Tuesday, February 24, 2009

BEETS

Luke loves food - we just give him real food - nothing out of a jar for him!! so, here are a picture of some of his beet-eating :)









my mom ("Nana") had just walked in the kitchen, and Luke got very excited to see her!! If you look on his tray, there are bits of cooked carrot too... he likes to use the beets as glue on his finger to pick up the carrots!



needless to say... beets are usually only eaten at dinner time, on nights when he's getting a bath!!

Sunday, February 22, 2009

especially for Auntie Claire

Auntie Claire sent Luke his first birthday present a bit early... he asked us very nicely if he could open it... we couldn't say no! it was a very cute caterpiller to accompany the book "the very hungry caterpiller" Yippee!! we didn't have this book and it has quickly become a favorite - along with the toy!! Thank you Auntie Claire!!




























Saturday, February 21, 2009

Luke's 11 month birthday

it snowed for Luke's 11 month birthday last week :)
so, i took some pictures - they aren't the best, but you get the idea... there was a lot more that came down too, and it stuck!! it was neat, cause i got to watch it out the window while Luke was nursing and napping (on my lap - the first born is definitely well-loved!)












Sunday, February 15, 2009

Rob and Gen's Wedding!


playing with Aunt Karen's pearls


very happy (after) the wedding was over
the reception - dancing with Daddy!
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workout

our workout clearly tired him out too :)
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Monday, February 2, 2009

just another "living in the country" post

so, i have a very adorable 10 month old
he loves to crawl
and get into everything
and put things in his mouth

guess what i found when vacuuming tonight...
a live scorpion
on our floor
...

hmm, must watch the child even closer now!
(there goes any attempt at getting things done during the day!! but i definitely think spending quality time with Luke is more fun anyway :) )

Sunday, February 1, 2009

$175 and 18 hrs later... we have water
Praise God!

Friday, January 30, 2009

no water

we have been gone all week (out of town celebrating our second wedding anniversary and traveling for Greg's work) ... we got home tonight around 6pm ... we have no water ... please pray ... here's the quick points:
- we live in the middle of nowhere (an hour round trip - at least - to a grocery store)
- we are on our own well for water
- no one can even come look at our well until tomorrow after 10
- we were traveling all week and we all need showers and Luke definitely needs a bath
- i am so frugal we don't have paper dishes & i use powdered milk (which needs water)
- i use cloth diapers - they will need to be washed!

here are the positives:
- we have our Faith and God who loves us
- we are happy and healthy
- i still nurse Luke, so i'm not concerned about water for him
- i have lots of food already made in the house & freezer
- we still have power!!
- we have a pool that we can use the water from to flush the toilets at least

ok, St. John Nepomucene, patron Saint of running water, pray for us!

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Sunday, January 18, 2009

random pics

yippee!!
here's our stockings hung with care :)
he's just adorable
enjoying his Christmas presents
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Monday, January 12, 2009

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Grandparents!

Luke and Grandpa

Luke and Nonno
Luke with Nana and Nonna

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