What Luke Loves

Luke has quite the fun personality. He is very quick to let you know if he likes what's going on, or if he doesn't. There is no questioning it with Luke. A few things that he really loves right now:

 

He loves to hang out with his dad and learn cool new tricks.

 

He loves to cruise in his car and takes great care to make sure the AC (fan) is pointed at just the right angle to insure his hair remains untouched.

 

Bryan and I still haven't figured this one out, but he loves to chill upside down. Maybe he is a superhero in the making. 

 

He loves to give us the "stink eye" if we even pretend that we are going to take away that bottle before he is finished.

 

Luke loves to just sprawl out and roll around on the floor. It is hard for him to be confined to his car seat or our laps for more than 5 minutes.

 

 He loves his "johnny-jump-up." So do I.

P.S. There is something that Luke really DOESN'T love...

 

TEETHING!!

Bluebird Day

It has been W-A-Y too long since I last visited the ski slopes. Bryan offered me a full day of watching Luke so I could go skiing with my friend, Lindsay. I took him up on that offer before he had time to blink an eye. I realize that I am one very lucky woman; HUGE thanks to Bryan--he is always great to help me get out of the house every now and then to enjoy "me" time.

 

Lindsay and me at the top of a run with those a-m-a-z-i-n-g Colorado Rockies behind us. (I'm use to having Bryan at my side---hence, the weird "let me put my hand on your elbow")

  

Making my way down the hill. My outfit was put together by my husband. Bryan gave me the fancy blue pants last year, the skies for our wedding, and the goggles a few Christmases ago...he keeps me in style on the slopes. 

 

Such a beautiful day.

Book Group, Southern Style

I belong to a neighborhood book group that is quite entertaining---more so than I thought book groups could be. :) We each take turns hosting once a month. We decided it might be fun when you host to make appetizers/treats based upon the book. For example, one month we read Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie so the hostess made a pie. Another month we read The Geography of Bliss, which then the hostess did a chocolate fondue (the author visits Sweden in the book). All of these gals are very clever.

I was quite nervous when my turn to host rolled around. The book that was read on my turn was The Same Kind of Different as Me (side note--really good book). This book was set in the South, so I started brainstorming ideas about what I might cook that would be considered "soul food." The most that I could come up with was some good ol' KFC. I started lamenting to Bryan about my lack of creativity when he mentioned that he works with a guy that could give us some good recommendations.

Enter Fuhari, yes, Fuhari. When Bryan asked Fuhari what he would recommend for me to cook, well, he jumped right on in and told Bryan that he LOVES to cook and would LOVE to come cook for my book club night. Well, when Bryan told me this, I felt like I had won the lottery. JACKPOT!

Bryan and Fuhari arrived at our house around 3:30 the afternoon of book group. The kitchen was suddenly transformed into some type of war zone that I didn't recognize and I started to feel my pulse quicken and eyebrows rising...what's going on??? I thought we were just doing some appetizers. Well, Fuhari is quite the chef and managed to make just about every southern dish I could never dream of (really, I tried, remember KFC?) He made cornbread, mussels, fried catfish, shrimp, chicken, succotash, rice and beans...I mean wowzers! This man cooked for about 5.5 hours straight...he was even cooking all through book group! It definitely went slightly different than planned, but made for one interesting evening with some TRUE southern cookin'.


 
Bryan attempting to be the "Sous-Chef"...


 
This is about 5 minutes before showtime, I was a little nervous with how things were going ... I love that Fuhari is giving a peace sign. I think he was trying to tell me to chill out! :) And then, there is my wonderful husband, cleaning and washing dishes like crazy...good man, that or he saw the crazy look in my eye. :)



 
Mussels



 
Bar-b-que chicken




 
The gals of the Book Group.


Until the next month of hosting...

a FuN DaY!!

Today was my friend's, Whitney's, birthday. Whitney and I became friends last year through our church and then cheering our husbands on at weekly softball games. We found out that we had even more in common when I told her I was expecting Luke in September, she was expecting Parker in November! She is such a fun and sweet person. I am blessed with such great friends in my life.

 
We ate a yummy place for lunch called "Crave." It had some delicious hamburgers, sandwiches, fries, shakes...I pretty much tried everything! I loved it all!


 
The happy couple, Cam and Whit, headed out for some fine birthday dining!



We were lucky to have Parker stay with us while his parents went out. He is such a handsome, good baby! Luke was excited to have a friend over to play with and one that spoke his language!

These boys are destined to be friends...In just a few years, I'm sure they'll be on the same T-ball team with Cam as the coach! :)

Luke's Blog

 I am aware that this blog is quickly becoming the blog of Luke. I think that Luke is more fun to look at than Bryan or I anyway. I'm sure as summer rolls around, we'll be out and about a little more. When that happens, we'll at least have more varying backgrounds for Luke's pictures!



 

Luke is on the move! He isn't crawling, but he is rolling...all over the place! I think he likes the game "hide and go seek", because he loves to roll under his bouncy and have me find him...


 
Boo! I see you...gets a giggle out of him, pretty much every time!



 
We finally upgraded to a "real" bathtub, no more sinks! He has taken nicely to the new tub. He even asked me to bring him a "real" drink the last time he was soaking. (Some people say he is chunky...I just don't see it)


 
This picture depicts how day-to-day life is around our home. Bryan wearing his hole-filled thermal wear (I think this shirt has been in the family for 20+ years...I can't wait for warmer weather and the disappearance of this shirt).  Luke sporting just his diaper with his button-up shirt and Bryan doing just about anything to get a chuckle out of Luke, me...or both!


 
Sure do love this "little" guy!

MEXICO!

We spent a week in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico with our good friends, the Olsens. Darci and I were roommates for a year or two-- back in our "wild and crazy" single days.  We decided that our phone calls and emails just weren't cutting it anymore! We needed to get together, especially somewhere warm! We managed to make this trip happen, even with two babies (huge amount of credit to our husbands). We had a wonderful time...I'm already missing that perfect weather combined with the sound of the ocean (ahhh, long sigh).

 

The entire gang: Joey, Randli, Darci, me, Bryan and Luke

 

Luke experiencing the ocean and beach for the first time. He wasn't too sure what to make of all of it.

 

Unsure of the water and sand, Bryan made sure that Luke still had a good experience. Luke definitely enjoyed playing with his dad on the beach.

  

The "grown-ups" managed to squeeze in some boogie boarding. Joey was feeling a little under the weather this day, so Bryan became buddies with another friendly guy (flashback to our honeymoon when Bryan  boogie boarded with another older fellow as well). I love that Bryan is outgoing and friendly with practically anyone. 

 










 

 Luke liked for ALL of the beach goers to know when he arrived on the beach. We thought that not everyone might enjoy this cheerful greeting. Bryan hauled several chairs for quite the distance to help us (and others) enjoy their time on the beach.

 

Miss Randli is such a cute, calm baby! She would often cash out in the stroller to the sound of the waves.

 

Mister Luke is such a handsome (we might be prejudice), active baby! He loved playing in his tent and rolling out of it into the sand.  :)  

 

Loving the warm weather and ocean.

Randli and Luke were side by side for the entire trip...

 

 

 

We learned that there is vacationing and then vacationing with a baby. Two very different things. Luke did surprise us and slept very well (for the most part) making it feel even more like a true vacation for everyone.

  

Love these two boys.

 

 

Family pic on the beach

 

 The Olsens

 

El Mexico.

Visit From Grandma

Bryan was away on business for a few days, so Grandma came to keep Luke and me company. We had a great time shopping, eating, sewing, visiting, etc. Luke loved playing with Grandma. His favorite game was the "disappearing sock." Hard to capture on camera and I'm not smart enough to find the video on Bryan's fancy shmancy camera, so pictures will have to suffice. I think my mom and I were laughing harder than Luke. Such a fun time right now with this little guy.

In other news, Luke has learned how to maximize the surface area of his binki, way to go buddy. :)

Pardon the green peas, we were having too much fun at time time to wipe his face clean...

Thanks for coming out to visit! We love having visitors!