eating on the run

We have started rice cereal and although the first week was a bit rough, with more food outside than inside of his mouth:) But he's gotten the hang of it, pulling the food in with his tongue rather than pushing it out. While traveling we don't have a high chair around, so the stroller is the best we've got...it works alright, but it's way funnier for him to eat from it than from the high chair...he's far too wiggly.

LA

We spent the last week enjoying sunny southern california, visiting friends and seeing new places. We were very worried about the plane ride, five hours in a small area with lots of people who don't want to hear a screaming baby echo throughout the cabin, but lil rob did great, eating and sleeping right on schedule.
First we headed to LA to see a few of my friends from high school and college...some of whom I haven't seen since we got married (wow...four years is a long time)...they all loved our son, clearly. We visited hollywood and beverly hills and saw the hollywood sign and walk of fame and all that great touristy stuff...ate really good food and strolled along santa monica's beach walk. Thanks to Abby for taking us around...you look so refreshed on the malibu beach pier:

This is my sweet friend Katie at dinner with Rob...for those of you who know her, the fact that she's holding my son is a VERY big deal!

jetblue:)

Robert and I had talked about our possible bar trips and with the little one the greek islands and israel options were pretty much out:) BUT, then Robert stumbled upon JetBlue's promotional all you can fly month...so we signed ourselves up! We started out with our first trip without baby..only one night and let me tell you, it was rough. BUT we had a blast running around NYC pretending to be real new yorkers by riding the subway, eating in the west village and riding the double decker tour bus (well, that's not real new yorker material, but it was a lot of fun). Here's Robert and I by the statue of liberty on the way to ellis island, an event that this history dork found fastinating!
Next Robert jetted off to Phoenix to visit his best friend Kennedy, saw a Diamondbacks AND a Cardinals game...his ideal sporty weekend. Then, the three of us jetted off to Portland, Maine to visit Acadia National Park and enjoy the coast, including some yummy lobster!


It's a fabulous place and we highly recommend it to any who are looking for a relaxing, different and very family friendly place to visit:)

Robert's off to Boston for the day with his sister...we're trying to take full advantage of the month long pass!

tummy time photo shoot and learning to sit up

These days, my posts usually come in waves..when I find a moment I try to make up for not posting before! Rob is getting so good at picking up his head and looking around while on his tummy, plus, he's learning how to use those stomach muscles and sit up by himself! Here are a few photos from our recent photo shoot...I'm usually not much of a photographer, but I'm pretty proud of these:)

End of August

For many, the end of august means the start of school, the end of summer and perhaps neverending hot and sweaty metro rides...but for the Lucks it means the start of football season, and not just any football season...Virginia football season. This year, it also coincides with the changeover from 0-3 month into 3-6 month clothes for our little guy. As I was switching things around I began to notice a pattern...one that will probably not surprise any of you...the repetition of two colors, orange and blue.

I decided to take a photo:

now, due to the large amount of options, we have split it into two categories...game day gear (above) and formal attire (below)

and a third, winter gear:
now, for those of you who have tried to count let me save you the time..30..yes, 30 items devoted to our alma mater. If anyone was in doubt about our allegiance before, there is now no room for doubt...

yes, we are a little obsessed..well, Robert certainly is and, thank goodness, I like the color scheme:)

two week recap

We have been slacker blog posters recently and hopefully when you hear all that we've been up to, you'll forgive us! In the past two weeks, Robert has studied for and taken the bar exam! He is now done, officially, with Law School and has the next five months to do nothing more than hang out with his son and his wife:) Lauren has spent the last two weeks packing up our home on Arlington Blvd...I had not quite realized how much stuff we accumulated over the past two years, and we had a lot of fun de-cluttering and making some money off of craigslist (enough to pay for two plane tickets to somewhere fun...at least, that's my plan!). Thanks to LOTS of help from Mr. and Mrs. Szy and Mr and Mrs Luck, we are officially moved out and cleaned up completely. Robert and I are really going to miss the community that we formed and with friends moving to all parts of the country we are already planning lots of visits to Texas, Costa Rica, Tennessee, Lynchburg/Greenville, and lots more!

Our son has been growing by leaps and bounds also. He is sleeping from 8pm to 7:30am each night (and we couldn't be more pumped), and is awake for up to an hour and a half at a time...which we love. It gives us lots of opportunities to watch him learn and grow. He is grasping toys and studying them, getting better with tummy time, and wanting more and more to be sitting rather than laying down. He has become quite "talkative", making completely incoherant sounds and loving every minute.

Below is a photo of Rob holding his lovie...a little duck that has his name embroidered on it...thanks Mrs. Brandon.

I'm Three Months old!

Our little guy is three months old today and we cannot quite believe how much he's changed:) We can't imagine life without him and are loving every second that we can get before Robert starts work in January! Just a recap of the first three months:


one week:

one month:

two months:
three months: