SO BIG!!

Last month we had Luke's 18 month check-up and he is doing great!! Still almost off the charts, in every way!! Here are his stats:

Height: 34.5 in.  97%
Weight: 28lbs 6oz. 93%                                          Head Circumference: 50.5cm.  99%

And here a few other things Luke has been up to at 18 months!!!

-Books! Especially ones that make noise, have flaps or he can hold/carry in his hands

-Toys he can ride on, he absolutely loves his tractor and his fire truck (pictures of both at the end!)

-He still loves to eat and has recently discovered how much he likes popcorn :)

-He loves shoes, and is often found walking around the house in Josh's, Emmy's or mine! And he'll bring his shoes to us, sit down and say, "shoes!"

-Luke has quite the personality and loves to wave and say hi to everyone out the window or on the phone. And for pictures, as soon as we say "cheese" he gives us his toothiest smile! He also has the most mischievous grins....I wonder where he gets that from????

-Bath time! He loves kicking and splashing and has no fear of the water

-He absolutely adores his big sis and still gives her the biggest hugs and kisses. Speaking of kisses, the way he closes his eyes and puckers up for a kiss is just precious! Watch out ladies!

Luke loves his fire truck and tractor....and his flashlight apparently! ;)

Christmas Break Recap

Emmy and Josh headed back to school this week but we all truly enjoyed our time off together. Here are a few more pics from our Christmas Break 2017.

December🎄Fun

December has been absolutely filled with Christmas fun, and it's not even Christmas yet....at least not for a few more hours! :) Here's a few of the things we've been up to this month.....

Getting to stop by and see the HUGE tree at Riley

Having a special afternoon just Emmy & Mommy at an Our Generation doll event at Target 

They even gave her a new outfit for her doll!

And Mommy let her pick out some new friends too! ;)

With our help, Emmy did her 1st letter to Santa this year....

And she even got to mail it in Santa's special mailbox!!

The four of us then spent the evening in downtown Indy, looking at lights, walking the circle, and even grabbed dinner and some chocolate for dessert! Yum!

We went w/ Lacy, Melvin and the boys to a special Christmas party at Oliver's church daycare. They got to dress up, do crafts, play games and have snacks! So fun! Don't they all look so cute in this picture?! Luke did NOT want to give back the lamb though! Ha!

And this was a fun game where you wrapped up your mommy or daddy in toilet paper to look like a snowman!! Emmy loved it!

Poor Melvin was such a trooper as Grayson & Ollie wrapped him up too!!

Baking Monster Cookies w/ Grandma!

Having Lacy, Melvin & the boys over to make Christmas cookies & crafts!!

Seeing Santa at our King Christmas

Luke wasn't so sure of Santa but still wanted us to "CHEESE" for the camera

And you can definitely see in this picture that Luke was not feeling the Christmas spirit, Yikes! Merry Christmas Everyone!! 

Christmas at the Zoo

Last night we met several of my co-workers at the Zoo for their special nighttime Christmas festivities. They even had a little Christmas village set up this year with Santa, live reindeer, and cookies w/ Mrs. Claus in her kitchen....so fun! And as always, the lights were beautiful!! Here are a few pictures from the evening :)

Emmy & Mrs. Claus :)

Decorating a cookie in Mrs. Claus' kitchen

Mrs. Claus was so nice!

Emmy and Luke loved all the lights!!

They even had a snow machine!

A few of the Riley gang!

Getting ready for...Christmas!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with 4 different family get-togethers in 5 days, whew! We also found time during all that celebrating to start decorating for Christmas! We are extra excited this year as Luke is able to join in on the fun now. Here are a few fun pictures of us as we hang our wreath, stockings and lights, put up the tree.....and most of all, have fun together :)

Sectional Champs!!!

Our Lapel football team just won Sectionals!!! Way to go boys! (And way to go Josh!! We love ya Coach!!)

Josh and his Quarterbacks

2017 Sectional Champs!! 

Lapel 34 Shenandoah 20