Yesterday afternoon, I had my 16 week OB/GYN appointment. Chris came home a little early from work and we had decided to take Luke with us. We want him to be involved so that he has a better understanding of how is world is changing. In talking with our physician, she informed us that she's pregnant, too! My heart stopped for a brief moment but she reassured me that the chances of me delivering first are far greater than her. And if you know Luke's birth story, you'd understand why that made me twitch a little bit.
Anyway, while we were talking about labs and screens and how we were both feeling, I told her I was really anxious to find out the sex of this baby. Usually you don't find out until about 20 weeks, but she asked if we wanted to go see if we could sneak a peek and of course we said yes! As she was warming up the ultrasound machine, she warned us that she wasn't going to tell us what she thought unless she was 100% sure. We told her we knew it was a boy (come on, 7 generations of NO girls?? of course it's a boy!), but were holding out a little hope that it was a girl. As she's scanning baby (who is all stretched out and comfy) she spots something and decides to step out of the room to see if she can find her sonographer. Luckily, the sonographer was still there (she usually wouldn't be) and so she took over. As she's scanning a picture comes on the screen and I immediately say, "It's a boy!"
And sure enough, it's a BOY! And let me tell you, this baby is not shy about showing off. He was spread eagle and happy. Luke was a totally different story. When we went to find out the sex of our Luke, he had one hand covering his face and the other hand covering his 'turtle'.
We are so thrilled, and everything so far looks good. We'll have our 20 week ultrasound at the end of the month to measure baby and all that jazz. We don't have any names picked out, but we know he's going to be an amazing addition to our family!
Friday, March 2, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
this child
this child makes me so happy.
this child makes me feel love like i never knew existed.
this child fills my heart with joy.
this child can make me crazy.
this child is amazing.
this child is mine.
i adore this child.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Letter to a Big Boy
Dear Son,
Your second birthday has come and gone, and my oh my, what a whirlwind it was! You turned two on Friday and even though mom and dad had to work, you had a wonderful day playing with your Mrs. Kristin. Friday evening when you woke up from a nap (I hear you were plum tuckered out), your daddy and I had put your birthday presents in the living room. When you saw them, your eyes lit up and you immediately started ripping open packages. You got a T-Ball/Golf set, a Buzz Lightyear hooded towel, a Tubby Tater (Mr. Potato Head made for the tub), a Camelback water bottle that's just your size, and a Cars night light. I think you had a wonderful birthday.
Saturday we celebrated your birthday with dear friends and family with a Mickey Mouse themed party. Your mom and dad made your cupcakes and all the treats that included marshmallow pops, homemade pretzel bites, Hot Diggity Dogs (pigs in a blanket), and rice krispie treats in the shape of mickey mouse. I think you were just thrilled to have everyone you love at your house at one time, the presents were just a bonus :). You are one lucky little 2 year old and received a basketball goal that's just the right size for you, toys galore, TOMS shoes, a choo-choo train, a super hero cape, puzzles and a Mickey Mouse toy and DVD.
You have been such a good kiddo the past few days and I joked with your dad that you've been better since turning 2 than before. Hopefully that doesn't come back to haunt me :) Your little 2 year old self is awesome. You still get complimented on how cute you are whenever we run our errands. The women at Kroger definitely know you and your daddy (since y'all are the ones that always do the grocery shopping) and you love riding in the shopping cart that has the car. You're figuring out how to buckle/unbuckle the straps so that keeps you entertained while your dad gets all our goods.
You're adding more words to ever expanding vocabulary. Some of the new ones include 'mas' for Thomas the train, 'bird', 'helicop' for helicopter and 'bed'. When you say 'bed', that's our cue that you want to climb on top of mommy and daddy's bed and watch cartoons. Typically you do this after dinner and enjoy relaxing on the big bed while mommy and daddy finish dinner and get the kitchen cleaned. We are starting to work on learning colors now and so I expect everything will be named via their color very shortly.
You are so dang active and rarely have a moment where you're completely still. When you're on the move, you're typically jumping from point a to point b. I've never seen a kid jump that much! And with all that jumping comes a big appetite. Your favorite snack right now includes marshmallows or gummies. And forget about taking one bite at a time, it's more fun to shove it all in at once because you can continue to jump from spot to spot.
And with turning two, we learned you are going to be a big brother! We have started to talk to you about what's in store for you and what it means to be a big brother, but you have no interest in all that and would rather continue to jump. I'll show you my belly and tell you that there's a baby in mommy's tummy and you'll say 'hi baby' and just laugh! You think it's so funny! I just know you're going to be an incredible big brother.
I can't begin to tell you how much we absolutely adore you. You have been such a blessing in our lives.
We love you, son.
Mommy and Daddy
Your second birthday has come and gone, and my oh my, what a whirlwind it was! You turned two on Friday and even though mom and dad had to work, you had a wonderful day playing with your Mrs. Kristin. Friday evening when you woke up from a nap (I hear you were plum tuckered out), your daddy and I had put your birthday presents in the living room. When you saw them, your eyes lit up and you immediately started ripping open packages. You got a T-Ball/Golf set, a Buzz Lightyear hooded towel, a Tubby Tater (Mr. Potato Head made for the tub), a Camelback water bottle that's just your size, and a Cars night light. I think you had a wonderful birthday.
Saturday we celebrated your birthday with dear friends and family with a Mickey Mouse themed party. Your mom and dad made your cupcakes and all the treats that included marshmallow pops, homemade pretzel bites, Hot Diggity Dogs (pigs in a blanket), and rice krispie treats in the shape of mickey mouse. I think you were just thrilled to have everyone you love at your house at one time, the presents were just a bonus :). You are one lucky little 2 year old and received a basketball goal that's just the right size for you, toys galore, TOMS shoes, a choo-choo train, a super hero cape, puzzles and a Mickey Mouse toy and DVD.
You have been such a good kiddo the past few days and I joked with your dad that you've been better since turning 2 than before. Hopefully that doesn't come back to haunt me :) Your little 2 year old self is awesome. You still get complimented on how cute you are whenever we run our errands. The women at Kroger definitely know you and your daddy (since y'all are the ones that always do the grocery shopping) and you love riding in the shopping cart that has the car. You're figuring out how to buckle/unbuckle the straps so that keeps you entertained while your dad gets all our goods.
You're adding more words to ever expanding vocabulary. Some of the new ones include 'mas' for Thomas the train, 'bird', 'helicop' for helicopter and 'bed'. When you say 'bed', that's our cue that you want to climb on top of mommy and daddy's bed and watch cartoons. Typically you do this after dinner and enjoy relaxing on the big bed while mommy and daddy finish dinner and get the kitchen cleaned. We are starting to work on learning colors now and so I expect everything will be named via their color very shortly.
You are so dang active and rarely have a moment where you're completely still. When you're on the move, you're typically jumping from point a to point b. I've never seen a kid jump that much! And with all that jumping comes a big appetite. Your favorite snack right now includes marshmallows or gummies. And forget about taking one bite at a time, it's more fun to shove it all in at once because you can continue to jump from spot to spot.
And with turning two, we learned you are going to be a big brother! We have started to talk to you about what's in store for you and what it means to be a big brother, but you have no interest in all that and would rather continue to jump. I'll show you my belly and tell you that there's a baby in mommy's tummy and you'll say 'hi baby' and just laugh! You think it's so funny! I just know you're going to be an incredible big brother.
I can't begin to tell you how much we absolutely adore you. You have been such a blessing in our lives.
We love you, son.
Mommy and Daddy
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Letter to Luke
Luke,
You are a whopping 23 months old! As I write this you are taking a nap. This morning we went to church and Mr. Roger brought you some marshmallows - which you quickly devoured. Then you ate most of your fruit loops, drank your juice and then ate a bag of gummies. I thought you would be full, but then you ate all your snacks plus more during nursery. I think you either are going through a growth spurt or we need to have you examined for a hollow leg.
This past month we celebrated Christmas and I think your favorite part was tearing open the paper. When you saw what was inside you would say 'cool' and move to the next gift. You were great taking gifts to their rightful owner. If you couldn't lift it, you'd rip the paper just enough to pull it. And you really enjoyed checking out everyone else's gifts. A few times I had to have you return Jude's gifts back to him. You might be a little grinch in the making - you know, stealing everyone's gifts :)
We've decided that eating out with you has reached a halting point. Unless the restaurant is classy enough to have a play place. Or child care. Or duct tape. Once you've decided you're done eating, it might as well be over for us, too. There's no point in fighting a losing battle, so we just elect to stay home. Maybe someday we can enjoy the public again, but for now, they're better off without your tantrums.
You are loving trains and one of your favorite things to do is line up a bunch of toys and push them around saying 'choo-choo' until they break apart and you have to line them up all over again. Your dad even took you to see some train exhibits at the library. You were in choo-choo heaven!
Your personality is really getting stronger each day. You definitely aren't afraid to let us know you are unhappy or that you don't want to comply with a request. And when you have no other choice but to do as we wish, like to change your diaper, you try to kick us. That's gonna be nipped in the bud real soon. And with that sense of independence, you love to be 'on your own'. At night, after dinner and bath, you like to curl up on mommy and daddy's bed and wath the goodnight show on Sprout. It may be the cutesy thing ever to see you with your arms propped up chilling on the bed like a big boy.
Well, you're waking up so I'll keep this short and just let you know how much we love you.
To the moon and back,
Mom and Dad
You are a whopping 23 months old! As I write this you are taking a nap. This morning we went to church and Mr. Roger brought you some marshmallows - which you quickly devoured. Then you ate most of your fruit loops, drank your juice and then ate a bag of gummies. I thought you would be full, but then you ate all your snacks plus more during nursery. I think you either are going through a growth spurt or we need to have you examined for a hollow leg.
This past month we celebrated Christmas and I think your favorite part was tearing open the paper. When you saw what was inside you would say 'cool' and move to the next gift. You were great taking gifts to their rightful owner. If you couldn't lift it, you'd rip the paper just enough to pull it. And you really enjoyed checking out everyone else's gifts. A few times I had to have you return Jude's gifts back to him. You might be a little grinch in the making - you know, stealing everyone's gifts :)
We've decided that eating out with you has reached a halting point. Unless the restaurant is classy enough to have a play place. Or child care. Or duct tape. Once you've decided you're done eating, it might as well be over for us, too. There's no point in fighting a losing battle, so we just elect to stay home. Maybe someday we can enjoy the public again, but for now, they're better off without your tantrums.
You are loving trains and one of your favorite things to do is line up a bunch of toys and push them around saying 'choo-choo' until they break apart and you have to line them up all over again. Your dad even took you to see some train exhibits at the library. You were in choo-choo heaven!
Your personality is really getting stronger each day. You definitely aren't afraid to let us know you are unhappy or that you don't want to comply with a request. And when you have no other choice but to do as we wish, like to change your diaper, you try to kick us. That's gonna be nipped in the bud real soon. And with that sense of independence, you love to be 'on your own'. At night, after dinner and bath, you like to curl up on mommy and daddy's bed and wath the goodnight show on Sprout. It may be the cutesy thing ever to see you with your arms propped up chilling on the bed like a big boy.
Well, you're waking up so I'll keep this short and just let you know how much we love you.
To the moon and back,
Mom and Dad
Monday, December 5, 2011
Letter to Baby
Dearest Luke,
You are 22 months old! Holy guacamole! Do you know what that means?? It means you're going to be TWO years old in TWO short months!! It's going by way too quickly and I'm not sure if you ever get the memo about slowing down.
You have gotten so dang tall! I swear all the jeans we have bought are too short for you. They need to make them with extenders. Every time we see Kristin on a Monday, she always comments on how much you've grown over the weekend.
You have been able to have a few play dates with your cousins and have enjoyed every last minute of it. You adore Grant and Jude and it's so sweet to see you interact with them, and vice versa. We took you to a Christmas parade downtown last weekend, and M brought Grant and Jude. It was so fun to see you do as they were doing and sit down on the curb just like them. They even shared their suckers with you. Now that's love, Luke :)
You have become a picky eater. I honestly don't know how this happened, but all of a sudden, there's no point in trying to talk you into eating something, because once you decide you don't want to eat it, you aren't changing your mind. Sometimes you refuse to eat your chicken unless you have daddy's fork. And on top of that, you won't let dad put the chicken on the fork, and you don't want to get the chicken on the fork, but you yell at me until I put the chicken on the fork. Determination. You has it.
You've gotten to where you love to hop. You hop when you're excited all over the place, no matter where we are. It's kind of a sideways hop and it's possibly the cutest thing I've ever seen. Kristin says you even hop to Otto when you see him. You've also found your voice. You talk all the time and it can get quite loud. I've warned Pa not to wear his hearing aids around you and Uncle Robert had to mute his. It's so great to hear you talk and have all these facial expressions that show me you're really carrying on a conversation, no matter if we understand or not.
Your vocabulary has grown, and some new words include: bath, orange, giraffe, please, no, yes, this, two. You come up with new ones all the time! We just love seeing you explore and learning to name new things.
We love you so very much! Even if you are our little terrorist :)
Mama and Dada
You are 22 months old! Holy guacamole! Do you know what that means?? It means you're going to be TWO years old in TWO short months!! It's going by way too quickly and I'm not sure if you ever get the memo about slowing down.
You have gotten so dang tall! I swear all the jeans we have bought are too short for you. They need to make them with extenders. Every time we see Kristin on a Monday, she always comments on how much you've grown over the weekend.
You have been able to have a few play dates with your cousins and have enjoyed every last minute of it. You adore Grant and Jude and it's so sweet to see you interact with them, and vice versa. We took you to a Christmas parade downtown last weekend, and M brought Grant and Jude. It was so fun to see you do as they were doing and sit down on the curb just like them. They even shared their suckers with you. Now that's love, Luke :)
You have become a picky eater. I honestly don't know how this happened, but all of a sudden, there's no point in trying to talk you into eating something, because once you decide you don't want to eat it, you aren't changing your mind. Sometimes you refuse to eat your chicken unless you have daddy's fork. And on top of that, you won't let dad put the chicken on the fork, and you don't want to get the chicken on the fork, but you yell at me until I put the chicken on the fork. Determination. You has it.
You've gotten to where you love to hop. You hop when you're excited all over the place, no matter where we are. It's kind of a sideways hop and it's possibly the cutest thing I've ever seen. Kristin says you even hop to Otto when you see him. You've also found your voice. You talk all the time and it can get quite loud. I've warned Pa not to wear his hearing aids around you and Uncle Robert had to mute his. It's so great to hear you talk and have all these facial expressions that show me you're really carrying on a conversation, no matter if we understand or not.
Your vocabulary has grown, and some new words include: bath, orange, giraffe, please, no, yes, this, two. You come up with new ones all the time! We just love seeing you explore and learning to name new things.
We love you so very much! Even if you are our little terrorist :)
Mama and Dada
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Letter to Baby
Dear Luke,
I'm really late in writing this letter, but better late than never, right? You are officially 21 months old and growing more and more independent with each passing day. You're also becoming quite attached to my hip.
In the evenings, when I get home from work, you rarely leave my side. You insist that I hold you if I'm in the kitchen talking to dad, you sit in my lap while we play with toys, and you refuse to let your dad hold you. It's awfully sweet that you love me so much, and I love you, too.
You still love playing outdoors. Last night we went over to Uncle Jon and Aunt Kricia's house, and you played in a big pile of leaves with your cousins. You even jumped on the trampoline with them! We are really trying our hardest to teach you about the danger of going out in the road unless one of us (mom and dad) are with you, but that hasn't stopped you from pushing the boundaries. You treat the neighbors yards as if they were your own, running through them while we chase after you. And one of your favorite things to do is to run up and down the curb through the leaves.
You're learning new words all the time. We've been trying to teach you 'grandma' and 'grandpa'. These come out as 'gaga' and 'vroom vroom' though. You say 'raff' for 'giraffe', 'tractor', 'yay', 'beep beep', 'choo choo', 'istin' for 'kristin' and 'yes'. And maybe your most favorite word right now is 'elmo'. These are just a few! I love to hear what new words you learn each day!
You love watching cartoons morning, evening, and night. If we try to turn on the news or a football game, or anything for that matter, you take the remote and yell at us until we turn it to Disney or Sprout to watch cartoons. And if you don't like what's on one of those channels, you yell at us to turn the channel until we find something suitable for what you do actually like. And the times when we refuse to turn the channel, you run and fling yourself against the wall/couch/floor and pitch a fit.
Oh! and you're finally getting quite the head of hair! It's not anywhere close to needing a haircut, but you've been so bald for so long, we just are so excited! And you love love love your bath. Daddy is in charge of baths and I am in charge of putting you to sleep. And if that routine changes, you get upset, so we leave it that way.
We love you so much and are so blessed to have you as our son. You teach us more than I think we teach you, especially the principle of patience (which your mother really needs). I hope that you grow into a confident, caring, loving young mister...you're off to a great start :)
We adore you.
Mom and Dad
I'm really late in writing this letter, but better late than never, right? You are officially 21 months old and growing more and more independent with each passing day. You're also becoming quite attached to my hip.
In the evenings, when I get home from work, you rarely leave my side. You insist that I hold you if I'm in the kitchen talking to dad, you sit in my lap while we play with toys, and you refuse to let your dad hold you. It's awfully sweet that you love me so much, and I love you, too.
You still love playing outdoors. Last night we went over to Uncle Jon and Aunt Kricia's house, and you played in a big pile of leaves with your cousins. You even jumped on the trampoline with them! We are really trying our hardest to teach you about the danger of going out in the road unless one of us (mom and dad) are with you, but that hasn't stopped you from pushing the boundaries. You treat the neighbors yards as if they were your own, running through them while we chase after you. And one of your favorite things to do is to run up and down the curb through the leaves.
You're learning new words all the time. We've been trying to teach you 'grandma' and 'grandpa'. These come out as 'gaga' and 'vroom vroom' though. You say 'raff' for 'giraffe', 'tractor', 'yay', 'beep beep', 'choo choo', 'istin' for 'kristin' and 'yes'. And maybe your most favorite word right now is 'elmo'. These are just a few! I love to hear what new words you learn each day!
You love watching cartoons morning, evening, and night. If we try to turn on the news or a football game, or anything for that matter, you take the remote and yell at us until we turn it to Disney or Sprout to watch cartoons. And if you don't like what's on one of those channels, you yell at us to turn the channel until we find something suitable for what you do actually like. And the times when we refuse to turn the channel, you run and fling yourself against the wall/couch/floor and pitch a fit.
Oh! and you're finally getting quite the head of hair! It's not anywhere close to needing a haircut, but you've been so bald for so long, we just are so excited! And you love love love your bath. Daddy is in charge of baths and I am in charge of putting you to sleep. And if that routine changes, you get upset, so we leave it that way.
We love you so much and are so blessed to have you as our son. You teach us more than I think we teach you, especially the principle of patience (which your mother really needs). I hope that you grow into a confident, caring, loving young mister...you're off to a great start :)
We adore you.
Mom and Dad
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Happy Halloween!
Luke was a lumberjack for Halloween this year! He wasn't thrilled about wearing suspenders, but we bribed him with some candy so he gave in. He loved running up and down the street to house to house, but when he got tired of that, he had a good view of the neighborhood from his dad's shoulders. It's so fun to see him interact with our friends' kiddos as well. Hope you had a spooktacular Halloween!
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