5 months old

Luke is growing up so fast it seems. I like to think of him as a genius but really, ALL babies are geniuses, think of all they learn so fast and so early. They just absorb everything! Luke can roll all over the place, he can put his own pacifier in his mouth, he is eating cereal twice a day now (these pictures are of his first time to eat it and he ate his whole bowl!!), he thinks the dog is hilarious and is getting ready to crawl. Oh my goodness. Its hard to believe that he is 5 months old...

Then again, its hard to believe he hasn't been around forever. He is such an awesome kid. Being parents is hard, but its good; and why shouldn't it be hard, it is an awesome responsibility, one we could/should only be able to handle because we draw our strength from our Lord.

Thank you all for your love and your prayers.

If you want to compare how much he has changed, just take a peek at some earlier posts-wow.

Okay, y'all. Saints play tonight, they are on their way. Apparently they just needed Luke as a fan to make this far, this is their year. (that was for Aaron, you love a man, you love his team :D)

Christmas, Part 2

After our Christmas with the Bonners here in Illinois we braved the airlines and made our way to the Durham house in Texas.

We played in the Annual Durham In-law/Out-law Golf Tournament, Luke and Tre went too. Here is Luke all decked out in his golf clothes with my Dad:

Taking the trophy (yes, there is a trophy) was my bro-in-law Mark and my Grandpa, Aaron and Mom came in 2nd, Dad and Courtney (my brother Cody's girlfriend) and myself at 3rd (woohoo), Amanda and Cody in at 4th (a.k.a. last). This was my first time to play in the golf tournament, I had a crash course lesson the day before with my Dad at the driving range and greens, I'm proud to say that I wasn't an embarrassment.

Here is luke talking with my Mom and me.

And this was a fun picture to take:

Luke and Tre, sitting a chair all by themselves, posing for a picture. They are in their new matching "First Christmas" outfits their grandparents got them. Imagine if you will, all the adults in the room, behind this camera, basically being idiots to see if they can get a smile, next time I'm videotaping that! hehe.

Keep scrolling for Christmas, Part 1...

Christmas, Part 1

Christmas was great this year! We were so thankful to have Mike and Jane (Aaron's parents) come to visit just a little before Christmas so we could celebrate with them.

Luke enjoyed his first Christmas, he opened his own presents (well, maybe not by himself), and it really tuckered him out!

We had a wonderful time with "Popaw" and "Momaw", enjoyed family and remembered Christ. And we got presents-woohoo.

Affirmation

Would you please do me a favor? I am very interested to know who all reads this blog...so if you would just post a comment, short or whatever, just to let me know who I'm talking to...That would be awesome. I love sharing with you, and I know who some of you are, but I would love to know who I'm sharing with. Okay, that was all for now, I just thought I'd see if you would do that for me- thanks.

Thanks.

Present Shakers Beware

I don't really agree with this guy on many things, but this article was note-worthy:

"Every night at 8 p.m. on MSNBC, Keith Olbermann awards his daily pick for Worst Person in the World.

Worst Persons in the World’: Grinch-y family
'...our winners tonight, we’re not sure where to pin the blame here.
How about the whole unnamed family from South Carolina. Great Grandma got the 12-year-old boy a Nintendo Gameboy Advance for Christmas, but she wrapped it up, put it under the Christmas tree and told him not to open it. It was perhaps no surprise that the boy opened it anyway, whereupon his mother called the cops and had her 12-year-old son arrested for unwrapping the expensive Christmas present that you got him anyway too early. A not very functional family in South Carolina, Tuesday’s Worst Persons in the World. ' "

So be careful about how you handle whats under the tree this year! :D

Daddy's Little Saint

Thats right! He's all ready for the Saints v. Cowboys game this Sunday. Lookout Cowboys, the Saints have a new fan! Aaron took this picture, we've gotten a little "picture happy". I took the sepia one, that is actually his slipper on his foot he is holding-very flexible little guy. I don't know if any kid has had this many pictures taken of them like Luke has. Well thank you for visiting the Luke pictures website, We'll keep you posted on Luke's growing up. GO SAINTS!

Winter-wonderland

As predicted-the snow has come, around 5 inches. Aaron had fun shoveling the snow at home. The temperature tonight is supposed to be 9 degrees...bbbrrrr.... Quite a winter-wonderland. We are very cold. But I am happy to say that the thermostat isn't at an unreasonable temperature and I am not wearing warm socks and a sweater inside. yeah me. Samson absolutely loves the snow, I try to walk him as quickly as I can and all he wants to do is play and jump around. I can't blame him though, he doesn't get cold with all that fur.
Once again, the credit goes to my wonderful husband for the inspiring picture. :)

Durham genes

Well, if you know me and my family-we are ketchup lovers. Not just any ketchup, but Heinz Ketchup.
Oh yeah, ketchup snobs.
And here is my son-enjoying his first ketchup experience, the first of many I'm sure.
:D

Future Ice Skating Rink?

So check out our lake! This is our backyard...it has been raining a lot, A LOT.

But not to worry-because of the freezing temperatures in our future (at or below 32 degrees for the seven day forecast), the rain will turn to snow!

snow, Snow, SNOW.

It won't be long before we will be covered in snow.

6-12 inches of snow to come tomorrow, between 12:00am-12:00pm. The sleet has started, and the icicles have arrived.

Here we go winter! December 1st is here!

Thanksgiving

Well, we had the big Thanksgiving Meal: Turkey, Stuffing, Green Bean Casserole, Asparagus Casserole, Cranberry Sauce, Rolls, Sweet Tea, Apple Pie and Ice Cream. Oh my goodness, we were full. And I think we will be eating the leftovers for a little while. Aaron made the turkey (it was good!) and I had my first attempt at making an apple pie (and those pies are yummy). We ate fairly moderately for our meal, we just never really stopped eating afterwords!! haha. Watched alot of football and just hung out as a family.
Here we are on Friday, Luke is wearing his Christmas pajamas while we watch football! Doesn't he look into it? We set up the tree and put on our ornaments, and set out our stockings and Nativities. We feel "Christmas-y" now! Luke liked to look at all the ornaments and he showed special interest to the Mississippi State ones, his father's son. So anyway, we had a great holiday and are looking forward to the next! Hope yours was and is good also!