Catching Up

Here are some pics of Luke from his summer so far! I have got tons to upload and put on here. But I am getting much better!

A little guilty

I always feel the guilt set in the moment Luke leaves me. His Papa came and picked him up today for a 2 day visit at Nana&Papas house. I guess I mainly feel the guilt because I feel almost a sense of weight let go from my shoulders, I feel guilt because I am not going to be the one who rocks Luke to sleep and I feel guilt because I cant kiss Luke before he goes to sleep. Its a huge battle that tugs at my heart. I need the little break at times but the moment he is away I miss him and want him back. I always utilize the time he is gone to nap, clean, spend quality time with the pups and with my husband Justin. I am so fortunate because Luke has 2 sets of the most wonderful and loving grandparents anyone could ever ask for. We are BLESSED! Since Justin and I are without family in Lubbock our families know we need a little break occasionally. This week is vacation bible school at my in-laws in New Mexico so he is going to play with his friends and flirt with the little old ladies! He is really good at being a flirt already ;)

This past weekend we all spent the weekend in Dallas with my family! It was a wonderful trip and lots of fun memories were made! Mine&Justins best friend Micah is our road trip partner and we made a road trip to see Cross Canadian Ragweed- go to the horse races and spend time with my family&friends! Luke is a GREAT traveler-thank goodness! He slept from Lubbock to Abilene and then we stopped and ate and let him walk around for a bit. Then he fell back asleep and slept all the way to Grand Prairie! My parents&sister picked him up and they went to eat and swim and spoil Luke! We met up with my brother and his girlfriend Machelle and went to the horse races and saw Cross! It was awesome! I even ran into Shelley-who I played basketball with forever and we hung with her for awhile too! It was a great night!!! Saturday we sat poolside and cooked out&swam with Luke! I am so happy that Luke is getting to spend his summer with family- I wouldnt have it any other way! =)

Getting Better

Well, it has definitely been awhile since I have blogged. And so much has happened!!! I am defnintely going to get better at blogging. I dont really do myspace very often anymore, but I do facebook a lot still lol. Mainly becuase I have a lot of family and I really like to share Luke's life with them. I am going to get into blogging more from this point forward though. I feel like it will be a lot more easier and to the point for what I want.

So, I will be back later with pictures&updates!

Catching Up...

Wow...Life has been so busy lately that I haven't updated my blog in awhile! Lucas has grown up so much since my last entry. Here is a short list of what he has been up to!
1) Lucas turns 9 months is 2 days!
2) He has 3 words in his regular vocabulary-Dada/Mama/Ball
3) He is pulling up and getting brave enough to let go and stand with no hands lol! (he usually falls after 30 secs or so!)
4) Lucas has just begun his 3 foods and he loves them! He eats lots of fresh fruit and veggies already...but now he has tried (and Loved!) cheese, baked turkey and fruit popsicles!
5) He has 8 teeth total now! He has his top 4 and bottom 4. (3 of his teeth have just broke skin so they are still growing!)
6) It is IMPOSSIBLE to bathe Luke and not get wet! Bath time is still his absolute favorite but he loves to splash and splash in the tub!
7) Luke's newest favorite activity is chasing the pups around the house! They get annoyed with him but he giggles and just keeps chasing them! It makes Justin&I laugh!


We have found a new church in Lubbock and we absolutely love it! Luke will begin Mothers Day Out there on the 23rd! The church is fantastic and everything Justin&I have been looking for in a church! And they have a Christian Learning school where Luke will be going 3 days a week in the afternoon. It will be a big adjustment for him and me! We are both used to being together all day long everyday! But...I am going back to work in the afternoon/evenings. I am so nervous about this transition. Luke has already met his teachers and they are all wonderful! They are mostly Tech students majoring in Early Childhood Education.

Here are some random pictures I took of Luke yesterday! I was photographing "A day in the life of Lucas Lee!" Really his schedule is play/eat/sleep...lol! =)

Lucas is 7 months

My Lil Boy is 7 months old now! Most months I get all sad and freaked out about how fast time is going...but this milestone was much more relaxing. Luke is growing more and more everyday. My once underweight baby is now the perfect size! He is 7 months and wearing 9-12 month clothes. I got scared and called the doctor about this...wondering if he was eating too much?...but the doctor insisted that this was completely natural in males especially. He said it was a great sign that he going forward and not backwards! YAY! We spent Luke's 7 month day at the house as our lil family! Luke crawled around everywhere and Justin and I played hide-n-seek with him! (we hide and call his name and he finds us!) The sunshine was out briefly today so we went outside and he played in his swing for awhile! It was a much needed peaceful and relaxing day for our family. Justins parents came down in the evening to do some Christmas shopping so we ate at Joe's Crab Shack! Lucas was tooo silly...just giggling and smiling! He is so fun to be around...he really has a great personality and I fall in love with it more and more everyday! Later we went to Best Buy...and Justin and I picked out our new TV we want to get eachother for Christmas and helped his parents load/unload their new TV! Then we had to do a lil shopping at Target too! It was crazy shopping though..people were everywhere and it was busy everywhere that we went! But overall it was a special day because our son hit another important milestone in his life! Also, Luke is getting realllly close to talking and Justin and I love it! He is starting to sound out words...and can say things like "hey" and "hi". He is not for sure what those words mean yet and is not consistant at saying them- but he can repeat them back to you. Also if we day "Dadda" he will look right at Justin. And he will do the same with me if we say "Mama"! It is amazing when you can see your child learning and growing and putting things together.

Learning New Things

Luke has really been learning new things at a rapid pace lately it seems. I love to challenge him and read different things on how to keep your baby active and interested during the day. Today I read that at 7 months your baby will begin to like pots and pans. They will learn that they can make noise with different objects. And also they like utensils! So...I found a lil pot for him in the cabinet and gave him a big plastic spoon! Once he got past the initial part of wanting to eat the spoon he realized he could hit the pot and it would make noise! Needless to say...it was free entertainment! He went to town making his own lil music! And he was occupied for 2 hours straight! Luke loves for Justin to play the guitar..and he absolutely loves music on the radio and tv. It was so fun to watch him be able to make that music this time! Justin is very talented with music and can play lots of instruments and can really sing. (Def something that attracted me in the very beginning!) I have really been hoping on the inside that Lucas would understand music and be able to play- because i cannot but I love music and always have wished i knew it like Justin does. Watching him today and playing music with him was something that will be stored in my best memory folder in my mind forever =)!

Also, when I was grocery shopping yesterday i found a new cereal that I had never gotten for Luke. It was the pear oatmeal with cinnamon. OMG..he loved that! Luke loves all food...he is really easy to please and he loves to eat! Luke has only cried over 2 foods tho...like cried bc i could not feed him fast enough...and this oatmeal was one of them- the other was sweetpotatoes and turkey lol. He ate the entire lil jar for breakfast. He loved it!!!!

Silly Baby

Luke is getting funnier and funnier everyday! I find myself laughing at him all the time during the day! He loves to make me and Justin laugh too! When we laugh...it makes him laugh even harder! He is into everything in this house. I cannot leave a room for a single second because he will be into something he is not supposed to be into. For instance- shoes. He has a new habit of wanting to find shoes and chew on them lol. Mostly he crawls straight for the Christmas Tree! I had to put his presents that were under the tree on a chair because he goes right for them and wants to tear the paper off. But since he started crawling he is napping a lot longer during the day and eating a whole bunch more too. I think he is burning a lot of calories and looking to replace them????

Luke does have a new favorite toy though! His Aunt Tamara bought him a Winnie the Pooh that crawls on the floor and sings. OMG...he LOVES it so much! They crawl together on the floor and Luke gets soooo excited =) about it!