Update on Luke and Will

Luke and Will have been busy with daycare and life. Life has been busy in general but I wouldn't have it any other way.

Luke is 11 weeks old and sleeping through the night. He started sleeping through the night a few days before I went back to work. Most mornings I'm waking him up, putting clothes on him, and heading out the door with him and Will to daycare. Yes, Luke sleeps until we have to leave for daycare. He is normally in bed by 8:30pm and will sleep till 7:30-7:45 when I have to leave for work. He loves his sleep like his mom and brother. Momma is happy because he is sleeping good at daycare and eating good too. He took a good full week to get adjusted to his new environment and schedule but he loves it now.

Big brother, Will, is going non stop as a typical 3 year old. He goes and goes until he passes out at home by 9pm for bedtime. He's learning so much at school and is expanding his vocabulary on a daily basis. He loves water tanks, tractors, fire engines, and anything that makes a sound. He's a typical boy!!!

Life has been crazy since I've gone back to work and we've had to get readjusted to getting up early and getting out of the house on time. But as soon as we get home it's non stop: dinner, playtime, bath, make bottles, and bedtime. Life is good and we are all happy. It's going to continue to change as Luke gets older but right now it's pretty much perfect. 

This past weekend the cousins came in from Memphis and Will had a blast playing with them all. We went swimming and cooked out at our house. Nannie and Papaw even took on the task of keeping all 4 of them Saturday night. We thought they were crazy but they survived and the kids had fun. Unfortunately Luke didn't attend the fun but will sooner or later. 

Will diving for rings

Ross, Kalyn, and Avre

Ross and Will shaving

Nannie and Papaw and all their grands

4th of July weekend

Our 4th of July weekend was a lazy one. We had just returned from the beach on Thursday and it rained here on Friday and Saturday. We stayed in our pjs, washed clothes, grocery shopped, and relaxed. By Saturday night we were about to crawl the walls because we were so sick of the rain. We were going to cook out but it was raining and we ended up ordering Five Guys hamburgers instead. On Sunday the sun was shining and we got out and went to church and took Luke with us because it was finally time for him to make an appearance at church. It was a great relaxing 4th of July weekend. By the way, Luke was the only one dressed for the occassion!

More Beach Pictures

Headed to the beach with a packed vehicle

Luke dressed and ready for the beach

Will and Doug

Luke hanging out

Silly faces with Will at Cosmos

Tucker and Will

Splash Pad fun

Will having fun in the Splash Pad

Peyton and Will enjoying the sand

Playing ball with daddy

Luke chilling again

Will playing in the ocean

Headed home and using Mickey as a neck pillow while watching Mickey Mouse on the Ipad

Happy 2 Months Luke

Luke turns 2 months old today. It still amazes me that he has been with us for 2 months and has brought so much joy to our lives. Luke has done many "firsts" in his 2 months of life. He had his first beach trip, first trip to church, first day at daycare started today, first trip out of Mississippi, and first trip to many restaurants that we love.

Luke weighed around 11 lbs and 15oz and was 23 inches long at his 2 months doctors appointment. The pediatrician called him "Mr. Chunky." We had shots a week ago and he did great. Luke currently sleeps from 10pm-6:15am so I guess you can say we are sleeping through the night. He started doing this on the last 2 nights of vacation. He still takes 6oz of milk every 4 hours.

He can hold his head up good and can tolerate tummy time for about 30 minutes then he's done with it. He's starting to coo and ahh and smile at us. He's found his thumb and likes to suck on it to soothe himself. 

Mommy heads back to work on Wednesday and I'm excited about it. I've got a new position with the bank so I'll be doing lots of training and then head to our Belden campus to manage the branch which I am thrilled about. God has blessed our family and I will miss my time with Luke but it's time for this momma to head back to work. Luke is in good hands with the sweet ladies at FBC daycare where Will goes and I know he will get the same amount of love and attention (if not more) he has gotten already. Life is good!! 

Orange Beach 2015

The end of June my family and all the littles headed down to Orange Beach to enjoy a week of fun in the sun and sand. We chose Orange Beach over our normal trip to Destin this year because of all the new little ones that had joined our family. We had 2 babies under the age of 1 and figured that the drive to Orange Beach would be easier and a little bit closer. It was and turned out to be a great trip. We stayed at the Phoenix West II and ate at some great restaurants. We ended up getting the condo a day earlier and were able to enjoy a full week at the beach. We all had a great time and the babies did great. Enjoy the pictures!

Our set up the first day

Luke chilling

Tucker sleeping

Tucker enjoying the sand 

Will and Poppa Bill at Louisania Lagniappe

Mary and Dad

Anna Grace, Mom and Alecia

Tucker, Mary and John

Will and Dad

My sweet little family at Shipp's Harbour Grill

Family beach picture

Tucker, Luke, and Will all had matching swimsuits

Will enjoying the sand

Doug and Will digging in the sand

Our beach set up the rest of the trip and closer to the water

Sweet family

Will cheesing at Fisher's

Me and my sweet boys at Fisher's

Doug and Will in the lazy river

Anna Grace sliding

Will and I going down the slide. Will wanted to go down the slide all the time and we had so much fun! 

Will and I in the pool

Doug and Will sliding

Will finally playing in the ocean on the last day of the trip

I couldn't keep him away from the ocean

Luke, on the other hand, chilled with the fan blowing in his face