Happy Father's Day

I know I'm a day early, but I'm not sure if I'll have time to blog tomorrow. So here it is...

Happy Father's Day to my dad, my father in law, grandpa, Carl, my brother, and all the other dads reading this blog! I am so thankful to have been blessed with such great men in my life. Each of you have touched my life in a unique way for which I am forever greatful! I hope that you all have a fabulous day and are treated like the amazing men you are!

some of our recent fun...

Proud Daddy moment...

Isaac's first ride in the hot rod! It took some convincing, he was scared at first, but then he relaxed and thoroughly enjoyed it!

"Yes? I'm driving, please close the door and leave me alone."

Dressed and ready to cheer on his team! Hup Holland Hup!

Luke chillin' at the neighborhood lake.

Isaac enjoying a snack on the beach.

Swimming with Daddy.

Isaac's first ride on a jet ski...will he like it???

Oh he LOVED it! He kept saying, more more! Of course going fast was the best part.

Photo Shoot

Luke had his first photo shoot on May 21...and he did great! We debated back and forth over whether or not we were going to take newborn pictures, but finally we decided that yes we would do it. I am so glad that we did! These pictures are priceless! This is such a special time in our lives, a time we will never get back, and I'm so thankful that we captured some of these sweet moments in pictures. We used the same photographer that we used last year and again she far surpassed our expectations! If you need a photographer for anything I highly recommend her, Lane Harris of Lane Harris Photography! We had a great time taking these, some quiet time during Luke's individual pictures and then some fun times during the family pictures and the Isaac pictures. I LOVE all of these pictures! It's really slow uploading them to the blog, so I just put a few on here, and I'll add more every now and then. I hope you enjoy them, too!

Gymnastics

Day 1

Rings

Worn out after class!
(He even fell asleep in the car on the way home.)

Hanging on the bar with TayTay.

Trying to put his feet on the bar.

Waiting for thier stamps at the end of class.

Getting his stamp from Coach Ashley.

We have our next gymnast of the family! Isaac started gymnastics last week (June 7), and he absolutely loved it! I have been talking about signing him up for months, but for many reasons kept putting it off. I knew he would enjoy it, but was worried he would be extremely timid and shy. I hoped he could do some of the "skills", but didn't expect too much. He far surpassed all of my expectations! He was not timid at all, just jumped right in without a bit of hesitation! He tries everything the coach asks of him and can do most of it pretty well! He is not shy at all, he listens to the coach, then does as she asks. He loves hanging on the bars and the rings! But his favorite so far was hanging on the zipline and going across the gym! He was the only one in the class that would hang on to it while we moved it down and back! He couldn't get enough of it, just wanted to go again and again! He also enjoys walking on the beam, and of course jumping on the trampoline! On the trampoline he does one seat drop after another. He also enjoys the song and dance time! Of course we couldn't take on such an adventure without his BFF TayTay.

One on One

Carl has been out of twon this week, since early yesterday morning and he'll be back late tonight. So Carl's parent's graciously took Isaac off of my hands, so I woudn't go crazy. Ha! Okay, I know I could handle it, but it sure is easier to have a partner with two little ones. Isaac went to story time at the library with Emmy and Gumby and then spent the rest of the day and last night with them. He is on his way home now, and I'm sure he had the best time! I am so thankful that we live close to family and our boys can spend so much time with their grandparents. Since Isaac was gone I had a full 24 hours of one on one time with Baby Luke. Oh and it was pure sweetness. This is the first time since we've been home from the hospital that I've really been able to give 100% of my attention to Luke. I loved every minute of it! I feel like we bonded even more and just had a great time together! He smiled so much, which just melts my heart, and we went for a walk, did some Father's Day shopping, and of course napped! He is already growing and changing, I can't believe he's 5.5 weeks old! I am trying to remember everything about these days with my boys...they will be teenagers before I know it (and then I'll never see them)!
We really did miss Big Brother Isaac though, so I'm excited to see have him home again!

Bottle

Yay, Luke got his first bottle today!!! This is a happy day for Mama! It means I can have a little more freedom and it means my body gets a little break! (You breastfeeding moms know what I'm talking about!) Aaahhh, relief. =)

Daddy gave him his bottle and he did very well! Luke ate just over 3 ounces! Way to go baby boy!

1 month old

Luke is one month old (yesterday)! I can't believe he's already a month, I know I'll say that every month, but my goodness this month really did fly by. Luke is doing well. He eats really well, still every 2-3 hours during the day and every 4-5 hours at night. He loves to be outside, just like his brother. If he is upset and we take him outside he almost always calms down immediately. He enjoys sitting in his swing outside, usually puts him right to sleep. He also enjoys his bath, well once he's in and warm he does...but then he sure gets upset when we take him out. I don't blame him though, it's cold when you're all wet and just taken out of the nice warm water. He is becoming more alert every day, I can see him starting to really look at things. He started smiling at us about 2 weeks ago, and I can't get enough of that smile. Unfortunately we haven't seen it a lot, but he seems to be showing us more every day. He does cry quite a bit, mostly in the evenings, but also randomly during the day. Not sure if maybe he has reflux or colic, or just likes to cry. We're figuring out things that help calm him down and hopefully by his 2 month update I can say he doesn't cry any more. He is happiest in the morning, he likes for me to hold him so he can look around the room. This morning Isaac wanted to hold him, so we went in Luke's room and Isaac sat with Luke on his lap in the rocking chair. It was a precious sight! Luke was so content and happy! He smiled at me a couple of times, and then he looked up at Isaac. Isaac was talking to him and kissing him on the head, Luke then smiled at Isaac a few times! It was so sweet to see that interaction!