Sweet Thing

Today is the day 1 year ago that I birthed my sweet, cuddly baby boy by c-section. Afterwards I was pretty sure I cheated because it was all so easy. Well, in the past 12 months my little boy has made me pay 11 of the 12 months by not sleeping well at night. I spoiled him and now he is the lightest sleepier you have ever seen but guess what....IT IS ALL WORTH IT!

Let me start off by saying I truly love my children equally (I really do, I couldn't adore either anymore) but since we are on the subject of Lukey baby, he has been such a pleasant surprise to me. He is everything his sister was not so his actions have always surprised me. He smiles by just looking his way, he likes to cuddle, he is a total mama's boy, and he likes to giggle...ALOT. I am still not sure who he looks like because we get such mixed reviews but based on me looking at him everyday, I say DON DON DON. :) He is not walking yet but he surfs up and down the couch and will anything else. I think my children just have cautious personalities. My bet is that he walks before his sister (who did at 17 months). Someone told me once that you add 4 months to the age your child started crawling. If that is the case, he should be walking at 13 months or a little before. Luke has the sweetest temperament which I would lie and say is like me but really I think is like his daddy. He notices alot, which is like me. He is a complete rough house which is probably from always have Petey or Kate up in his face and swatting them away. Petey absolutely loves him which could be because Luke's favorite hobby is slipping the Petemister something at dinner time. Luke is very ticklish and will belly laugh at just the look on your face as you are heading toward the tummy to tickle. We unfortunately had to take him to the doctor yesterday for what I thought might be a cold. He weighed in at 24.5 lbs. We found out that he has pneumonia. Thankfully it was only a slight case and the doctor is treating it fairly aggressive. We will be laying low the next few days however we still are doing gingerbread houses, cake pops and icing sugar cookies.

Lou Lou, we couldn't love or adore you anymore. You truly are a delight. We love you so much and can't wait to see the young man you become.

Also, we did a small family party for him Friday after Thanksgiving, I will do a post on that later. :)

K K is Trey

Lets see - Kate turned 3 october 8th, Luke turned 10 months September 29th, the Tide has been Rolling, we have been BUSY BUSY.

Kate turned turned a big 3 on a beautiful Fall Saturday. It was homecoming week at the University so there was lots to do around here. Mamey and Pop came down and spent the night Friday night and we went to the Quad where the Bama cheerleaders and band did a pep rally then there was a bonfire. Kate loved it! The next morning Don's parents and sister and family came down and we celebrated Kate's 3 years ago. WOW! What a true ray of sunshine Kate is to everyone in her path. We are so blessed to have that little girl in our lives. Mommy and daddy gave Kate a dune rider (power wheel) of which she loves. Shortly before Kate opened any presents though cousin Reid stepped in fireants and had to go to the Emergency Room. He had about 50 bites on his poor little feet. After some steroids, he was as good as new. So thankful!

Luke is quickly approaching 1 year in a little over 1 month now. I will admit he is quite the mama's boy and to be honest, I wouldn't have it any different. One little smile my way and he has this mom wrapped around his finger. He is currently pulling up on EVERYTHING. Mom kept them this past Saturday night so Don and I could go to the Bama game and Luke was walking around in his walker (which he loves) and Kate jumped on the back of it and mom said it didn't slow him down one bit! Mom said that Kate and Luke both were laughing up a storm. Stories like that always does good to a mama's heart. Love them!

Kate weighed around 33lbs and was 38 inches tall at her 3 year check up. :)

Life is Good

well except for my husband working overtime nonstop since we have moved in, a serious ant problem, kate overflowing a toilet and sleep deprivation ...LIFE IS GOOD!

We took the kids to the Alabama vs North Texas game 2 Saturdays ago. We lasted 1 quarter. :) I expected that but I figured it is probably the only game they could go to and we couldn't sell the tickets so it was interesting walking the 2nd row of the upper deck with a chunky monkey hanging off one hip and a serious diaper bag hanging off the other (all it would take on the second row is one stumble and you could possibly fall over the top, no joke!).

Don and I attended this past weekend's Arkansas game and the heat was brutal but I was just happy not to have responsibilities for a mere 4-6 hours. Thanks Mamey and Pop!

We are busy visiting churches, reliving old college days (walking the quad before a big game weekend), checking out the town. Kate turns 3 not this Saturday but next. We have been talking about it for a month. She is ready! And did I mention that she is full blown (well except nights) POTTY TRAINED. Took a while but it just suddenly clicked. Yay!

Here is a picture of family before this past weekend's game in front of our hacienda!

Raow!

The Big 3-0!

Yep it has come and gone and I am still here. :) Yesterday was my 30th birthday. I woke up this morning like a train had hit me. I didn't feel like this because of something I did yesterday, I guess it just comes with the number. Or maybe it had something to do with me hauling my chunky monk several blocks to the football game on Saturday. Anyway, a heating pad does wonders.

Updates on everything:

We are in the new house and it is AWESOME! We have already seen 2 sets of deer right outside our window. Both sets had a few doe and a few fawns. Petey of course scared them away. Speaking of Petey, he sits and stares out the windows with a big smile on his face. He is one happy dog. The coolest thing about the new house is the whole back wall is lined with large windows that make you feel like you are outside. There are no window coverings but I love it! Boxes are still everywhere but with time, things will find a place. Also, we currently have 2 rooms that visitors can sleep in (hint, hint), come visit!

Luke is 9.5 months old now. He weighs a ton! His smile melts my heart. I tell him all the time how handsome he is and Don pipes up "Why, thank you" :). I guess he did get his looks from Don because he looks just like him. It is ridiculous! Both kids look like Don. I guess I am just a xerox copy machine. Luke has 8 front teeth and I noticed today that several teeth on the bottom back are coming in. Maybe that is why he has been waking up multiple times in the middle of the night. Don't get me started on that. I am taking him to doc tomorrow for check-up. I will report back on stats. I am sure the doc will get onto me for him still waking up in middle of night.

Okay, that is all for now. I will try to update more often. I am excited about my new town!

Our New House

SOLD!

House sold last Tuesday. We actually were fortunate to receive 2 offers last weekend. This was after 9 days of no showings. We close August 31st and have 7 days to get out. We are in the process of negotiations on a house in T-town. I am worn out from all this house stuff! Sad to being leaving Birmingham but ready to be settled in a town we should be in for a while. As soon as we know which house we are getting, I will post a picture. :)