Last Month in Pictures...

Logan 3 years and 3 months old. Currently is taking "anastics" (gymnastics) at Break the Barriers. She LOVES it. I thinks its fun for her to have her own thing to do. She is the little comedian these days and constantly has us laughing at her one liners. The other day she asked me, "Mom, where did I get my booty crack?" She continues to love to talk and be with people. She is loving her time her cousin Hannah and "the boys" (her boy cousins Nick, Cody and Brett). She also doesn't stop talking about "her husband" Cooper and her many "best friend(s)". Logan often plays with her babies and imaginary friends (who often share the same weird names that all seem to be made up and start with the letter H.... Trav and I never can pronounce them correctly.) We often have Logan saying no Mom...her name is "Heley" or "Henna" or "Holla." Yep...she has an imaginary friend name Holla. HOLLA!

We celebrated Alek's 3 birthday this past weekend and Lo rode on a horse at the party. She loved it of course. Since she was little she has always had a little love affair with horses. We enrolled Lo into preschool. She will start in the fall. She will be going 3 days a week. I can't hardly believe my little girl is going to school. But she is ready and soooo excited. Logan is getting really good and riding her bike. Taking walks is pretty fun. Although now we have to speed walk to keep up with her.

Luke 10 weeks. He is the sweetest little boy. He cries when he is hungry, sleepy or needing his diaper changed (normal) but that is usually the only time he cries. He is a happy, laid back baby. He is smiling and cooing all the time now. He often smiles at the LUCAS letters on his bedroom wall, the picture of Logan in our living room and the monkey mirror in our car. Of course he shares his smiles with us too. I just think its funny that he often smiles at these things. He slept from 11-6:15 the last two nights. Who knows if that will last but I will take the rest while I can get it.

Luke is our "Chunker Munker". At his 2 month appointment (two weeks ago) he weighed 15 pounds right on the nose. That is off the charts for his age. He is already in 6-9 month clothing! He is going to be big and tall like his Daddy. I recently saw a picture of Trav as a baby and Luke looks a LOT like Trav as a baby. Chunk and all!

Here are some pictures...

The car mirror monkey Luke often smiles at...

Grace and Lo at Alek's b-day party...(growing up)
Lo riding the horse...
Noni, Lo and Luke. She turned 88 this week!

Logan LOVES to hold Luke.

Hannah and Lo colored easter eggs....



Luke and Logan's "Baby Alli". I thought this picture was funny.

Logan and Luke right before bed one night. She LOVES it when we all tuck her in and Luke lays with her. So does he.
Look at those cheeks.

Logan at "anastics".

Luke smiling at a candle holder on the wall. (this was taken yesterday)

Look at those adorable sweet legs.
We love to make Luke smile & laugh. We were singing/dancing to "I like to move it, move it".
Her "anastic" clothes and tutu.

Something I Love....

We have started purchasing fruits and veggies ( F & R) from a company called Farmer and the Dale. All of the F & V are from local farms and are delivered to your house within a few days from being picked. Another thing I love is that most of them are organic. You log on to the website and pick which F & V you want (they have to be in season) then they deliver it to your home! I love it.

Check it out...

Farmer and the Dale

I'm Not Ready...

Good Afternoon Old Friend. Oh how I long for thee. I think of things I want to share with you through out the day but little time there is lately. So here I am Ole Blog. Did you miss me? I have missed and thought of you often.

I recently picked up a book (The Grace Awakening by Charles Swindoll) I read a while back and I am now reading it a second time with a group of friends. For some reason reading it this time around has hit me a little harder. Its challenging the way I parent and engage in relationships.

One statement the book made that has really stuck with me this week is....

"For there to be true maturity, people must be given room to grow, which includes room to fail, to think on their own, to disagree, to make mistakes."

How true that is. If we really want people (or our children) to become exactly who God intended them to be, we must give them room to grow, learn and fall for themselves. Oh how hard it is sometimes to give Logan the space to do this. But if I love her, and want her to grow, I will.

We have been talking a lot lately about "her jobs" (chores) and allowance. She gets excited about the new responsibilities. For me, its yet another flood of teachable opportunities in which I must let Logan learn and fail if need be. I asked her today if she could stop growing. She told me no. At 38 months she is 40 pounds and 40 inches. Really? My little girl isn't so little anymore. To be honest I can barely put her in her car seat anymore without throwing out my back and knocking her head on the roof of the car. My baby is getting older. It scares me if I am honest. I am not ready to let her grow up yet.

Luke is the sweetest little boy. He is perfect. At 6 weeks (tomorrow) he weighs 12 pounds 11 ounces. He is already in 3-6 months clothes! He brings so much joy to us all. Trav got him smiling on camera yesterday. Hopefully I can post some pictures of that. (if my computer cooperates)

Here are some pictures from this week.

My first smile caught on camera (5 weeks)

Logan's first smile at 4 weeks.

Watching Daddy's new TV in my swing.

Logan and Coop playing dress up. One of their VERY favorite past times.
SO sleepy.

One month old in this picture.

Hannah and Lo, the two big sisters! (Hannah wasn't into taking a picture) My sister Lisa had a little boy on Friday making me an auntie for the 5th time. Lincoln Michael Stanley Lakovich weighed 8 pounds 3 ounces. Lincoln and Luke are 5 weeks apart and Lo and Hannah are a year. I look forward to watching their relationships grow. These two already love each other soooo much.