What we would call....Chillaxin

Luke is at the age where he is growing and changing every day! He enjoys pulling himself up on everything he can and "cruising" through the house. He is a joy to watch as he moves and explores every day. He is starting to say little words, although not directed at anyone in particular, like Hi, Mama, Daddy, Adyie (his girlfriend at the sitters), and baba. The following pictures are of him chillaxin (chillin and relaxin). This morning he pulled his legs out from under his high chair and rested them on his tray as if he was sun bathing! And....he thought it was hysterical! Enjoy the pictures.

Baseball Season!

Well baseball season has officially begun and now, it is almost over! I can't believe it! We signed Trenton up for baseball this year during the spring season since he aged out of the summer ball program. Trenton has made so much progress this year and has gotten really good at his striking skills! He has been able to hit the ball on most pitches (machine pitched) with good force. We are still working on his skills in the field but they have also improved. His team has won all of their games except for one so that has also been a plus this season! Here are some pictures of him up to bat and playing catcher (a great position for him because he has to focus every pitch). We are proud of his progress and hard work this season!

Catching Up!

Luke and Macey in Michigan

Auntie La La and Luke in Minnesota at the Zoo

The boys on Easter

Since it has been a while I am posting some pictures from our trip to Michigan in early April, my trip to Minnesota with Luke in late April, and Easter with the boys! Enjoy!

Luke's "Fake" Haircut

I have never had so many people question why I had let my son's hair grow so long! It was really bad when two of his doctors spoke about the length of his hair. Numerous times when we were out in public people ask about our little "girl"????? So, against my wishes of waiting until he was one to cut his hair, I gave in! Miss Tammi (who cut Jonnie's hair when he was a kid) and Grandma were so kind to carefully take their time and "trim" his hair. However, I requested that a picture be taken and since it took both of them to cut it (one to hold, the other to cut) I took a picture when I came to pick him up that day. Here is the "fake hair cut" picture.

A Sick Baby

Well, it has been a while since I have written anything but things have been crazy! I finally finished my last grad class of the program I was in-yea! So, I truly vow to take more time to share photos and memories in the making. I am posting a recent picture of Luke as he continues to grow. He is now scooting across the floor, crawling (only a few steps at a time), and attempting to stand up! He also has six teeth and it looks like more are on the way. It is unbelievable to me how fast they grow at this age and the amount of things they can discover. Trenton was with his mom on this day so again, no pictures of him.

The day after this picture, Luke got really sick. He has been wheezing and when we went to the Dr. they put him on an inhaler. After that didn't work they put him on the nebulizer every four hours and found that he had a double ear infection. We went back again, and his ears were still infected (three days later) but his breathing had improved. So, that is where we are now. We leave on a flight to Michigan to visit Auntie Kristy, Uncle Chris, and cousin Macey so we are hoping his health improves quickly this week.

More on the boys to come......

Rubber Ducky, You're the One.....

You make bath time so much fun! Well, Luke is at the age where he is transitioning through many things like car seats, strollers, and yes-the bath tub! He grew out of his infant tub at four weeks because he was so long. Then, he began using a bath cradle in the big tub but has outgrown that as well because he prefers to sit up. However, since his sitting ability is not up to par, he often slides all over the tub and trying to bathe an almost 7 month old while holding on to them with one hand can be extremely difficult.

So, while using up some of my left over gift cards at babies-r-us, I found the Munchkin Inflatable Safety Duck Tub which as you can see from the video, he loved! It may take up a lot of space but I think it's worth it considering the fact that he enjoyed it and he can be more independent during bath time.

A play date!

Well, this week started off good when Luke had a play date with Will! Renee and Will came over for lunch and even made the trip through the first snowfall of the season. Things went well and the boys hit it off-from pulling at hair, taking off socks, to just staring at each other-they seemed to enjoy themselves. Trenton missed all the action because he was with Grammie but he was getting anything he wanted so I don't think he missed much at home. Overall, a nice day enjoyed by all.

As for the end of this week, this house has the sick bug again and it's been tough! I am very blessed to have a wonderful husband who is the love of my life because I couldn't do it without him. I was so sick on Wed. night that by Thurs. morning I could hardly get out of bed. He took care of both kids in the morning and shipped them out for the day. Then, he made me a Dr's appointment, since I had no voice, and even came home in the middle of the day to drive me to the Dr's! What a wonderful hubby! He's the best.