My new thing

Hi, it's me Luke.

Daddy gives me a bath.

Mommy freaks out on daddy because daddy will work on his computer around the corner.

Daddy says "I'm right here".

Mommy says "Kids can drown in 3 minutes and in 2 inches of water, I don't care...get in there".

Daddy and mommy get loud and scream at each other. (yes, we admit it)

So, last week, daddy gave me a bath.

Daddy freaks out when I walk in his office naked and dripping wet. I don't need help anymore. I just get out when I'm ready.

Mommy freaks out again. It's just my new thing.

Mommy calls this picture "bath legs".

The parting of the sea

I love the old testament. It's my truest love. I reflect back on it so much because it awes me. If that's even a word. "awes". Whatever the case, I'm inspired and moved by God's great word and His greatness in this historical event.

Can you only imagine? Blows my mind.

That said, it was a must for me this past weekend when all alone on Sunday. I had to put a "part" in between my kids because Hannah loves to pull Luke's hair and the drama can be too much when alone with no help!

So, I broke down the gate near the kitchen and drug it in the living room. I was done. At some point, I had to go to the bathroom and eat!!

So...behold, the parting of the living room! LOL!

Personal note: God is in all and over all. May I teach my kids accordingly and with great grace and love. God, I so pray this. I want them to know Him.

Exodus 14:21-23
21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, 22 and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.

School field trip

Well, we did it. I did the parent field trip thingy and Luke did the ZOO.

Both equally a huge accomplishment. I swear..my child is SOO ME!

So, Luke did great. He had a huge sensory meltdown for the first 45 minutes. But, by God's grace, we managed thru it and thank GOD for my nurse CANDI! She's so intuitive and was so great during the whole process of him freaking out. I really needed this co-support for sure.

He finally got it together and then we browsed the zoo. It was so adorable to watch Luke so curious.

I, in all my cuteness as you can see below was really not into the whole parent chaperon thing so I opted to just take care of Luke. A parent tag along I guess you would say! LOL. I really wanted to focus on Luke. Which was seriously necessary since our last zoo visit was nothing short of a nightmare tagged with a crying fit all the way home.

So here goes! I call these pictures with the exception of a few that needed it's own title..."YAY! WE DID IT".

Place: Frank Buck Zoo in Gainesville, Texas
LUKE RODE THE BUS on the way there! He loves the bus!

His teacher Ms. Bird is waving at me above the giraffes! So funny!

The monkey's were seriously a 'pack' and it was funny to see them face me all at once! LOL

Above is Luke's Teacher Ms. Bird . We love her! Curly blonde smile lady here. Love her! Can you spot Luke?

Seriously...the picture above is my favorite picture. I call this picture "My Big boy".

The above picture in all its sweetness with my boy...is called "Fat arms".

Ok, hope you enjoyed! that was our Tuesday! love you! Andrea

Purple dino

Well, Luke's first official neb treatment SOLO. For the last 4.5 years he refused to let us mask him during his neb treatments. So, we've been holding it in front of him and needless to say it's been seriously time consuming.

So, one night I was exhausted. I thought, Ok..I'm going to try it. I said "Luke, look...it's a purple dinosaur". He laughed and said "purple dinosaur". I said, yes! Purple dinosaur. At that point, I strapped it on and he loved it. He laughed and allowed it on the entire time.

So...guess what! He's officially big boy with his nebs now. The nurse loves it as well!

So, I call these pictures "Purple Dino".

Note: I thought not including my voice during this video below would be more fun to watch Luke. But, after replaying the video with no vocals and just quietness...I realized immediately that I actually entertain myself more than I thought. This video is boring with no vocals from momma. So, enjoy the no vocal video. I most likely will not do that again as having no vocal drama is just not my style. :)

Blast from the past

The following picture was taken in Sept. 2007

I called this picture "Tubby time".

Now, this is taken current. april 2010.

I call these pictures "Tubby time take 2".

UPDATE ON HANNAH: Feeling so much better!! She's doing great. She's even starting to crawl today! whooohoo! Thank you so much for praying!

Monkey house

Over the last few days, Luke has been taking his monkey and stair stepping him up this tree you see below in our garden. So, I casually texted Jonathan on the front porch and wrote:

"Puppers wants a monkey house in the tree."

So, a few seconds later Jonathan texted back.

"Daddy will take care of".
Then, one day later...this is what Jonathan created FROM SCRATCH. No kidding. He used all the sticks, leaves, etc...from our yard/backyard. The only thing from the inside that Jon used of course was his infamous fix all...super glue.

So..here you go. Behold..."Monkey house in a tree".
Please note: (insert, I erased this part and if you missed it..sorry!!) Hugs..yours truly...the faithful blogger Andrea

P.S.S. Luke loves it. Of course, I take full credit for the idea. :)

I call these pictures "Monkey House".

Luke, my sweet baby boy. Oh...how I love him!

Can you see the 'dang monkey'? He's under the roof getting cool. :)

Luke also likes to give Monkey a bath. This is our afternoon ritual as well.

Luke watching daddy build the monkey house!

This last picture is me testing my camera out. It's jumpy on me right now. Sending it in.
Hugs, love you, A

Our big boy is officially walkerless!! wow!!

I can't even write. That's how much emotion this gives me. I can't even come up with the words. I'm overwhelmed with emotion. Thank you Lord for today. Love you, A

Paper shredder party

This is what happens when you rock sister to sleep and then blog...

Total time under no parental supervision: 14 minutes...give or take a minute or two.

I call these pictures: "spank the butt".

**we keep our paper shredder by our large trash can in the laundry room area. You can see where Luke snuck off and did this without me knowing. And, he was as quiet as a MOUSE. I'm not kidding!! The kid knew he had to be super duper quiet.

Happy Easter upcoming!

Ok...here's my big easter bunny. He's doing so much better. I can't thank you enough for praying!

We love him so much and when he's sick..we all suffer. Love you.

And..great news! Mimi is out of the hospital. She's very weak. So please keep praying.

I call this picture: "Waiting on the camera click". (a long story...but everyone in the house will understand)

More later!

My little walking and fake falling boy!

Some of you might remember Luke 'fake coughing' a few years back. Well, this child is seriously starting to develop the cutest and most theatrical personality. It's so adorable and funny!

I love it blog family. I want my child to LAUGH a lot. Just like his momma and daddy. We are a family that loves to laugh.

Hugs and enjoy.

I call this video "fake falling".

Merry Christmas blog family! 2010

Jonathan, Andrea, Luke 4yrs and Hannah 1 yr!

A moderate trim

Haircut for Luke...cute little bangs for Hannah bow. It was Hannah's first haircut and Luke's first Toys R Us salon haircut.

Ericka went with me. It's all her fault they got their haircuts. :) LOL! (inside joke with Aunt Lisa...and yes Lisa, I affirm Ericka..I lie) Love you.

I call this picture of Luke: Bobblehead.

I call this picture of Hannah: Baby girl got bangs

Words cannot express!

Both Jonathan and I have cried this week. Words will never,ever express the gratitude we have for God and the blessing this child has been to us. We are in tears about it and can't thank everyone enough for praying for our Luke. God is faithful..in every way. We love you Lord. We love you our sweet Luke. We are crazy and desperate in love with you sweetheart. Love, Mom and Dad

I call this video "WALKING".

Halloween 2009

Well...we did it! Another Halloween full of decor and more decor!

Ok..As you can see, our little Hannah was a fairy princess and Luke (our wonderful CMS CHILD) was a HOBO. Chandler and Delilah (our grandkids) were a pirate princess and a fireman! So cute!!

I cooked over the top Chili (I put italian sausage in it and that's the secret ingredient!)and everyone loved it.

I just felt a great sense of family and love on Saturday! What a blast!

Pictures below! Enjoy. P.S. Lisa decided to put on Hannah's Tutu on her head! LOL! I call that picture: freak! LOL!

Happy Halloween !! Enjoy!

Our little Hobo....Isn't this Adorable! Yes..my child is smart and wonderful. He's living out a productive CMS LIFE. This is LUKE BELOW! he knows his alphabet and numbers!! He's amazing!!

I love this picture below!!
Baby girl....yes, I know..over the top adorable!

Attempt to take a family picture inside....yes, here we are!

Our fun house!! Jon did a great job!

Lisa! Freak!!

Delilah and Chandler (our grandkiddies) Over the top cute!

Daddy and Hannah

A classic picture! From left to right..youngest to oldest!

I look amazing below. LOL! My fav. pic to date!

Lexie/Jonathan and the kids. (for those whom don't know...Jonathan is my husband's oldest Son) This is Lexie (his wife..my nannie) and the kids!