Easter Weekend

We had our first Easter weekend with just our little family. Jonathan's parents are away and all his siblings went to their in-laws, so we had a nice Easter dinner just the three (and a half!) of us. :) Friday night we went to the last Griffins hockey game. They lost, which was a drag, but we did get to see the Stanley cup, which was pretty cool. Saturday morning we went to the Wayland Community Easter egg hunt. It turned out to be kind of a downer because there were sooo many people there and each child could only get one egg! Luke loved it anyway and enjoyed his bag of goodies. Sunday I sang in the cantata at church, which was really fun and then we just had a nice dinner afterward. All in all it was a great Easter!

Luke with his one and only egg! He loved "finding" it though! :)

Guess we didn't really need the bag we brought to collect all his eggs!

Our family after Easter service.

This may be my favorite picture of Luke! He looks so handsome and grown up!!

Luke and daddy at the Griffins game.

Not the best picture, but you can kind of see the Stanley cup!

An Early Easter

Since we won't be able to go to Indiana for Easter this year, we headed there this past weekend and got to spend some time with the Moores.

Grandma made chocolate muffins for breakfast. Luke loved having "cake" for breakfast!

We had a party to watch the basketball games on Saturday. Luke had lots of fun eating and telling them to "shoot it!"

I love these pictures of Luke--he looks so big in that chair!

Drinking milk with one hand and tickling the ivories with the other. Now that's one talented little boy!!

Showing off his new Elmo Easter book.

Enjoying his Easter basket.

"What's in here anyway?"

Sharing his M&Ms with Auntie Em.

Luke with Meemaw and Papaw.

Luke and Emmy.

On the way home...I just thought it was a funny picture. :)

21 weeks along!!

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!! :)