Christmas Day 2011

Luke and I went to visit daddy in the morning at work on Christmas. And Luke ran circles in the bay area at the fire station from truck to truck "ooohhing and ahhhing" It is an understatement to say he LOVES trucks. He is in Heaven looking at the trucks and playing on them with daddy. He is such a lucky boy to have such a cool daddy :)

After the stop at the fire station we went with my parents and brother and his partner Mikey to my Aunt and Uncles house to have Christmas with some of my mom's side of the family. It was great to see everyone and Luke got to play with his buddy Ben. My cousins son who is a month younger than Luke, so they are so fun to watch "playing" with each other....or maybe just taking each others toys :)

Luke and Ben

My Grandma, Aunt, Mom and Brother

The box was way cooler than any present they opened.  :)

Christmas Eve

As I said in an earlier post, Jared had to work Christmas day so we split Christmas Eve between our families and went to my parents house in the morning for brunch and opened presents, then while Luke napped, we played The Game of Life, which I haven't played since I was a kid! We had so much fun ganging up on my husband...he was getting cocky :) BUT then I WON!! 

Reading books with Grammy and Grampy (my parents)

Luke's new chair! He loves this thing!

King of the mountain!

After that we went to Jared's parents house and had dinner with his parents, his sister Kathryn and her boyfriend Nick. We had a great time, but were missing some of the family. We opened gifts after eating some yummy cheesecake.

Aunt Kathryn and Nick

Our family Christmas

So since Jared is a firefighter, he doesn't have a normal schedule like most people and doesn't get Christmas off. It just depends how his shift falls, and this year we got very unlucky with almost every holiday but Thanksgiving Jared has been working. So we made the most of it and had our own Christmas on Wednesday 12/21. I made homemade cinnamon rolls and a sausage and egg casserole the night before so in the morning when I woke up I threw them into the oven and then we had a fabulous breakfast together!

Then after we ate we watched Luke open his presents. Jared and I decided not to get each other presents this year. It always seems to silly to buy each other gifts with our money. So we just got Luke and the dogs gifts. It was so fun to watch Luke open presents, last year he slept through us opening his presents for him. This year he tore the paper off by himself and was so excited about each gift!

YES! Cars!

And trucks!!

AND a Bat Mobile (can you tell this boy LOVES trucks!)

This is a soccer net and soccer ball, I am convinced he will be our little soccer player. He has been a kicker since he was in my belly. And when he was newborn he was always kick kick kickin!

Our little chef, now has his own kitchen!

After Luke's nap and lunch we made some sugar cookies together. Well...I made them mostly and Luke and daddy just punched out a couple cookies, along with eating some cookie dough.

Taste testing. :)

After this we dropped Luke off where he napped again at Grammy and Grampy's and we went to my dr's appt and got to hear the baby's heartbeat and find out that I passed the glucose tolerance test...BUT as great as that sounds, I have to take it again at the normal time 28ish weeks. Let's hope I pass it then too!!

Then Jared and I went out for a date to Cheesecake Factory and went to church together to Willowcreek's Christmas program. It was a beautiful service, as always.

It was a perfect day. Merry Christmas!!!!

15 MONTHS OLD!

Luke is 15 months old now! I can't believe how fast this last 15 months has flown by! He is getting SO big. We went to the doctor this week and he weighed in at 23lbs 1oz and was 31 inches long!

Luke is doing so much now, everyday it seems like he learns something new. He says a bunch of words now, his favorite though is "GO" is runs around saying "GO GO GO GO!" Jared and I started saying "GO GO GADGET" and sure enough...now this kid runs around saying "GO GO GADGET!" (the gadget part isn't that clear, but it is so funny how fast they pick things up! I guess I better start watching what I say!

We have just started a few days ago trying to teach Luke some sign language and he has already signed "more" and "milk" after just introducing it! It really amazes me how smart he is!

Luke LOVES trucks! He has a bunch of trucks and when we are driving down the road he gets so excited when he sees trucks! He says "K K K" He doesn't say the whole word, but makes the K sound and points. It is so funny how excited he gets!

Luke is a daddy's boy, no doubt about it. He adores his daddy and his grampy (my dad). He gets SO excited when either of them walk into a room! He can't contain his excitement, he starts throwing things and knocking things off tables. He turns into the Hulk when he sees them!

Luke has a TON of teeth now! He has about 11 or 12, that have popped through. 5 of those were in the last couple weeks. He is really good about teething, I had NO clue he even had teeth coming through till I stuck my finger in there.

There are so many other things Luke is doing, I could go on all day, but don't worry, I won't! :)

The first snow this year! 

Not sure what goes on when I'm not home! I was out this night and when I went to upload pictures a few days later I found a bunch of pictures with Luke and his daddy with diapers on their heads?? Strange, silly boys.

Love this kid!

This face was too funny not to post! hehe

BABY SKIBBENS #2!!

We found out the day before Luke's 1st birthday, so on Sept 8th, that we were expecting baby #2! We were so excited and couldn't wait to spread the news, we told close family and friends, but waited till I was about 11 weeks to announce to everyone else. I tried to wait till the 2nd trimester, but I am an impatient person!

This was my first belly picture on Thanksgiving day :)

I was VERY impatient to find out what the sex of the baby was, so  me, Jared, Luke,  my mom, dad, and brother all piled in the car and went to a place where you can pay to have an ultrasound early to find out the sex of the baby! We had a 2D and 3D ultrasound and it was actually really inexpensive! It only cost $40! Anyways...the baby was a little shy at first and trying to hide all scrunched up, but after poking and proding we found out Luke will have a baby BROTHER!!!

2 BOYS! I am in for a crazy testosterone filled home!! :) The only girls in the house are me and my boston terrier now. We are out numbered!

Thanksgiving 2011

This year we spent Thanksgiving at my in-laws for lunch and my parents for dinner! It was so much fun at my parents house to spend Thanksgiving with my Auntie Jo and my cousin Jordan. And Jared was actually off work, which was a HUGE blessing!

Luke's first Thanksgiving that he is old enough to actually eat the food!

Auntie Jo and Jordan diggin in!

Our crazy little family. Jared, Me, Luke, Emma (boston terrier on left) and Toby (chihuahua on right)

Best part of any dinner...DESSERT!!

Halloween!!

This year for Halloween Luke was a DRAGON! He was so cute!

Trick or treating at Grammy and Grampy's house! Luke pretty much started walking right about Halloween too! SO it was extra cute seeing him waddling around in his costume!

He LOVED the candy and Grammy gave him a cool light up and spin pumpkin!

We went to go visit my grandma, which we call GG for Luke. She wanted to see him in his costume!

Luke's candy (that mommy ate of course!) We went to a couple houses around my parents house where I grew up

LUKE IS 1 YEAR OLD!!

I am a little behind on this again! :)

 Luke turned 1 on 9/9/11 :) He is getting so big and doing so many new things! At his 1 year appt, Luke weighed in at 22 lbs and was 30 1/2 inches long! When he was born he was 7lb 12oz and 19 1/2 inches long! He has grown a lot this last year!

Luke is such a character now, he cracks me up everyday! I love the way he plays hide and seek with us and the flirty eyes he gives other women. He is a ladies man!

Luke is no longer drinking bottles and is done with formula! He is such a big boy now, he only drinks out of his sippy cups! And he loves milk, which is good because neither Jared nor I like milk!

Luke is a great eater. He will pretty much eat everything and anything you put in front of him, unless he wants to throw a little fit and throw his food to the floor for the dogs. Yes, Luke throws fits. I didn't think it started this early, but he is a firecracker! He may get him temper from him mommy...daddy tends to be more laid back.

Luke now has 5 teeth, 2 on top and 3 on the bottom. It looks like 2 more on the top might come popping through soon.

Luke climbs on top of everything. The other day he figured out a way to climb up on top of his toys in the toy box...great. And he has not only mastered going up the stairs, when he was like 8 months old, but now he is great at going DOWN the stairs the correct way.

Luke is not walking yet, but we are not too worried about that. He has taken a few steps here and there and can stand on his own. We have just come to the conclusion that he is so fast on all 4's that he has no interest in walking. But I am sure the minute he does start, he will take off running, just like daddy, and never stop. So that is why I am OK with him not walking yet.

Luke had an awesome first birthday party! The Warrenville firetruck came for all the kids to play on and they got to shoot the water out of the hose! That was so awesome and such a blast for the little kiddos. Luke was so blessed with all of our friends and family there to celebrate our sweet little man. He is such a joy and blessing in our lives, we are so thankful we get to watch this little man grow! :)

Luke and daddy on the firetruck!

Luke's birthday cake that me and my mom made for him! So cool!

why is everyone singing at me?

Pure bliss.

Cool dude on his 4 wheeler!

Luke LOVES to read picture books now. He will actually sit still on  your lap for an extended amount of time and listen to you telling him what everything is and he loves to point to the pictures too! Such a big boy now!

11 MONTHS OLD!!

I can hardly believe that Luke is 11 months old! And in less than a month he will be 1!  Wow. This year has gone by so fast. I feel so blessed to have such a sweet boy that I am lucky enough to stay home with and take care of. He makes me smile everyday and I love how much he is learning every day!

Somethings Luke does now
-He says Emma(which is one of his dogs) and it sounds a lot like Memma. He says that, momma, and dadda, all day long. over and over and over. I am probably a bad mom, but when he wakes up, I leave him for a little while because I LOVE hearing him yelling for MOMMA MOMMA MOMMA over and over...it melts my heart!
-Luke doesn't seem to have much of an interest in walking yet. He can stand on his own for a little bit, but so far he is much more content crawling. Which is fine with momma :)
-Luke has BOTH his top front teeth coming through! That would make 4 teeth!! :) Such a big boy!
-He is in LOVE with ice cream. We have a Dairy Queen about a mile or less away and we have walked there, and when I came out with the blizzard he knows exactly what it is...he starts doing a cute little begger dance for it. He is not my child at all...lol. (ps I LOVE ice cream)
-He is almost all done with formula! We have been introducing milk for a couple weeks or so and he is doing great with it, so we are almost done with this tub of formula and then hopefully that is it!! BYE BYE Enfamil!
-He loves to copy what other people do now, when I put one of his toys around my eyes and looked at him through it, he grabbed it and did the same. It is too cute!
-Luke LOVES his dogs, like I said before he says "Memma" and he chases her around with a toy hanging from him mouth like she does. It is so cute.
-He mostly eats on his own now, he can eat just about anything. But he will let me feed him baby food still, so I still try to fill him up with veggies and oatmeal and fruit in the morning. He mostly just wants to eat what we are eating. He has become a master at begging. :)

Acting like his doggies...always has a toy hanging from his mouth.

Playing with his Emma girl :)

Eating our dinner out on our new porch!! Luke drinking his milk and eating chicken like a big boy!