Good Old Update

It's been quite a while since I've written an update on just Luke like I used to do in the good old days of our first family blog. I'm not sure why or how our family blog as morphed into what it is today, but I think I like the change:) One thing that may have contributed to the change (from updates on Luke, i.e. his stats and what he's up to) is that as he's gotten older he has fewer well child check ups to report on and the developments of a five year old are much different from those of a five month old.

As I'm sure you've already heard, Luke is five! Coincidentally, his five year well child appointment was scheduled right on his birthday this year.

Luke's Five Year Stats:

• Weight - 46.9 lbs (85 percentile)
• Height - 43.5 inches = 3 ft, 7.5 inches (63 percentile)
• BMI - 91 percentile

He's a pretty big boy, like we suspected:)

Luke had a good visit with our family medicine doctor who we have seen since I learned I was pregnant with Luke. And, of course, we had the dreaded five year shots. He needed four shots, but they were able to send in two nurses who did the shots simultaneously so it seemed like two. Yeah, not really in Luke's mind! The last two times he's gotten shots (last fall and this visit) have not been fun. I'm assuming, now that he's older, he has more capacity to anticipate the shots which brings more anxiety and stress. So, Brent and I are getting our first taste of holding Luke down, screaming and flailing around. Yikes, not fun! We all survived, but it's certainly harder now that he's older, stronger, and doesn't have a pacifier to console him after the shots:( Thankfully Luke didn't complain about the shots much after he settled down and we didn't hear much about his legs hurting. He only mentioned a couple times in the days following the shots that his shot spots (what else do you call them???) were feeling better.

What else has Luke been up to as a five year old? In January-February he took a four week basketball class through Community Ed that met Wednesdays for 45 minutes. He thought it was great! He had the same, wonderful teacher he had last summer for sports camp. They learned about and practiced the basics: dribbling, passing, positioning on the floor on offense and defense, defense, and rebounding. And, let me tell you, it was a blast to watch and take part:)

The best part of each class was at the end when the kids scrimmaged each other. There were 8 kids in the class, so they broke into two teams of four and a parent would "play" on each team. You can only imagine the chaos of the first time they scrimmaged! The kids were still learning positioning on the court and had virtually no idea where they were supposed to be or where they should be going. The scrimmages got a little more purposeful each week, but my all time favorite was watching Luke play defense. He was all over the kid he was guarding! He literally looked like he was a mirror image of the kid, following every movement he made:) They finally started making it a game between the two of them to try to lose the other when they were on offense. Really quite comical:)

It was fun watching all of the kids in the class and how their personalities came out in the different skills they were learning. The one and only girl in the class was on the ball and great at rebounding. One boy had great hands and was great at stealing the ball. I wouldn't say that Luke stuck out as a "natural" in any skill, but I got a kick out of watching him learn to rebound. Like I mentioned in an earlier post, he loves watching Brent play basketball and is full of questions. So, he gets a lot about the game, but hadn't really implemented his knowledge until his basketball class. He got the idea of rebounding (get the ball after the shot), but when it came time to rebound, his natural, tender-hearted tendency took over. He would stand on the outside of the crowd of kids jumping around, waving his hands, looking busy, but he would not charge in to try to get the ball. (I'm laughing now just thinking about it:)) It was just too cute!

Basketball camp was a blast! Brent and I both got a chance to participate with the kids and both sets of grandparents were able to make it to a class to watch Luke play:)

I'm sure there is other great info to update on Luke as a five year old, but I got a little carried away with the basketball class, so I'll be sure to share more updates on Luke as they come to me. Good night all!