Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Is Winter Over Yet???

I'm going to say it again.....I'm sick of winter! Although it does in my mind give me an excuse to be lazy ( no washing cars, mowing grass, watering flowers, etc) and connotates sipping hot chocolate at night with my hubby, watching movies while the beautiful snow is coming down, this is not usually the reality! Instead it's sipping water inbetween making dinner for my hubby and feeding Luke and throwing in laundry and doing dishes.....getting home from work at 8pm or leaving for work at 6pm. Eating at 9pm myself after everyone is taken care of and things are cleaned up a little. So yes....bring on the car washing, grass mowing and flower watering. I just want to get outside of the house and have it be above 20 degrees! Go for walks with Luke in the wagon and play at the park. Anyhow, enough of that! Spring will be here sometime....just not soon enough. (In July I'll be complaining about the intense humidity and 95 degree days and still not being able to get outside cause it's too HOT! :) Bear with me :)

Onto more important things.

Luke has 4 official teeth with another on the way. They don't seem to bother him and he rather enjoys using them to gnaw on things. The only problem was when he accidently bit himself :)

He has mastered the stairs up and down.

LOVES climbing in the shower with daddy or me.

Clearly says "mom" "mom" now. Not even really ma ma....he adds the "m". He otherwise babbles up a storm thinking he's really talking.

He likes to play with the hand made wooden train the his great grandma Kandel got him.

Loves touchy feely books and his flash cards.

Likes just about any food we eat.....wants to feed himself of course.

Still not too interesed in walking.....lazy butt! He's just so quick on his hands and knees he knows he can get there fast. He may walk later than his mommy did (14 months).

When he lays down for bed time or naps, he points to his fishy mobile to turn it on and then points to the CD player for the music. Then giggles.


I just love baby feet, what can I say??



So does Luke I guess :)


I just love these few bath pictures and his cute little face and smile!! Love seeing those teeth finally!



Lookin at daddy :)

This is a relatively new face he likes to make.....attractive huh?


Another cute smile.


Mmmm, Mmmmm, good!



This was Luke's official first time out in the snow. Just decided to do it one afternoon. He's just checking it out with the tips of his fingers......


And this is how he decided he felt about it! He of course wouldn't put on a hat or gloves. If I had frostbite on my fingers I'd hate the snow too :)



Loving his birthday present. He likes to climb on and off it and push all the buttons. As far as riding goes though, he can only move it backward. Silly boy!



Luke stole daddy's cereal bowl (my husband is not normal.....that bowl is HUGE!) and poured the little bit of milk left in it on his head.



Sticky hair!



See what happens when mommy's at work.....baby gets drunk!



Thinking daddy's swiss army knife is a phone. I attribute this to the alcohol as well!





Playing wtih his wagon and blocks......throwing then out, putting them back in........

Friday, February 08, 2008

Update






Not a whole lot to update on, but I have a couple of cute videos and Luke's 1 year pics to post. He did have a mild case of the flu last weekend, but is fine now :) It's so awful to see your baby sick :(




Climbing the stairs :)



1 Year Old Pictures














Ornery face!











"Counting" his pictures


Luke REALLY enjoys bananas!!





Awww....poor baby! :(



Now I'm happy!!




Luke's first ride in the big boy car seat.....that does NOT look comfortable ( He was riding with daddy by the way)






Below is the cornhole set that David painted for my parents (their Christmas present from last last year). I thought he did a GREAT job! So talented :)









Hmmm............

Monday, January 21, 2008

Our Big Boy is 1 !!!!

I guess there's a little bit of updating to do for those who have not been around! First of all, our little Lukers is officially 1 year old! We had his first birthday party the 19th with just a few friends and family. We had it at my parents house since they have a little more space. We really appreciated that and it worked out well. Luke was in kind of a grumpy/ornery mood from the beginng and we were a little worried what he was going to be like the rest of the day. Thankfully just as he was getting tired while doing presents, he had his cake and was able to open the rest of the gifts on the sugar rush afterward! Haha. Other news.....
1. A couple of days after New Year's, Luke caught whatever David was sick with a few days earlier. He had a 103 degree fever for 3 days and during that time was miserable with that and a constant runny nose and cough. The Dr. said it was some sort of virus because ears/nose/throat looked okay and his blood cultures had come back negative. So we just kept him souped up on Motrin and Tylenol every 3 hours and he slept with the humidifier. Poor little guy :( Took 2 full weeks for the cough to fully go away.
2. He officially has 2 bottom teeth, and his top ones are RIGHT there. It's about time!
3. One day about 2 weeks ago, he decided he would climb the stairs! Until then he's only ever gone up 2 and that's it...then one evening daddy went up to get a shower and Luke wanted to follow, so right up he went, like he'd been doing it forever! Now he climbs up on everything! He's learning how to turn around and slide back down on his belly off the couch or bed. Almost got the hang of that.
4. Had his 1 year apt yesterday and is 19lbs 8oz, 29inches. He is still only in the 8th% for his weight, and 25% for length and head size. He's got a mix of genes.....David and I average, David's mom on the shorter side, my mom and grandpa tall. Who knows what the future holds, but as the Dr. stated, we don't expect him to be in the 81st% anytime soon :) Despite his 4 shots yesterday, we ran some errands and played and they didn't seem to bother him one bit!
5. Losing interest in his bottles, but won't take formula/milk out of his sippy cup. :( Gotta work on that!
6. Finally more interested in walking. Hasn't on his own, but he'll actually walk with us holding his hand instead of crumbling to his knees!
7. He had his first scrambled eggs, PB sandwich, and pancakes in the past few days....loves them all.....and still eats his carrots and green beans!
8. I've caught him saying "mama", but when I ask him to say it again he says "dada"
9. Got his pictures taken the 18th at JCPenny and he was NOT a happy camper. Got a few good shots (which is probably a good thing we didn't get more, cause I would've spent more money!!) I'll try to scan them and post if possible!

Things for us overall have been very good. Luke is so much fun - despite exerting his independence. We're keeping busy with work and activities, but are desperately waiting for the warm weather so we can go for walks and to the park! Luke seems to find all kinds of indoor things to do though! :)


Luke riding his Zebra he got for Christmas







This child will not keep a hat on to save his life!




Sure, why not.... a fun place to play!

Hmmm.....I haven't had that, or that, or that yet.

This was his exersaucer that converted into a stand and play table.


Luke giving his blue bear a birthday kiss!!


The yummy food table!


The punch and cake

Luke's Pooh cake.....it was quite yummy!!

Another view....I think it turned out so cute :)


Some of the decorations.....and thankfully, none of the tape took any paint off. (isn't that right dad?)


Luker's doing a little dance.


Lucky boy.....all the birthday presents!


Started with just playing in the icing...............


After I showed him how to dig his hands in.......

One hand is not sufficient anymore!


He seriously ate about half the cake. I had to take it away from him cause I thought he'd get sick and puke all over the place. He was NOT happy with me.


Post cake eating.....decided instead of making him more mad by dressing him....we'd let him wear his birthday suit! This was a cute little tool pouch from Rachel and Eric.


Some more farm animals from Grandma and Grandpa.

A gift that daddy picked out. His own little 4 wheeler (no it's not electric...he has to push with his feet). I'm sure daddy would have gotten an electric one if I would have let him!

BIG smile!


Finishing the evening with a song composed by Luke Estes


Examining the pineapple.............


Tasting the pineapple :) (He actually really does like fresh pineapple....that one was very tart! )


Cutie laying on the kitchen floor.


Luke's favorite song!