Sick Baby...

Poor Luke has been sick the last few days.  It started with cold like symptoms and turned into a fever Saturday evening.  Last night he woke up with a temp of 103.3.  Fortunately, today he seems to be doing better with only a slight temp at 99.6.  His appetite is not that great, although he has had several popsicles and chips (which he requested).  It has to be one of the worst feelings, for a parent, when your child is sick.  I especially find it difficult and am blessed to have Ben there to support me.  He is able to stay level headed.  On a side note, I finally purchased an extra battery and battery charger for our camera, so I plan on taking lots of pictures and will definitely be sharing them on here.  This morning as Ben was leaving for work Luke said, clear as day "drive safe Dad"!  It was the cutest thing and definitely a lesson to be learned, that your child is always listening to what you say.  Luke has also used lines such as "nice to meet you" and "mmm this is tasty".  He is constantly making us smile!

Please say prayers for Luke that he feels better soon!

Bedtime

Smiling with a mouth full of milk, he is such a ham :0)

"Give me that camera mom!"

A Few New(er) Pictures!

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At the pool!

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Luke before the Boise State Game!

Family Update!

For some reason I am inspired to start blogging again.  It could be because I joined a MOPS (moms of preschoolers) group and was looking at a bunch of blogs on there, or it could be because people still ask me about updating my blog.  Either way, I'm back!  Haha!

We are getting extremely excited about the new baby boy on the way.  We are having a planned c-section on November 23rd at 8:00am.  I've been feeling well, at my last doctor's appt. the baby was measuring "perfect" and the heart beat was strong.  This pregnancy has been almost a mirror image of my pregnancy with Luke, so I've been pretty prepared and have had very few surprises!

Luke is 22 months old and is wonderful!  He has the best personality and is now speaking in full sentences.  He will repeat anything you say, so we definitely have to be careful!  He is growing so fast and is very independent.  I hear "no, I do" several times a day.  I think he is looking more and more like Ben, especially with his facial expressions.  He loves sports, trains, coloring, and reading books.  He has gotten much better about eating his vegetables!  I think he is starting to grasp that there is a baby in mommy's belly.  The other day he pointed to my belly, laughed, and said "big belly"... It was hilarious!

Since I am now motivated to blog, check back for weekly updates!  I'll post pictures soon!

Luke fell and hit his cheek on the leg of the end table.  That is what the bruise is from on his cheek.  We were using the webcam to talk to Grandma when it happened!

Woah!

Well I'm happy to see people still check out the blog :)  Thanks everyone!

Luke's doctor's appt. went well.  He grew a 1/4 inch from his 12 month visit and actually lost a tiny bit of weight, weighing in at 22.10 lbs.  He was sick for a few weeks, so this may have contributed to his weight loss, along with teething.  Right now he's in the 75th percentile for his height and the 25th percentile for his weight... if he keeps growing like this he'll be tall and thin :) haha!

We've been getting a ton of snow and today is no exception!  Everything is closed here including the Universities, which never happens!  Ben is off work today and is looking forward to spending fun time with Luke!  Below are some pictures of the first snow storm we had in early December!  I don't know if we'll go out in it today, but if we do I'll put some pictures up!  I'm pretty sure at this point, we've surpassed Buffalo this year in the amount of snowfall...

Update

I'm officially a facebook junkie and considered deleting the blog.  Then my mom yelled at me... haha, I realize that on facebook you don't get actual updates, just pictures.  So after much debate, haha, I've decided to keep the blog :) 

Luke is almost 15 months old and is doing great!  He goes for his 15 month check up on Monday so I'll know all of his stats then.  He is running all over the house, has started to attempt jumping, climbs everything and can get up on the couch, chair, basically everything!  He loves to dance, so he also loves music of any kind.  His favorite show is Imagination Movers on Disney.  He's been sick the last couple of weeks with two different illnesses, first fever then a week later stomach issues, so he hasn't had much of a appetite.  Add to that, his molars ALL seem to be coming in at the same time, you can imagine that he's been a little grumpy :)

We spent a week in Buffalo last week and had an awesome visit.  We got to see a ton of family, and Luke loved playing with his cousins, including the Skovenski Brood, the Kelley Clan, and the Demerly Bunch!  We wish everyone lived near us so Luke could play with his cousins all of the time!  Luke got to play in a back hoe and go to Chucky Cheese for the first time... the balloon was his favorite part of Chucky Cheese :)

We've got a pretty busy year ahead of us and are looking forward to all the adventures!  I don't even know if anyone except my mom looks at this anymore...  I'll put up some new pictures soon!