Happy 6th Birthday our sweet gift from God.

To God be the Glory. There are no other words we can say today. Lord, thank you for today. Luke...you give us pure joy. You are the most precious child and it's a pleasure to love, raise, laugh, play, walk, run, eat, drink,read, and breathe with you. We love you desperately. Mom/Dad and Hannah bow.

Luke lost his 1st tooth!!

Hey blog family, guess what! Luke lost his 1st tooth today! It was hysterical because I kept saying to Luke "Luke, go awwwww". He finally opened wide and I said "momma fix it". I immediately pulled it right out. It literally has zero 'tug'. LOL! It was ready!

My favorite part was when he realized I had his tooth in my hand he stared at it and then ran to the nearest mirror. It was Hannah's mirror that was hanging on the gate. He stared and stared. Then, an hour later while eating a muffin, he went back to the mirror and watched himself eat his muffin. LOL! So cool. I told him the tooth fairy was coming but he literally had no clue what I was talking about. We've never discussed the tooth fairy!! I'll have to work on that. In the meantime, enjoy!

I call this video "TOOF Luke". (in honor of Ericka!)

Our first piano recital!

Piano Recital! Many of you know that Luke and Hannah are in piano lessons. Luke/I have been in piano lessons for quite awhile and we decided to go ahead and put Hannah in the lesson mix on Thursdays. My children are so bright!!!

Luke did amazing!! His piano teacher said "Luke may very well end up just being that amazing performer when there is an audience". We were in awe. He will fight us playing goody goody stop stop during practice. it's maddening at times. But then when there is an audience my child plays goody goody stop stop all across the key board!!! LOL! it was amazing!

Hannah bow "Bowed" and played one note. ADORABLE. I actually played a little rendition of popcorn and peanuts and I don't have this on video. (sorry) But, my teacher said I played flawlessly. Like son Like daughter Like momma. LOL! They were amazing!

If you turn up your volume you will quietly hear Luke playing. It's precious! Love you!! Until next time..Practice, Practice!! :)

I call these pictures "Piano cuteness".

I call the video "Piano perfection via Luke".

note: They bow before and after. :) Adorable!

Luke's Preschool graduation!

It's here my bloggies. Big boy is heading to Kinder! Can you believe it?

I showed up the last day and took Hannah bow with us! OMEEEGRACIOUSNESS. This child loved it!! Can you say Hannah bow Pre-K! She will love it.

Luke was so excited to see me and said "Momma, sit on the rug" as he patted the rug next to him. I immediately walked over there and he got in my lap!! So precious! I so loved it.

Ms. Bird (Luke's teacher) gave him a book and hugged him and said her goodbye's as he's heading to Kinder to a whole new teacher/classroom. Really made me sad!! He's been there since he was 3. :((((

So, off to big boy school we go next year. Here are some pictures my nurse/attendant took of us that day. I want to point out...I looked amazing. :)

Here you go! Love you! I call these pictures "Goodbye Pre-K".

Please note: Hannah bow crawled over and sat on the rug with all the other kids. She sat right in front of this little hispanic boy and would not leave. She just sat right in front of him (away from the focal point where the teacher and kids were looking) and awkwardly stared at him the entire time. It was hilarious. Poor kid! She definitely made it obvious he was special in some way. All the kids were staring at them both. LOL!! Way to go Hannah bow...the uncomfortable awkwardness with people will get better as you grow older. Just like her MOMMA!! LOL!!

The Hannah bow stare down below. LOL!! THE ENTIRE TIME PEOPLE!! LOL!!

Another view of the Hannah bow stare down...look closely below.

Below Luke is dancing during the song. His teacher has told me he has always done this from day one. He dances round and round while the other kids just stand there on there little color squares assigned to them. My son however....dances around. Yes, we strive for normalcy...but I gotta tell you...I'm ok with Luke dancing. God is good...period.

Kiss da momma!

Ok...This is truly a video that is heart melting. My baby kissed da momma on the lips for the first time in his life!! At 5 years old Luke decided to take my face, angle it right at him and KISS ME and MAKE THE "MMMMMMMWUA"> Sound with it!!!! LOL!!

I was sitting there and all the sudden he came up, grabbed my face and intentionally kissed me on the mouth. It was adorable. I about died! After he got the reaction from me I immediately said "Heather..you gotta get this on video" and threw her my phone literally! Hence why the sideways view. Dang those iphones!

The funny thing about this day is that he did it over and over. And, he even tried to stick his tongue in my mouth!! LOL. I kept my mouth shut tight on those! LOL. But, after the day was over...all DONE. The next day I said "Luke..give momma a kiss". He ran. So funny!!!!

So, I had my day of glory. Loved it. Love my baby boy. I call this video "MMMMWUA" in Luke's sweet voice.

My day

I just needed to post about how much I love my son. He's my world. He's perfect to me. And I love him so much.

It's been a very hard week. My Luke grounds me.

Love you,

A

P.S. If you can, please pray for my BFF. I love you Deb. God is the only one that will never fail us. For this, I am thankful. Love you so much.

Cabin fever ended we hope!

I know. I affirm you. I look amazing in this light. Jonathan took the picture. The kids were vegging out with me and watching Sesame Street. It was so sweet. They just sat there real still and let momma hold them tight. At one point I tried to get up and Luke said "NO" and hugged me tighter.

Insert MELT HEART. Of course, I stayed. :) GLADLY!

Here is the ONE picture of me during our staycation. Luke got out today and walked; Jonathan went to work and we ended the day with me/Jon going out to eat for a bit by ourselves. WE DROVE..it was amazing.

The first picture below I call "Snuggle momma".

The bottom 2 pictures were taken 2 days ago when the kids were begging to go outside and I had to tell them it was too cold. I call those pictures "outside".

Hugs!

Snow staycation

I call these pictures "SNOW GO". Please....GO.

As you can see, the babes love the snow. I had to get a few shots of this for Luke & Hannah bow because if God keeps them in Texas for as long as me/jon..then they might possibly not see this again in another 25 years. At least that's how long it's been for us!! WOW! Isn't this insane!

Snow day and recovering

Well, Lukester is feeling better. He has not coughed as much today and I totally give God the praise. Thank you for praying. We need a few more days of ABX in Hannah bow and I pray she feels better. Man...this has been 4 weeks of ****!

That said, todays' theme is "Squirrel in the snow". Luke said this about a cajillion times! LOL.

We bundled him up right outside the door while he played in the snow. Inside/outside fashionable wrapped in blankets. :)

I call these pictures "Snow Globe".

P.S. Pray for Hannah bow please......

Me and the babes! (Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome)

I was blessed with the Shuffields coming in town! We had the most amazing time ever! Here's a sneak peek of Tisha's pics! I love finally having pictures of me and the kids!!

This is one of many that I adore. I'm currently blowing up now and printing wraps for the walls next week. Can't wait to get them in.

Thank you Shuffields..I'm in love with them!!! LOVE YOU!!

Luke's recital

Over the last 2 weeks Luke has recited "Twas the night before Christmas" to me. It's the first page of the book we read and it's sooo cute. I've desperately tried to get this on video and in our failed attempt to get it all this video totally cracked me up.

I call this video "NOOO, NOOOO, NOOOO...THANK YOU".

Goal for 2011.

Time of day: 3pm.

Shirt of choice: His jammy top from the night before.

Shoes: His monkey house shoes.

Temperature outside: Have no clue.

Age of kid: 5

Where is his sister? No clue.

The million dollar question: What do I look like? No comment.

Judgement: go ahead...I'm numb and exhausted...hey, at least I'm the historian here.

Goals for 2011: Be a better mom. LOL! (enough said)

Luke's first official Christmas present!

Luke gets it this year. It's amazing, awesome and more awesome. We are thrilled.

That said, Luke struggles with 'new' things. In the last several months, He will embrace a 'new' thing if we give it to him for a moment. But then, he'll start freaking out and say BYE, BYE _____(insert item here) and then proceed to throw it across the room and run, hit, knock things over, etc. It's very frustrating for us as a family as we truly want to see his excitement and we **know** that he's excited. He just gets overwhelmed with the transition of having a new item. Does this make sense?

So, our new Christmas game plan. Dispatch "Mindy". Our speech therapist. She's amazing. She's attentive, gifted and truly **cares** about the well being of our child with the 'little' things. She goes out of her way to help us as parents. It's a blessing from God. I give Him the glory as I truly realize after today how much the little things mean to our family.

So, this video is your Christmas present Mindy. I did not give my therapists anything this year. Why? I honestly did not think about it until just now. Wow. Bad mommy. At any rate, I hope this blesses your Christmas holiday.

**If you are going to watch this video, you must watch it until the very end. It's soo key to see the end result. And yes...HE KEPT calm after the video stopped rolling. We are so excited!! Love you Mindy and thank you for **caring** about our dinky little dysfunctional family.

Piano!

House is spotless. All things are in place. Christmas lights are on. Food is bought. Presents are wrapped and most importantly...Laundry is done! YES..it's true. AND THE DISHES! :)

A very happy momma.

We are slowly feeling better from our sickness and by God's grace and mercy...we will all be well on Christmas day! THANK YOU JESUS.

Thank you Lord.

So...behold, my sibling piano video.

I call this video "Pester piano Hannah". She loves to pester brother and stick her index finger in his face at all times. It's hilarious. Notice Luke desperately trying to control himself from freaking out on her. LOL!

Love you blog family...May your Christmas be blessed.

Luke's OT therapy

Because I've been a slacker blogger, I'm trying to catch up to some fun events that happened over these last few months.

One in particular is Luke's progress in PT. (physical therapy). It's been amazing to watch and we are so thankful for his therapists. We are in awe of what they can get Luke to do! it's really pretty awesome.

That said, here is a glimpse of his hard work. He's our love bug. We are desperately in love with him and his accomplishments. I guess mainly because we think "wow..it's a miracle". Everytime.

Behold..Lukester! I call this video "Mountain furniture..and Luke".

Hugs!