Super Hank!

Hank turned 4 on September 18, and we had his party the following Sunday.

The theme was Superheros, which he was into until recently.  Now he says he doesn't like Batman!

That will probably change again!  Three was a challenging age...we shall see what four brings to us!

 

The party was very nice and we were blessed with great weather.  Hank loved the decorations and the pinata was a hit for him and the other kids!

 

The weekend before his birthday I took him, Luke, and Mimi to the ocean and on our way back we stopped at Toy's R Us to pick out a big boy bike.  Hank was in Heaven in the toy store and had to try out every bike.  He chose an orange one, his favorite color!  He always says, "thanks for buying that bike for me!"

 

He was upset on his actual birthday, because he could not understand why people were not there for his party!  I tried to tell him how lucky he was because he got to celebrate twice!   He didn't get that.

 

Anyhow, here are some photos, well a lot of photos:

 

 





 

Batman cake pops!  Mama works hard for her boys.

 

Super Gavin

 

Super Dean

Wonder Aubree

 

Super Luke

Batman and Robin, or Hank and Max?

Wonder Laina

Super Savannah

 

Super Son!

 

Hope all his wishes come true!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



8, 9, 10!

 

 

This has been the fastest year of my life!  I can't believe Luke is going to be one in just two months!!

We had a busy Summer, and just had Hank's fourth birthday and his big party.  Now we are working on getting ready for Halloween and all the fun things of Fall.

 

I hope to post some of the highlights of our Summer in another post.

For now, lets talk about my baby...

 

He got three more teeth.

 

He started doing the army crawl right after he turned 8 months, and just last week he started to pull himself up onto furniture, and the bathtub.  He still has not crawled on his knees.  He gets himself up on all fours and can't figure out how to move, so he gets down and does his army crawl.

 

He claps his hands and makes all kinds of noises.  He says Mama now too!

Last week I started giving him the puff snacks and he eats stage 3 baby foods and mashed bananas.

He still gets breast milk.

He is not a good sleeper.  He wakes up around 2 am and then comes into our room to nurse.  He ends up staying there the rest of the night.  Bad habits started already, but before we know it he will be a teen, and not want to come around us:(

 

In September he had his 9 month check-up and he was in the 95th percentile for his weight and the 98th for his height, and 75th for his head:)

 

He also got his first haircut in August!

 



7 Months!

Luke was 7 months on July 3.

He weighs 21 lbs 11 oz and is 27 3/4 inches.  He is in the 90th percentile for his height and the 98th for his weight.  He is a big boy!  A few times at the grocery store the girl at the deli counter has asked me if he wants a piece of cheese...at the time he was barely eating baby food!

I have been adding new foods every week.  So far he likes the meats and vegetables.  He is not so much a fan of fruit.  He does eat it mixed with his rice cereal.

He loves to get his bath and likes to swim in Mimi's pool.  Mimi has been watching Luke and Hank during the summer, so he swims every day.  He is such a happy smiley baby and loves to belly laugh.  He also "yells" and screams.  He does this much more than Hank ever did.

I just moved him up to a size 4 diaper, because he was leaking at night - usually in our bed!

He has gotten so that he gets up in the middle of the night now and he ends up with Mommy and Daddy!  I know a bad habit, but when you have to get up in the morning and go to work, you don't feel like letting them cry it out!

He still loves his jumperoo and likes to roll around on the floor.  He is playing with more toys now too.

He wears mostly 12 month clothing now.

I can't believe how fast his first year is going.  I am trying to savor it all, since this is going to be my last baby.

We love both our boys!!



Pink in the house!

Two weeks ago I had my cousins baby shower.  She is having a little girl in early August.

So much fun having little girl things in the house.  The funny thing is she and I were very close growing up even though she was always a Tom Boy and I was always into the dolls and purses.  So now look at us....I have the boys and she is having a girl!  I told her we can trade off from time to time.  She can take my boys camping and I will take her girl shopping:)

fluffy sheep cupcakes.



Diaper motorcycle.  Thanks Pinterest!



Some of my baby clothes.  The Mommy to be got to wear them too!



We are going to be in BIG trouble in a few years!!



I can already envision the stories yet to be made!



Come on baby Haley.



Only boys three and under were allowed!



Haley's first sunglasses.  To wear fishing next year!



Two August babies...both girls!



These women only know how to have girls..seems kinda fishy to me!



Tiny toes!

5 & 6

I never posted Luke's 5 or 6 month photos.  Life is busy!

He has his 6 month Doctor appointment this Monday so we will see how big our chunky monkey is!

He currently is wearing a size 3 diaper.  I have moved into the "cruisers" because the "swaddlers" don't seem to fit around his waist as well.

He wears size 9 and 12 month clothing.

Many things have been going on with Luke over the past two months.

He started to eat solids.  At first we tried rice cereal.  He did not seem too impressed, so it was a while before I tried something else.  So far he has had sweet potatoes and green beans and likes to eat now!

He also got in the swimming pool for the first time and this past weekend had his toes in the ocean!

He started saying Dada this month loves to shout and scream.  He is a louder baby than Hank was.  He still loves to jump up and down in his jumperoo, and play with a few toys.  He got a Sofie the Giraffe teething toy this month and he loves it. He also likes to use our chins as teething rings!  He has not been sleeping as well as he once did.  Not sure if that is related to teething, but he is becoming spoiled, just like Hank.  He wants to be in our bed and has been waking up in the middle of the night.

5 months



6 months



No Bow Ties!

Life has been busy busy busy!  It is hard to find time to post, but I wanted to post about Luke's baptism.  It was the last Sunday in April and turned out very nicely.  Hank went up to the front of the church with us and things were kind of dicey, because he was not listening to us very well!  Thankfully Pastor Carletta included him in the service and that helped a lot!

At some point the day before the baptism Hank told me he did not want Luke to wear a bow tie.  I had no idea what he was talking about.  He said:  "You said Luke Thomas was going to to wear a bow tie and go to church!"  I finally figured out he meant go to church and get baptised!  So funny!!

Big brother ready to help!

Some of the important women in Luke's life.

Mommy and the handsome men in her life!

My Grandmother Krouse's carriage.

Easter.

Hank looks so  big now.  No longer my baby!

Hank was telling Luke he was not allowed to eat Hershey Kisses yet because he is "just a baby.  All right!"  They both look so serious!

So hard to get a good photo of the both of them.  I was lucky to get this:)

It has taken me forever to post these photos!  Anyhow we had a great Easter.  That Friday was our ten year wedding anniversary!  We celebrated by having pizza and an ice cream cake.  We are always so tired by the time Friday rolls around, that it is hard to be motivated to go out, but it was nice to be with our two little men.

Saturday we dyed our Easter Eggs and went to an Easter Egg Hunt.

Sunday we went to church (Luke's first time) and then spent the rest of the day celebrating with our families.