Wa-hoo!!! Luke is Two!!!!!!!

Luke 2 months old.

Wow! These years have gone by so fast! Luke had his 2nd birthday yesterday. When Ty asked him yesterday morning "Luke are you 2 now?", his reply was "No, I six!". I've really enjoyed seeing more of his personality this year. He is quite the chatterbox. He talks all day long, and there's nothing he can't say. Sentences with as many as 6 words are not uncommon for him to say. He has also inherited his mother's sweet tooth. Never will he refuse any chocolate, popsicles, cake, ice cream, etc.. I grew up hearing horror stories about how I would scare my mom by the unsafe things I would try to do as a toddler, so it has really surprised me how careful and cautious Luke is. If something looks dangerous, he won't try it. He is also very strong willed and has quite an independent spirit, which is only exacerbated by the fact that he is 2!!! It drives me crazy most days how he insists on doing everything by himself, then throwing a fit if I try to help him even the tiniest bit. He loves playing with cars, and is happy to push them around all day. He definitely is a little sweetheart too, that still loves to be held and cuddled.

This year he really understood what birthdays are all about (cake and presents!). We celebrated Friday night with my mom and some of my family from out of state. We got to celebrate again last night at the park with all of Ty's family that live here in Thatcher. We had a great time. And yes that is a black eye you see in his birthday pictures at the park. He crashed into the bathtub Saturday night.

3 months old

9 months old

12 months old



19 months old

Luke and my cousin Ryan from Idaho

Opening presents with help from his cousins Cambree and Ridge

Weekend Update

First, Congratulations to Ty! He ran in the 4.2 mile Pat Tillman run in Tempe on Saturday finishing in only 37 min. without any training. Next year I'll run with him.

Luke and I headed up to Lakeside this weekend so I could see my old EAC roomate Meredith. I hadn't seen her since her weddding reception 2 years ago. It was great catching up. Savannah, Meredith, and I were roomates for 2 years at EAC, now the 3 of us are all pregnant and due within 3 months of eachother. We always dreamed this would happen, and that our kids would roomates at EAC someday!

Easter in the Snow!!!

We spent Easter weekend with my parents in Lakeside. I heard it was probally going to snow, so I tried to pack warm clothes. When I woke up Saturday morning and saw all the snow that had come in the night, I realized that I should have packed snow pants and snow boots too! We went to the community Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday. Luke didn't enjoy walking in the snow or having to put his hand in the snow to pick up the eggs, but he was overjoyed to find out that there was candy inside the eggs. Sunday morning we stayed warm by having our little Easter egg hunt indoors.

Luke with the Wal-Mart Easter Bunny. I was kind of scared of that bunny too!

Spring is here!

Spring is here with the promise of new life!
Just when I was starting to think that my soil must be cursed, I walked outside and found this! My tomatoes and peppers are struggling (to say the least!). If all else fails though, at least we'll have green beans this summer!
I also got a second ultrasound last week. Everything looks good, and I couldn't be happier. Blogger isn't letting me upload the picture from the ultrasound, but you can take my only somewhat biased word for it that he is absolutely adorable! With Luke I was excited but didn't know what to expect and was really nervous about giving birth, but with this baby I'm feeling ready and am having a harder time waiting. I've found that the wait sounds a lot shorter when I think I only have just over 2 months left, instead of 9 1/2 weeks or 68 days. The picture is of me at 28 1/2weeks with my little brother, sister, and Luke.
Hope everyone has a great Easter!