12 month appointment

Luke had his 12 month check up today. He is now 22.5# (40th %ile) and 30.5 inches long (60th %ile). He is continuing to grow but lean out. He had to get 2 of his 3 shots today and will get the last 12 month shot in 4 weeks when I go back to the doctor for my 28 week check up. He also got blood drawn today to test for lead and anemia. He was not happy about any of these needles, although the finger prick didnt bother him until she was squeezing his hand to get the blood out.

I also went to the doctor for my 24 week check up and everything looks good. I am measuring a couple weeks ahead but I guess this is pretty standard for a 2nd baby.

After all of the boring appointments, we had to go grocery shopping, so overall a pretty dull day for Luke. He was happy to get home and into his play room with all his toys.

what i came out to after my shower today... so cute together!

Happy father's day and a few more birthday pics!

Here is another picture of Luke playing in his new sandbox on his birthday.

He had a lot of fun!
Another picture of him pushing the cozy coupe around before it was fully assembled! He liked the convertible look :)

Having a fun Lobster dinner with Nana and Papa

MMM Nana, feed me that yogurt faster!

A few more pics from his Birthday bash!
Here is Eric letting Luke sample the cake.... mmmm frosting!

Luke loves necklaces!



Getting some kisses from Nana and smiles from Auntie Rae

Auntie Sharon and Uncle Ralph gave Luke a wagon ( a wagon built for 2!) and the kids liked it!

Another cake-eating picture :)




Here is Luke waving while having fun with Auntie's Drea and Becca

Auntie Drea was giving Wagon rides to Luke and Ava, while Avah pushes and helps :)

We opened Lukes presents the next morning as he was exhausted and had already had a lot of excitement on Saturday. So while he enjoyed his morning bottle, he ripped into some presents. (notice the no hands drinking ability).

He loved the hammer he got from his family in Hawaii!


He did a great job ripping the wrapping paper open!


After we got dressed he played some more :) Auntie Dee and Uncle John got him this little barnyard and little animals that make noise... very cute!His new 4-wheeler from Uncle John M was a big hit too and is really loud haha.
A little later Rick was playing his new Wii games that we got him for Father's Day and Luke was really excited and trying to help Dada to win at tennis :)
Rick had a good 1st Father's day and we just mostly relaxed. We still had lots of BBQ left over from Saturday, so Ken, Michelle and and the kids came over for lunch. The dad's played 18 holes of Tiger Woods Wii golf and the kids played. After they left, the 3 of us took a nice nap :) and then Nana and Papa came over for BBQ left-over dinner. We finished almost everything today except the salad and some chicken.

We once again just want to thank everyone who came to celebrate Luke's birthday and see the new house! We are so glad everyone had fun!

Birthday Fun - Luke's #1!!!

What a week we have had!! For Luke's 1st Birthday we celebrated on Wednesday by letting him play with one of his presents: The Crabbie Sandbox.....he loves playing in the sand and getting dirty...such a boy.

Sometimes Luke doesn't want his knees touching the grass or sand and he does his "monkey crawl". I think it's just about time he starts walking....almost there.

Memere and Grandpa gave him his first car:...a cozy coupe!! He LOVED it...in fact as you could see from a previous picture, he wouldn't wait until we had it all together to play with it. I think he'll get lots of fun out of that little car.

At a small dinner with Nana and Papa, luke discovered how to stick out his toungue...he found it quite amusing as he couldn't stop laughing while he did it.

OK, maybe this was mean but he kept wanting to try it, as we let him taste a lemon. From his face you can see it was a little bitter for him, but he kept trying it again and again and would cry if we took it away. Crazy kid.

Today - Luke's party!!

Yeah!!! Lots of Birthday Balloons.

And that's only 2 of the 5 tables!! Looks like everyone was enjoying the amazing food.

Happy Family celebrating their 1 year anniversary as a new and QUICKLY growing family! Rick wearing his cowboy hat from Aspen to go with the theme of Luke's BBQ.

Here is the Luke's cake - it was really yummy and they did a great job with the cowboy hat!!

YUMMMM....Cake!!! Luke loved it once he figured out it was edible and yummy.

Luke and Nathaniel on his tricycle. He's getting a ride on the back.

And now a ride in his new wagon! A wagon made for..... 2!!! Good thing he has a brother on the way to share it with.

Thanks everyone for a great first birthday party for Luke! We all had such a wonderful time and were thankful to spend it with only the best....our friends and family. Happy Father's Day tomorrow to all the Dad's out there!

Enjoying my car on my birthday even though its not put together yet!

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conducting the orchestra with papa after dinner

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Past week or so...

The biggest news is that we went for our big ultrasound and it's a BOY! Luke is excited to have a little brother to play with :)

After the MD appt we took Luke to the park right near our house to play for a bit. He played on the swings, slides and in the sandbox for a bit. He had a lot of fun and was crawling all over the playground

He discovered that he liked to slide down headfirstAfter the park, we headed over to Nana and Papa's for a visit.
Papa has been teaching Luke how to conduct with the classical music. Luke loves it and Papa seems to enjoy it too :)And the boys always have fun rough-housing tooBy the end of the week, we were ready for a weekend at the lake. Rick was able to do his Saturday appointments on Friday so we were ready to go by Friday afternoon! We got up to the lake, unpacked and enjoyed a nice dinner.

We woke up on Saturday morning and Luke played for a bit in the living room crawling all over the place.

When it was late enough, Rick started mowing the lawn and Luke watched out the door for almost the entire time.

Watching Dada mow the lawn was very funny I guess!

Then we got dressed and relaxed in the hammock for a bit and played in the yard.

We had a little more play time in the house before we got dressed and took the jet ski for a ride to the public beach. Luke thought it was really funny to peek in on Dada going to the bathroom.

We went to the public beach and Luke loved playing in the sand and water. The water is pretty warm already and it was a beautiful weekend.

Saturday evening Kim, Dan and Sebastien came up and we all went to eat and for ice cream. After the boys went to bed, we had a nice night out by the fire pit.

Sunday morning the boys woke up a little groggy but tried their hardest to play

After a while they woke up and started to enjoy the day a bit :)

We played in the yard and Luke and Sebastien ate some barkmulch. Rick and Dan took the boys for a walk and I took Kim in the jet ski for a tour of the lake.
In the early afternoon, all of Rick's coworkers and their families came up to the lake and we had a great cookout. There were plenty of kids and everyone had a great time! Luke didn't nap all day until about 4pm but was still in a good mood. He was pretty tired by the end of the day but still woke up really early on Monday morning.

After breakfast, Luke was walking around pushing one of the bar stools.

He was very proud of himself too!


We were all ready to go for the day by 8am and decided to go for a jet ski ride.
Pretty much as soon as we got on the jet ski, Luke fell asleep. Rick and I cruised around the big part of the lake for a while (as Luke slept) until we ran out of gas. Oops. Luckily there is a reserve tank and we got back to camp. We re-feuled and headed back out again. As we left, we saw a water plane landing! It was pretty cool and Luke liked it too!

We headed over to the beach and he played in the water and sand again for a bit. There was also a mama duck and her 4 babies who were swimming right by where Luke was playing! Once Luke started to get a little fussy, we got back on the jet ski, Luke fell back asleep and Rick and I explored the lake for a bit. When it was lunch time we headed back to camp and Luke had spaghetti o's for the first time... he loved them!

We had a great weekend and now we are home and ready for another week!