Luke is TWO!!!

 How is it possible that this sweet boy is 2!! He is growing up SO fast!! There isn't a day that goes by that he doesn't make me laugh and want to pull my hair out at the same time! Yep...he definitely is 2! :)

 Luke is a talker. All day long he talks. I love how much he can talk now. He is my little sponge! He knows a good chunk of his letters and some numbers. He loves to sing songs and watch ANYTHING on TV. We try to limit how much TV he watches. He loves to play with his Cars, and Toy Story characters, his bat mobiles, and tools. And any chance he can get he tries to steal my iPhone or iPad and plays his games or watches his shows on netflix on there. He is addicted to them already.

Luke had a Cars themed birthday party and had a blast! We had friends from out of town, which made it extra special! Here is the cake we made.

Here is Luke on his actual birthday! Lucky boy had 2 celebrations this year! He is just THAT special :)

Luke has definitely warmed up to his brother. Most mornings he goes with me into Noah's room to get him up. He loves to climb up and look over and smile at Noah and say "Hi Noah!" or "Good morning Noah" He shares his toys with him and every now and then through out the day will just walk by him to say hi and every great once and a while will give him hugs and kisses with out me asking him to! :) It melts my heart!

About a month ago we moved Luke into his big boy bed! He does AWESOME!! I was SO nervous for this transition! But he was so ready. He looked at us like we were crazy the first night, but went right to sleep and has done so every night since, and for his nap everyday he sleeps most days 3+ hours in there. And when he wakes up before us, he just hangs out in his bed. He knows that mommy won't let him have his paci outside his bed, so he is content to stay there just so he can have it! I love that I can crawl into bed with him at night and read him stories and pray and talk about our day. It is one of my favorite things to do now!

Noah is 4 months old!

On 9/4/12 Noah was 4 months old! I can't believe how FAST this last 4 months has gone! This little boy is truely a sweet sweet boy! I sure am lucky to be his momma! This month Noah was 15lbs and 23.5 inches long...hmmm...last month he was 24.5 inches long...someone's measurements were off. I'll have to see if I can measure him tomorrow!

 Noah has been sleeping in his crib now for about a month and it doing great. He typically goes down between 7:30-8pm and gets up around 2ish to eat and goes right back down till 8am. He also has been taking 2, 2 hour or so naps a day in his bed. Well in the afternoon, sometimes he naps with me. I love that about my boy. He loves to cuddle with mommy! :)

 Since about 3 1/2 months Noah has been an official "roller" He can roll himself both ways, and it's pretty funny to me. He already is trying to roll away from me while I change his diaper. Lord, help me! If this boy is ALREADY on the move...I can't even imagine what it will be like when he is running around with his big brother! Tonight while Noah was on his belly he was scootching himself forward towards daddy. Little nut-so wants to keep up with Luke!

We are so blessed to have this little man in our lives! I could not imagine my life with out him! God knew exactly what I needed and could handle when he gave me this sweet little gift!

Noah is 3 Months!!

I am WAY behind on posting this...Noah was 3 months on 8/4/12! Here is his 3 month picture!

                                                 Noah was 13lb 10oz and 24.5inches long!

This little man is such a happy boy! He is such a joy. I love watching him grow!

Noah is 2 months old!

This post is a little late, because now Noah is 10 weeks old, but on July 4th Noah was 2 months old already! I can't believe how fast he is growing! He is definitely a lot smiley-er than Luke was as a baby. Luke was SO hard to get him to smile. Noah smiles all the time and has even laughed a few times! He has been trying lately to roll himself over, which is crazy to me, but I think he is ready to get up and move so he can run away from his nut-so big brother! Luke LOVES to be right in his face when he talks to him and tries to pick him up all the time, and drives his cars and trucks all over his face, and has more times than I'd like to share has been let's just call it "rough" with Noah. I guess that's what I get for having 2 boys. We have many years of fights ahead of us, I am sure.

Noah has been a fantastic sleeper for me since probably about 4 or 5 weeks old. He sleeps usually anywhere between 6-9 hours straight. At this point I feel extremely blessed because I know it is NOT normal for this to be happening, and I also know that it doesn't mean this is how it will be ALL the time. I learned fast with Luke that you can't get used to anything with a baby, because as soon as you do, they change it up just to make things interesting!

At Noah's appt he weighed 12 lbs and was 22.5 inches long! Love every inch of my sweet baby boy!!

Noah July 3rd :)

Visiting Jared at work on the 4th for their cookout after the parade, we didn't make it to the parade since it was like 104 degrees out! Yuck!

Noah and his big brother Luke on the 4th of July (Noah 2 months, Luke almost 22 months)

My happy 2 month old!

Noah is 1 month old!

I can't believe Noah is already 1 month old! He has brought so much joy ink our lives already! Luke is a really good big brother, always helping mommy out when Noah cries by bringing him his paci, an giving him kisses and he loves to give his baby brother "knuckles"

Noah weighed 10 lbs 3 oz and was 22 inches long! Growing so fast already! He barely fits in a lot of his newborn clothes and really only wore newborn diapers for about a week! He eats like a champ, and sleeps ok. Hoping he figures it out soon that bedtime is not after midnight! :)

Noah Michael Skibbens

I am a little behind on my posts lately...well really behind actually!!

Our sweet little Noah Michael Skibbens arrived on 5/4/2012! He weighed in at 7 lbs 12 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long!

All 3 of us are so in love with our newest member of our now family of 4!

18 Months Old!

I can't believe Luke is already 18 months old!! My little baby boy is no longer a baby! He is growing up so fast. He has a huge vocabulary now, he can repeat almost everything we say, and knows exactly what I am saying to him when talking. He is so smart!

Luke loves to read, he looks at books all day, and I love when he brings me over a book and plops himself down in my lap to read to him, although he won't sit long enough to finish a book or even let me finish a page before he turns the page, but I still love to read to him.

To say this boy LOVES trucks is an understatement. He plays with trucks all day long, talks about trucks when he is not playing with trucks and when we are driving down the street he gets super excited when he sees trucks! Now when he hears an ambulance or fire truck in the distance when we are playing outside he stops and cups his hand around his ear and says "Amey!!" (which is his word for ambulance.) 

We started a mom and tots gym class at the park district, and the first couple classes were CRAZY! Luke was not getting the listening part of class, but to my amazement, now that we are at the end of the class, Luke is learning to follow the teachers directions! YAY! When Miss Alison tells the kids to come and find a circle to sit on Luke runs over and finds one and sits down, and also follows directions when the teacher shows him how to use the equiptment. (Not always, but at least he is trying now!)...WOAH...That is a huge improvement from the last month! Doesn't mean he listens to mommy though, we are working on that one. And getting a vghis new temper tantrums

I am so proud of Luke and we love to watch him grow and his silly little personality shine through! He reminds me a lot of his daddy, and my dad. They both are always being silly, and since Jared and my dad are Luke's favorite people in the whole world, I am not surprised that he has a silly personality just like them.