One Month

  Last Saturday Luke turned a whole one month.  It's crazy to think he is been a part of our lives for that long already.  It feels like he's always been a part of our family.  He is almost eight pounds now and is getting some nice chubs now.  Emery still adores him and tries to hold him all the time. Avery asks me all the time what baby brother is saying, so I have to make up conversations between her and Luke.  Harper likes to call Luke "our baby."  Other than that Luke is just doing all the normal baby stuff of mostly eating and sleeping.  We love his sweet little face so much.

Luke and the monkey at one month.

Taking a nap.

Avery really wanted to hold him this day.  I love this picture.

Taking yet another nap.

A Visit from Nellie, Paul, and Reagan

  The day after Thanksgiving my sister Nellie flew in with her family to meet Luke.  Avery and Harper were very excited to see Reagan again.  The morning they flew in they kept asking if Reagan was there yet.  They still call Reagan, baby Reagan, even though she is two and a half.  All the girls had a great time making the grandest messes.  I took advantage of the extra hands at home and put up my Christmas tree.  I let the girls put some of the ornaments on, so if you look carefully all the ornaments are on the bottom half of the tree (Since then all the ornaments have been moved to the top half of the tree).  I was happy to find out that Emery did great having Reagan as her temporary roommate for their visit.  One morning when I went to get them up I found Emery standing in one small corner of her crib because Reagan had stuffed quite literally everything she could get her hands on into the crib.  Emery was standing a midst a giant pile of diapers, burpies, bedding, and toys.  Fortunately she hadn't cleaned out the dresser of all the clothes yet. When Luke gets kicked out of our bedroom he'll have to bunk with Emery, so this gives me hope that that will go well. 

Reagan, Avery, Emery, and Harper.  Yes this was the best picture I got of them all.

I was trying to get all the girls to stand in front of the Christmas tree, and once again this was the best I could get.  Reagan didn't make it in the shot, Emery has her back turned to the camera, and the big girls are making silly faces.

Reagan was pretty happy holding Luke.  Luke looks a little uncertain though.

Thanksgiving

   For Thanksgiving this year we went to my parents' house and spent it with my brother Adam and his wife Angie, and Daryl's brother Karl, his wife Aimee, and their son Tyler.  The kids had a great time and weren't too crazy.  We had a nice low key Thanksgiving since we had a three week old, and my sister-in-law Angie is due to have her baby on Christmas.  No one really mustered up the strength to do anything over the top.  Daryl did have fun perfecting the fine art of grilling ribs, but don't worry we had a turkey breast as well.  It was a great day.e

Harper really likes her Uncle Karl.

Tyler showing off his missing two front teeth.

Emery ready for feasting!

Tyler giving Luke some kisses.

Daryl's ribs in all their meaty glory.