Garmin map:). With all things considered our little man did a great job on his first road trip! We spent the whole week relaxing in a beach house with Grammy, Granpa, Uncle Eric, Aunt Lauren and Elliana! It was SO much fun and great to see Eric and Lauren and finally meet there sweet Elli! We love you guys so much and miss you already. I miss kissing Elli's sweet little face!







The 2 Month Doctor Visit!
He did such a good job!

• Height: 23-1/2" and in the 75 percentile
• Weight: 11lbs 12oz and in the 50 percentile
• Head: 41cm and in the 75 percentile. He know longer has such a big noggin;)

He follows you with his little eyes. He stands up while you hold him. He holds onto things. He tugs at his clothes. He clasps his hands. He sucks his hands. He smiles even more (he has a bashful and flirty smile now that is so cute). He laughs. He slept for 9 hours two nights, we're hoping to see more of this:)!

Major regrets for this month: We HATE that we didn't record Luke getting his shots! I thought it would be so cruel to do so but he was so darn cute through it all we would have loved to capture the moment. We will definitely be recording his 4 month shots and will post it on the blog:)

And lastly our 2 Month photo shoot with Luke!

I think I'm obsessed:)

I just can't get enough of our little guy! I know I've been posting a TON of photos but look how cute he is!! Here is more of him with his Daddy.



Bathtime with Luke~

These are photos that Grammy took of one of Luke's first bath times. Luke was taking a nap and I knew he had to eat soon. I thought it would wake him up to give him a bath. I picked him up out of the bassinet and put him in the tub. To much surprise Luke didn't wake up! It was the cutest thing to wash him while he was half asleep! Luke LOVES his bathtimes:)



luke's two week doctor visit

Our blog entries are a little out of order but here are pictures from Luke's two week doctor's check up. We can't believe how tiny he looks in these photos. He's so big now! Mr. Luke was such a good boy the entire time. We had to wait for about 30 minutes before the doctor came in and Luke stayed calm despite missing his meal time. Luke had major progress from the last doctor visit. Here is a recap of how the appointment went!

• Height 20-3/4" (50-75 percentile)
• Weight 8lbs 4oz (25-50 percentile) - at this appointment Luke didn't make his birth so we had to come back a few days later. He weighed 8lbs 11oz at the next weigh in!
• Head 38.3cm (90 percentile) That's one big noggin!



-- oUr LiTtle MaN iS 1 mOnth oLd --

Luke is now over a month old! We can't believe how fast the time flies. It feels like yesterday when we were at the hospital meeting our little cuddle bear for the first time. We love him so much and think he is adorable! We can't get enough of his cute face! These are photos I took of him at 4 weeks old.

Our little man frustrated at Mommy taking too long with the photo shoot:)

Luke’s Milestones at 1-4 weeks!

• He can follow Mommy and Daddy with his eyes
• He smiles when he hears Mommy and Daddy’s voice
• He can somewhat sit up and hold his head up
• He coos
• He’s been sleeping for six hours during the night! (not consistently yet though)
• He’s ticklish under his armpits and thighs
• He loves his bath time. One time he was sleeping and it was time for me to feed him so I thought it would wake him up if we gave him a bath. He almost slept through the entire bath time.
• He hates to sit in his dirty diapers. As soon as he’s done doing business he lets mommy and daddy know he needs to be changed.
• He has two cries: the rhythmic cry is his hungry cry. He has a fussy cry as we like to call it where he pouts his under lip. This is Mommy and Daddy’s favorite cry. He just looks so darn cute!
• Mommy and Daddy love our mornings with Luke. We wake him up and take him from the crib to our room and play with him in our bed. He’s so happy and cuddly.
• Ever since the day we brought him home Luke has had a fascination with the bookcase in the study. He will just stare at it with his big eyes in amazement. Dave and I have no idea what this fascination is but every time he stares at it we crack up. It’s the BOOKCASE!

Luke is born!

Luke David Gentile was born on February 10, 2011 at 7:10pm weighing 8lb 8oz and 20 inches long! This is Luke when he was just shy of one week old!