Back to school

Playing in his crib

Smiling at Mommy

Luke absolutely LOVES taking a bath/shower

David and I at the CCISD convocation. The guest speaker was Erin Gruwell; AWESOME!!

Luke and his teacher Ms. Marisol

Luke climbed into the driver's seat when we got home one day last week

"Cheese!"

MY GUYS!!

Sorry I haven't added pics recently. It's been a crazy 2 weeks. I'll try to add a video of Luke tomorrow. Gotta go to bed now. Enjoy the pictures!

Some pictures from yesterday

Luke pressing Elmo's belly button

Luke "honking" Elmo's nose

David's planted tank

Luke and his beloved Panda

Bella Moon sporting a cute bandanna she got at the vet's office

It's hitting me...

Luke, Mommy, and Daddy came up with this one. :0)

I was sitting eating my dinner, my son in his high chair right in front of me, and it hit me. I only have a week left of summer vacation to spend with my little guy. I teared up a little and had to remind myself that he'll love going to "school" and learning all sorts of new and exciting things with his friends. I guess it's a little harder this year because he's talking to us now. We even joke around about stuff and he's funny. He's a little boy... ..not a baby anymore.

I love my job, don't get me wrong. Being a teacher is a "calling" for me, not just a job. It's just... ..well, time is passing extremely fast. I'm taking pictures and treasuring the memories as much as possible. Does anyone else feel my pain?

Tadoodles!

Luke enjoys coloring almost as much as he enjoys his baths!

Sticky Hair, Lily, and the new sandbox

Luke twirls his hair; even when he's eating. This leads to some funny Alfalfa-type hair styles.

My precious Lily

David found 50 pound bags of play sand at Home Depot. He filled the sandbox with 2 bags of sand.

Luke enjoying his sandbox

This picture was taken right before Luke dumped a shovel full of sand in his face. I have a picture of that, put it was just too pitiful to post. Even after eating the sand, Luke cried as I carried him off to his bath. I love my little toddler!

Playing in the ocean with Mommy (July 2009)

Water table and Galveston

Water tables are usually not used as pools. Luke had other plans.

After our trip to the beach we had lunch at Joe's

Mommy and her little man (yes, I have a really cool tan line too)

My guys playing in the water together. I love my family!


Luke's new favorite things:

Favorite Activity(s): Anything water related - baths, showers, swimming, water table, playing at the beach, etc.

Favorite Words/Phrases: "More Please", "Meemo"(He's obsessed with "Finding Nemo"), "Bumblebee"(now referrs to the movie "A Bugs Life" as bumblebee), "Argh"(LOVES PIRATES), "Moo", "Cow"(sometimes uses this word when I have my cell phone out because he wants to go through his electronic flash cards), "Mommy", "Daddy", "OUCH!" (he's really not in pain, he just doesn't want to be held or changed)
I'm sure I'll think of more when I'm not as tired and I'll add them to the list. :0)

Favorite Foods: Macaroni and Cheese, green and black olives, cookies (any cookie really), goldfish crackers, dried cherries, raisins, ice cream, mustard (just makes any meat more yummy), Juice, Tea, Milk..... loads of faves!!

We had such a great time watching Luke "dive" in to his water table. We'd planned for him to just stand and play with his cute little toys and water tower. He had other plans. His diaper got HUGE! It was hillarious!

Galveston was a great experience! I'll never forget putting Luke down expecting to walk slowly hand-in-hand to the water, and Luke running full force into the water getting completly soaked and drinking a big gulp of salty sea water. Our boy loves the water and is fearless (a little scary, but we're teaching him to swim so he'll be safe.)