3 Years Ago...

We were anxiously anticipating the arrival of our precious addition to our family. On June 5, 2008 at 11:24 a.m.
Jack Steven Hopper was born. Adam, Will and I felt so happy to finally meet one amazing little baby.
What a great day that was. Our little Jack has brought so much into our family. Everything has doubled. Double the Joy, the Love and the Fun!

Jack, Daddy and Mommy Love you so,so much! Happy Birthday!

More on Spring 2011

OK, so basically today is the day before Jack's third birthday. The day of his birthday party! Which means I will blogging about his party a lot in the next day or two.

Ha-ha, if you know me, I always take my time with posts.

I have been meaning to post pictures of Will's end of the school year program and the end of T-ball season. But I have been so sleep deprived and tired with Luke nursing around the clock that I swear, my nights feel worse than those first few months all put together! Honestly, it's been really tempting trading blogger for naps. J/K. But today (I know that I picked the busiest day ever) I want to post about him because I want to share several good pictures of my Big Boy:)

(Sorry, if it this post looks a little rushed.)

This was at the end of the year picnic. The little boy in the center of the photo (Gabe) was one of Will's best of friends.

Will safely swinging his little brother & Luke is not happy with the idea.

Will's K-4 class had a pizza party too. Yummy!

Jack also enjoyed it too!

Later that evening Will and his class sang the Veggie Tales classic, "His Cheeseburger" song. So, so Cute!

Brotherly Love!

Mrs. Joyner (Will loves her so, he will definitely miss her!)

This was the only picture I took of Will at his last game. He hit the ball so hard that it hit the fence...woo-hoo! Go Will! We enjoyed watching him play and I know that he can't wait to play again next year :)

It was a fun school year but it's hard to believe that my little boy will begin Kindergarten next year. I know that I will miss seeing him this small.

Luke (Part II)

Today Luke is seven months, one week and four days old to be exact. He's such a ham and loves to smile as you can tell. He makes such cute expressions that simply makes us chuckle uncontrollably...

scroll down and you'll see!

cute huh?

Now that he is seven months old he can...

-say Dada as soon as he sees daddy-

-rolls over nonstop!-

-sits unassisted all the time-

-reaches out for anything & everything that is in front of him-

-is ready to crawl-

-tries to pull himself up in his crib-
&
-eats everything given to him-

Luke is always this happy. He makes my heart sing every time I look at him. He's such an easy going little man. He rarely ever complains (without a reasonable cause of course. Teething is one of them!) He's got two new top ones coming in and it hasn't been fun, for both of us!

Will and Jack are so good to him. They always share their left over train tracks with Luke. They never want Luke to feel left out when they decide to play trains. Ever since Luke became a member of our family, both boys have shown an unbelievable amount of care and protection towards their little brother.



Just this past Saturday Will had his last T-ball game of the season. Nana and Papa invited all of us over to their house for our first swim of the year. The water was just too cold for me. Adam and the boys(except for Luke) were a lot more brave. They all got in the pool and had a fun time!(I will post pictures of them, soon.)

Luke is cute ready for summer!

May 8, 2011

On Sunday morning around 7 o'clock the boys came storming into my room, shouting "Happy Mother's Day mommy"! They made my morning feel extra special! They had these beautiful flowers waiting for me on the kitchen table. They are absolutely lovely and smell heavenly.

Will is typically sweet and thoughtful but this morning he exceeded my expectations. He wanted to clean the entire house for me and of course I let him! Thank you, bubba(=

After Nana got home from church we stopped by her house to love on her for all that she does for all of us. Nana you are a great Mommy! We love you!



Daddy had to work on Sunday, so he asked all of us to stop by the fire station for an awesome dinner. We ate delicious comfort food. Oh, so yummy,barbecue. The boys enjoy playing with this pool table every time we visit the station. They love playing pool with daddy.
My evening couldn't have gone any better. I loved this Mother's Day! It was peaceful and filled with so much love.
Thank you to my sweet boys and Adam for making my day so very special.

I LOVE you, guys!

Luke (Part 1) Baby Food

Two weeks ago Luke turned 6 months old. He's reached the age when baby food is introduced and he is so happy we did. On his birthday we had him try sweet potato for the first time. At first he didn't know what to think of it but now he enjoys them and has developed a taste for other foods that are now his favorites. Each morning he begins with rice cereal and apples, for a snack he will eat a couple of spoonfuls of pureed bananas, and for lunch and dinner sweet potato and pears. He's still mastering the ability to swallow after each spoonful and I am sure he will master it well just like his two older brothers did.
He is reaching every milestone at the speed of lighting and it's flashing right before my eyes. I want time to slow down. I want to see Luke taking his time growing up. I look back at pictures of Luke as an infant and I can't honestly believe that my baby is half way to his first birthday. Why? Well, I know I can get a bit sentimental but who can blame me? I have three boys under the age of five and they are growing like weeds. Will is turning six this year and starting kindergarten and Jack will turn three in 5 weeks and 3 days. Even though, I never have time to relax, unless it's 11 o'clock at night(and that's called sleeping). I absolutely love staying at home and spending time with their little faces every hour of my day.

On his birthday he took a usual morning nap.

After an hour he wakes up with this handsome smile.He gets floor time with big brothers Will and Jack.He always goes for their face! ha ha hasitting on his bumbo waiting for a very anticipated lunch...

Luke's first time trying sweet potatoes... (and why does it look like I'm stuffing his face!)

geesh, sorry Luke :/

umm...not a fan, just yet!

a few days later...

Luke smiling after a few bites of pureed pears. We found a Winner!

Spring 2011

Hello everyone, again, it's been a while since my last post =) and because we all know what happens when you fall behind on blogging. I get tons of pictures to share with you. I may drown you with pictures (not that you mind) but I have decided to divide my post into small ones. Here is what you have to look forward to on future posts. My sweet baby Luke has turned 6 months old, has a new favorite puree food and is getting so good at sitting unassisted. Will is doing fantastic with T-ball, and my adventurous little Jack is Potty Trained! I will start with Easter pictures.

Hope everyone had a Happy Easter!

Easter 2011

He had fun with this egg!

Adam had to work on Easter Sunday. So we decided on having Easter on Saturday. These are the baskets the Easter Bunny brought Will, Jack and Luke.

the boys woke up early and noticed the baskets on the kitchen table. They hustled in our rooms yelling "Yay...we got Easter baskets"
They loved all the toys, books and of course candy!


Daddy reading the Berenstain Bears

Later after we had our egg salad sandwiches. We headed outdoors for a fantastic egg hunt!

Jack got distracted and refused to get his picture taken (:
Will looks so grown up in this picture...yikes!

Finally, I was able to get a good one with both of them...

Luke was not part of the egg hunt because he needed a nap. But he later joined us for some baseball fun.So SweetWe have been attending a new church close to our house and they had an Easter service on Saturday night. We cleaned ourselves up, got into our Easter outfits and headed out the door. It worked out perfectly since Adam had to work the next day.

Our family Easter picture taken at Aunt Angie's house.

Finally, I took these pictures of Luke wearing this Baby's 1st Easter onesie that Will and Jack also wore on their 1st Easter.

Happy 1st Easter my baby boy!