Luke & Lily

Last weekend we got to hang out at the family lake house with all of John's family.

Luke enjoyed playing with all three of his cousins, but I think Lily was his favorite.

 no son, you can't pick other people's noses either

 maybe it was because she's just a year older than him

 or maybe it's because she has a pretty cool sweatshirt

 Either way, they had a great time together.

:)

Cruisin

Luke loves to cruise now. He especially loves cruising around doors where he can see through to the other side. While visiting Grandma B and Grandaddy he loved to cruise around their storm door and watch Grandaddy feed the pets on the other side. Where did my little baby go?!

tractor man

Today Luke got to sit in one of Grandaddy's tractors. He loved moving the steering wheel and pressing the buttons and levers. Oh Luke, if only you knew the fun you'd have on this farm.

morning play time

In the mornings, after breakfast and some milk, we play in the den in our jammies.

 And sometimes we do a little work

at our "desk"

 aka the end table in the den

I am so thankful for the opportunity to stay home with my baby boy 

and be able to play in our pjs until 9am everyday.

Thank you Lord for this amazing gift! 

more birthday pictures

Here are a few more birthday pictures from Grandma B's camera.

I wish I could relive this day all over again!

birthday party, round two

Since we celebrated Luke's birthday a few days before his actual birthday, I was determined to do something special to celebrate on the actual day, July 31st. I messaged some of my girlfriends who also have little ones around the same age and we all met up at our friend Kelly's place for some cookies, watermelon and pool time. I didn't take my camera out to the pool to capture the cuties in the water, but I did manage to snap a few photos during snack time. Meet the party animals.

                                       Luke                                                      Cara

                                       Grant                                                       Elise

Luke has eaten his weight in Mum Mums this summer.

 Everyone's looking in a different direction, but at least they're sitting!

Luke was really excited to sit next to pretty little Elise.

It doesn't appear that the feelings were mutual.

 Hey guys, watch me!

I'll show ya how it's done!

almost there...

and it's off! 

I love how every kid wore a party hat except for the birthday boy.

oh Luke...

But let's be honest: 

The party hats lasted about 30 seconds, and then our little photo session looked more like this.

 

 These pictures make me smile.
I'm so thankful to have good friends with sweet little ones to join me in the journey of parenthood.

a big day

Today was a BIG day in Luke's life so far!

He was sitting on his quilt in the den playing toys as he does every morning. 

As I peeked from around the corner of the room, I witnessed Luke

try to crawl towards an empty water bottle on the floor. 

His attempt at crawling left him laying down on his belly, but instead of screaming for help, our brave little boy army crawled/shimmied to get to the water bottle.

After he reached the water bottle, Luke then pushed himself back up into a sitting position

(a HUGE milestone we've been working on in therapy) 

and did a little two arm/one leg crawl over to the ottoman where he then pulled himself up to stand.

WOW! 

I was in tears watching him and thanking God for such progress.

I am amazed at my little man and how he is jumping leaps and bounds everyday.

ready for football

We are ready for Hokie football around here.

The best part about this hat is that I have a matching one in my size!
too bad I don't look as cute
:)

hand-me-downs

We love hand-me-downs

especially when they are super cute baby boy clothes and shoes.

 These are a size 5/6 and they barely fit my child's chubby, pillowtop feet.

 So if you see a precious little boy wearing rain boots 

in the middle of summer,

on a perfectly sunny day, 

it's because his mommy loves how cute he looks in his awesome hand-me-downs.