How did my newborn Luke go from this tiny little baby ...
to this smiley little 2 year old boy?
We planned a Daniel Tiger themed birthday party for Luke. He just loves that show! On the door, we put the sign (on the mirror) that said "Welcome to Luke's Neighborhood!" We also put pictures around the house in frames that said "Happy Birthday, Luke!"
We decorated the house with $1 twirlies that our friends at Wally World provide. It wasn't a big party, but we had family over to eat lunch and spend the afternoon with Luke. It was fun to get the good dishes out and have people over - to really celebrate God's blessing of Luke in our lives.
This is the view into the Living Room and all the fun party decor. We were just waiting for company ...
I made little stickers for the $1 party hats we bought at the same famous "W Place" that had Daniel Tiger on them. I also got creative and made the "Daniel Tiger" cake ... but it doesn't quality as a Pinterest success story. I'm not sure I'll ever try and decorate another cake again ... at least not with the frosting tools I used. Maybe one of those fancy things you buy really is worth it. At least it tasted good. :-D
We made Luke a shirt (iron on transfer + googling Daniel Tiger images + Powerpoint) for him to wear. Just turn your head a little. LOL
Luke loved "blowing" out his candle! He never really did blow it out, but mom breathing its way would cause the flame to flicker and he would squeal in delight. It was so cute! We re-lit the candle quite a few times and he got mad when we took it away.
A picture of the three of us:
Plastic easter eggs and blowing bubbles are a HUGE hit for a 2 year old. Just learned that this year. Oh ... and a slinky! Here Luke is with DH's parents. I would blow and blow and blow bubbles (maybe 30 minutes) and he would look up and squeal in delight. He was just so excited!
Here is Luke with my parents and brother (left corner). They had given him some magnetic alphabet letters (also a huge hit!) and he loved getting them all out. His favorite things right now include saying his ABC's (what that means is mommy and daddy say them), so hopefully he will actually say them soon.
Here is Luke with a picture of his train set from Mommy Becca, Basil and his brother Eli. It came with the Gordon train + coal car and he gets the biggest kick out of it! Whenever we come home from anywhere, he will run and lay down in front of it and watch it go 'round and 'round and 'round.
Luke loves his train set so much that Mommy Becca got him an expanded kit of tracks and scenery and a Thomas train. Now the trains can zoom around the tracks. DH and I have quite a fun time re-designing all the options for the tracks ... we need to buy just a few more pieces and it will be perfect (can you say addicted?!? Hi ... I'm over 30 and want some Thomas the Train tracks for my birthday. LOL!)
Aside from Luke's party on March 30th with our families, we went back to Kansas the first weekend of April to see Becca and her family, my friend and old co-worker Amber and DH's Grandma (who will be 95 this Wednesday). We did something else the weekend of the 12th/13th (can't remember ... that's crazy!) and Easter was last weekend, so we headed over to both our parents' houses to spend one of the two weekend days.
Life is going good for us at the moment ... DH has a new part time job, we purchased a new "used" swing set for Luke and moved that in this past week and Luke has started speech therapy (once a week sessions for the last 3 weeks), my weight loss goals and journey ... so more topics to cover in depth in future posts. I hope to catch up on your lives as well as get you caught up on mine.
