Lukie Bear

Luke started eating baby food at about 5 months. We are sleep deprived and were hoping he would sleep longer at night with a full tummy. Some nights he still wakes up, but for the most part he is getting better. This picture is so funny because he did not like the green beans at first taste.

I think he looks like a little angel baby here!

He loves playing on our bed when we get him dressed.

Cutie pie!

Madilyn Singing about Fairy Tales

Madilyn Singing about Fairy Tales

(Please forgive the sideways view!!!)

Madilyn LOVES to sing and makes up her own songs all day long. This one was about fairy tales, but not all of it were actual words. Sometimes she fills in blanks with random hums or sounds if she can't think of words fast enough. We joke that she is from the East or from England because of the way she talks, "He-yuh= here, Ha-yuh= hair," etc. She is a mama's girl and loves putting on "mate-up", sticker earings, changing clothes 10 times a day, brushing her teeth, playing "shopping", you name it! She "ordanizes" everything and loves to "tu-luh"=color. Madilyn is a cutie pie and Mark and I love speaking her language, as you can tell.

Luke Laughing

Luke is now 4 1/2 months old. He is 14 lb. 11 oz. He laughs at almost anything, especially Caleb and Madilyn. Caleb usually tries to pick him up like the lion cub on Lion King and says, "You're the King of the world!" Madilyn rubs his head and cheeks and talks to him like a little mommy. She calls him "Lute" or "Lutie Bear". Luke is quick to notice when Daddy comes home because he gets serious and starts focusing on where his voice is coming from. Then, he makes eye contact and smiles so big! 4 months is such a joy. (That's when I am finally starting to function again!) I'll be even better when he starts sleeping through the night. We love our little guy.

The Beginning of 2010...

Madilyn & Caleb standing in the window frame

while new windows were installed at

Grandma and Grandpa's house...

Madilyn climbs into Luke's bed almost every morning.

If he's crying, she puts his binky in. If he's talking,

she talks baby talk back to him. Then, she climbs out and tries to wake

"mama bear" from her deep slumber saying, "Mommy, Lute is awate! Dit UP!"

and she starts listing all the things that could be wrong with him,

"He has a dirty diaper...he's hungry...he wants you..."

Thing 1, Thing 2, and Thing 3

(We need to get some shirts made for them to wear!)

Caleb fishing at Chocolate Bayou

Lukie Bear and Mama

Doesn't he have the biggest eyes and cutest lips!