Trip to Atlanta

We have had a big week, it was Luke's first plane trip!! Vic had a work conference in Atlanta this week, so Luke and I tagged along for fun. We had a great time and it was nice to get away and see some fun new things. Luke did really well on the trip, even on the returning flight that ended up being a 6 hour trip on the plane instead of 2! (thanks to thunderstorms in houston that prevented us from landing and rerouted our trip - exactly what I had feared most!!) Even though Daddy was working, we still had lots of time to see him and we are glad he took us with him! Here are some pictures from the week.

Luke waiting for the airplane

On the airplane with the Handy Manny video ready to go!

We went to the Georgia Aquarium and it was fantastic! Luke's favorite was seeing this thing, we couldn't drag him away from it after the picture :-)

Luke touching the stingrays, we had a hard time keeping him from jumping in with them!

Worn out after the aquarium with his new friend (the fish)

My personal favorite outing in Atlanta was to the World of Coca Cola!! I love coke and it was super fun to see how it is made, the highlight of the tour was tasting all sorts of coke drinks from around the world. Luke enjoyed it too!!

Oops, was I not supposed to let him try the alcoholic ones??? Just kidding :-)

These pictures are from the children's museum in Atlanta, Luke enjoyed "fishing" and also playing in the sandboxes.

Our hotel overlooked the Centennial Park, which I think was built for the olympics when they were held in Atlanta. They were several playgrounds that Luke had lots of fun on.

Luke's favorite thing in all of Atlanta was the fountain in the shape of the olympic rings. The fountain has shows at certain times of the day and here is Luke watching the show with Daddy.

Luke is thinking about going in.....

He's getting close!!

And he's in!!!

Poor Luke, he went inside the rings of water when they weren't shooting water, I don't think he realized when they all came on that he would be stuck inside!!! He eventually got out when the water went down again, but it was very entertaining :-)

Rodeo

We took Luke to the rodeo last week and we all had a great time. I am not sure which Luke enjoyed more....the food (especially the funnel cake!) or the animals! Luke absolutely loves to pet animals, so the petting zoo was definitely the biggest hit. He wasn't very impressed with the other animals, especially the ones that just were laying around inside fenced areas, he likes to be able to chase them! Luke did pretty well considering it was at night, we got to watch a little of the actual rodeo and left before the concert, but was also had fun hanging out with the friends we went with (and thank you to them for the free tickets they gave us!). I am really glad we took Luke, here are a few pictures :-)

Luke pointing out the baby chicks to Daddy

Luke was really excited to pet the rabbit and this thing (guinea pig/hamster??), which by the way, none of these animals will ever be coming to our house!!

Luke loved to pet this poor animal's ear because when he did, the ear started twitching and Luke thought it was hilarious, I have never seen him laugh so hard! :-)

Luke loves to give hugs....We don't think the animals enjoyed the hugs as much as Luke did though :-)

Zoo trip

Last saturday, the young adult sunday school classes at our church made a trip to the zoo. We actually hadn't been in a while and we had lots of fun. Luke has really been into making animal sounds lately, so it was fun to see the real animals! His favorite animal and sound to make is the elephant, it is too cute :-) Here are a couple pictures from the day...

You can't really tell from the picture, but Luke is actually crawling in a tunnel that goes through the water. I was surprised he went through, and once he did, he just wanted to keep going again!

Trinity tried to keep Luke in line, but notice Luke seems more intestested in the stick in his other hand!

Luke and Trinity looking at the meerkats :-)

Luke is going to be a ......

Big Brother!!! I am not sure how excited Luke is (actually he has no clue), but we hope he will be excited when the baby comes. I am 12 weeks along and due September 18th and we are very excited to add another child to the family!

We told our families a few weeks ago and here are some of my favorite quotes from my brothers regarding the situation: (actually these are all from Andy, Matthew's comment wasn't blog appropriate!)

"But you just got un-pregnant!"

"I am still trying to get used to one nephew, and he can't even say my name yet"

"I can't wait to make fun of you again for getting fat and eating all my food"

"Can you try to have this baby on a saturday?"