Nana and Grandpa

Luke got to spend a short but fun weekend with his Nana and Grandpa. He is so blessed to have so many grandparents who love him so much. We only wish that they were all closer so he could spend more time with them!
They even babysat for us while we went to Lifegroup, which gave them some quality time with him. He rarely spends any time away from us, so this was great for him.




We are so excited for the next couple of months. We are going to Oklahoma next weekend to see Ford's parents and my grandma. Then in November my dad is coming from Australia, and of course we will see the Oklahoma family again at Thanksgiving. We love spending time with our family.

I love the weekends!

We had a fun and exciting weekend! Luke is so energetic and fun lately. He is teething, so that adds new fun to the mix. He is doing ok, but decided to boycott naps and sleeping some of the time. He has gotten very good at controlling his hands and loves to put anything and everything in his mouth. He loves to pull hair, crumble up paper, and touch everything! He is sitting up great, still wobbles some, and tries to scoot on his tummy. He is eating carrots, sweet potato, banana, and peas and will soon try butternut squash and applesauce. He definitly knows who his mom and dad are, and is starting to not want to be left with strangers, like at church.

I used to babysit Melody and Madison, and was Melody's preschool teacher. They are such sweet little girls. They came over on Saturday to have lunch and play with Luke. They were around when I was pregnant, and Melody felt Luke kick several times. Luke loved them and had so much fun. I enjoyed getting to hang out with them again.

Saturday afternoon, we had Taylor's birthday party. It was a pool party, which Luke loved! He was a little tired, but he always likes hanging out in the water. All of the other kids had a blast playing in the pool and with all of the toys.

We had to leave the party early to go to Uncle Dustin's baptism. We were so excited for him!! He and several other members of their church shared their testimony and were baptized. Their church is great and we love their pastor. He is an amazing speaker with so much passion.

Luke was not such a big fan of the nursery and I got called out. But their church has a cry room with a TV monitor of the service, which is so nice. I wish our church had that. After we went to dinner with Casey and Dustin and his family, and my mom and step dad who all came down for the baptism. It was a great, but very long day.

Of course when we got home, Ford had to watch the OU game so it was a late night!

Our Little Man

Sunday, Luke got all dressed up for church in his new shirt and awesome new shoes from Aunt Casey, and he looked so handsome! He even styled his hair...






I am still amazed at his blonde hair and blue eyes!


He is of course, a die hard OU fan!!

Feed Me!!

After several days of rice cereal, we discovered that Luke loves to eat! He can't get it fast enough, and cries when it is gone. He really loves eating and keeps most of it in his mouth, not that you can tell from the pictures :)

We have now tried carrots and peas, and he loved them both. I had a great plan to take food really slowly because of Ford's food allergies, but he is already to the point where he cries when he sees us eating, and wants to eat anything we give him.


I am making his baby food whenever possible, which is somewhat ironic because I used to give my friend Carrie Baker a hard time for making her daughter's baby food! Now I really enjoy it and it saves so much money!

Next he will try sweet potato and after a week or two of vegetables, we'll do banana, apple, and avocado. We are watching very carefully for food allergies, but so far so good!!

Another Happy Birthday!!

Luke also has two very special Uncles who live all the way in Australia, and he has a very special birthday message for them too!!

By the end, all he wanted to do was eat the signs!!

Have a great birthday Uncle Stephen!! We miss you Stephen and Aaron!! Call me sometime!

Love, Luke

Happy Birthday!

Luke wanted to send a special birthday message to his Aunt Allison:

Yummy yummy

We fed Luke his first solid food yesterday. We started him with just a tablespoon of rice cereal, and he loved it! He ate every drop and acted like he knew what he was doing. Because of Ford's food allergies, we will start off really slowly adding new foods, but the doctor said that solids should help with the reflux. He also slept 8 hours last night!

4 months old!!

Today Luke is 4 months old!! We are so happy and thrilled to be his parents. I can't believe he is growing up so fast! He is so fun now. He laughs and smiles all of the time. He lights up when his daddy walks into the room. He loves to make gurgly noises and blow bubbles with his lips. He LOVES to watch TV (just like his mama), he stares at it anytime it is on and even smiles and laughs at it. He likes to read books and pays very close attention when you read to him. He likes to play with his hands and chew on them. He has so much fun in his exersaucer. He always wants to stand up, never lay down. He wants to see what's going on. When he lays on his tummy, he tries to scoot, and can a little bit but usually falls on his face!








To mark his 4 month birthday, he has started to sit up!! He is not great at balancing, but can do it alone for a minute or two. He uses his arms to support himself, and usually ends up falling over. Before you know it, he will be crawling! We are so proud of him.

Gameday

This weekend was the first weekend of college football!! The first real game was last weekend, but it was only on PPV so we didn't watch it. For us, football season means that most every Saturday is spent watching OU, eating lots of great food, and me begging Ford to turn off ESPN by the end of the day.

Luke was of course supporting the sooners with his clothes, bib, burp rag, pacifier, and socks!!

We watched the game over at the Tates' house and had a great time. Although this no dairy diet sure puts a damper on my game day eating!!


Ford is so glad to have a little buddy to watch the games with. Later this season, we have tickets to two games. Luke is sure to enjoy that!


By the way, OU won if anyone didn't see the game!

Look alike contest

Here are some pictures to help you decide who Luke looks like. My scanner isn't working, so they are pictures of pictures...

Here is Ford, quite a bit older than Luke is now...


Here I am...

And here is our fair skin, blue eyed boy...



Vote on who you think he looks like!!

Yea for three day weekend!!

We had a big weekend this weekend. My mom and brother James came to visit from Oklahoma, and, my sister Casey and brother in law Dustin came over. We all spent the weekend together and had a great time.

Saturday night, our neighborhood had a block party that was a lot of fun!

Aunt Casey and Luke spent some quality time...

Nana and Aunt Casey argued over who got to play with Luke the most!! He is very loved.

We all went shopping at the mall, and Luke was worn out...

We all went to eat at Joe T Garcias!! Yum...

We had a lot of fun and Luke was, as usual, such a good boy. He does so well when we are out and loves watching people.

Nana fed Luke, and tried to spend as much time with him while

she could before she had to go home. He is doing so much better with a bottle lately!! Yea!

Beautiful Laugh

It is amazing what you will do to hear your child laugh. It's also amazing what they seem to think is funny. Luke's favorite things to laugh at are early 90's rap music, usually performed by mom and dad (specific favorites are Vanilla Ice and Fresh Prince of BelAire), dad talking like the teacher from Charlie Brown, and making funny noises with your mouth and tongue.

Here he is laughing at mom...

Here he is laughing at his dad's brilliant rapping abilities...