Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Luke 20 and 22 months!

I missed writing about his 20 month mark!  I said I would write about every 2 months or so until he turned TWO!  We are only 2 months away from that mark- how insane is that?!

Luke is the silliest, funnest kid I know.  He makes us laugh, shake our heads in disbelief, act silly right along with him, and teaches us love in whole new way.
He still has his phases of not wanting to eat much, then will bust out in starvation mode eating everything in site.  His favorites are still bananas, ritz crackers, his milk from the sippy cup, strawberries (which he says the cutest way I've ever heard the word spoken), and cheese!
His dislikes include ground meat in any form.  I can get him to try most other things and he will eat a bite or two.  He's also revolting lately against yogurt which is unfounded.  He's always LOVED yogurt. Who knows!  It's so funny how they decide one day they like something and the next it's disgusting.

He makes the funniest faces. His faces are so expressive and genuine.  You never have a doubt what he's thinking with the big, sweet, angel smile, to his frown, to his pouty lips. He will definitely frown at a stranger or reach out and grab a stranger.  How he decides, the world will never know!  We will have to be careful with that one as he gets older. :)

He's walking, running, dancing, spinning, and his new thing is turning flips!  His is so proud of himself each time and screams, "Yay!!" every time!  I love seeing him so happy and satisfied with his new accomplishments, which are happening so quickly!  He is learning so fast and picking up on new concepts almost daily!  He has mastered using a fork (he calls it his "poke-poke"), climbing up and down stairs standing up, helping me put on his clothes, and he even helps me unload the dishwasher!

We cannot believe he's about to be two!  Here are few pictures from the last several months!





swinging with daddy


such a yummy cupcake!


with my mom and dad!


Does this all the time!


Playing with his friend Troy-dog!


Sliding on the tallest slide- such a big boy!





With my mom- 'GiGi'

Thursday, May 9, 2013

May 9, 2013...

the first day I was able to feel my baby girl kick from the outside!  I will be 19 weeks this weekend!

Gender sono!

Well, this is super late, but April 18 we had a little bonus sonogram at my 16 week appointment to determine the gender of Baby #2!  I made sure to down a bunch of orange juice and ate a breakfast burrito on the way.

We sat and waited, and waited, and waited some more.  They were SO slow that day and all we wanted them to do was hurry and get to us!  We were both so exitedly anxious!  We talked softly to each other imagining if it was a boy or girl and what we would name him or her.  We joked about what would happen (since we paid specifically for this extra ultrasound) if the baby wasn't positioned for us to see!

So, finally they called us.  We got to the room and the tech seriously tried for about 20 minutes!!  Our little one had the legs crossed and wasn't budging!  She let me get up and walk around and use the bathroom. In the bathroom I had a little pep-talk with the baby and asked him or her to just work with us for a split second. hehe.

I got back to the room and she tried again. And again. Finally, after a few more minutes, she said the baby relaxed its legs enough that we could see it's a girl!!  A GIRL!

We were both super thrilled!!  Surprised in a totally great way!  I think we both thought it was a boy again, but we couldn't have been more excited and happy to hear we were adding a little girl to our family!!  We cannot wait to meet her!!

Here are a few sweet pictures!