The Galka Family Blog... A way to keep in touch: January 2012

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Who's Who?

Katie, Andrew and Lucas all wore this outfit within the first few weeks of life.

Can you tell who is who?

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Lucas turned Two Months Old on January 10th. He had his well baby doctors appointment the day before and he weighed 13 lbs. He was 7 lbs. 6 oz at birth and they like them to double their weight by Four Months. He is already there! This put him at the 75th percentile for weight. He was 23 3/4 in tall which put him at the 50th percentile for height. He is our rolly polly baby. Something we never had before. Katie wasn't 13 lbs until she was Four Months old. Lucas has already moved into a #2 diaper and is wearing 3-6 month clothes!

Here are some highlights from the past month:

Started smiling a few days after Christmas (6 weeks) and since then smiles at anyone who talks to him. He especially likes when Katie sings to him.
He hates having a poopie diaper. He cries until you lay him on the changing pad. He knows you are going to fix the situation.
You can hold your head up when being held over someones shoulder and turn it side to side to see and hear things. His head is a little floppy still but getting stronger every day.
Very good at tracking people coming into the room or talking
Hates wearing hats and socks. I have to remember to take hats off in the car of he moves his head back and forth so much to try to get it off and it is always goes over his eyes. He panics likes his drowning! does not like it!!!
Cooing a lot. You can talk to him and he "talks" back. Sounds like: ooo, hi, ah
Trying to bat at toys. Stares at them like he is trying to jedi mind change them. He cant reach them nor does he have control of his arms and hands!
Sleeping schedules is a little random but most nights he has a long stretch (about 4-5 hours) and goes down between 9-10pm. After that, the stretches are 3 hours if I am lucky. Usually after the long stretch, it can be 1-2 hour stretches - they kill me!
He feeds every 3 hours. You can set a watch to him!
We are learning his cries. 1) Poopey 2) Tired 3) Overstimulated by brother and sister
He is great baby.

Luc

Mt Snow, Vermont

Mt.Snow, West Dover Vermont

The kids tried skiing for the first time last weekend. It was a success!

We wanted to put them in a lesson but because it was MLK weekend it was only full day ski school - 8:45-4:30pm. There was no way either of them would last. It was -6 degrees Fahrenheit and with the windchill I don't even know the temperature! It was COLD COLD COLD. Andrew hates the cold - hates cold swimming pools/oceans and lasts about 30 minutes sledding. Katie is a little tougher when it comes to the cold, but not by much. So Ned put on skis on and got a lift ticket. I decided just to help out where I could and did not get skis. I have not skied in about 8 years or more. We did the tiniest hill (if you can even call it that) and then once they could do that by themselves we went to the next tiniest. Both had a "magic carpet" lift - think conveyor belt. Ned skied next to them. I ran next to them. It was a lot of fun!

Andrew was a little whiny. Mostly due to the face that he wanted to go on the big hill but partly because of the cold We skied for about an hour and half (much longer that we thought they would last) and then went to the lodge for lunch and, of course, hot cocoa! Ned got in one run by himself, but didn't really want to do more due to the wind and COLD!

This was Katie's first run by herself. And, if you know Katie, she likes to do things right. A little bit of perfectionist in her... Anyway, she was NOT happy that "this girl did not know what she was doing and crashed into her." (direct quote from the expert skier, of course) She did not get hurt. There were tears, but more due to her pride. She recovered quickly and her next run was every better.

It is funny though...

This was typical Andrew. Liked it but whined.