Well Baby

Luke talking on the phone with Solomon. Solomon called to sing him Happy Birthday while we (and by "we" I mean Kyle) were carving our Jack-O-Lantern

We went to the doctor today for Luke's two year well baby check up. He's well =). He now weighs 24lbs and is 32" tall. Those measurements put him in the 10th percentile, which is up from the 3rd percentile at his 18th month well baby, so he has had a Luke sized growth spurt anyway. There is no real solid indicator of adult heigh, but they do say that the best guess is the height at 2 doubled. According to that his estimated adult height is 5'4". We need to pray for him. He had to get three shots which he wasn't to in to but he did pretty good with them. His next well baby appointment is at 3 years.

This evening we went to the furniture store and bought him a twin sized bed. It will be delivered on Wednesday so we'll be starting that transition. Hopefully it goes well and he stays in his bed like he's supposed to. We ended up getting a dark stain twin with an option. There is a full drawer beneath the bed that you can put another mattress in for a trundle effect, or you can insert some slats and have drawer space. We didn't buy the second mattress tonight, but decided to wait until he was closer to an age where a friend or a cousin =) might be able to spend the night in it. We'll use it for toy storage in the meantime. I will have to go tomorrow and buy sheets and a safety rail.

Leta and I have our next appointment tomorrow so I imagine you'll be getting another blog post from me shortly.

Happy Birthday dear Lu-uke...

I can't believe that this was 1 year ago. Or that this was two years ago.

We started off his birthday celebration day (the 17th) with a haircut and bath.

Then, at 9:30 Luke's friend Kenron T. came over to play. Luke was VERY excited. He loves Kenron and talks about him all the time. They had a good time together, although Luke's excitement was a little much for Kenron. He didn't quite know what to think of him.

After Kenron left Luke at lunch and went down for a nap and then I got busy getting ready for his birthday party. It was a really small group, but the perfect size for Luke. We only invited people in the city, because, you know, turning 2 isn't NEARLY as big of a deal as turning one. Although Luke likes to insist that he's 3. I had made his cake the day before so I just had to decorate it. Here is how it turned out.

Definitely decorated by an amateur, but it turned out okay. My cream cheese icing wasn't completely smooth, I think the cream cheese and butter were a bit cold. But Luke was able to tell that it was supposed to be a fire truck so I achieved my #1 objective. So, I decorated the cake, prepared the fixings for tostadas, made a fruit tray and guacamole.

Luke's party started at 5:00. Grandpa Wilbur and Gigi came, and so did Traver and Karter. Karter brought his parents, Brandon and Shanna along. We ate first and then went and opened presents. Luke was very intent on his opening of the gifts.

He loved all his presents. He got some Winnie the Pooh coloring sheets, a Gator Golfing game, puzzles, books, fire trucks, trains, a tractor with wagons, Thomas the Train videos, and a small take along track perfect for church. He also got orange spray paint from MY DAD, that had NO LID so he, of course, pressed the button and got a nice spray of orange paint up into the air. Thanks Dad = P

Kyle and I got him some small Winnie the Pooh figurines and a trike.

After presents we went and sang Happy Birthday and he blew out his candle.

He really enjoyed the singing and the candle blowing out. He's been talking about that part a lot today. He was too excited to go and play with his toys to eat much cake or ice cream. He played until bed and then was sad to leave his fire trucks behind. It was a busy day, but so much fun...and definitely tiring for this happy Mommy.

Notable Quotable

Luke this morning at breakfast: Need "fire pass"

Finally realized he was pointing at his PACIFIER!! He doesn't use one and never has but he has one in his toy bin that he plays with occasionally.

Pumpkin Patch!

Playing in the small hay maze. He liked to go through the tunnels the best.

The only picture from the hayride and it's blurry!!

Petting rabbits.

The pigs

Luke had a red letter day today. First he got to go to Bible School. One of his all time favorite things to do. Then immediately after his nap we went to the pumpkin patch. It's really close to our house...probably less than 5 miles away. He had lots of fun "Baa-ing" at the sheep, "neigh-ing" at the ponies, "oinking" at the pigs etc. Along their hayride they have pumpkins hidden to find and he enjoyed that and he was excited to pick out a pumpkin and take it home. After we were done at the patch, we went to Arcadia and ate at Pops and had ice cream and then came home and Luke had a bath. Bible School, Pumpkin Patch, Ice Cream AND a bath all in one day. Probably was about more than he could handle =). So we put him down early at 7:45.

I'm looking forward to the rest of the month we have lots of fun fall, Halloween and Birthday things planned.

Warms my heart

Luke sitting on our bed with one of my books.

"Read Bible" repeated many times.

"I read Bible"

"Love Bible"

"Hold Bible"

"Love hold Bible"

"I love hold Bible."

Seeing more of my books on the nightstand.

"More Bible over there."

So, he isn't allowed to play with the things on my nightstand, but seriously. There is no disciplining this current behavior. Even if technically he has something he shouldn't.

"Put Bible away". This is definitely the highlight of my day.

Money hungry

Here is Luke jumping off Daddy's back. One of his favorite past times.

Luke: I need money.

Me: That's mommy's money.

Luke: I need mommy's money.

Thomas the Train

Daddy and Luke riding Thomas the train.

Luke and his first "tat". We told him it was a stamp.

Getting the tattoo. He loves it.

Thomas the train

Playing trains

Mommy and Luke on Thomas

Cheesy grin!

We rode the caboose and there were two sets of seats up above and since we were first in line, we got one. We were told they were the best seats.

Silly face!

I don't think I've had a picture of Luke and I in a REALLY long time. Well, I guess at swimming lessons, but they don't count. Pictures of me, pregnant and in a swim suit...well, they should probably never see the light of day. So anyway, I'm happy to have a few where we're both looking okay. Luke had big fun riding Thomas. We told him yesterday and he's talked about nothing else. There was a lot to do there other than just riding the train. We arrived around 9:30 and left after 11. So it was a fun morning.