I am VERY late on this post. I started it on Luke's birthday but then never finished it! Life has been CRAZY busy, but I didn't want to forget to "write" it all down......
We celebrated Luke's actual birthday (on 3/17/12) with a small little family/friends party! We had such a great time! My in-laws were so great to let us host the party at their house! I tried to make it as simple yet memorable as possible! I went with a red/aqua color scheme and really loved how it looked! We celebrated the life of my sweet boy and am so blessed to have such great family members and friends to share it all with!
We just had simple BBQ foods for lunch and enjoyed the rest of the day just handing out!
Here are a few pics, I am still waiting on some from my MIL, so I will add more later....I realized how few pictures I took...AND I didn't get one picture with Luke...how sad is that? I am always behind the camera or I was just too busy I didn't even think about it :( I really need to be better at stepping around the camera and letting someone else take pics!
Luke,
My first born, my little love,
I can't believe you are ONE year old! This past year really flew by! You have changed our lives more than you will ever know! You are such a little character and have become such a sweet, crazy little man! You are growing so fast, and I miss your babyness(is that even a word?) but LOVE watching you develop such a wonderful, unique personality. I still look at you and wonder what I did to deserve such a wonderful, perfect gift? God is SO good and created you so perfect for us! Your dark eyes, blond hair, and chubby cheeks are just a few things that make you who you are, but the way you babble, walk, laugh, play, smell, are all things I will never forget. You make me such a better person my little love and I am so thankful for YOU!
Here is what you are up to:
~You weigh close to 27 pounds
~You wear a size 4 diaper
~You are wearing mostly 24 month clothes (some,but very few 18 months still fit)
~You are about 32 inches long
~You say mama, daddy, ball, no, yes, uh oh, Sllll(for sleep), and you sign the words, more, all done, sleep, ball, baby, and eat. (we are working on please and thank you at the moment)
~ You are now drinking whole milk. You like it, but will only drink it from a bottle. You will drink water all day long in a sippy cup, but if we put milk in the sippy cup you won't drink it. We have been caving in and only giving you your milk in a bottle still, but are really trying to get rid of the bottle all together!
~You are practically running these days. You never slow down unless you are sleeping! You get so excited about certain things and squeel and run in circles.
~You have 9 teeth and two more are popping through as we speak.
~You love food, but getting you to eat has been a little challenging. You want to be on the go all day long, so putting you in your high chair and actually getting you to eat is a battle.
~You sleep through the night, and take 2 naps during the day. Naps are a little unpredictable, but they are usually about 2 hours each.
~Daddy is still taking care of you during the days, and then when I get home, daddy leaves for work :( we miss him at night :(
~You LOVE to be outside. You would live outside if you could. If you are ever cranky, just take you outside and you are good to go! I try to take you to the park at least a couple times a week, and take you on my workouts in the stroller. You love Auntie Britt's house because they have such a great backyard for you to play in!
~You are hard to taking shopping with. You just want out of your stroller/cart and if you can't get out you will let the whole world know it! You have a little voice on you and can scream really loud! You are pretty easy going, but if you are doing something you don't like, you will scream!
~You love playing peek-a-boo and think it is hilarious!
~You love cars, Elmo, balls, and bubbles!
You are such a JOY!!!
Well my love, we made it a whole year! I can't wait to see what the next year brings us!!
love,
Mama
