Luke's first day of school

As I suspected, I don't have a lot of extra time to update the blog. We are slowly getting into a routine. I have been getting to work by 8:30am. I need to get that closer to 8:00 but hopefully over time that will occur.

Luke went to school on Tuesday, November 11th for the first time. I took him in around 9:30am and picked him up around 4:00pm. I didn't cry too much during the drop off. At least I took him! Scott had to take Andrew to school on his first day as I was an emotional wreck. Luke is at Primrose with Andrew. I truly believe Andrew thought Luke would be in the same class as he. That was pretty funny.

Here we are at drop off. Can you see that my eyes are red?

This is Ms. Stacy. She is the lead teacher and my savior in that class right now.

New camera

So, we "bit the bullet" and bought a nice camera. I admit it but I was SO jealous of how fabulous my friend' pictures were. What I didn't realize was that you have to take one million pictures to get one that is fabulous but we try really hard.

Scott took Andrew and Bailey to an area near our house for a nature walk and photo shoot. He captured some great moments. Enjoy!


I thought the dog would be chasing Andrew or the balls.

Andrew isn't giving up the tennis balls.

Look the excitement on his face and check out that vertical leap!

Is he having fun or what?

Sweet pictures of my baby!

Luke's Parent Dedication

Luke's parents (that would be us) were dedicated on Sunday, November 9th. There were a total of 6 couples with 7 children. Yes, one couple had twins (a boy and a girl). It was special as we were dedicated along with the Fosters and Yorks (baby Audrey and Ashton's parenets) who have become very special to us over the last 3 months. It was a very sweet service.



This is before the service hence the bib and burp cloth. Trying to avoid any accidents.
Here are the "better halves". Wes York (Ashton), Jeff Foster (Audrey) and Scott (with Luke). Like all the burp cloths and bibs? That was definitely the scene before the event.
A quick photo during the service. Yes, everyone was praying and we're trying to sneak a pic. Scott was faking it pretty well.

Mom and her boys! I have to learn how to hold Luke up for the pictures but he is looking at all of the lights.

with Nana
Family shot. Is it good enough for a Christmas card?

Really wanted you to see Luke's sweet outfit.

Look at that sweet boy!

I tell everyone that it looks like Luke is storing up for the winter with those cheeks! He is just the best and cutest baby! :-)

Luke loves watching Andrew!

Awh!!!

This is Andrew telling us that he wanted a group hug around Luke. It was a really cute moment.

Another family shot. By this point, Andrew was done with the photo shoot (as you can tell).

Blakely, Ashton, Luke and me

Trip to the Zoo

Nana came in town Thursday night for Luke's dedication and to visit. She had not seen Luke since early the morning of September 3rd. This might have been her longest stint away. Obviously, Luke had changed so much and Andrew was SO excited to see her. He kept asking her if she was leaving. Not in a bad way but he now knows that she leaves to go home. It was sad.

Anyway, the rain stayed away long enough for us to go to the Atlanta Zoo on Friday. We had a lot of fun and here are some pictures!

Awh....

Andrew actually wasn't too thrilled to take this picture with Luke in it. If I remember correctly, I had to bribe him to get a smile. He wanted to be in the picture by himself. This is just the beginning.

Pictures of a few of the animals....

Luke actually woke up while we were out and about. I couldn't believe it.

Andrew with kangaroos

Luke and I with kangaroos

Andrew in the petting zoo. He was pretty hesitant to pet the animals.

I had to ask Andrew to take one step closer about 3 times to get this shot. He would take baby steps toward the goat each time. It was funny!

Andrew finally rode one of the animals on the merry-go-'round! See the Boo at the Zoo pics where we had to sit in one of the stationery seats. I promised him I would hold on to him. Before the ride was over he was saying "Let go of me, mommy." Yea!

Luke and Nana had to ride the second time.

We had so much fun! It began raining soon after we left this area. Can't wait to go back again!

Last lunch with the girls

I have written about this before but two of my friends at church had babies in the same week as I had Luke. Luke and I were last in the order. We have been meeting for lunch during our maternity leaves. Well, the time has come for Blakely and I to return to work. We both will go back on Tuesday, November 11th. Scary but we can do it. These lunches have been such a blessing for me over the past 3 months. They have made me get out of the house with Luke and I have gotten to know two amazing ladies.

Here are some pics from our last lunch today.

Luke wearing his "An Alpha Chi Loves Me" t-shirt. Come to find out Meg is an AXO as well. She went to Northwestern. You'll see in a minute why Luke wore this shirt.

Me and Luke, Meg and Audrey, and Blakely and Ashton. I cannot believe how big the babies are compared to our first lunch.
Meg had the great idea to take a picture to submit for AXO's Lyre magazine. Notice Meg's AXO sweatshirt. I wore an AXO t-shirt but then was smart enough to put Luke in front of the logo. We'll let you know if our babies are famous magazine models soon.

If you are wondering, Luke and Audrey are both staring at a ceiling fan and light. Isn't that funny?

Election Day!

I am so proud of my boys. They were so involved in the Presidential election this week.

As you can see by Andrew's shirt, he wasn't too keen on either of the candidates so he was campaigning for a write in.

Superman for President!

Luke went to vote with mom and dad. If we were in some states, we could have passed him as a registered voter. Maybe McCain needed that. We waited in line for just over 1 1/2 hours! I thought for sure having Luke with us would be our ticket to the front of the line but no such luck.

Luke's first election.

This is the line when we arrived and it stayed pretty consistent the whole time we were there.

Scott and I are very concerned over the election outcome but know that God has a plan.