Me and Me Brudder

Luke is super excited to announce that he is going to have a baby BROTHER in July! We found out last week... Daddy was shocked that the Chinese birth chart failed him but Mommy knew it was going to be a boy. Needless to say we are all looking foward to the chaos that two boys will bring to our home.

Russell Visit

Grandma and Poppa Russell just left this morning after an eventful visit. There was LOTS of playing and horsing around. I've never seen Luke so worked up! We're hoping for a LONG nap this afternoon. Of course we were both sad to see them go. We had so much fun...
Here's Luke and Poppa sporting their Sesame Street shirts and getting ready for a ball game.

Poor Missy, once again, received FAR more attention than she wanted. I'm sure she was very happy to be going home.

"Cake, cake, cake" was all we heard at dinner every night.

Saying "bye-bye" just before G&P hit the road.

2 Year Appointment

We had an extremely busy post-birthday week, including Luke's 2 year appointment on Tuesday. WOW what a nightmere that was! The minute the nurses called his name he got upset and it escalated once the exam started. So, his measurements are probably a little off since it was a wrestling match, but he weighed in at 30.4 lbs. (76%) and height 37.5" (99%). Needless to say he's a big boy! Here he is sporting his favorite Dominick's grocery stickers.

Super Bowl Birthday

Luke turned 2 years old today on Super Bowl Sunday! Great-Grandma Mansfield, Grandma German, Great-Aunt Karen and Aunt Sissy all came over for lunch to celebrate. Grandma and Grandpa Russell and Aunt Kimberly joined the fun later thanks to Skype.

Here are a couple of pictures of Luke with the football cake Big Momma made for him. He actually tried to blow out the candles and said the word "cake" for the first time! Nice timing Luke.




Luke made out pretty well as far as birthday presents go. Here he is sitting on his new Jayhawks bean bag chair from Aunt Sissy (which Daddy will probably get a little use out of as well) while playing with his latch board game from Tom and Julie.



Mommy and Daddy gave Luke a Cozy Coupe for his birthday. While he hasn't quite figured out how to move around in it, he loves getting in and out of his new little car.

Luke thanks everyone for celebrating his birthday with him and, of course, for all the presents!

Big Shoes to Fill

Luke has recently taken a liking to walking around in my shoes. He doesn't move very fast in them (neither do I), but he can muster a few strong steps until...



...one gets caught in front of the other and down he goes...



One day he'll be wearing much bigger shoes than I do with that future 6'11 frame of his.