The Magsigs

Pumpkin Patch and Halloween

2009-11-09T20:30:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple of pictures from the first week Levi was home. The boys are sporting their Halloween shirts. Luke loved that his shirt glowed in the dark!

Bill's parents came in the day Levi was born and stayed with us that first week. It was nice to have extra hands to help, especially with Luke.

Luke has been so gentle and sweet with Levi. He likes to try to give him the paci, burp him, and hold his hand. He'll even give Levi kisses without us telling him to. So sweet!

Luke holding Levi for the first time. I don't think he quite knew what to do with him.

Luke and Levi with my mom. She came in and stayed with us for two weeks. I think both Bill and I were both in mourning when she left this past Saturday.

Luke wearing his new Elmo slippers. He isn't too fond of wearing them, but he's getting used to it. He would rather be able to just look at Elmo and have them sitting beside him.We were able to visit the pumpkin patch the day before Halloween. Luke had fun running around, but it was hard to get some good pictures. Our friend Jessica took some pictures for us so I'll try to post some once we get them. Until then, here are some of the ones we were able to get.

We were indecisive about Luke's Halloween costume this year so we ended up getting one very last minutes. Yes, he is a garden gnome. So cute! Unfortunately, he wasn't fond of his hat and beard, but I did manage to get a few once we got to the Fall Festival at church. (By the way, his costume actually fit, the legs just got caught up on his pants underneath. It did look a little like fat-guy-in-little-pants though)

Levi William Magsig has arrived!

2009-11-02T21:54:00.000-08:00

Levi made his appearance on Sunday, October 18th at 2:01 pm. He weighed 8 lbs 3 oz and was 20.5 inches long. The delivery went smooth and very quickly. The worst part was the 45 minutes I thought I wasn't going to get my epidural (so glad I wasn't born when there weren't drugs, how do people do this without it?). When we arrived at the hospital at 9 am, I was dilated between a 7 and 8. Thankfully, they tried to slow down my labor so I could get the antibiotics I needed before I delivered Levi. Once I got my epidural (I was almost dilated to a 9 at this point), things got a lot better and that's when Bill and I decided on his name. Another blessing was that I only had to push about 20 minutes. We were moved to our recovery room a few hours later and then were discharged about 18 hours later. It was great to be home!

Here's a picture from when Luke met Levi (I love it!). Unfortunately Luke was sick so we tried to keep him from getting up in Levi's face.

More pictures to come in the next few days...

Luke's 19 months old!

2009-09-25T23:10:00.000-07:00

Luke is 19 months old and in just 4 weeks he will be a big brother! We're really trying to just enjoy this time we have with only him before his baby brother arrives. Does he have any idea what's coming? I don't think so, but he knows "baby brother" is in my tummy, will feel my belly when the baby is moving (although he seems unaffected by it) and he gives my belly lots of kisses.

Prepare yourself, because there are lots of pictures in this post...

Luke busted his lip at the playground and it ended up looking much worse than this. Thankfully, he didn't chip any teeth!

Luke LOVES being outside and doing anything Bill does. I just wish it weren't so hot here so we could be out there more. Here he's helping Dad with "gardening."

Fingerpainting, one of the things you do when you can't go outside. He's a natural, although he doesn't love having his hands all dirty.

Just some fun pics of Luke...

Couldn't help but grab the camera, and no, he didn't get this upset until I started taking pictures. He woke up from his nap with crazy hair! And don't worry, he cheered up once I got him out of his crib. Luke has gotten more and more fun each day! He's always been a lover of music and one of our favorite things he does right now is sing to David Crowder's "Everything Glorious," "O For a Thousand Tongues," and Coldplay's "Viva la Vida.". Needless to say, we're constantly playing them in our car just to listen to him.

He also started going to My Gym and LOVES it! He has always been very active so this is the perfect activity for him (and me, since it helps him get rid of some energy and take a good nap). This is something that we can do with just him after the baby is born, too. He spends the whole hour laughing and screaming and smiling, which makes us smile, too.

Texas Trip July 2009

2009-09-11T15:08:00.000-07:00

Once again it's been way too long since I've updated, sorry! We were able to spend 2 weeks in Texas visiting family and had a great time. We spent the first week in Houston and the second in Ft. Worth. Luke was a rockstar on the plane ride there. We entertained him with dvds, Bill's ipod, and suckers. Unfortunately, the plane ride back wasn't quite as easy. We had an afternoon flight and he doesn't sleep well while traveling. Needless to say, it was a good thing that we were both along to help.

Here's a picture of our little artist doing some painting (he gets that from Bill).

Just a cute picture of him sleeping with his buddy, Handy Manny.
Singing along with Grandma Peggy and Bill...he's going to be the next American Idol!

While we were in Houston, several of our friends and their families were able to come over for dinner. We had all of the kids together, 9 in all, three under the age of 1, and three more babies on the way! It was a lot of fun to see them all together. Here's a shot of the older ones putting on a little show for us.
A cute picture of Rebecca, Ellie, Luke, and Cooper.

A family picture...notice anything different? I'd love to introduce you to Lisa, Steve's fiance. They are getting married in May. Congrats Steve & Lisa!

While we were at my parents' house we took Luke and Ethan to the Ft. Worth Zoo. Luke loved seeing the animals, especially the ones he could get up close to see, like this gorilla.
Luke loves being outside in the backyard! Here he is being productive and mowing the lawn :)
He also loves to smell flowers, well, really he loves to smell any and everything, but we're just lucky that he's choosing to smell something good this time :)Bubbles! Have I mentioned that Luke loves bubbles? Aunt Tricia is trying to teach him how to do it by himself...Here he is in my sister's pool...
Luke feeding his cousin Ethan goldfish...And we did take a family picture that includes Matt, my sister's boyfriend on the far right.

4th of July

2009-07-05T22:58:00.000-07:00

We had a great 4th of July! Our friends John and Andrea Fortner came down from San Francisco to visit with their two boys, Luke (who is 4) and Joel (who is 17 months, just 3 weeks older than our Luke!).

Luke and Joel playing at a spray park that morning...
One of the only pictures of the three boys I got...
Luke was not happy about taking a nap, but as you can see, he was exhausted. I'm pretty sure he fell asleep mid-cry... Later that evening we headed over to cookout and watch fireworks with some friends from our life group. The kids played in the pool for a while, and then once it was dark enough, they started lighting the fireworks. Luke wasn't scared at all, and gave us commentary the whole time while pointing and clapping. He loved it!

Happy Father's Day!!

2009-06-21T15:15:00.000-07:00

If you spend any time around Bill with Luke you know that he is an awesome dad! He has been hands-on since day one and I love that. In fact, he probably changed more of Luke's diapers the first few weeks than I did (no complaint here). Luke LOVES playing with his dad and when Bill comes home from work, Luke runs to door with a huge smile on his face. Bill is a wonderful model of who Jesus is and the kind of Godly man we pray that Luke grows up to be.

Bill, thank you for being an amazing husband and dad. We both love you so much!!

Also want to wish a Happy Father's Day to both my dad and Bill's dad. Thanks for being great dads! We love you!

Summer Fun

2009-06-10T22:02:00.000-07:00

As you can tell, it's been 4 months since Luke's last haircut and he was in desperate need of one. I can't believe how fast his hair has grown! Here's the best before picture I had...

And here's an after picture of the back...
And the front. Luke still isn't fond of letting us just take pictures of him while he smiles. Most of the time, he'll stop what he's doing and try to grab the camera. We need to work on that.
Fun times playing with Dad. Don't stumble over Luke's physique ladies!Playing at the park...
makes a little boy very tired. He doesn't fall asleep in his car seat unless he's completely exhausted!
More fun times in the water at the park. This park is great because the buttons to turn the water on are at Luke's height, which I am finding is rare.

Last Friday the weather was nice so we took Luke to C.A.L.M. It's the California Living Museum, which many call the zoo. While it was something cool that we will probably visit from time to time, it lacks most of the regular zoo inhabitants. It had all the farm animals, a reptile house (which I am sure will be a favorite for Luke), deer, birds, many more "normal" animals like that (by normal, I mean things you could see while camping, in your backyard, etc), and 2 bears, which are the only animals I would classify as "zoo" worthy. Here's a picture of him feeding the goats...

I love this picture of Luke and Bill walking.

Luke is growing up so quickly and has officially turned into a toddler. He has been down to one nap for the last month. I think I've had a harder time adjusting than he has, although I like the flexibility it gives us. Three of his molars are in, along with one of his other teeth on top. The others are close, but haven't popped through yet. While he doesn't say many things we can understand yet, he talks constantly. He is good at telling us what he wants by showing us. His favorite things right now are yogurt, raisins, grilled cheese, and mandarin oranges. He is liking books again and will bring them to us then turn around and walk backwards until he lands on our laps. We don't get to read much of them because he turns the pages so quickly, but at least he'll sit down to read again. He loves pretending to talk on a cell phone, which ends up being his hand most of the time.

I also realized I don't think I ever posted anything on here about being pregnant again, but we are! We're having another boy who's due October 25th. I've just passed the half-way mark and am finally feeling better. In many ways, I feel like the last 5 months have been a blur because I have been in survival mode. My morning sickness (which was more like "feel like I want to die all day" sickness) was just as bad this time as it was with Luke. Needless to say, Luke watched more cartoons that usual (I know, I know, watching tv slows his cognitive growth, blah blah, but one moves into survival mode when they feel like dying; I'm looking into getting him a tutor so he'll catch up :)) Some days are still worse than others, but overall things are much better. Hopefully now we can enjoy our summer. I'll try to post some pictures of ultrasounds later.

Easter

2009-04-14T10:49:00.000-07:00

Once again, it's been way too long since I've posted any pictures. Luke is 14 months old today. I can't believe it! He's losing his babyness and is becoming a little man. He's getting 2 molars right now, which is not fun but he's being a good sport about it. I did take him in for his first dentist appointment and thankfully, the dentist was not concerned about his chipped teeth (yes, that's teeth and not tooth; I think he has 3 bigger chips and 1 tiny one). In even better news, he's still taking 2 naps, although he does boycott his morning nap every once in a while, and sleeps around 10.5 hours at night. Praise the Lord! It's amazing how much better I function with sleep!

Here he is with his cousin Ethan when he was here visiting. Poor Luke was being pinched and poked, but hung in there. They will have so much fun when they're both up running around together!

He still loves to dump all of his toys out and climb in.

He has become a little Houdini and likes to escape from his clothes, mostly his shirts thank goodness. Here he is after he woke up from his morning nap. It's cute until he's wearing long sleeves and gets one arm out the bottom and the other out the neck hole and begins to scream for help.

Here he is again, but this time he disrobed before he fell asleep.

We dedicated Luke the weekend of his birthday. We can't wait until he knows Jesus!

We waited to give Luke his basket until he woke up from his nap and we were heading to an Easter get-together. He loved all of his surprises and had lots of fun at the egg hunt.

Luke's 1st Birthday

2009-02-20T21:12:00.000-08:00

Luke's first birthday was Saturday and we celebrated with my family who was here from Texas. He enjoyed opening presents and got a baseball glove and baseball, some clothes, a dump truck with legos, a wagon, and lots of Veggie Tales goodies including a huge Larry pirate. He loved it all!

Since he's so into Veggie Tales, we decided to do a Larry and Bob birthday cake. My mom offered to make it and I loved how it turned out! Notice the Office reference that we had to throw in... He didn't eat as much of the cake as I thought he would, but he enjoyed playing with the it and made a big mess.After we cleaned him up, we gave him a little ride in his wagon. Here he is sitting in it with his cousin Ethan.I'm sure they're having some deep conversation about baseball.

Luke's first haircut

2009-01-28T21:47:00.000-08:00

I was trying to hold out until right before his birthday, but he was looking so shaggy I broke down. We took him to a place close by that is specifically for kids, as you can tell by the videos playing in front of each station. They have fire engines for the really little ones like Luke to sit in to (hopefully) help distract him. Overall, he really well...especially considering that the other kids getting their hair cuts were SCREAMING. I'm not talking a little whining, I'm talking full out screaming bloody murder. I was worried that Luke would break down and start crying, but he just had a very serious look on his face and went to his happy place.

Unfortunately, I realized that I didn't take a good "after" picture, so I took a picture of the card they gave us. He looks like he had a good experience, doesn't he? I'll try to post a better picture later.

Other random goings-on...Luke is becoming a very confident walker. He walks about 75% of the time when we're at home, but if we're out, he doesn't really walk yet.

Just a couple of cute pictures while he's playing...

He loves riding on Daddy's shoulders...

And also poking Daddy's eyes (he does this often, even to his nose)...

The box has become Luke's garage for his walker...

More Christmas pics

2009-01-09T21:39:00.001-08:00

Luke takes unwrapping gifts very seriously now. If you put anything in front of him that's wrapped, he gets right down to business. The last time that we unwrapped some gifts, he was even handing Bill the pieces of paper as he tore them...impressive.

Bill's parents came in the day after Christmas and spent the week with us.

Seriously, is he not the cutest Santa ever?

His Luke Skywalker bobblehead...

Making a call on his new cell phone...

Luke and Dad solving Rubiks cubes...Luke buried in a box with his toys...
Luke got a new car seat for Christmas, too, and the box it came in might have been the best gift of all! We have spent lots of time playing in it, around it, you get the picture!
He loves his new outlook and tends to be a little less cranky in the car. Who can blame him?
Luke enjoyed the challenge of climbing in and out of his old bouncy seat. I did eventually put it away because he kept getting stuck trying to crawl out under the music thing instead of exiting the way he got on.
And Luke has gotten much more confident when it comes to walking! He can walk across the living room, but still crawls quite a bit. He does much better when he decides he wants to do it and tends to be more uncooperative when we try to make him. I'll try to post a video later.

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-25T22:34:00.000-08:00

If you're like me, you probably have some expectations of your baby's first Christmas. The one thing that we were excited about was getting him up and then letting him crawl in to find and unwrap his presents. Well...he woke up this morning and Bill was heading in to get him. He wanted to plug in the Christmas tree first, but noticed that Luke was on the floor. Yep, that's right, Luke fell out of his crib this morning. He was crying and just lying there on the floor. Bill ran in and picked him up and Luke's mouth was all bloody. Once we settled him down and made sure he was ok, we figured out that his bottom teeth cut into the gums behind his front teeth, we assume, when he hit the ground. Needless to say, the morning was off to a rough start, but he was chewing on his toys as soon as we took him into the living room. It took him a while, but he unwrapped his gifts. He LOVES his leapfrog table! More pictures to come later...
He wouldn't keep the hat on for long, but we did get a couple of pictures. See, he's fine, right?

Last night at the Christmas Eve service we took a pictures of Luke and his friend, Noah, and us.
Here are a couple of the pictures with Santa. He was a great Santa, but I couldn't get Luke to smile no matter what I did. As my sister says, it's Luke and his stunt double:)On a random note, we have had to figure out a way to keep Luke from turning off our cable box and dvd player. He's a smart boy and is still trying to get to the buttons!
And last, but not least, is a cute picture of him while we play chase through the fort. He loves it when we put them up!

Luke's favorite things

2008-12-12T21:09:00.000-08:00

We can't believe that Luke is about to be 10 months old! He just took his first steps earlier this week, although he still prefers crawling. He'll take 2 or 3 steps, and then just drop down to his knees so he can get there faster. He can stand up on his own now really well, so we knew it was only a matter of time before he started walking.

Some other things he still loves: playing chase down the little hallway...
Pulling all of the toys out of the basket and climbing in...

Clapping...he loves to grab our hands and make us clap, too.

Still loves bathtime and being wrapped in his towels...

And then crawling around naked!Cell phones...we gave him an old one that doesn't work anymore so he'd leave mine alone!

Hoops...he has mad basketball skills!

On another note, we've put up a gate that divides our living room and kitchen, and as you can see, he isn't particularly fond of it. He tries to push his way through whenever either of us head into the kitchen.

Halloween

2008-11-14T11:56:00.000-08:00

We went and visited a pumpkin patch on Halloween and tried to get some pictures, but it proved harder than we thought because apparently there was a plague of flies unleashed on this little farm. Here are some of our favorites...

Luke was the cutest pirate ever! He has since shaved off his goatee.

Here's a pic of Luke and his friend Lucy, who was Princess Leia. We should have coordinated better and he could've been Luke Skywalker!

Luke and his friend Amelia who was a pumpkin.

Our trip to meet Ethan

2008-11-07T16:51:00.000-08:00

We stopped in Houston for the weekend to spend some time with Bill's family. We took the Luke and his cousins Taite and Paige to the pumpkin patch to take a few pictures.

Here are some pictures from our time with my family. Meet Ethan, Luke's new cousin who was born September 8. Luke wasn't quite sure what to do with him, so he just kept taking off Ethan's socks and would turn his vibrating seat on and off. I can't wait until they're older and can play together.
Luke is sitting in my dad's rocking chair that he had when he was a kid.

Take a good look at this because this is the first and only time that Luke has ever fallen asleep with a pacifier in his mouth. In fact, it's the only time he's ever really even sucked on a pacifier.

While we were there, we got to see Cole, who was born the day before Luke and lives in Atlanta...

and Braden, who was born in September and lives in Dallas.

A play date at the park

2008-10-12T15:00:00.000-07:00

We met some friends from church at the park on Friday for lunch and it was such a beautiful day! It was Luke's first time to swing and play around on the grass. He had lots of fun swinging with his friend Lucy who is about a month younger than him.

My friend Terri came up from LA to stay with me for a couple of days while Bill was out of town. Luke had a good time flirting with her and showing off. He's still all over the place and loves trying to climb on things now.

We love airconditioning!

2008-10-02T17:30:00.000-07:00

This is what all three of us have felt like the last 5 days. On Saturday, our air conditioner went out and it has been 95 degrees or hotter every day. The worst part about this whole situation is that Luke got sick last Thursday and the heat doesn't help. Someone came out on Sunday to look at it, but the part had to be ordered so they couldn't come fix it until Tuesday afternoon. It worked for about 8 hours and then stopped working, so we had to wait until this morning for them to come again. Praise the Lord we have air now! Whoever invented the air conditioner is a genius (and comes in a close second behind the person who invented the epidural).

On a happier note, Luke is more and more fun every day. He's really working on his balance and tries to stand up all by himself. His new favorite thing is knocking over towers of blocks. He thinks it's funny to take the blocks away from us and chew on them.

7 month update

2008-09-20T20:30:00.001-07:00

We spent Labor Day with some friends and had a great time eating, swimming, and eating some more. It was only Luke's second time to swim and he had a lot of fun just chilling in his crab.

Here Luke is playing the piano with Matthew and I think he's a natural.
So, we're just sitting there one day and Luke is staring at Bill (which we call the death stare b/c he can outlast just about anyone, not sure if it's b/c of the intensity or lack of personal space), and then all of a sudden decides that he's going to lick Bill's cheek. I don't know if he just wanted to feel it since Bill was scruffy or what, but it was pretty funny.
He loves his little drums...hmm, do I see some musical talent in his future? And headaches for me :)
This is how I usually find him after he's woken up. If he's not talking to himself, I can always count on him beating on the his crib to let me know he's awake.
He's crawling really well and is standing up pretty confidently now, too. He has only let go and tried to stand on his own one or two times, but he's also started crusing around the furniture. I'm not sure that I'm quite ready for that yet!

Here's a picture of when his top 4 teeth were cutting through earlier this month. As you can see, 3 of them popped through...
And here he is today with all four through. One of them still hasn't quite made it all the way through, but I think the worst is behind us this time around.

6 month update

2008-08-25T20:20:00.000-07:00

Luke's doctor appointment went very well. He weighed just over 18 pounds and is 28.5 inches long. He is a long boy! His heart ultrasound results came back and he does have a small hole between the top two chambers in his heart, but she thinks it will close on its own.

As you can see, he's sitting up great now. He loves playing on the floor even more now. We're working on being able to push up into a sitting position from his tummy.

He is crawling now, although he's still very slow. When he gets close to whatever we're using to tempt him, he ends up lunging toward it and flops down on his belly. We're working on his follow-through:)

He LOVES his rubber duck blow-up bathtub! Bathtime is a great way to keep him happy before bedtime when he gets a little grumpy.

Dad and Luke chillin'.

We had a break from the hot weather last week and had 2 days of temperatures in the high eighties. We thought we would take advantage of that and take morning strolls to the Starbucks that was just put in by our neighborhood. I can't believe that he doesn't try to pull off his glasses when he has them on. He seems to like them, but I think it's mainly because he doesn't like the sun in his eyes.

Here is a "many faces of Luke" montage that Bill's brother Steve put together.

We had some 6 month pictures taken and here are a couple of them. The ladies loved him! He flirted with the ladies and was such a ham in front of the camera.

I've been tagged...

2008-08-25T10:30:00.001-07:00

My friend Carole (please forgive me for taking so long to respond...out of sight out of mind) tagged me and I have to create a list of 6 quirky things about me. For those of you who know me, I'm sure you're wondering, "How's she going to pick just six?" Here they are, in no particular order...and please remember that I am normal...well, kinda.

1. I am a horrible shopper and have buyer's remorse. I will buy something and then end up taking it back because I feel guilty (I'm especially bad about clothes). It could also be because I'm very fickle and can't ever make up my mind.

2. I have to wear earrings. Most of the time I end up wearing the same ones b/c I just leave them in. I feel very naked without them.

3. I'm obsessed with chapstick and have it with me at all times. I have one by my bed, one in the living room, 2 in my purse, and one in my make-up bag. I start to panic if for some reason I don't have one close by and start feeling like I need to put some on.

4. If I've just changed the sheets on our bed, I will make Bill wash his feet (only if he's worn flip-flops) if for some reason he's not going to shower until the morning. I love the feel of crisp, clean sheets and I want them to stay that way. Seriously, his feet have just walked all over wherever he's been. Dirty.

5. Since I mentioned the sheets above, I might as well add that not only do I use fabric softener, but I use like 2 or 3 fabric softener sheets. It's the same when I wash towels, too.

6. I have an issue with bath tubs. I don't like to take baths in used tubs, which of course if just about every tub (and especially ones that look dirty even if they're clean). If I had it my way, I would put a brand new tub in every time we move and then not let anyone use the shower in it. Baths only.

Our trip to Texas

2008-08-12T21:03:00.000-07:00

Sorry it's been a while since I've posted anything. We just got back Saturday night after spending 2 weeks in Texas, one in Houston with Bill's family and one in Cleburne with mine. Luke has changed so much since they last saw him. Just before we left, he started sitting up but was still pretty wobbly. Now, he can sit up all by himself and not fall over. He's trying to crawl, but only goes backwards...does that count? He also got his second tooth on the Friday before we left. This one was much more painful than the first. He had a fever, a very runny nose, and was much more clingy (which if I'm being honest I love b/c he actually lets me rock him and cuddle). Here are just a few pictures (I'll try to post more later):
Brett and Bill with Luke and Brett's daughter Ellie.
Our friend Cooper wanted to "hold it." He was so sweet with the other babies, too.
My aunt Omega with a very tired baby...
Luke is the first great-grandbaby on my side. Here he is with my grandparents.

My uncle Arlo and his wife LaVonne were visiting from Iowa.

One of Luke's many funny faces...
Our friends Aaron, Ashlee, and McKellee came in from East Texas to visit for the day.

I will try to post more pictures of our family later (I don't have them all on my computer yet).

5 months old and a first tooth

2008-07-22T21:01:00.000-07:00

Yes, it's true. He's got a tooth and he knows how to use it. After many weeks of puddles of slobber, our little guy's tooth poked through the night he turned 5 months old. While it wasn't fun (just some grumpiness), he was a trooper. His second tooth is right under his gum, too, so hopefully over the next few days it will make its appearance.
We've been giving him rice cereal since he turned 4 months, but this week I moved on to oatmeal and he seems to like that much better. I don't think he'll be eating steaks any time soon, but he's getting the hang of it. A book before bedtime.
Luke really likes his baths...
... and his new towel.

8 year anniversary & 4th of July

2008-07-11T09:05:00.000-07:00

Bill and I celebrated our 8 year anniversary on Tuesday. It was 10 years ago this summer that we met and started dating. I thought it would be fun to post some pictures of us through the years...For the 4th, we hung out with a couple of families from church. We just ate, played cards, watched the kids play with sparklers, very laid back. Luke didn't seem too scared while we watched the fireworks, he just had really wide eyes and kicked his legs a lot.

Luke in action

2008-06-26T20:48:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of shots of Luke in action. He's definitely an expert at rolling over now. In fact, he doesn't lay still very much anymore.

Luke's sporting his Texas Tech shirt :)

So sleeping is a little tricky now because he hates sleeping on his back. If we're lucky, he'll fall asleep on his side. Every once in a while we have to turn him back over so he'll fall asleep. He hasn't quite grasped the concept of turning back over onto his stomach in his bed yet. I still love looking at him when he sleeps!

4 month update

2008-06-17T18:16:00.000-07:00

Luke weighs 15 pounds and is 26 inches long! He did even better this time when he got his shots. The doctor said that we could start cereal so we'll be doing that sometime this week, too.

Today was a big day because he started rolling over from his back to his stomach. It took him several attempts, but he has now mastered getting his arm out from underneath himself without any help from us. He's also getting much better at smiling for the camera:)

We stuck him in his exersaucer and he loves it! He is still exploring all the different toys and isn't quite sure what to do with some of them. He definitely loves chewing on the little dinosaur.

Our Namibian friends

2008-06-02T17:45:00.000-07:00

Our friend Vesta and her mother, Elizabeth, came and visited us for a couple of days. Vesta has been studying in LA for the last few years and just graduated so her mother came to visit. It was so great to be able to see Vesta before she heads back to Africa and of course, it was wonderful to have more help with Luke. Luke absolutely loved them:)
Here are just a couple more pictures from the last few days.

Luke's first trip to Texas

2008-05-29T22:41:00.000-07:00

I was a little nervous about the plane ride since I was by myself and had to switch planes with a small layover, and no one wants to be "that parent," you know, the one with the screaming baby. I prayed that the people sitting next to me would like kids, and thankfully, those prayers were answered. Everyone was very sweet and gracious and helped me with all of our stuff. Luke didn't cry at all, but didn't sleep much on the way to Texas. There was way too much going on and he didn't want to miss it. However, on the way back to California, he crashed and slept most of the way.
Luke's first bath in a sink...every kid has to have one of these pictures, right?

My Dad wasn't able to come with my Mom when I had Luke, so this was the first time he met him. Luke's middle name is Joel, named after my Dad.

I was so glad that we got to see our best friends from LA, Brian and Morgan, who just moved back to Dallas in February. They are expecting a little boy in August so I am very sad that we don't live close anymore.

Luke also got to meet one of my dearest friends, Brooke, while we were there.

3 month pictures

2008-05-21T17:30:00.000-07:00

Just a couple of days before Luke turned 3 months old, he rolled from his stomach to his back. The first time was an accident and he didn't quite know what happened, but after that every time I put him down on his stomach he flipped himself over (of course he only rolls one way, though). I did manage to catch a couple of rolls on the video camera so Bill could see it.

He still gets impatient sometimes when we read to him, but it really just depends on what kind of mood he's in. Such a personality already:)

We started using the Bumbo this past week and he seems to really like the perspective he gets when he's sitting in it...
Daddy seems to like it, too:)

More visitors from Texas...

2008-05-05T20:49:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of Luke over the last couple weeks. He's getting much stronger and better at controlling his neck. He's still a little wobbly, but can hold it up for quite a while.

Luke is getting a little bit better at smiling for the camera:)

We had more visitors from Texas. My sisters Tricia & Jessie came along with Jessie's husband, Paul. They were able to stay for a few days, which was especially nice for me because I got to take some long naps while Luke was entertained by them:)

2 month check-up

2008-04-19T14:41:00.000-07:00

Luke is doing great and is getting lots of rolls:) We absolutely LOVE his cheeks! At his appointment, he weighed 11 pounds 14 ounces and was 23.5 inches long. The doctor was very happy with his weight gain. He did really well when he got his shots and wasn't too grumpy afterwards.

Luke still isn't performing for the camera, but every once in a while we get a little smile. We'll have to keep working on that:)

Visitors from Texas

2008-04-08T13:54:00.000-07:00

Bill's sister Jennifer, her husband Lewis, and their oldest daughter Taite (Paige stayed in Texas with Bill's parents) came and visited this weekend. It was really fun for Taite to meet Luke.
(Did I mention that we have a tether ball in our backyard?)

Here are just some other pictures that we've taken over the last few weeks:

One month check-up

2008-03-23T21:31:00.000-07:00

Luke had a great one month check-up. He weighed 9 pounds 10 ounces and was 21 1/4 inches long. He's definitely getting some rolls and a double chin...I love it:)

3 week update

2008-03-06T20:58:00.000-08:00

We can't believe he's already 3 weeks old! I'm definitely enjoying snuggling with him.

My mom left on Sunday after spending almost 3 weeks with us. Needless to say, Monday and Tuesday were rough for me because I was by myself for the first time. It took me 45 minutes to make a pancake...not a good start. Hopefully things will get easier :)

Luke is no longer yellow :)

2008-02-23T20:26:00.000-08:00

Thankfully, as of yesterday his levels had gone down enough that we could stop using the vests. We were a little discouraged on Tuesday because his levels were actually a little higher, but on Wednesday the levels started to drop. The only lasting affect that the jaundice had was that Luke is no longer into swaddling. He likes for his arms to be totally free...see below

He also doesn't like to be bathed at this point...

Off to a rough start...

2008-02-20T12:27:00.000-08:00

We took Luke to the doctor on Monday and he was down to almost 6 pounds so we have to start supplementing with formula at each feeding. We also had to go have his blood drawn because he was jaundiced and we had to see what his levels were. That was not a fun experience, probably more for me than him. He did not like being held down or the turnicut. His numbers were high enough that we have to start phototherapy...which also means we have to go to the hospital each morning to have his blood drawn so we can see what his numbers are. Luke has to be in the vest all the time except when we are feeding him or changing his diapers. Amazingly, he's doing great. He's our little glow worm:)

A Valentine's Day baby

2008-02-17T21:13:00.000-08:00

We didn't get to go in until 10 AM, and Dr. Goldberg (who is the best OB ever!) came in and broke my water at about 11 and then I got my epidural around 11:30. Whoever invented the epidural is awesome:)

My mom and mother-in-law came in to visit me around 1:30 and I was dialated at a 3. They moved me into the delivery room not long after that and was at about a 6 around 3:00. By 4:15 I was at a 10 and ready to push!

After one-and-a-half hours of pushing, Luke Joel Magsig arrived at 6:38 PM on February 14, 2008. He weighed 7 pounds 1 ounce and was 19.5 inches long.

Here are just more pictures...

My mom, Jan

Bill's mom, Peggy

The Magsig men, Rick, Bill, & Luke

Home at last! We got to leave Saturday afternoon and had almost a 2 hour drive home. It was a little rough on me, thank goodness for painkillers! Luke was great and slept pretty much the entire time.

Our last night at home

2008-02-12T20:33:00.000-08:00

After Bill accepted a position at a church in Bakersfield, we decided to still deliver our baby in LA at Cedars-Sinai since we wouldn't be making the move until just a few weeks before he was due. To make it a little less stressful since the mountain pass between here and there can be closed this time of year, I am going to be induced. Tomorrow morning, we'll be heading to LA to pick my mom up at the airport and then spend the night at our friends Brian & Morgan's. We have to call labor & delivery at 1:00 AM to see if I can still head in at 2 AM to be induced. My waist measures almost 40 inches! I can't wait to be able to tie my shoes and shave my legs again!

My growing belly

2008-02-11T18:33:00.000-08:00

I couldn't wait to show so that people wouldn't just think I was just gaining weight. After the first 5 months where you couldn't tell I even had a bump unless i lifted up my shirt, it was amazing to see how big my belly got. I was really concerned about getting an outie but, I never got one. My belly button just stretched waaay out.

week 15

week 20

week 27

week 34

We're having a baby!

2008-02-10T15:15:00.000-08:00

Last Father's Day we found out that I was pregnant. We were so excited, but it soon began diminishing during week 7 when my morning sickness kicked in. I'm not sure why it's called morning sickness because it was more like all day and night sickness. My first trimester passed and instead of getting better, it got worse. Finally, during week 17, it went away. I think I had forgotten what it was like not to feel nauseous all the time.

This was our first ultrasound picture where we got to see and hear the heartbeat. I was due February 23, 2008.

Here are our ultrasounds from week 16 when we found out we were having a BOY!!

This is my favorite ultrasound that we have of him because I feel like we could see him so clearly. He was 21.5 weeks old: