Luke's checkup

Luke had his very belated 3 year physical yesterday with our new pediatrician. I have to say that she was awesome with Luke. She took the time to play with him for several minutes to get acquainted with him and she was very gentle with his shy spirit. By the end of the visit, she had obviously won him over because when she asked him for a hug, he HUGGED her!! For those of you who have tried to pry a hug out of my shy little guy, you know that it is no small thing for him to offer her a hug! Most of the time he won't even hug his Aunt Jenn! (He loves you so much though, Jenn...you know that!)

Anyway, all in all the visit went well. He weighed a mere 31 1/2 lbs which is still only the 10th percentile for his age, but he was in the 50th percentile for his height at 37 inches. I honestly think it is the first time my little tyke has seen the 50th percentile in anything! :) WHoohoooo! As for the weight, I explained his history and that he's always been on the skinnier side, so there really wasn't a concern. I think he was the 10th or 25th percentitle at 2 years too. Dr. Zaft just encouraged us to offer lots of high calorie, healthy foods...and even just extra fats like butter on toast, extra sour creams added to things, etc. We try. And we will continue to do so. But if being skinny is all that we have to contend with from his preemie days, then we are certainly blessed! :)

I have to run for now. I'm sorry to be so quick with the posts lately. There has been little time to sit and blog. I have so many pictures I want to share and fun stories, but I guess they will just have to wait until another time. Happy Wednesday, friends!

Kids say the cutest things!

Just a few minutes ago, Luke ran out from the potty without his pants, because apparently, they were too difficult to put back on. As he ran bare bottomed to the family room he exclaimed, "I'm goin' commando Mom!" LOL! Then, as I was sitting at the kitchen table working on some things a few minutes later, he came up beside me and said, "Hey, Mom. Look!" He sat down on the hardwood floor, STILL with a bare tooshie and said, "See....I sit down, and 'den I get back up and my toosh sticks to da floor! hehehehh!e! Isn't that silly, Mommy??"

Yes....honey...that IS silly...and so are YOU!!! And I love you, Silly Bug!!!!

Around the world in 365 days....

We've calculated the miles Ty drove for work in 2007 (our tax appointment is today...in just a few minutes, actually) and his total for the year was 33,372 miles. That means, in essence, he drove around the circumference of the earth 1.34 times. Pretty impressive, no? Just thought you might like to know! :)

Oh and by the way... just in case you were wondering, if he wanted to drive to the moon, he would need to drive 238,000 miles and 93 million to get to the sun. Thank goodness he doesn't commute THAT much! :) LOL!!!!!

Rain, Rain, go away....

Its raining again today. And while I know we desperately need the rain, I can't say that I love it when it botches our plans for the day. We were invited to Krystal and Will's for Super Bowl, but with the roads so slick and the long drive, we've decided it was safer to stay home. :( Oh well....so it goes. As I type, I am sitting on the kitchen floor using Ty's laptop and Luke is sitting here next to me playing Playdoh. Its definately a playdoh kind of day...too cold and dreary to do much else. He is such a responsible playdoh-player too! Always sure to keep the doh on his table and to keep just one color out at a time. I love that I can trust him to follow the 'rules'! He's so awesome!!

We have yet to resurrect ourselves from our pajamas (well..I have, since I went to the gym earlier) but the rest of the gang has not. Ellie is taking her morning nap, Ty is in the office, and surprisingly enough, our house is quiet....only the ticking of the clock on the mantel and the occasional tap of Luke's playdoh toys on the table. Its almost serene here.

Our big news for the weekend is that Ellie had her first taste of solids yesterday. My little girl is growing up! (sniff, sniff!) She did amazingly well!!! I wasn't expecting her to take to it as well as she did. She was definately ready!!! We tried again this morning, and she ate quite a bit again! She seems to like it! Here is a little video of her....

Lets see...what else happened this weekend?? Last night I got to enjoy a fun Mom's Night Out with my two neighbors Tabitha and Kristin, at the Melting Pot. Mmmmmmm! I can't tell you how nice it was just to sit and talk, enjoy really good food and linger as long as we wanted over our glasses of wine. I think we were there for four hours!! :) It was great! Thanks again, Tabitha for treating us! You are awesome! :) At dinner, we all talked about how lucky we are to have such a great neighborhood. God heard all of my fervent prayers for good neighbors that we could befriend all those months ago! We certainly feel fortunate to have great neighbors with kids all around the same ages! Its what Ty and I have always hoped for!

Well....it seems that Luke has grown tired of the playdoh and we are onto another activity for the time being. That is my cue that I need to sign off. I hope that you all enjoy your Super Bowl Sunday and please.....rain, rain, GO AWAY!!!! :)

He's baaaack!!!!!!

Luke found Snuggie today!!! YAHHHOOOOOOOOO! We had Krystal and the twins over for a playdate and the kids were playing in the playroom when all of a sudden Luke comes running into the kitchen hollering "Mom! Mom! I found SNUGGIIIEEEE!" I wish I had my camera at that moment, just to capture the sheer JOY on his face! And I think I met his excitement with a happy shrill of my own! I might have been more excited than he was! Holy cow! Was I happy to see Snug! Apparently, he (Snug) was hiding in an old christmas cookie tin, with the lid on somewhere in the playroom...either in Luke's little kitchen or in the toy box. We turned that playroom upside down back when Snug went missing, but who would have thought to look in that silly little tin box?!?!?!? Oh I'm so glad Snuggie is back! Its like the return of an old friend. It makes me happy to see Luke so glad to have him home! :) Welcome back, Snuggie! We missed you! :)