The Athearns: January 2009

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Luke actually turned 18 months a couple weeks ago, but I'm just now getting around to posting about it. Oops! :) He had his check-up and everything looks great. He is 24.4 pounds (25th percentile) and 32 inches long (50th percentile). He is a perfectly healthy little boy and we couldn't ask for anything more. Luke is definitely keeping me busy. Being pregnant this time is a lot harder than before because now I'm chasing a little boy around! ;) He constantly amazes us, though, with all he is learning and picking up on. He will see us do something one time and then he will remember that and we'll see him doing it later. His vocabulary is quite extensive now and he's starting to use small sentences ("Peyton, no!" is one of my favorites). His favorite thing to do is to read. He absolutely loves books and will climb up on the couch to read to me quite often. We are slowly introducing the potty to him. He has gone on it a handful of times and actually enjoys sitting on his potty seat and listening to daddy or I sing the potty song to him (we made it up ourselves, it's pretty awesome). Here are some pictures and videos of what Luke is up to these days.

"But mommy, I had no idea I wasn't supposed to play with the wax paper!"

One of these days he's going to figure out how to take his diaper off, too...

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Snow, Snow, and More Snow!

We have had so much snow here; we're already past the annual average and it's only January!! It's been really cold, too, so Luke hasn't been outside to play in all the snow yet. We're hoping it will warm up enough to take him sledding at least. :)

This gives you an idea of how deep the snow is just on our deck~up to Peyton's stomach!

I took these pictures one morning a week or so ago. We are blessed to see some gorgeous sunrises where we live!

Friday, January 16, 2009

Monkey See Monkey Do

Luke and Daddy love to play this game together!

Saturday Mornings with the Athearns

This is a typical Saturday morning for us. Laying around, hanging out together, with Luke as our entertainment. We wouldn't have it any other way! :)

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

First Doctor's Visit

I had my first doctor's appointment on Monday. They actually gave me a due date of August 10, which is two days sooner than I had figured. I'm okay with that! :) I'm currently 10 weeks along. It was just the routine check-up, but I did get to hear the heartbeat for a split second! Dr. Delapp said it was 160 beats per minute. Everything looks great so far. I go back in four weeks. Hopefully by then I will be feeling better. The nausea this time has been worse than what I remember with Luke. But then again, maybe I have just blocked that from my memory! ;)

Monday, January 12, 2009

One More Video...

Here's one last video from Christmas. It's my favorite one. ;)

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Christmas Part 3

So, I have been horrible at updating lately. Luke and I stayed in Indiana after Christmas until New Years Eve, when Emily drove us back to Michigan. Then she stayed and hung out with us til heading back to IWU this past Monday. It's been crazy, busy fun! Now we are starting to get back to our regular routine, which I guess is nice. Here are a couple videos from our Christmas together on Christmas Eve. We didn't do much with gifts this year, but Luke seemed to really enjoy what he did get! :)

Don't worry, no little boys were injured in the making of this video! But we are going to take this trike back and find another, sturdier one. The poor kid's fallen off it more times than we can count! Anyone know of a good kind to get??

I didn't do very well with taking pictures while Aunt Emily was here, but I did manage to get this video. Luke was being extra goofy for some reason! And the cheer is one that my mom made up and has been saying to him since he was born. He just recently has started responding to it on his own. It's too cute!