The Birthday Boy!

We celebrated Luke's first birthday on Saturday with our family and friends. It was a great time of food, fun and fellowship. The rain held off so we were able to have the party mostly outside...YAY!

Luke's party was a baseball theme, so we had hot dogs, peanuts, popcorn, nachos, fruit and then cake and ice cream. I had found on ebay several mini baseball helmets so we used those for our ice cream sundaes.

Luke very carefully opening one of his gifts.
Luke with Papa!
Luke and Daddy.
Playing with his balloons
Luke eating his cake.

11 months ( a little late)

I know that Luke was 11 months on the 16th but things have been busy here. The weather has been much nicer so we have been out and about and also have gotten into the garage sale season. Luke is becoming much more mobile now as well. He is cruising around tables and loves his car walker to push around the room. He has not taken steps on his own, but has no trouble getting around. Here aer some pictures from the last couple weeks.

Easter Weekend!

We had a fun Easter weekend! Keith got off work a little early, so we all headed to Connersville to celebrate Easter with my family. We had a great dinner, and then finished the evening off with a little Easter Egg Hunt for Luke's cousins. There were a couple eggs hidden easier so Luke could participate as well, as you can see in the picture. The rest of the weekend was fun and relaxing. Luke slept till 9 am on Saturday morning, so it gave me a chance to sleep in as well. What a great gift! Sunday, we went to our church and were able to celebrate the real meaning of Easter. We had a great service. Here are some pictures! Luke "cheesing" for the camera at Grandma and Papa's
Luke finding his first egg (He found 4 total in case you were wondering.)

Luke and I

Daddy and Luke

In Honor of Opening Day

Keith is a huge sports fan, and I can usually handle most sports. I have to admit, I get excited when baseball season begins. It must be the feeling of watching a game outside in the summer months, or maybe the fond memories of going to baseball games as a child. Today is the start of baseball season (even though you couldn't tell from the weather) and as you can see Luke is quite excited for the start as well.

The first picture is when Luke was four months sporting the Twins onesie. He doesnt usually always hold brooms, but this was taken about 10 minutes after a certain team got swept in the playoffs.

Here is Luke this morning very much excited to stay up till 8:10 just to see the first pitch. Then he will be whisked away to bed. I thought it was neat seeing how much he has changed in just six short months.

Such a big boy!

Luke is really trying to help more around the house. One of his favorite activities is chasing the cord of the vacuum. I think when he learns to walk we will get him a toy vacuum so he can "help" us clean the floors.

Here is Luke just relaxing, taking a break from the many magazine articles he gets into a day.

He is really starting to pull and stand more, but his favorite part is pounding on the chair until you pick him up to put him in the chair.

10 Month Update

I noticed I havent updated in a while, but we have been pretty busy lately. Luke is now 10 months old, and is officially a crawler now. The crawling has kept us both on our toes. We have also been very busy "decluttering" our house. Our house will officially be on the market on Friday!!! It has been a long couple weeks getting everything ready, but we are praying for a sale (hopefully a quick one). Here are some recent pictures of Luke!Trying to help me put away the dishes.

Luke still loves his bathtime!



This is my rocking chair from when I was a little girl, and Luke is starting to pull himself on and wants to rock now.

His first time at the playground, we have been several times since. Luke enjoys the swings the most.

Another 9 month update

As promised, here are Luke's stats from the Doctors appointment last Wednesday (better late than never, right?) Luke is 18.5 lbs (25th %) and 29.5 inches tall (95 %). His weight percent went down but they said that happens a lot, at this age, since children start becoming more active.

Luke giving his "popeye" face

Looks like he is getting ready to take off