'Tis the Season

Hi y'all!! It's time to update the Blog with some new pictures! Lately, I've been trying to make my own "professional" pictures, complete with background and props. However, my subject is a squirmy little worm. He won't sit still or smile for the camera. So here are some failed, but cute attempts at a Christmas picture...





Here he is sitting in his Daddy's lap just a talkin'...


"I tell ya, these fingers taste really good."


And here he is taking a bath in the 'big boy bath.'
"Rubber duckie, you're the one..."


Here are some pics from Thanksgiving...

Luke is 5 months old!!

Sorry it's been so long since we've updated the Blog. We've all been under the weather for the last couple of weeks. It's quite difficult to care for a sick child when you yourself are ill. Luke even went to the doctor the other day, but checked out just fine. So with no fever and no infection to be found, the doctor just sent us on our way. He's just very congested and has a pesky little cough which keeps waking him up. None of us have slept very much in the last week. We're hoping we're at the tail end of it now.

Here are some pictures of the little booger over the last couple of weeks... (that nickname is quite fitting now since he's been sick - ha!)

Here is his first "solid" meal - a bowl of rice cereal... yum!


"I love my blue puppy - he's soft!"


"Aren't I silly? I love to make funny faces at Mommy and Daddy. They laugh at me all day long."


I still love bath time...


It's Autumn time in Tennessee...




And don't forget to check out the links to the right... especially Brandon and Sunny's Blog!! They finally had their triplets (seems like she's been pregnant forever even though they were preemies born at just 32 weeks). So now Luke has 3 new friends to play with!!

Happy Halloween!!

Well, it was Luke's first Halloween. The costume didn't stay on very long, since it was a warm day. But long enough to take plenty of pictures. All the kids at his day care (Ebenezer United Methodist Church Preschool) dressed up, and here he is riding the cart with his three buddies. (There are 3 other infants in his "class", all boys, all 6 months old). One is a pumpkin, one is the cowardly lion, and one is Robin (because his big brother was Batman).

Here's my little duckie...

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Luke is 4 months old!

Can you believe it's been 4 months since Luke was born?? Time does surely fly! He went to the doctor on Friday to get his 4-month shots, and he was such a good little boy. Sure, he cried while he was getting the shots, but as soon as Greg picked him up, he was smiling and talking to us. (short memory)! Anyways, he was in the 55th percentile for height and weight. He now weighs 14 pounds 11 ounces, and he's 25 inches long.

So, to celebrate, we went on a hayride to a pumpkin patch. And we let Luke pick out his first pumpkin!! He went with his buddies Josh, Jack, and Kaitlin (the Pectol's triplets). Here are some pictures from the fun day:

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(Don't you love his "grandpa" pants?? They're just a little too big for him right now).











The Triplets:


Luke with Kaitlin, Jack and Josh
(my new favorite picture)...


The Pectols: Cindy, Ben and the Triplets


And finally, the family photo:

Lots of new pictures!

Sorry it's been a while since we updated the Blog. I've found that not getting enough sleep, nursing and working full-time really takes a lot out of a person! I am so exhausted that I'm delirious. But I'm getting adjusted to the new schedule (and it probably helps that every beverage I consume during the day is caffeinated -- coffee in the morning, diet cokes during the day, and sweet tea at night).

Here are some new pictures of the little guy:
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He's really been 'talking' and laughing a lot lately. We had a big chuckle-fest the other night. He started laughing, so we were laughing at him, which made him laugh harder, and that only made us laugh harder. It was great. I only wish we had captured it on video. (We have since charged the camcorder and are now ready for the next chuckle-fest).

After this picture was taken, I learned a valuable lesson... don't hold a baby over top of you, especially if this baby has just eaten!! You can only imagine what happened next... (we didn't take pictures of that). =)



Talkin' to Dad...









How sweet is this??



Power to the People....