Christmas Card 2010

We are SO excited to share our 2010 Christmas Card with all of you :)



And just in case you couldn't see exactly what that card said...here is a closer look.


And here is a closer look at the soon to be BIG BROTHER!


Just a quick note: I am almost 12 weeks and there will be plenty more pregnancy posts to come :)

Have a wonderful Christmas!!!

(I am hoping those of you that were receiving cards in the mail have gotten them - I have heard from some :) I just couldn't hold it in any longer though - I had to post it here!)

Birthday Party

Luke's birthday party was on Sunday, you know, the day of the blizzard and horrendous driving conditions - perfect right?!?! Uuuuggghhhh....I went from being really sad in the morning that no one would be able to come to really freaked out and thinking that nobody SHOULD come because I would much rather everyone just be safe! Both of our families said they were going to at least TRY to get here and get here they did! My parents, sisters, Aunt Kathy, grandparents and Wally's parents were able to make it, as well as the Happ's (who had a significantly shorter ride, but still had to get out in the weather with their little guy). I was very thankful everyone made it here safely. So since the guests had arrived, the party went on!

It was a train theme and I really wish I could find the extra invitations I had to post a picture on here, but of course I put them in a good place and will find them in a few months!



Luke had a great time and received lots of great gifts from everyone - thank you!!! Unfortunately, a 1 o'clock birthday party didn't work so well for Luke. He did fine, but you could tell (and see in the pictures) how exhausted he was. He actually fell asleep for the night at 6:30!







Aunt Carly got Luke this really awesome cape! Unfortunately, Luke isn't so sure about it yet, but he will love it and I have a feeling he will be wearing it to the Thunderbolt baseball games this spring!


Mr. Clark Happ was at the party and Luke so kindly brought MANY toys over for him to play with!


Saying thank you to everyone!


Cake Time!


He really wanted the train to move!


Unfortunately as a winter baby that means that there is always a chance of there being bad weather on your big day, but we know our families will always do whatever they can to get here to celebrate and that means, you Mr. Luke, are one lucky guy!

Guess Who's 2?

Believe it or not, Luke turned 2 on Saturday! Sometimes I can't believe it myself - where did these past 2 years go? We started off our morning with some presents.











Luke got a combination of a few Barney-themed presents and train-themed presents. The biggest present was to be found in the basement!

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Then it was time to head to Barney's Birthday Bash at the Rosemont Theater. Who knew Barney and Lukey shared the same birthday?!?! :) Luke has really been into Barney lately. I really have no idea how this happened since the big purple dinosaur isn't on tv anymore, but he is On Demand and I think we have a few DVD's and apparently Luke watched it enough that he is now somewhat obsessed (or at least he was, this obsession has now been taken over by Polar Express - more on that in another post!).

Luke was perfectly content sitting on my lap the whole time. He would not go to Wally or sit in his own chair, he sat right on my lap and did a little dancing and singing with me!









After Barney we grabbed some lunch and Luke took a nice long nap. Then we were off to the daycare Christmas party.



The martial arts performance. Luke was trying to do the 'moves' in the corner too!


He was getting his groove on to the music!


Then they had a birthday cake for Luke and sang to him!


He actually blew out the candle before everyone started singing so we had to light it again!


Santa even made an appearance with presents for all of the kids.


Santa also busted a move during the Cha Cha Slide!


Then I had to get some pics of Luke and his best bud A.J.

Phew! It was an exhausting, but very fun day!

Happy 2nd Birthday Lukey Boy!

Just Some Video

I just gave my hardwood floors the best cleaning of their life and Luke is still napping so I thought I would post this video from last night. Sorry I didn't get it on here last night Car! Oh and doesn't Luke do the best "ho ho ho!"? :)

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St. Nick

St. Nick made a stop at our house last night. This is what Lukey found in the morning:

The movie "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"


and some Christmas jammies


I swear he was more excited than his face shows :)

So tonight, we of course first watched the movie and then we put on our new jammies and Luke did some posing for me! Wally laughs at me when I ask Luke to take these pictures, but he seriously is more than willing. He's very much into the 'cheese' these days! I think if my Christmas card idea doesn't work, one of these will!

Breakfast With Santa

This morning we had breakfast with Santa at Cardinal Creek Golf Course in Beecher. This is a course that Wally plays often so he got an email about the breakfast. We got there at 8:30, were seated, had our breakfast, and Luke very patiently waited for Santa to arrive.

Frosty the Snowman was there to greet us at the door. Luke ran right up to him and grabbed his hand for a picture!


A rare picture of Mommy and Luke


Here he is patiently waiting!








It was the funniest thing - Luke was standing, looking out the window at the snow on the golf course when all of the sudden he turns to me and says "ambulance". I didn't hear anything and there certainly wasn't anything on the golf course so I said "no, I don't think so Luke". Then probably 2 seconds later he turned to me again and goes, "Mommy, I heard it" while pointing to his ear. I looked at Wally and laughed and said well then you probably do hear it because you hear everything! Sure enough, here comes Santa being pulled up to the door by a tow truck that had it's lights and sirens going - Luke has the BEST ears!!! And he was in heaven!!!





Then we waited our turn in line to sit on Santa's lap.


When we were next in line, I was holding Luke and asked him if he wanted to get down and go to Santa by himself, he said yes. And he did!!! He literally RAN to Santa's lap. Everyone was laughing as most of the other kids were very cautious and had to be placed on Santa's lap. Not this kid...he loves anything/one dressed in costume!


He was a little shy once he was on Santa's lap (notice the nervous hands on his chest - ha!), but he had no problem just hanging out there. He forgot to ask Santa for the scooter he wants, but I think Santa already knows :)


Lukey got a stocking full of goodies from Santa!


It was a great morning! As I have said before, this is my most favorite time of the year and it just keeps getting better and better as I get to see Luke experience the joy and spirit of Christmas too - love it!