More Random Pictures...

Here are some more cute pictures taken recently...

He asks to go "fwing" most evenings. He loves it!


Here he is stomping around in Mommy's shoes...


Mommy went to the gym one Saturday morning and when I got home, I discovered this "fort" that Daddy had built for Luke... what fun!


Close up!

Choo Choo ....

For Luke's birthday, Grampa Brian gave him a train set. We didn't set it up right away because, as you can see from the picture, it's rather large. We were planning on selling the pool table and turning the bonus room into a play room. But we haven't sold the pool table yet and Greg couldn't wait to see Luke playing with it. So Greg moved all the dining room furniture out of the way and put it down on the hardwood. Luke LOVED it!!!

Here are some pictures .... and as you can see, Pumpkin was very interested in the train set as well. She sat and watched Luke the whole time ....

Random pictures

Here are a few of my favorite pics lately...

just some random shots from various days ....

At a friend's house playing...

At the Melton Lake Park (off Edgemoor Rd)...

Tormenting Comet ... as you can see, he has trapped him in the corner behind the TV.

With Grandpa Brian (and Grandpa's birthday present - a football signed by Phillip Fulmer).


And this is my favorite one.... (I call it 'Yee Haw')...

Camping Trip

It was Gramma's (Nancy Tanner's) birthday, so I had the great idea of going camping at Cades Cove for the night. It was going to be Luke's first real camping trip. Well, the night before, I woke up with the worst sore throat ever. It was so bad, in fact, that I trucked it to the walk in clinic first thing the next morning to make sure it wasn't strep. Thankfully, it was only a bad sinus infection. But regardless, I didn't feel well enough to go camping. So I stayed home while Greg and Luke went. I wish I could have been there. Here are a few of the pictures (of the great trip I missed)....

This is Mr. Camper. He thought he was King of the Campsite!

He liked the tent.

Kept looking up at the top of the tent.

It was so hot that he was walking around without his shirt on.

What a cutie pie!!!

Picnic in the Cove.

"CHEESE"ball

Exploring the old cabins...

Here is a collage I made of 'water time'....

Looking for (and throwing) rocks with Aunt Joy.

This is Amber, Joy's dog. Luke liked walking her around.

That last one is my favorite picture! He looks like such a big boy walking a big dog!

2-year pictures - Funny Story

Ok - so I (finally) took Luke to get his 2-year pictures made. I was going to do it about 3 weeks ago but then he fell and scraped his face all up. (We couldn't very well get 2yr pictures made with a big scab on his lip, could we?) So I made an appt at Sears Portrait Studio yesterday after work. I left work a couple of minutes early, picked Luke up at day care and arrived at the Studio just in time for the 5:30pm appt. But when I walked in, she informed me that they were running a little behind - could be 20-30 minutes. So I chose to sit and wait. Well, 20-30 minutes turned into one hour!! I was just about to leave. But I knew if I left, I wouldn't come back. And I really, really needed to get these pictures made. It had been a full year since his last professional shoot. So after sitting and waiting (with an antsy 2-year old, mind you), I was getting a little irritated. I mean, what was the point of making an appointment if I was going to have to sit and wait for an hour, right?

So finally, we're called back. I didn't have high hopes or expectations for this shoot - mainly because the subject of the photo is two years old. It's hard for any two-year old to sit still for more than 10 seconds, let alone if it's 30 mintues past his dinner time (and he'd already been waiting for an hour). Plus, he'd already told me once that he was "hun-gee" and I had forgotten to pack some snacks that morning. So anyway, we get in the room and all the sudden he turns into Mr. Super Model. She told him where to stand and how to sit and he did everything she told him. Then when he saw that camera, he said "Cheese." And kept saying cheese. She wanted him to say "Monkey." But all he would say was "CHEESE." Totally cracked me up. She got some REALLY good pictures! I couldn't even believe it. He was the best little boy in the universe. I was so proud of him that even after sitting and waiting for an hour, he was a perfect angel. Then after six really good shots, he decided he was done posing. But six was really all we needed. So while she uploaded all the pictures, we went down to the food court and got him some Chick-Fil-A nuggets and fries. So he sat there and ate his nuggets, fries and milk (which was not in a sippy cup, by the way) while I picked out the pictures. The photographer was kind enough to give me a free Collage for our long wait. And I had a coupon for a free 10x13. Yipee. Don't you love free stuff?!?

I am so excited for you to see the pictures. Here is a sample of some of the good shots. I'll email you a link to the Sears site so you can order your own!!










Aren't those awesome? And that's not even all of them. They are all so good that I can't even pick a favorite!

Luke gets a (much needed) Haircut!!

It was just getting long and shaggy, especially in the back. So I decided he needed a professional haircut this time, which is actually his first! Greg has cut it the first couple of times (not that he did a bad job), but I thought we needed a "cool" cut.

In this first picture, you can see how long it was in the back.


So she wet it all down first...


... and then started snipping away. I couldn't believe how much she cut off!!


Nor could I believe how good he was. He just sat so still. He was a perfect little angel!!

I didn't get an "after" picture at the salon. So I got a couple at home while he's enjoying his sucker.

Take me Out to the Ballgame...

We took Luke to see the Tennessee Smokies play some baseball.



Luke was pretty excited about the baseball.




But he was more excited that his friends were there!




They got to shake hands with the Bears (which Josh thought were Beavers).


He was so disappointed when the Bears walked away....


So we had to go track down a Bear so that Luke could say hi.

"Cheese."

This is Luke and Mommy, which is actually a really good picture, but a little too dark.

This is Katie and Jennifer (or as Luke calls her "Jiffer")

Gonna catch a fly ball....