Luke is by and large pretty relaxed, but occasionally he can get pretty fussy. Mid-afternoon is often a rough time. He doesn’t want to sleep and holding him doesn’t really calm the storm. Yesterday he was raising Cain and Liz was trying to sleep. I was getting pretty frustrated with his noise making so out of desperation I grabbed a pacifier. And what do you know…it pacified him. He was out cold within a couple of minutes, and I put him in the bassinet where he slept for the next hour and a half.

He seems to like being on his belly. He also slept well in the pack and play this morning while bundled up in his new swaddling gear. I had to buy another box of newborn diapers at Walmart today. Ouch. Waiting for the rain to pass so we can get him back outside.

Today we took advantage of the lovely weather and a visit from our friend Emilie by going for a little walk around the complex. It was Luke’s first real foray into the great outdoors and he handled it very well. It was nice for Liz to get out too, as it seemed to boost her spirits considerably. Unfortunately rain is supposed to arrive tomorrow and possibly last for several days. But we will venture back outside as soon as it is nice again.

Luke received an overdue second bath last night. He started off calm but that didn’t last too long. At least we covered up his hose this time and didn’t get sprayed.

On Thursday my dad brought by some food that my mother prepared. Fortunately his visit coincided with Luke being awake, so they got to spend some quality time together.