Luke's first haircut

If you could even call it that.....it was more like 2 snips around his ears!! While I wasn't ready to cut off all of Luke's curls in the back, he definitely needed a little trim. So, I took him to my hairdresser, DeeDee, and thought Luke would be perfectly happy to have his hair cut.....I was wrong. This picture pretty much sums up the experience!

Luke was happy at first to sit in the chair and DeeDee gave him his own comb to hold, which he used of course to comb his own hair :-)

Then, DeeDee came near him with the scissors and that was the end of the fun. I really wasn't expecting Luke to be so upset about all of this, but he kept bending down so that DeeDee couldn't come near him! She was so patient, she tried everything to try to keep him happy, but nothing worked....

Not even when mommy tried holding him!

The only thing that made Luke happy was for the haircut to end and to have some juice :-)

We'll try again in a few months and hope that Luke's hairdoesn't become too shaggy before then!

Trip to see my college roomie

This weekend, we took our first long road trip with Luke to Abilene. Vic and I had never been there and that is where my college roommate Sarah lives. I have been so blessed to still be friends with Sarah and her husband Chris even though we don't live very close, and they have made trips down to Houston and seen us several times. So, it was long past due for us to see where they have been living for the last 6 years! We had a great time, their daughter Noelle is a year older than Luke, and I think they really had fun playing together. They mainly played in Noelle's kitchen and with her puzzles, we also took them to a couple really great parks. Thanks Sarah and Chris for giving us your weekend, for the wonderful meals and your friendship. We really enjoyed getting to see where you live and had so much fun just hanging out with our families together, we will definitely make the trip back sometime! Here are some pictures of Luke and Noelle.

Luke and Noelle on the slide at the park


Sarah and me with the kids




They both liked swinging, Noelle especially liked to be pushed really high!

Noelle flying the airplane, isn't she adorable?

Luke looks innocent in this picture, but he was in fact continually pulling Noelle's hair. Typical boy!

The new year

Wow, I can't believe a week of 2009 has already gone by! We celebrated the new year by having both of our families over to also celebrate my birthday (29 and holding!!). I have always enjoyed having my birthday on a holiday so that I can celebrate with my family and no one has to work! Then, this week Luke turned 18 months old which is hard to believe. At his check-up, he weighed almost 29 pounds and nearly 34 inches long, both in the 75-90%. He is a big growing boy as always!! Then, we just got back from a few days with grandma and granddad while Vic made a work trip to Utah. We had fun, especially seeing his friends Mark and Sterling at ChuckECheese! It was very difficult to get a picture of the boys since they all move so fast, but they really enjoyed dancing to the music and riding some of the rides. Here are some pictures.

Luke enjoyed climbing in the toddler area

Mark was definitely the best dancer!

Jessica with Luke and Sterling

All the boys in one picture!

Eating with a fork!

We were eating spaghetti tonight and Luke seemed to have trouble with the noodles slipping out of his hands, so I decided to give him a fork and see what he did. You would never have known it was his first time to use a fork, he just dug right in and kept eating!! I was very surprised since our attempts with a spoon have not gone well. I am mainly just writing about this because he was so proud of himself and I thought these pictures were too cute not to post :-)

We have come a long way in a year, here was Luke eating on Christmas day last year. He wasn't too sure about eating anything but milk, he sure has changed his mind since then!!

Merry Christmas!!

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! Ours was great....busy, but lots of fun. We spent monday evening through Christmas morning with Vic's parents, then went to my parent's house Christmas day and came home today. Luke had tons of fun, and did much better than last year (when he was overly exhausted and screamed most of Christmas day). He still wan't too interested in opening presents, but once they were open he had lots of fun playing with his new toys. We are so thankful for having families close by to enjoy this Christmas with, and most of all to our Savior Jesus who we celebrate His birth this Christmas season. Here are some pictures from this week.

Christmas Eve at Nana and PawPaw's house

Luke opening his Christmas Eve present with Daddy, Christmas p.j.'s!

Christmas morning, Luke just wanted to carry around this candy cane with m&m's, he didn't care about any of his presents!!

Luke finally decided his new toys were pretty fun and started playing with them!

Luke grilling on his new grill! This definitely seems to be his favorite :-)

Wow, Luke hopped right on his new kawasaki and took off! He even likes to try some tricks like getting off while still making the car move, and standing up while he is riding. We are seriously considering getting Luke a helmet to accompany this toy!

Luke opening toys at Grandma and Granddad's house. Cool, a John Deere tractor set!

Luke enjoying the birthday cake we made for Jesus. Aunt Malissia commented that Luke looked like he has facial hair like Vic :-) Fortunately, this is just icing and I think we are a few years away from facial hair!


We went to ChuckECheese with Nana and PawPaw a couple days before Christmas. I am not sure who had more fun, Luke or them?!

Fun this week!

Luke and I went to see Grandma and Granddad for a couple days this week while Vic was in California. We had lots of fun as usual, Luke convinced Grandma to take him on the carousel at the woodlands mall (by screaming and pointing at the horses!) and we also tried to see Santa. Unfortunately, Luke didn't exactly take a liking to Santa, I hope he still brings Luke a present!! Santa tried to convince Luke to sit in his lap by giving him a couple toys to hold. Luke obviously didn't understand because he took the toys and ran off with them!! We gave up and left without a picture. Grandma also took Luke to McDonalds for his first happy meal. That was a big hit! We also were able to see Jessica and Sterling and play. Luke and Sterling are at the age where they just want whatever toy the other one has! As you can see, they even like to sit in the same space :-)

Luke loves carousels!

Luke's first happy meal, yummy!

Luke and Sterling "sharing" space in the drawer :-)

Thud!

Thud, that is what I heard this morning on my way to get Luke out of his crib.....which Ithen realized he decided that mommy is not necessary to get out of the crib if you can just jump out yourself! Ahhhh! I don't know who was more freaked out to see Luke on the floor, me or him! He was ok though, he cried for a couple minutes, then just wanted down to play. Vic left to go out of town this morning, so when he gets back, he will be converting the crib to the toddler bed, not something we were planning on this soon. Well, thanks to Nana and PawPaw for purchasing the convertible crib so we can continue to use it, otherwise we would have gotten very little use out of the crib!!