Pictures

I just realized I haven't put any new pictures up in a long time. I have nothing special to share just a few random pics since September

Eating an ice cream cone backwards

Just love this face!

He has sunscreen all over his face but he doesn't care

This was after my bunco night. He passed out in our bed and was so cute as I was trying to put his jammies on.

Passed out with the bottle

Drinking some milk laying on the floor. He is very silly!

A few weeks ago we had the pleasure of having Boston spend the day with us. Luke had so much fun! For some reason he does this a lot in photos

The boys playing swords

See he is doing it again.

What little cuties!

Showing off his head injury. He was skateboarding with our neighbor Ben. Well Luke thought he could skateboard himself and this is what happened.

Fun times

So we had an awesome weekend last weekend! Friday night was my monthly girls Bunco night. Luke and Jason got to play at the neighbors until bunco was over. Saturday we headed over to Ryan and Loralyn's for game night with all our friends. That was so much fun but with two toddler boys it was a lot of work! Boston and Luke actually got into a fight. They normally get along great but they started fighting over a toy and pushed eachother. Sunday was our next door neighbors kids birthday party. The party was for Ben (10) and Kayla (5). Luke loves Ben so much. Ben pushes him around in Luke's little car, or on a scooter, bike, or skateboard. Kayla loves Luke and pretends he is her little doll! They had a birthday party at the pool and the kids have so much fun. Ben is at the age where he is really into clothes and shopping and he mentioned to me that he really liked Tilly's so we got him a gift card to Tilly's and his face was pretty priceless! He was so happy and can't wait to go shopping! After the party we ran home for a bit and let Luke nap for an hour then we headed down to our neighbor Susie's house for dinner. They have family in from out of town and so we all hung out and had some fun! By Monday morning I was exhausted. I could barely stay awake.

By Tuesday I had started feeling less exhausted and that is good because I have officially given up caffeine again. If you don't know I had not had caffeine in about 2 years but all of a sudden the last few months seems like we are getting busier and busier and I am getting less and less sleep and I started drinking coffee. Now that we are getting a little more serious about having another baby I figure I better cut down on caffeine now so I don't have to do it while I'm tired and not feeling well from being pregnant. Speaking of being pregnant I have 3 pregnant friends right now and could possibly have 2 more pregnant friends within the next couple months. Talk about a lot of new babies!!

A couple of weeks ago I entered a text message contest for a store in Old Town called Hotlicks, which is a hot sauce store. They have nothing but lots and lots of different hot sauces. Well the prize was hot sauce for a year (2 bottles per month so 24 bottles total) and I won!! I got the call yesterday and am super duper excited. I mean really its not as awesome as say winning diapers or gas for a year but its still fun!

This weekend is shaping up to be pretty fun. Saturday we have Ryan's 30th birthday party. All the boys (big boys not baby boys) are going to play laser tag Saturday morning while us girls hang out and do our own thing and then the boys will join us and they are having Pizza and Beer. I'm excited but now that Ryan is 30 makes me sad because I know its my turn next :(

Awesome weekend

So we ended up having an awesome weekend! Luke was great the whole weekend and we got lots of family time in! I worked on Saturday so while I worked Luke and Jason walked down to the taco shop and got themselves a late breakfast. Jason sent me a picture on my phone of Luke in the restaurant in his Pj's and it was so cute!! Saturday night Lindsay came over for Chicken Taco soup and salad. It was so nice to hear about her very super adventurous trip to Alaska. All I can say is NO THANK YOU! I am not up for camping in the middle of absolutely no where for 5 days. I don't want to camp anywhere for 5 days!

Sunday we went up to San Clemente to meet up with our neighbors who were camping. They were camping at the beach and had an awesome little camping spot and had at least 8 trailers there with lots of people (and lots and lots of kids!). It was overcast but nice and we walked down to the beach and Luke had a blast. The water was cold but Luke didn't mind. He likes to just stand there and wait for the waves to come. It is so awesome to see the excitement on his little face. After playing in the water he played in the sand for awhile. Lets just say he had sand everywhere! When we got back from the beach he played with all the other kids and just had a blast. We drove home that night to sleep in our own beds and since Luke only got a 1 hour nap on the way up he slept really good that night! I myself went to bed before 10pm which hasn't happened in months and we got to sleep in until 6:45! It was awesome.

Monday we just spent the whole day at home. I got a nap in while Luke napped and then we had an early dinner, bath and then headed out to play with the neighbor kids. The kids right next door to us are awesome with Luke and push him around on bikes and in his police car. He is really spoiled rotten!

Its a short week for me (only 2 days!) and we have a busy weekend ahead us but all fun stuff!

Doctor's visit

We took Luke to the doctors for a check up and shots yesterday. He weighed in at 21lbs 10oz and 31 inches tall(he has gained 1lb 10oz and grown 2 inches since his 12 month check up). The doctor said he is perfect! Not too thin and definitely not chubby. I always think he is a little chubby especially when I see him next to Aurora and Boston but the doctor made it clear he was not chubby and a little on the too small side but said since he is smaller boned and short like me he was fine. He got his shots and was fine after that. We then picked up dinner and went to a really cool park and played in the grass. Luke's favorite new thing is playing baseball. He has this little ball that sits on a tee (but its really small and not like a real tee) and hits it with the bat. He is a little obsessed actually. Its pretty cute. He hits it then says again and does it all again.

The doctor did mention that he likes to start trying to put them on the potty at 18months. I am not sure if we will do that or not. A potty training guide a friend gave me said optimal time she has found was 22 months which seems a little more likely so I guess we will wait and see where he is in the next 2 months and see if we should give it a go or wait for a few more months. He also would like to have the bottle and pacifier gone at 18 months. We are down to 1 bottle per day in the morning and I don't know how we are going to get it away from him. He is not the most pleasant child in the morning until after his bottle. I don't blame him either because I am not pleasant at all in the morning. I try to not be irritated but Jason just smiling at me or saying anything at all irritates me. This morning he got up and just the sound of him peeing irritated me! I need help. The pacifier is going to be difficult too. He only gets it in his bed and its not like he is sucking on it all night long but the doctor was concerned about his teeth so we will work on not using it. I may wait until after our Vegas trip.

Speaking of Vegas we are now going twice in November. The first time we are going with Ryan and Loralyn for 2 nights no babies! I'm soooooooooo sad and don't want to leave Luke but it will be good to get away before we start trying for another baby. The second time is for an accounting meeting and we will take Luke with us and Luke and I will hang all day alone while Jay does his meetings. It will be fun just to get away and Luke loved the hotel last time so even if we spend all our time there it will be good. I have some friends and family there I would like to try and see also!

By the way if you can't tell by my new background I am very much looking forward to Fall. I love summer and we have had a fantastic one but I love fall and getting ready for Halloween and all the other fun stuff!

Luke started signing bath to me the other night. I mean seriously I have not done that sign in probably 6 months and only really did it a few times. I have no idea how he remembered it but he did and now he does it all the time. I got him out of his high chair after he was done with dinner and he started doing it and running down the hall. Unfortunately Jason and I were not done with dinner and that did not make Luke happy! Finally when we were done I said ok ready for your bath and he starts doing the sign for bath and heading towards the bathroom. It is so cute! Then we got out the sign language book since we know he can do them and pick them up pretty quickly so I did the sign for brush teeth and the kid got so excited he started signing it and ran to the bathroom. He gets very giddy when he knows he gets to brush his teeth (I really hope that lasts but I'm sure it will become a chore to get him to brush someday). He lets me use the finger brush for about 30 seconds and then I let him go to town with his Elmo toothbrush. Its not so fun after about 5 minutes and you need him to go to bed. Once you take away the toothbrush you need to be prepared for a huge tantrum!

Luke has also started picking his nose. Its cute for about 2 seconds then its just gross! He is also starting to talk a tiny bit more. The sitter told me he said thank you to her the yesterday. I know he has repeated me when I tell him to say thank you several times but he said it all on his own this time! He was repeating Jason last night and Jason kept saying I love you over and over and Luke would say it back. He has also somehow picked up how to cover your mouth if you cough. So funny I watched him do it several times one day. He is like a sponge and its a little scary! We are participating in some training for a speech therapist from Kaiser. We go on Friday and while they are working with Luke they are going to be talking to me about how I can help him learn at home. No Luke does not have a problem with speech or learning that we know of but its just something fun we got invited to do and sounds really neat so we are taking part. Can't wait to do it! They did ask me all the things he does so if there was anything he was behind in we could work on it. The one thing that concerns me is that he does not point. His pediatrician asked us at the 12 month visit if he is pointing to things and I said no and he kind of gave a weird look and said well I guess since he walks and otherwise acts pretty normal its fine. Well when she asked me if he pointed I said no and she said oh perfect we will work on that. Pointing would make like a little easier because he will want something out of the toy box and if it is stuck (because the toy box is a wreck and there are way too many toys in there) he just stands there screaming so you are literally pulling every thing out until he gets what he wants. Hopefully he can learn by the time we go to the pediatrician on September 3!

16 months!

It hardly seems fair that Luke is 16 months already. He is not wasting any time growing up! He is really starting to lose his babyness. Makes me want to cry! He got his hair cut again yesterday and I didn't realize how thick and long his hair had gotten. Now its gone! She spiked his hair after cutting yesterday and put some red temporary dye. It washed out last night in the shower but it was so cute. I want to get some blue dye to put in. How cute would that be!

Well we have finally hit the point in Luke's short life where going out to do anything is no longer fun! Going out to dinner with him is out of the question. He is a busy little boy! He will sit in the high chair for about 5 minutes before wanting to get out. He needs to be running around exploring not stuck in a high chair. We met our neighbors and some of their friends at Fiesta Island for a bonfire. Luke was not fun! He wanted to go into the water or follow around an older boy who was playing with the wood pile which had nails and dangerous pieces of wood in it. The older boy was about 10 so it was fine for him to be doing whatever it was he was doing (hammering nails into the wood I think) but not for Luke. Well that didn't go over well at all! We finally decided Luke could have his bottle if he sat with one of us. Well he wanted his bottle but nothing to do with us. He ended up screaming. Jason took him for a drive around the island twice but he didn't fall asleep. They did stop and get out to watch the fireworks from Seaworld for a few. We had fun but not nearly as much as we would have if Luke would have been better! He just thinks he is much bigger than he is.

Even though he is not a ton of fun to be out and about with I can hardly get enough of him right now. He is so cute! This age is challenging because he really tries to communicate with us but we don't know much of what he is saying so he gets upset, but this age is so much fun! I love the new things he does every day. I love the way he is always trying to make people laugh. What a personality this kid has. He was trying to make an old lady at Vons laugh the other day. He did the job! Sometimes if his cute little "tricks" don't make people laugh he will just start laughing and that usually gets them. He also has 2 laughs. One that is this very deep loud laugh that if he is standing up he usually hunches over because he is laughing so hard. The other laugh is totally 100% fake. He does this when he wants others to laugh or look at him. It sounds a lot like a goat!

Luke really has been into daddy a lot too! On my days off by the end of the afternoon he is usually asking for dada. So cute yesterday he kept saying dada here dada here. I said no not yet dada will be home soon. He runs and give Jason the biggest hugs when he gets home. Now I'm not saying he is not a mama's boy still because my uncle brought his new baby (almost 3 months old) to California this week and while I was holding Avery Luke got very upset. He climbed into my lap wanting me to hold him instead. Makes me very happy we decided to hold off having another baby and did not rush into it like we originally planned.

My boys cleaning!
Well I have started several posts and never finished them! Guess I have been busy. Two weeks ago Jason and I went to the Aerosmith concert with Ashley and Dylan. Had the best time!! My mom and dad stayed the night since we didn't get home until 2am. They had a blast with Luke. That whole weekend was jam packed! Friday we went to the horse races. Saturday we had dinner at Loralyn & Ryans. Sunday we went to church and Seaworld with Ashley, Dylan, and Boston. Our weekend started on Thursday at the Aerosmith concert and ended at Seaworld Sunday night at 10pm! The next weekend was busy too. Jason left Friday afternoon for an umpire clinic in Long Beach and Luke and I hung out every single night with his new mommy (our neighbor) Susie and her two kids! Such an awesome friend I have found. Literally in about 2 weeks Luke and Hunter will be best friends. Hunter is starting to walk and once he does those two will be off doing what boys do. Sophia the cutest little almost 3year old and I will be watching Cinderella together while the boys play!

This weekend is booking up fast! I'm watching 2 boys tomorrow and have a BBQ planned for Sunday. Think we need a vacation!

Oh and Loralyn I can't wait for Vegas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sophia and Luke

Luke, Sophia, and Hunter

Big Boy

Boston hugging Luke

Luke at Seaworld!

Jay, Me, Ashley, and Dylan after Aerosmith

Jay & me!

Ashley & Dylan

Dylan & Jason