He's Growing Up So Fast....

Finally! The Blogger site is working again! To all readers, I'm very sorry for the delay between posts. I have tried uploading pictures and videos over the last 2 weeks, but it continued to freeze the screen each time I tried. I crossed my fingers today and thankfully everything seems to be working again.

Lucas really is growing so fast :) We have started feeding him baby food and he quickly let us know he prefers bananas over carrots. And by that I mean he refuses to eat carrots. The moment they touch his tongue he starts sobbing so we've moved on to bananas for now. He loves them! He tends to get frustrated with the spoon feeding though because he doesn't quite understand how it works. He feels the tip of the spoon and tastes the food, but doesn't understand why he can't keep the spoon in his mouth at all times and have the bananas somehow, magically, come out from the spoon like it does his bottle. Each time I pull the spoon out of his mouth to reload it with baby food, he gives me this look like, "why are you teasing me??" He's so smart!

He's really trying to roll over completely. He will roll from one side to the other, but if we put him on his stomach, he still doesn't have quite enough strength to roll himself over on to his back again. He definitely gives it a real effort though; once he's on his stomach, he'll rock his butt from left to right, trying to get enough momentum to roll all the way over. He hasn't succeeded quite yet, but he's so close. He loves the stand-up bouncer though; I think he likes the feeling of being on his feet. Then again, he only lasts about 5-10 minutes until he's ready to get out and play on his back again. No matter what "station" he's playing at, he continues to be quite the active busy-body!!

My cousin, who is a Marine that recently returned home from Afghanistan, met Lucas for the first time. These two became instant pals! Lucas was fussy all afternoon, but the moment my cousin put him in his arms and on to his lap, well, I think the pictures speak for themselves :) He fell right asleep :)

The video below shows Lucas's adorable, chunky, little legs. Alex has been helping him to practice standing up, but Lucas isn't having any of it. Enjoy!