Father's Day

I'm late getting this post up, but I just wanted to show you guys a couple pictures momma took of us last weekend for Father's Day. Luke and I sure do love our daddy...and he loves us right back!

TBall

I've been giving momma and daddy quite the hard time about t-ball. It started with me getting (literally) sick to my stomach in the middle of my first practice, and has steadily gone downhill since. Mommy and daddy are sure that one day they will look back and laugh, but for now they aren't enjoying having to coax and cajole me almost every step of the way during practice and games. T-ball will probably end up being a one-season experiment, but at least its fun playing on a team. And yes, I do have SOME good moments...I like it when everyone cheers when I hit the ball, run the bases, or throw a ball to first base. But bottom line... I'm just ready for soccer and gymnastics to start back up soon!

Chi-Town

I've been a bad child blogger... But I have a good excuse! Our family has been busy this month, with some/all of our family of four going out of town every single weekend in the month of June. I'll start with our trip to Chicago. We went to Nana's house for a long weekend in order for mommy to help throw a bridal shower for my soon-to-be Aunt Jessie. The travel to and from Chicago was pretty uneventful except for a small hiccup - immediately after passing through security in Denver, Luke threw up the ENTIRE contents of his stomach (and more, it seemed!) in the stroller. He was in need of a total outfit change - thank goodness momma came prepared. She was nervous it might happen again on his last clean outfit, but Luke was a good boy and did fine the rest of the trip.

Highlights of the trip:
- Sleeping in my own bedroom and big girl bed (believe it or not, last time I was at Nana's house in Chicago, I was still sleeping in a crib!)
- Visiting a few old friends and neighbors
- Seeing my Aunt Laura, Uncle Matt and cousins Anna and Elsie
- Nature walks and tractor rides on the property
- Going "frogging" on the lake - and actually catching one!

Despite rainy weather most of the weekend, I had lots of fun exploring Nana and Papa's house and property - and I can't wait until my next visit to Chicago!

me with cousins Anna and Elsie

Needless to say, at the end of our weekend, poor Luke looked like THIS before we even boarded the airplane:

Family Nap!

Last Day of Preschool

Last week I had my last day of preschool for the year. BOY I had a great year at Cherry Hills - - I loved loved my teachers and my classmates, and mommy and daddy saw so many great changes in me! But the year had to end with a party, so here's some pictures of the fun!

showing off my sparkle shoes:

with brother before school:

circle time:

I'm always enthusiastic!

With my friends Elle and Abby and our teacher's aide, Mrs. Luana

With my teacher, Mrs. Hayes:

Another year behind us!

With my bff, Sidney:

Take Me out to the Ballgame

Mom signed me up for t-ball this year. I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. Thankfully, I do have one other girlfriend on my team. The rest are boys, but I know them all so that works out well. The bad news is I'm not too fond of my jersey. I declared it too "boy-like" and have thus far refused to wear it at practice. Mommy is praying for a different outcome for gametime.

So far I like t-ball just fine, but I'm wondering if maybe mommy and daddy signed me up so they'd have an excuse to hang with all of their parent friends and drink beers while we practice. Sneaky parents.

9 Months

Happy 9-month birthday, little buddy!! It seems like just yesterday that you were born, but time flies when you're having fun, and we've had a LOT of fun together, brother!

First, your stats. You weigh in at 17lbs 7oz which is the 15%, and you are in tall which is the 60%. (By the way, I was 16lb 6oz - 12% and 28in - 60% when I was 9 months old). Amazingly enough, we are almost exactly the same! Long and lean, baby! You had fun at your dr appointment but you were very tuckered out by the time we got in the car to head home. By the way, do you like your sissy's photography skills?

Lots new going on with you this month. You are "crawling" everywhere (EVERYWHERE) even though its more of an army-crawl. You do get up and rock back and forth on your hands and knees, but that army crawl suits you just fine so you seem to be sticking with that. Your other big development is you are pulling up, by yourself, on EVERYTHING! It started with the crib...then your bin of toys, then on momma, now on the stairs and ottoman in our family room. Mom is quite nervous. Really buddy - you don't have to be so active so soon!

You also got your first two upper teeth this month...now you can REALLY bite down! Not coincidentally, mommy has weaned you off of breastfeeding so you are now totally bottle fed.

You normally nap 9-11 in the morning (sometimes more, sometimes less) and 1:30 - 3 in the afternoon. Bedtime is around 7:30 and you wake up at 5 for a bottle and then sleep until 7. OR you wake up more like 6:15 and then you are up for the day. Either way is fine with mommy...she just has to get used to being more of an early riser.

You are still quite happy, Luke. You are content to be dragged all over town to my classes and activities. There isn't much that makes you mad. You are used to being knocked over, poked and prodded by me and you seem to take it all in stride. You light up when you see me and mommy every day, and you really have bonded alot with Daddy this month as well. You love to sit up on his shoulders and can stay there forever!

You say lots of funny things... dadadada, yayayaya, goo goo. You like to eat finger foods too. You'll grab anything in sight and shove it in your mouth.

Hard to believe that you are getting so old, Luke! I'm looking forward to a great summer with you, brother!