Playing in the Rain

My little Luke is completely obsessed with being outside...If I had a nickel for every time that child says "out" in a day, I'd be a very rich mama. I don't so much mind him being out, but I can NEVER get him to come back in.
To make matters worse, we've been having crazy weather in San Antonio this past week where it would be clear and sunny one minute then pouring down rain the next. Well of course, Luke and I were outside when one of these crazy storms blew in and he absolutely refused to go inside...thus the following pictures of my soaked little man.

The Lucado's

Brent and I are blessed with wonderful neighbors! We live down the street from Max and Denalyn Lucado, our pastor and his wife. They brought dinner (Denalyn's famous taco soup) and some books for little Livie.



Max just finished this book - it hasn't even come out yet and our little girl was the first to receive it...how cool is that?!



They also sent us a cookie bouquet the day Livie was born.



Before they left, Max said a sweet prayer over our family...such an amazing couple!

Livie

Here are more pictures of our sweet Olivia. She is such a blessing to our family!

First Encounters

Luke is not quite sure what to think of his new little sister...He checks her out a lot, but doesn't seem too interested, EXCEPT when Brent is holding her...then he gets VERY upset! He's such a daddy's boy.
Knowing Brent, I wouldn't doubt it if he made a deal with Luke to cry when he holds Livie so that he could get out of baby duty.












I just love this one!



and then he's over it, back to Raisin Bran

Livie is here!

Sweet Olivia Paige made her debut this morning, August 25th, at 6:25am. She weighed 6 lbs. 6 oz. and was 19 inches. It was a very quick delivery (Brent and I almost didn't make it to the hospital on time) but so worth it! She is absolutely perfect! Thank you Lord for our sweet little family!

Luke's Latest

What is Luke up to these days? Well, he keeps us on our toes that's for sure!
He's ALL over the place, walking from room to room and getting into EVERYTHING!

He absolutely loves to be outside. He must say "out" a hundred times a day and he waves "Hi" to EVERYONE that drives or walks by. It's really bad when a neighbor is out, because he says "Hi" and waves over and over and over again!

He gasps when he gets really excited about something and clinches his fists when he's upset.

He's gotten really good at dropping things on purpose and then saying "uh-oh".
He loves to unroll the toilet paper in the restrooms and to flush the toilet.

He also loves to talk. He's started using all kinds of inflections when he talks. He tries so hard to get his point across by using his hands. Whatever he's trying to tell us is always VERY important!

and embarrasingly, he loves to eat Dog Food! We have to feed the dogs at the same time we feed Luke so that he's in his highchair and not on the floor with them when they eat...otherwise, he steals their food.

He loves to eat and says "mmmmm" whenever he sees me open the pantry or refrigerator.
He loves fruit too which makes me so happy, but I made the mistake of introducing him to Cool Whip one day when we were eating strawberries and now he's hooked!












He loves to give kisses and hugs, especially to Tobie. His kisses are so cute too because he opens his mouth really wide.






He loves brushing his teeth






and playing in the tupperware cabinet (which helps so much when I'm trying to cook)






and he loves to put on our shoes and hats

Crystal Light

Luke has gotten to the point where he absolutely HATES laying down to have his diaper changed. In order for him to stay still long enough to get changed, I usually give him something to play with while I'm changing him. We have his changing pad on the kitchen counter (random, I know) so I just grabbed the first thing I could find which was a Crystal Light packet.
Oh...my...goodness...it took him no time to bite into the packet and have Crystal Light powder EVERYWHERE! Unfortunately, the Crystal Light was red too. It was all over his changing pad, the counter, the floor, and him, he looked like he had been in a horrible fight.
I immediately gave him a bath, and got most all of it off of him.
When I took him out of the tub, I gave him his lovie, Raffie, to calm him down while I attempted to put another clean diaper on him. WELL apparently, Raffie had Crystal Light powder all over him too! So, once again Luke was a mess, Crystal Light all over! So we went back into the tub and I made sure there were no remnants of Crystal Light anywhere near when I finally put a clean diaper on him.
These pictures don't do it justice, but I wasn't able to get any pics of him before the first bath because I was so frazzled on what to do with him and everything else that was covered with Crystal Light.
Never thought I'd say it, but I think I'm ready to go back to work :)