Favorite Photos Friday

Well it is Friday again...so here is my post for "favorite photos friday" Just a couple of funny pictures of Luke in his new "CARS" underwear!!

This pictures is silly...and no he didn't dodo in his underwear..they are just a little baggy.. hehe :-)
We took him to see the movie "CARS" the weekend it came out. It was his first time at a movie theater. He loved it. It was a super cute movie..even for the parents. He keeps asking me "Mama whatcha Cars" it is really cute..will have to buy it when it comes out on DVD.
He loves wearing his new underwear, and is still doing very well with the potty training. He went dodo for the first time in the potty yesterday. That was a big accomplishment for him...Yeah Luke!!! He has only had one wet accident since his second day of potty training..so he is doing very well.

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Workout: I have still been keeping up on my workouts. Joe and I bought bikes a few weeks ago and have been riding them everywhere. We got one of those little bike carts for Luke that you pull behind your bike. We got it up the road from our house at a yard sale. So we got a great deal on it and it is almost brand new. Luke loves it. We have been going for bike rides almost every night. There are a tons of bike trails all around town. It is a very good workout. Only bad thing is we end up stopping my DQ on the way home for some ice cream. Luke won't let us pass by there with out getting him a little baby cone. Oh well. It is fun family time together!!!

~Little Baby Hunter~

Well, we had a pretty crazy weekend and a week so far. Between Father's day and helping my husband parents move into their new house. I have not had time to post.

But wanted to share this with everyone. The pictures above are of me and my friend Jessica. While we were in Washington I got to go to one of her baby showers. They knew that they were having a little boy and were naming him hunter.

They induced her labor on last friday and finally late on saturday night she started pushing. She was having a hard time and the baby wasn't coming. So they did a c-section. The baby wasn't breathing and had to be revived. They were then transported to a hospital in Seattle for further care. At first they were just worried about the babies lungs because it had a bowel movement and thought it might be in the lungs. We were pretty worried, but thought he would probably be ok.

The next day I found out that they said that there was some bleeding in the brain and swelling and they were worried about brain damage and were going to do some test. After a day or two more of waiting, the test revealed that he has severe brain damage...almost completely brain dead.

He has been on life support and today they are going to take him off support and let him go. It is so sad..and makes me cry as I write this. My friend Jessica and her husband seem to be doing good...but I know it can't be easy. It is probably an emotional roller coaster for them. They have been able to see and hold the baby alot and are going to get to hold him while he passes on.

Just remember them in your prayers today, as it is going to be a very hard day for them. And over the next few week as they go home to a house full of baby stuff with no baby.

It is hard to understand why stuff like that happens. You look at your own child and see how strong and healthy they are and you think about what it must be like to go through something like that. So so sad. I just hugged Luke for the longest time today and thanked the Lord that he allowed him to be a healthy little baby and now a little boy.

A BABY'S SECRET

I'm just a little person

And I didn't quite make it there;

I went staight to be with Jesus

And I am waiting for you here.

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Don't you fret about me, Mommy,

I'm of all God's lambs most blest;

I'd have loved to stayed ther with you,

But our Shepherd knows what's best.

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Many dwelling here where I live

Waited years to enter in;

Struggled through a world of sorrow

And their lives were marred with sin.

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So sweet Mommy don't you sorrow,

Chase the gloom and wipe the tears;

I went straight to Jesus bosom

May your heartache disappear.

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Daddy gave me something for you,

It's our secret, Mommy dear;

Pressed it tight against my forehead,

Whispered in my tiny ear.

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I'll be waiting for you Mommy-

You and Daddy, all the rest.

I'll be with you then forever

And I'll give you Daddy's Kiss.

Congratulation!!!

Well just found out some great new!!! Our close friends are expecting there first baby!!! They have been married for like 7 years and have not been able to get pregnant untill now!!! We are so happy and excited for them!!!

Congratulations!!!!

Bottle Breaking & Potty Training!!!

Well it has begun....We have broke Luke off the bottle and started the potty training. He is doing really good with both!! It seems like he is growing up over night.

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I wasn't really planning to start any of it..but it just kinda happen. Which was really nice. First it was the bottle. Well one day we were out of milk and I couldn't go get any, so I thought ok we will just see what happens. It was time for Luke's nap and I put him down and told him that the milk and the baba was all gone. He was not very happy about it. He kept getting up and getting up. After about 5 or 6 times and when I opened the fridge and showed him there was no milk he finally realized he was too tired to care and went to sleep. It really wasn't that bad compared to our previous experiences of trying to take it away...which involved crying and screaming and kicking and never settling down. And each time it has gotten easier. At first he would ask for the bottle and I would say "no more bottles" and then he would toss and turn for a little while and go to sleep. But now he is not even asking for it.

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As for the potty training, that is still a work in progress. We got him a potty chair months ago and when we first got it he was very interested in it. He would sit on it and everything but would never go, and then eventually he wanted nothing to do with it. So I decided I would just put it away some where in the closet and bring it back out when he seemed interested in it again. So one day he kept saying " Where Luke potty go?" Then he saw a commercial on TV for Pull Ups and thought it was pretty cool. So I showed him his big boy underwear and asked him if he wanted to wear them. And to my surprise he did. So we put them on him and then took him to the potty after a little while. He sat down and was trying to go but couldn't quite figure it out. So I turned the water on in the sink hoping that would give him the urge to go, and it did. So now his is using the potty when we are at home to go pee pee, but hasn't done the doo yet. But it is a great start, and it all started happening with the bottle and the potty on the same day. So that's why I said it seems like he grew up over night. It is really neat, but also sorta sad. He is definitely not a baby anymore.

Workout: Took Luke for a 30 min walk this morning.

Favorite Photos Friday

Well, here are some of my favorite photos from our trip!!

I put them on my last post too in the slide show, but wanted to post them again for my "favorite photos friday"

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

He had so much fun that day...playing in the water. It was really hot outside. A good way to cool off!!
Beautiful Lake Chelan
I love this picture of Joe and I. It is not very often that we get good pictures of just the two of us. My mom babysat for us that night and we got to go out with Joe's sister and her husband. I was really fun!!
Me and my mom...saying goodbye.
Janiece (joe's sister) and me!!!

I'm Back!!!

Well We have been home now for about a week. We had a great trip. We enjoyed every minute of it. It was so nice to see all our friends and family and spend time with them. Check out the slide show below for some of the pictures we took along the way. It is kinda hard to post about what all we did on our trip...since we were gone for two week and we did so many things. So I will let the pictures tell the story. Just click on the link below.

Slide show of our trip!!!