Busy Bee

Today was a very lazy day. Luke went to the chiropractor with me and promptly pooped just as soon as we got placed in a room. In fact, (and I'm sure you want to know this), Luke pooped three times today! Whew! We went through our usual routine: Nap, Eat, Play, Nap, Play, Eat, Play, Bath, Bed. I hope he sleeps like he did last night; he was out for 11 hours straight.

I can almost reach it!

I had to get Luke the keys Casey has, but right now he's more interested in eating his
high chair toy.

Watching Baby Einstein and playing with the DVD case

What a Monday!

Luke likes pulling up on EVERYTHING!

Hi Milo! Today Luke massaged Milo and pulled out chunks of fur; Milo purred loudly and rolled over on his back. He's a silly kitty.

Luke and Alayna are sleepy after our walk. I'll get pictures of Heather and Kathy when we're not all sweaty. :0)

Luke feeding himself for the first time!

Yummy carrots!

Fun at the Crawford's

Jackie, Andy and Casey Crawford that is!

I'm so glad I got in touch with Jackie! We were in Lamaze class together and really got along well. (We couldn't get through a class without cracking up laughing.) I was cleaning out my purse a few weeks ago and found her e-mail address, so I e-mailed her. Luckily the e-mail I sent got to her before that e-mail account was out of commission. Yippeeeee!

We went over for dinner tonight and had a blast watching the kids play together, (well sort of; Luke was more interested in attacking Dixie the dog). The King Ranch Chicken was super yummy and I got to see Jackie's scrap books. I think I'll try my hand at scrap booking, with her help of course. :0)

Casey and Luke playing with (trying to eat) Andy's shoe laces.

There goes Luke! He's off to chase Dixie!

Luke loved Casey's keys. Look close and you'll see Casey playing with her daddy's shoes.

Aaahhh! So sweet!

Eight Months Old Today!

"Where's my Chinese food?"

"Look close and you'll see my sparkling pearly whites! Mommy says they're like piranha teeth, but I'm not sure why."

At 7:03 pm today Luke turned 8 months old!! I can't believe that much time has past since he was born. We went to Oriental Gourmet to celebrate, and he entertained the table next to us as usual. His little personality is coming out more and more every day. I'm so happy that he's our son! Tomorrow is going to be a great day; we're going to go to Babies"R"Us and Lowe's to get a few things for Luke's room. I'd like to go to Carter's too, but we'll see what Luke would like to do.

Jumpin' Jumperoo

Such a happy little jumper!

bath and bed time

David likes to put stuff on Luke's head. Luke doesn't mind which makes it even more funny!

Luke has decided that it's fun to climb out of his ducky. I'm not sure how much longer we're going to be able to use it. :0)

"Dada" helping get Luke ready for bed.

I knew the time would come but I hoped it wouldn't be this soon. Yes, Luke has learned to bite me while he's nursing. I remember reading somewhere that whenever this happens I should immediately stop nursing, say "no" and put him in his crib or place him away from where I am. I'd love to hear any suggestions you may have, so post comments please.

Adjustment and Laughs

Luke went to the chiropractor with me today and he entertained the ladies in the office. I'll have to get some pictures of them with him on Wednesday morning. I had a meeting with my MaryKay Director after the chiropractic appointment this morning and I'm super excited about my new business. I'm going to set up my website tomorrow and get everything set to start excepting orders. Here are some pictures of Luke playing on the floor in the living room this evening. Notice that he has toys out but he's more interested in the bag of wipes!

Arnold and Luke today

Arnold loves to cover himself up with a towel. We'd let him out of his crate, but he'd pee all over the place. He really enjoys his walks with David though...

Luke cracks me up! He was talking/yelling to himself today in his play area.

Mississippi and back

I got bored on the way, and took some black and white pics of Luke

Grandpa, Daddy and Luke saying hi to Arnold

Luke had fun with Grandpa

This morning, before we left for Houston

Lazy Saturday

Luke helped Mommy with laundry today.

This is how today went. Luke woke up at around 7:45 and we let him talk to himself while we tried to get a few more minutes of sleep. I nursed Luke and then fed him some cereal, which he gobbled down. Luke played in his play yard while I did the dishes. We played a little until his 10 am naptime (I mean our 10 am naptime) ;). We ate lunch, (today Luke ate prunes and sweet potatoes), and did a little laundry until it was time for another nap at 2 pm. Luke woke up at around 4:20 and we played and goofed off until dinner time at around 6:30. David and I had breakfast for dinner and Luke had cereal with bananas and sweet potatoes. Luke had his bath at 7:50 and went to bed around 8:10. I can't figure out why the heck I'm so tired, it's not like we really did much. I think it's because David didn't sleep very well last night. I woke up at least 6 or 7 times. I'm going to bed early tonight.

Camera Problems

Our camera may be on it's way out. I've taped it closed because somehow the screws came loose. We got a new battery today (which is currently charging) since our other one would only hold a charge for around 10 minutes. I really love that camera so I'm hoping that a little tlc will help it stick around for a little while longer.

Luke and I went on a walk this evening with Sue's sister Cathy, Sue's daughter Heather and Alayna (Heather's little girl). Alayna talked to Luke pretty much the whole time and Luke did his best to talk to her and laughed at all her antics; it was adorable! I got a blister that really bugged me at the end of the walk, but it feels better now. Walking makes me feel great, and it's helping me to lose my "fluff".

Hopefully my camera will be up and running again tomorrow so I can upload more cute pics of baby Luke. Yea for the weekend!

Beach Day

We took Luke to the beach today, and it was so much fun. Luke put his little feet in the water and squished sand between his toes. It almost made me cry to see him taking in the beauty of God's awesome creation.

We didn't stay for very long because David and I didn't have swim suits on, but next time we'll stay longer and be more prepared to get wet. We think that we'll make Wednesday our "beach day" for the rest of the summer.

David loved holding Luke as they watched the waves

"Wow this is warm and gooshy Mommy!"

More cute pictures

Too cute not to share. Have a great day!

David's Birthday

I dressed Luke up for Lunch in a cute overall set... he had and accident and needed to be changed at the restaurant. :0)

Luke and his Papa; aren't they adorable.

Yesterday was David's birthday. We had a restful morning and enjoyed lunch at the Aquarium restaurant in Kemah. Later in the evening, we went to Barnes & Noble and then we got ice cream on the way home. It was a great day!

Bath on The 4th

photographic evidence

Luke pulled up on his "enclosure" today!

























Oops! I'll try again in a few minutes...

Standing!

Something wonderful happened when I went to Luke's daycare this morning. I was talking to Sue and Luke pulled himself up to a standing position on a "Little Tikes" picnic bench! I said "Oh my gosh, look at Luke!", and Sue quickly asked for her camera. We missed taking a picture that time, but I'm sure he'll do it again and we'll get it on film.

A funny thing happened yesterday after Luke's lunch. He was crawling around on the floor in the living room and I noticed he had what looked like a stain on the back of his creeper. I pressed down on the stain and realized that it was poop on the other side of the fabric! Thank goodness I remembered we were out of wipes in the nursery, so I ran and got the refill bag in the bedroom. I promptly took him in to his changing table and was amazed at the volume of poop he produced at one time. (Oh, by the way, his poop is really sticky and greenish brown.) I know, tmi! I got it under my fingernail as I wiped his tiny bottom and I had to keep telling Luke "no" as he tried to turn over time and time again. We finally got all cleaned up and I put in a load of laundry. Thank God for washing machines.

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It's Tuesday and I feel like all I've done today is goof off on the computer. Well, Luke and I did take a stroller ride to Sue's house this morning. He sat up like a big boy in his stroller for the first time. (Usually we have him in his infant seat fitted on the stroller frame). O.k., now I've really got to get some stuff done. Hooray for Tuesdays!

I'm not sure why I didn't post these earlier; they're adorable!

Giggles

Hello

Luke likes to be silly after his naps!

This is the first time I saw Luke rooting through his toy basket for the perfect toy. He loves to be underneath his jumperoo.

Yesterday he spent about half an hour playing with a water bottle. Notice all the toys on the floor around him. :0)