ONE BIG KID!!

I have said before that there's something about having a kid that makes you a kid again. The other day I was cleaning the house while Matt entertained Lucas, to keep from making a mess right behind me. I walked into Luke's room to find this:





I certainly do love both of my boys! They always make me laugh. And it is quite obvious that Lucas admires his dad, and his daddy just adores him - they are the best of friends.

Bath time!!

So I know this might be weird for some of you, but I think its cute. My sister gave me this idea: every month I took a picture of Luke in the bath, to show how fast he grew. I am going to make a scrapbook page of it, but thought I would put the pictures up here too. And I know I should have put him in the big bath sooner, but the plumber came to fix our drain, and took the plug! So it took a long time to find one that fit. Anyway, enjoy!

Can you believe it?! I can't! My baby is a toddler now, he is learning and growing so much! This was at Luke's birthday party, he opened his presents (which he didn't really understand or care for, but now he loves his toys!), then we let him get naked and play in his cake. And by the way, I made the cakes, and I will never do that again, it took forever. But, Lucas enjoyed destroying his cake, but once everyone was laughing, he, of course did his normal shy Lucas act, and started bawling. After that we were done. Thank you every one for celebrating with us, and for the gifts you gave Lucas, he has so much fun with his new toys.




Lucas can now say "dada" "mama" "hi" "bu-bye", he has said "uh oh" a few times, and he is getting pretty good at mimicking noises. He can wave, walk, clap. I just can't believe it, this last year has gone by so fast. I am pretty sad that my baby is growing up, but I am loving it! Oh and, who would have thought, the little guy has grown up. What I mean is, Lucas was born a whopping 5 lbs 15 oz. and is now bigger than some of his friends, and almost just as big as his cousin who is about a year older! I am not saying Lucas is huge, all I am trying to say is, nobody can pick on him now, expect maybe Porter (sorry Michelle). At Lukes last appt he was 19 lbs 13 oz. Still small, in the 8%, but bigger than I would have guessed he would be.

Free Photo Book

Hi everyone. Well, I never do this type of thing, but my Aunt sent me this link for a free 8x10 photo book (20 page -10 front and back). It was on Oprah the other day, and they are really cool books. If you do make one, you still have to pay for shipping and handling which is only about $7.00. The catch is, you have to open an account with snapfish.com (which is actually a pretty good site, and its free for an account) by tomorrow. And if you already have an account you still need to sign on by tomorrow. And, the book has to be completed and ordered by Sunday night. This would make a great christmas gift for somebody. Hopefully you guys can use it! :)

http://www.oprah.com/slideshow/oprahshow/20081029_tows_messyhouse/7

Finally!

YAY! We had our wonderful friends Adam and Cyndi take family photos for us, and I love them! Everytime we get family pictures done, they turn out terrible!! So, I can't even explain how happy I am with these pictures, and the pictures of Lucas even turned out. Thank you Cyndi and Adam, we love them!!

Our new family addition

I know I have already done 2 posts today, but I am trying to catch up. For those of you who know Lucas, this doesn't come as a shock: Lucas broke our t.v. remote. Matt and I decided that its not a urgent "run out and go get" type of thing. So we have been without a remote for a little while. We were telling Matt's brother Bruce and his wife Heather about it. And they were so nice, they gave us an extra one that they were given. This Remote is hilarious, it is HUGE! When we are sitting down, we have to use, both our hands and our chin to change the channel. I just thought I would give everyone a good laugh, because this thing is so big!

Halloween Firsts

Obviously it was Luke's first Halloween, first time dressing up, first time trick-or-treating, and pretty much first time being allowed to eat lots of candy (but don't worry, it was too much). But this year we had another first: Ever since I met Matt I haven't dressed up, it was sad to me, but we never had anywhere to go that we needed to dress up for. And Matt always said "Halloween is a kids holiday, you are too old to dress up." But, Matt surprised me, this year, he dressed up!! Matt dressed up as Reggie Miller. I guess being a father, makes you a kid again. Unfortunately, I didn't dress up, I couldn't come up with anything in time. But Halloween was so much fun! I am super excited for next year!