It's clean up time!

Will and Jack thought of a fun way to clean up their room and Luke thinks it's hilarious!

Two-in-one post

Saturday was a very special day for us. Luke had his 10-month-old birthday, and Will had his first soccer game. So instead of making two separate posts I figured why not make a two-in-one post?

Luke at 10 months can crawl, cruise, and can stand without assistance for a few seconds at a time.

He can say mama (woo-hoo!!!), clap his hands, shake his head yes and no, wave hello and bye-bye, and blows kisses.  Way to go Luke! (video below)

He loves jumping on this zebra!!!

 Very soon our littlest will turn one. What a bitter sweet day that will be! I just want him to stay a baby a little longer.  

 Happy Birthday Luke!

Luke saying mama

Moving on to Saturday's game:

Here's our soccer player, William. So Will's first soccer game was a lot of fun to watch. Nana, Papa, Aunt Angie and her fiancee Dale were there to watch him play. He has become such a good little player and he absolutely loves it! The difference between this year and last year is ginormous. Not to sound biased, but my boy sure has skill to play soccer the way he does. I seriously don't know where he gets it from...(I think maybe from his athletic momma-lol). But joking aside, he's definitely got a soccer gene in him! We are so happy for him and we hope that he keeps loving to play as he grows older :)

Will playing soccer (sorry the video is a little shaky).

First Day of School

Our morning began nice and early around 7:00 a.m. The boys woke up happy and excited thanks to a good 11 hour rest. They got dressed into the outfits they laid out last night. Will made his bed while Jack got dressed all by himself. It was such a smooth morning that they even had time to watch a cartoon.

 William's first day of Kindergarten. 

 Daddy proudly dropping off Will.

My little Preschooler, Jack. He was so brave and proud! 

Placing his pencil box in his cube.

He quickly adjusted to his surroundings. I think he will have fun today :)

All of my sweet babies are growing up so fast. It already feels different without them!

Game night

Tonight we skipped our usual Friday movie night to take the boys to a very important game around here. Our hometown little league players were playing for the Southeastern Championship. This was our first time ever attending a little league game and we are so happy that we chose this one. It was such a fantastic game. Florida scored 2 in the first inning. The score stayed 2 to nothing until the last inning. Georgia scored 4 in the last inning for a great come back win! Will and Jack were hysterically jumping and clapping like I have never seen before. The crowd was unbelievable. The stands were packed with what seemed to be only Georgia fans! When the game was over we had to walk close to a mile back to our car but by then it was nice and windy and the walk seemed a little more bearable. Although we ended getting home around 11:00 p.m. to find our sweet precious Luke asleep, thanks to Nana and Papa who sweetly accepted to watch him for us tonight. I know that Will and Jack will always remember how much fun this night was. Next up, our little all star Will has his first soccer game tomorrow. I will post pictures of him playing. He has gotten so good at soccer that watching him it such a pleasure. We are so proud of all our boys.       

Luke crawling...

On one knee (hehe)

 

It amazes me how in the past couple of weeks Luke has taken off with crawling. There isn't a chance to make him slow down at all! He can wave hello and bye-bye, shake his head to "no,no", claps when we cheer to him, loves cruising, and has an interest in music. He's a sweet and smart baby! :) BTW, I have started a countdown to Luke's first birthday. In 2 months and 10 days Luke turns 1!

Well Baby

Yesterday was Luke's 9 month well baby check up. The nurses and doctors are always amazed and often mention how sweet and cheerful he always seems to be. In fact, his nurse made the comment that out of all the children she sees (including my other two boys) she never sees Luke upset, grumpy or simply frightened. The more I thought of it the more I realized that she was right. Luke rarely cries and when he does, it is usually when he is hungry or simply tired. I suppose I got an an easy and happy baby after all ;) I also want to mention that he was given 5 shots yesterday!(not so happy about that)
Of course he cried, and I would have too if I was stabbed 5 times with those awful needles! I wish they didn't have to give that many shots to a baby or child at one time. I wouldn't mind if I had to be back to the doctor every couple of weeks just to space them out. Now his legs are swollen and painful. Poor baby. Now back to Luke...
My little chunk is now weighing 23 lbs and measuring 29 3/4 inches tall. Are you thinking what I'm thinking? What a Ham! Yes. He loves to eat, especially his mommy's milk! still!

Happy 9 months baby!

Luke Ryan is 9 months old today. It's hard for me to believe that my youngest son will turn one in three months. Where did time go?!

(a birthday present from mommy and daddy)
It is a walker. I think he will be running down our hallway with this thing very soon :)

Remember that a couple of post back I posted a video showing Luke taking steps to crawling? Well,  he has become so good at it that he considers crawling his favorite sport ;) He can crawl pretty fast too and can pull himself up to his feet on just about everything he finds! (he makes me laugh out loud every time he does :). At nine months he can wave hello and goodbye, he can clap and he can shake his head in response to "no"( does that mean we say the word "no" too much around here?) ha ha. Anyway, he melts my heart everyday. Our family is complete. Yes. Complete! I'm thankful to God everyday for an amazing little guy. Happy Birthday, boo boo! Mommy loves you!