What is this house a Nudist Colony?

The other day I layed Luke down for his nap despite the fact that he was NOT acting tired. Thought he would just sing himself to sleep, he does that quite a lot.

Well, an hour later he was still awake. Matt and I could hear him singing and talking. So I decided to just give in and get him up.

I walked into his room and he was standing up dancing in place....with only his shirt on!

I'll spare you the photos. And to be honest I was too busy yelling for Matt to come look at his son to really remember to get the camera. Oh and I was laughing hysterically because Luke was giggling like crazy. He knew what he was doing.

Just a little story to brighten the day :)

Happy Birthday Luke!

This year we are celebrating Luke's birthday on Saturday so we could gather some family together. We went with a Mickey Mouse theme, and I decorated a little and made Mickey Mouse cupcakes. Since it was 74 degrees out we BBQ'd, of course. We didn't really want anything big so we just invited Chad and Mary (Ranger & Liam) and Erin and Aric (Brayden, Riley, & Carter).

We had a blast. It was so great getting all the family together. And all those boys in the house! It completely cracked me up. All the boys took turns riding in and pushing around each other in Luke's car stroller out back. I wish I had pictures or video of this. It was hilarious. And probably dangerous too. They would take off running and try to make tight corners. That stroller is not made for such abuse, and it would nearly tip over every time. The boys loved it. And can I say that you could tell when it was a the pusher of the car was a sibling of the rider of in the car. They were much less concerned for the well being of the rider.

I also set up the pop tent that Luke got for Christmas. Cousin Liam thought that was the best thing ever. He kept running in and out and giggling. All the while we had movies on the TV and just enjoyed each other's company. I only have a few pictures that Matt snapped. I always forget to take enough pictures when people are over. Easily distracted I suppose.

SQUIRREL!

Just saying.

We wish all of the people we love and care about that live so far away could have been with us. We're so happy to have this special boy with us. This year has flown by, I can't believe it's been a year. How grateful I am to have this little miracle in my life and blessed to see him grow and learn everyday.

FYI

Just a note to let you guys know that I have video of Luke walking on my facebook page. Unfortunately I can't upload video to the blog right now, not sure why. Only know I'm not smart enough to figure out how to fix it.

Gotta run. We're in the middle of a MAJOR meltdown at my house...

Feeling Groovy

We're having a really nice day. It's going to be 71 degrees. The sun is shining. We're all feeling pretty healthy... Can it get any better? Here's just a couple pictures of Luke with his shirt off. Because, YES, it still makes me giggle.

Observing Man in the Action

Matt got to sleep in this morning before he went to work. Luke and I tried to be quiet so Daddy could get some rest, but Luke just wanted to go see him. So we snuck in and snuggled in bed with him before he had to get up.

But when Matt started to get ready for the day Luke just became fascinated. He would follow him in and out of the bathroom, around the bedroom, the whole time must staring wide eyed. So cute. He's observing what it's like to be a boy. I'm sure he's filing it all away for when he'll need it.


Here he is chasing after Dad. You can see Matt in the reflection of the mirror.

"Oh...that's how you put on socks. Good to know."

"Um, excuse me mom, kinda busy..."


That's the face of complete and utter adoration.

Goodbye Sick Baby

For 3 weeks this is what my baby looked like. Sad. Laying on the floor. Making sad noises.

3 weeks. Felt like FOREVER.

But now he's feeling better. Hallelujah!

Now I can post fun pictures again. Because I'm sick of looking at a sad, sick boy.

Baby's First Christmas

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Year's. I apologize for taking so long to post pictures of our little family Christmas. Luke and I have been battling the yucks since mid-December and it's just been a little hard to get anything accomplished around here lately. These pictures are out of order but I'm too tired and on codeine to really start all over. I know you won't judge me...

This is a cool toy that "Gramma Donna" got Luke. Donna is a very sweet lady I work with that spoils Luke every chance she gets and Christmas was a good excuse. This toy is actually a little race track that spins around and you drop a car down one side and it will spin it around until it shoots out the other. Very fun. But when you turn it off Luke thinks it's a cool chair.

Here is the tool set from Gramma and Grampa Smith. He runs around and hammers everything in sight.

Luke loves his board book of the hungriest caterpillar and loves it when I make the caterpillar inch around his arms.

Opening his stocking gifts with Bruno. Bruno was the only one allowed downstairs. The other 2 crazies were sent packing back upstairs.

Luke might not have understood "Santa" or "Christmas" but make no mistake....he UNDERSTOOD "new toy". He practically jumped out of Matt's arms when we got downstairs and he saw what Santa brought him.



Checking out his new car stroller that Santa brought him.

Trying to walk with both his cool new "Walking" toys. By the way: they totally worked. He's walking now. Tried to download the video to the blog and it won't take.

Taking a spin in his car. This toy pretty much out-shined everything. He has an obsession with it. Whenever we come downstairs he finds it and will play with it until we go back upstairs.

He's hugging his car....that's right, HUGGING. You think Santa did a good job??

I have a ton more pictures, and will be posting them soon. But now this momma is tired again and will need a nap.