Photo "Bomb"

Here are some photos from the past couple of days. They are really just of Owen and Luke so I will have to get going on taking some of my big boys! Enjoy the smiles!! Owen is obsessed with his new transformer rain boots that are hand me downs from my friend Aleisha. I thought he was so cute riding his scooter in them. Luke is officially all smiles. He is even giggling some. So for family...stay tuned for a video....

Luke is growing!

It is crazy to think it has already been over two months since Luke was born. Time is flying by, too fast! I took him in for his 2 month check up earlier this week (and five shots:( ) And he now weighs in at 12lb 4oz and is 23.5 inches long. He is 50% on the charts for weight, height and head size. Perfectly proportional in every way according to the doctor. She even remarked on how mellow he is. He let her do everything to him without any sort of fighting. She even got a few smiles. He was in a bit of pain from the shots and fussy that afternoon and most of the day yesterday but he seems fine now. Unfortunately I think he has a bit of this cold junk. He has a little cough and I keep praying it does not go any further.... He is smiling all the time now and even has had a couple of tiny chuckles so laughs are not too far off. The more he interacts the move in love with him his brothers are. They are all huge helps and want to make sure he is happy and taken care of at all times. It is so rewarding to watch them all four interact. Someday they will make wonderful daddies just like their daddy is to them. I see SO much of Ian (and Nathan) in Luke. I snapped a smiley picture on my phone yesterday and was amazed to see a baby Ian smiling at me once it was frozen. I LOVE it. I love Ian so much and so to get to have this little person who reminds me so much of him is such a treat. Here are some pictures from the last two weeks....these first ones are from two Sundays ago. He looked so cute and then slept the entire time at church so I had to document the outfit!

I love the little tshirts my mom got Luke. They all have cute sayings. They fit him perfectly and are even getting a bit snug so I have been trying to have him wear them often because they make me smile.

He loves his hands these days. I love the one of him passed out cold after his bottle. He LOVES his brothers. Jacob does so good with feeding and burping him. He can be such a huge help especially when I am trying to prepare dinner and Ian is MIA. I can't thank him enough for all of his help and he knows it. I have never had a buggaboo seat for the boys but a friend had one that she gave me so I tried sitting Luke in it for the first time a couple of weeks ago. It has a high back and helps support them when they are still small. I tried again today just for a minute and he seems a bit more stable. He sure does like sitting and looking around that is for sure. My biggest issue is OWEN wants to sit in the darn thing. Figures!

And last but not least a picture of my big baby boy. Owen has changed and grown so much the past few months. He has gotten so much taller and his face has lost its baby roundness. He is my challenge for sure but he is also so very sweet at times and he too is truly a big help with the baby. (almost too much at times!) My sweet big three year old....

.....who after about a milisecond after I hit the picture button got the crabbiest look on his face and yelled at me to go away and not take his picture. Sorry Charlie got a cute one! He is such a booger.

Happy 7th Birthday Nathan!!

Our house has been invaded with an unwanted cold/flu the past two weeks. I am so ready for it to be gone! Last week I was beyond miserable but had to buck up because it was Nathan's birthday and Ian was gone. Nathan requested sugar cookies for school so Owen, Luke and I took those to his class. That night we had ice cream at Baskin Robbins and a nice surprise of Daddy coming home earlier than expected so at least Nathan got to see him before bed. Here are some pictures of the birthday boy on his day.

Overall if you ask him he had the "best day ever". Then on Saturday since I was still miserable I stayed home with the babe while Ian took the other three boys to the Aqarium and that night we let Nathan pick out a cake from Cold Stone. So, he got to have a full week of celebrations!:)

Christmas 2011

I finally have a few minutes to post some Christmas Day pictures. We had a great quiet day at home and loved spending our last day with Gramps. The boys loved their presents and we had to slow them down for wanting to open and play with every single thing. A huge favorite was our new Family present, an Xbox with Kinect. Although I think Ian and Gramps enjoyed it the most playing bowling together. We still have not tried all the games. Trying to ease into it and spread things out. It is great though that the boys can do one of their favorite things (video games) while jumping around and getting exercise. My back was giving me issues and is finally feeling better so I can't wait to try it out myself! Here are some pictures of gift opening, kinect playing and lots of other fun!

We let all the wrapping paper up and the kids rolled in it before we all picked it up:) Jacob was "wrapping paper clause" Hanging with Gramps!!

Playing Kinect! Luke was watching Ian:) Ian was even bowling holding Luke.

Sweet little Luke:) I cracked up when I walked in the room and found toys hanging off his plug. Owen said "what mom I was playing with him!?" too funny! (and one of Owen with his new trios:)

Last but not least...Luke is finally liking his bouncer! YAY! It has been nice the past two days to get dishes done. I also started yesterday putting him down in his crib for naps. So far he has had three 45 minute naps. Better than nothing!