It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas (5 Months)

We went to see Santa this past weekend....there was no line AND Lucas did not cry in Santa's arms!  It was a good start to Lucas's first holiday season!

We are counting the days until we fly home to see friends and family.  The annual cooking competition on the Morrison side will be quite interesting this year as we will need to compete with a little one.  I guess my sister does it every with two kids...and WINS!  I guess we need to start working on our costumes...

Lucas turned 5 months old this week - how time flies.  He recently started rolling over and is completely enthralled with his toes.  He hates to wear pants, or really any clothing at all, and would prefer to be naked all the time!

Naming Ceremony and Visitors (4 1/2 Months)

 

Last weekend, we had Lucas's naming ceremony at our church.  It is somewhat like a baptism - welcoming Lucas to the community and recognizing him as an individual.  He wore the baptisimal gown that my brother, sister and I all wore for our baptisms (the bonnet was a little small for his HUGE head!)  We were grateful that my parents were here for the ceremony as Lucas Gregory is named after his Papa.

 

 

Lucas with his godparents, Sarah and Justin.

 

 After the ceremony, we had a brunch to celebrate at our place....Bloody Mary bar and all! Can you tell my mom helped plan the menu?!

Lucas got lots of special time with Papa and Ya-ya.  They even babysat one night so we could go out for dinner which was such a treat.  We so miss them, especially because we got to sleep in while they took Lucas in their bed in the morning when he woke up.

Lucas is loving his Exersaucer...and his tongue is his newest discovery.   He is so close to rolling over and likes to be on his tummy.  We stopped swaddling him at night and he is officially in his crib full time.  All these big steps...he is growing up!