Our little Valentine

I saw this outfit on sale so I couldn't resist - even though he only wore it for one day. So thankful this Valentine's Day for the little boy that's stolen my heart. :)

February funnies

Here is a collection of Luke's crazy moments we've captured...He's one busy boy!

"I can think of something to do with this!"

He's a ninja with the wrapping paper tube!

This is his mischievous "haha! I got the remote!" smile.

He unscrewed the doorstop and put it in his mouth. So gross. I took it away...but had to get a picture first!

His hiding spot - he loves it under the table!

I knew it was only a matter of time before he found these!

This is what happens when he gets into a box of tissues. Love the goatee!

I've been experimenting with homemade baby food. Experimenting is the key word. He loves blueberries, but they stain everything...including his face. :) Good thing our happy boy doesn't let that bother him! Needless to say, this is a really fun age & we're having a blast!

Dad's helper

Seems like everything we buy for our little boy comes in a thousand pieces & Andy has the fun job of putting it together. This project wasn't too bad, but Luke wanted to be right in the middle "helping" Dad. Pretty cute!

On the move

When we got back from the bowl game it seemed like life started moving a lot faster - because Luke started moving! He's crawling and pulling up on furniture! And we're just trying to keep up!

This coffee table/ottoman/toy box is the best thing we've ever bought! It stores a lot of toys and it's cushiony leather so it doesn't hurt if Luke bonks his heads, which happens. :)

Here he is crawling in his Marine Corps camo courtesy of Grandpa!

Luke's hair is growing as fast as he is. "We represent the lollipop guild!"

Bowling In San Francisco

We were so excited that both sets of grandparents were able to come to meet us in San Francisco for the bowl game. We got there early so we could enjoy the city. Here's a picture of Luke with his Grandparents.

The bowl organized a kids trip to the California Academy of Sciences - a building I had always seen because of it's crazy roof, but I'd never been in. Luke thought it was pretty cool. Here is on the rooftop garden.

And inside checking out the animals...

Not sure if he was more fascinated with the fish or his reflection!

Out of everything we did in San Francisco, Luke's favorite activity was sleeping on our King bed. He's too big for the pack n play - he kept waking up because he'd roll over and hit the side of it. So while were were there, he took his naps in our bed. Here's King Luke in all his glory...

But here's the little guy up and about - in his snowsuit on the streets of San Francisco.

The game was at AT&T Park downtown. It was pretty cool to see how they turned a baseball park into a football field.

Pregame thumbs up from Andy!

We braved the crowd, the cold, and some really bad seats for the first half...

But Luke wanted to get back to his king bed, so Mom and I took him back to the hotel while everyone else stayed to watch the win. Nevada beat Boston College and the defense played great!

Andy with Nevada quarterback, Collin Kaepernick.

Here we are saying goodbye to our beautiful view! Beautiful way to end a fun week!

Luke's first Christmas!

Andy and I discovered the holidays take on a whole new magical meaning when you have a kid! We were so happy to have Andy home for 4 days over the holidays. We didn't have enough time to visit family for Christmas, but we had a wonderful Christmas day with just our little family of three. Here are Andy and Luke having some fun Christmas morning. See our little tree in the background? We bought a tall skinny one for when we were renting and it was perfect, but now it looks kind of puny. We'll have to get a real one next year to fill up the front window!


Who needs presents when you have wrapping paper?! Luke played in his pile of paper all day!



"I love presents! Delicious!"
Andy's mom made Luke this beautiful stocking...Luke loved feeling the sequins!

We all had a wonderful Christmas with lots of fantastic gifts. But the greatest blessing was being able to spend the day with our beautiful little boy on his first Christmas! Hope your Christmas was filled with as much joy as ours!

Bouncing Baby Boy

Luke is getting more physical by the day - he's always rolling and wrestling, and this week he discovered the "bounce" in his bouncy seat. We made this video for Andy so he wouldn't miss anything while he's out recruiting.