Meemaw and Papaw

I just wanted to post a few pictures from our week. Jonathan and Luke looked so handsome at church last Sunday in their matching sport jackets! Luke had a rough morning, so he wasn't exactly thrilled about taking a picture, but oh well.

Luke was eating breakfast the other morning and insisted on eating with a fork. Not sure why he felt this was necessary, but I'm learning to choose my battles when I'm up against a toddler. So, if he wants to eat Cheerios and a banana with a fork, more power to him. :)

My parents came up last week for about four days to visit since it was dad's spring break. Luke loved having meemaw and papaw here! Here are some pictures and video from their visit, although my mom didn't manage to get in any!

Papaw built the tallest towers and Luke absolutely loved knocking them down! You can just see how bad he wants to knock this one over!

Luke figured out how to delay his bedtime--papaw! When mommy said it was time for bed, he just went over to papaw's lap and snuggled. He managed to get an extra half hour out of it!

I went to the doctor yesterday and our baby girl is doing great! Her heartbeat was 136, which is what Luke's was at this stage, too. She is moving so much now! I had forgotten what an amazing feeling it is!! :)

Luke and Julia

These two are quite the pair when they get together to play! Julia used to bully Luke quite a bit, considering she has two older brothers to deal with. :) Lately, though, Luke's started sticking up for himself and it's never dull when they are together!

Please Meet Luke's....

SISTER!!!!!! We had our ultrasound this evening and discovered that we are having a girl! I think Jonathan and I both were surprised--but very excited! :)

A Little Madness!

It's that time of year again--March Madness!! Luke is getting into it about as much as Jonathan and I are! I had the game on this afternoon and he decided to lay back, relax, and watch it with me (and Peyton, too, apparently!).

Luke loves his cars and trucks. They are his favorite toys right now. Every day, he lines them up on the window sill. And every night, he puts them to "bed" (or rather, with all the other toys for the night).

We went to the bank this week and they gave Luke a sucker. He finally was able to have it today for his snack since he ate all of his lunch! It was only his second sucker ever, but he knew what to do! :)

Here are just a couple videos of Luke enjoying a little b-ball and his sucker. I love hearing him say, "shoot it!". He definitely loves basketball, which his Uncle Jacob and Grandpa Moore will appreciate! :)

By the way, our neighbors have a huskey named Meko that plays with Peyton a lot. Luke saw he had a huskey of his own and immediately referred to it as Meko. I was pretty impressed!

Aunt Emily Comes to Visit!

My sister and her friend came up to visit us this past weekend. It was great to see her, as always, and Luke really enjoyed all the extra attention! :)

Emily thought it'd be fun to take a ride in Luke's cozy coupe.

Luke had his hair gelled, compliments of our friend Kristin. I think she was going for a John Travolta look?

Luke and daddy after church--so handsome!

More Pictures, Videos, and an Update!

Luke decided it looked like fun to play in the dirty clothes basket. I knew he was up to something when it grew suddenly quiet...

Finally a picture of Luke in daddy's shoes. I think they really complete the outfit, don't you? :)

So I know I've been posting a lot of videos lately, but Luke is just learning and doing so much, I can't help myself! :) I know it looks like he's just sitting on the counter by himself, but I had a hold of him, don't worry. ;)

Luke loved watching "Miss Pattycake" while up at Jonathan's parents' cabin. She's kind of like a Donutman/Psalty character. Anyway, she sang this wiggle song and Luke loved it! He sings it all the time now. Don't mind my singing...

As for the update, I'm currently 18 weeks along. I feel great and don't even feel pregnant, except for my ever-expanding belly! I went to the doctor today and everything looks good. The baby's heartbeat was in the 130s. We have the ultrasound in two weeks, so hopefully baby will cooperate and let us find out if it's a girl or a boy! We can't wait!!

Meet Luke's Friends

Luke has these three stuffed animals that he absolutely adores. Every bedtime and naptime, he has to round them up (because he's been dragging them all over the house with him) and throw them in bed with him. By the time I tuck in Luke, his three stuffed animals, and his blanket, there isn't room for much else! :)



Luke's all-time favorite food: applesauce! We cannot even put the jar on the table during dinner until after he has eaten everything else. Otherwise, he will refuse to eat anything and just point and yell, "Sauce!!".

Quick Getaway

On Saturday, we had a wedding in Goshen, Indiana which is just a couple hours south of us. My whole family was there, which was nice, and after the wedding we went to my parents' lake place to spend the night. Luke loved seeing Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Emmy, and Uncle Jacob!

"Mmmm! That's some good cake!"

Okay, so I know that Luke is wearing, like, the worst outfit ever to a wedding, but there is a valid explanation. I had the cutest outfit picked out and, well, forgot it at home in his closet. So then the outfit he was wearing in the car on the way down (which was slightly better than the one in this picture, mind you) he decided to pee through during the wedding, leaving this sad thing for the reception. My husband won't let me live it down. :)

Saying good-bye to Gramma and Grampa. You can't really see it that well, but Luke is holding the stuffed dog they got for him. He absolutely adores this thing and calls it, what else, Peyton!

I just love how Luke is looking at Grandpa in this picture!

What a Shot!

Finally I got some video of Luke's amazing bank shot. I'm not biased or anything, but I seriously am impressed!! :)

These Boots Were Made for Walking

Luke worked on these all morning. He wanted to walk in them so bad--I lost track of how much time he played with them!



By the afternoon, he was a pro! Hard work pays off I guess!

Luke's New Favorite Word

Our little toddler is learning all sorts of new things. One of those things is independence! He loves being able to answer "yep" or "no" when I ask him if he wants to color, read, etc. I think he enjoys feeling like he has some control and can make up his own mind! Lately, though, he likes to give just one answer--NO!

Name That Cousin!

With eight cousins to keep track of, Luke's been slowly on learning all their names! We have everyone's pictures on the fridge and he loves looking at them and naming everyone. Here's his progress so far. He's doing pretty good, and when he doesn't know a name, he just mumbles two syllables, which covers most of them. :) I think it confuses him that he has a cousin and an aunt Emily as well as a cousin and an uncle Jacob!

Updates

I had my second doctor's appointment today. I'm currently 14 weeks along and everything looks good. The baby's heartbeat was 144. I think Luke's was about that when he was 14 weeks, so Jonathan now believes it's another boy! ;) Here's my first belly shot. I definitely feel like I'm showing a lot sooner with this one than with Luke. Then again, I'm not sure how much of this bump is actually baby #2 and how much is leftover from baby #1. :)

In other news, Luke is 19 months old today! Time sure flies, that's for sure. He continues to learn new things all the time and is such a busy busy boy!! Here are some cute pictures and videos we took of him this past week.

Making an important call in the car.

Helping daddy build a tower.

I took this picture right after the Griffins scored a goal. You can just see the excitement oozing out of Luke, can't you? He really did enjoy himself, I promise! :)

Luke loves playing basketball and lately he's actually been shooting it, not just dunking it. He didn't really do it as much for the video, but you get the idea. I'll keep trying to get a good shot on camera.

On a much sadder note, my friend Ali and her husband, Jon, lost their twin baby boys yesterday. Ali was 21 weeks pregnant with the twins and everything seemed to be going well. Each boy lived for 19 minutes. Jon and Ali continue to remain firm in their faith. I can't imagine what they are going through. They already lost their first daughter, Emmalee, just ten short months ago. Please check out their blogs and keep them in your prayers right now. They're in our blog list to the right.

Road Trip

This past weekend Luke and I took a road trip down to Indiana to see my family. It was so great to spend time with them, as always! And, of course, Luke enjoyed getting all the attention. Boy, is his world about to change in a few months. ;) As usual, I didn't take nearly as many pictures as I wanted to, but here are some of the ones I did take.

While we were in Indiana, I really wanted to take Luke to a REAL high school basketball game. And what better place to learn about basketball than in the Hoosier state? Grandpa keeps the book for the team and Luke couldn't understand why Grandpa wasn't paying any attention to him!

"Whatcha doin' Grandpa? Can I help?"

"No mommy, I didn't eat that powdered donut!"

Luke is really into coloring now as you can see.

Our Little Chatterbox

Luke is 18 Months Old!

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...

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!

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! :)

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! ;)

One More Video...

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

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!