Life from Behind

Life seems to like to sneaks up on us from behind and says, "Here I am!" We always think wow where did the time go, where did this month go, where did this year go; anyone who has kids especially understands this. They just grow so fast right before our eyes and before we know it we are asking where did it all go! I have been experiencing this from day one with Luke. He is just growing up so fast.
One day he is so little and we are holding him then in a blink of an eye it seems he is running out the door just like his big brothers! He loves to be outside and anytime someone is going out he is right on their heels ready to go! Every Friday we go to the park and he just loves to exlore and check everything out! It is so fun to watch him and wonder where does it all go. Time flies when you are having fun and we are always having fun with Luke!

Thirty Something

Turning thirty-two this year was one of my best birthdays to date. I had a hard time with turning thirty mainly because at the same time my son was turning twelve! Now, I am over the age thing! I had a great birthday this year and I know there are going to be more to come. Well my birthday started off on Wednesday with my work having a brunch for me and my boss giving me a gift! On my actual birthday which was Thursday August 21st, my girlfriends from church all treated me to dinner/dessert at the Cheesecake Factory. They surprised me when the waiter and waiteress brought out our desserts with the picture above and a serende of Happy Birthday! Friday I recieved many birthday wishes from the ladies at my Breastfeeding group and then on Saturday evening my husband treated me to a wonderful dinner! We went to a Japanese resturant in Roseville where they cook the food right at your table! It was a lot of fun and really good food! After dinner we went miniture golfing! I had a great birthday and I want to thank everyone that made it special. Especially my mom for watching Luke for us while we went out! My husband for watching Luke and the boys while I went out with my girlfriends and of course all my girlfriends for treating me to the best Cheesecake ever!!!!

Stuffed Duck

For his birthday Luke got a duck that he could stuff all by himself! I was not sure if he could do it or would even be interested, but he was! So we sat down and made his duck. He put the stuffing in and got to put a little star inside of the duck
that he was suppose to make a wish on and then we filled out the birth certificate! Since he knows that ducks say Quack Quack that is what we named his duck!
He was very proud of it when it was all done! I know this won't be the last duck he gets even though I know my husband wishes it was, but I am hoping it will be the end of the duck phase. We are ready to move on to big boy things!

Brush Your Teeth

Luke loves to brush his teeth. We have made this a routine and he even knows where to put his tooth brush when he is all done. He is so smart! He is getting to where he will walk to the changing table when he needs to be changed, he will walk to his crib when he is ready for bed and he walks to his high chair when he is ready to eat! Here are some pictures of him brushing his teeth!

Our Futrue Rock Star

Luke is quite the music lover. Everything that has music he will listen to and bop his little head to. He likes all kinds of music, rock, Christian, Country and of course lullabies! So yesterday my husband was listening to music on the computer and Nathan brought out his guitar to play along to the music; next thing we know Luke is wanting to play on the guitar too! I had Nathan let him hold it to see what he would do! I had put his hair up in a mohawk before all this, so it was quite fitting!

Summer Ends

Well tomorrow the boys go back to school. It has been a long summer and although they say they are not ready; I know that I am! They are starting to fight more with each other too, so that tells me that they are ready. So ready or not tomorrow Alex starts 6th grade and Nathan starts 8th. I feel a little bad because I cannot afford to send them to school with new clothes and school supplies. We are going to make do with what we have for now. This is going to be an interesting school year for Alex because over the summer we took him off the medication that he has been on for "ADHD"

and with complete Faith and belief in our Lord Jesus we are believing that he is healed and does not need this medication! He is going to be able to stay focused and concentrate because he has the power of a praying mommy on his side and more importantly he has Jesus in his heart and that is all he needs! On that note, we will be keeping everyone up to date on how it goes and I will close with some pictures of their last day of swimming lessons which was last week!