Happenings

Here are a few more pics of what we've been up to lately.

We're Home!

Trip to the Base Duck Pond

The Boys' First Airshow

Church

Trip to Lake Berryessa

...and then there were four.

We are very proud to introduce the newest addition to our family.
Lucas Scott was born on July 18th, 2011 at 5:19pm. He weighed 8lbs 10oz and was 20 3/4in. long.
Maybe it is because he is our second child or maybe it is because we aren't looking at a move in our future, or maybe because he is..but this time around seems a lot less stressful. We are all settled in at home and learning how to function as a family of four. It has been absolutely wonderful to have Daddy home also. He got baby leave and now he is on leave that he scheduled until the 15th. We are going to get really spoiled.

3 Weeks and a 2 Year Old

Sigh...that is all I have to say.

Dear Luke,
It has been a great 9 months. Now, Mommy would love to share you with the world. You can come on out anytime you wish. Daddy and Mommy would love to meet you and you have a very special Big Brother who can't wait to teach you all about being a little boy. He is getting a lot of practice in so he can show you everything you need to know.
Mommy would like to have her body back. Her hips are starting to give out and she is wider than she is tall. Your constant pummeling of her bladder is going to cause an embarrassing situation one of these days. Mommy's ribs are not monkey bars either. There will be lots of fun things to kick and hang from your toes from when you come on out and join us. Mommy's arms would love to share the burden of carrying you with her belly and hips.
Lastly, Big Brother has told Mommy that he wants you to come out so we can all run together again. You are going to love Big Brother!
All my love,
Mommy

Dear Johnny,
It has been an amazing, life changing 2 and a half years. I think I have learned more from you than I have taught you. I am constantly amazed by the things you can do and perplexed by some of the things that you choose to do. You have been my only child and I will miss our one on one time. I cannot wait to see how you react to your little brother. I know you will be an amazing big brother to Luke. He is a very lucky baby to have a brother that is so smart and amazing to teach him and love him like I know you will.
I am so impressed with your potty training in the past few weeks. We have progressed from frustration to pride at all you have accomplished. Let's keep up the good work so we can go to preschool in August. It breaks my heart to see you old enough for preschool, but I know you will have so much fun with the kids and Miss Tammy when you get to go.
I am so proud of my big boy and I can't wait for you to meet Baby Luke. He is going to love you! I know I do, more than anything in the world.
Love,
Mommy

Here's a few pics to get all caught up.

Nonsense

For almost as long as Johnny has been talking, he has said a word that no once can decipher. Genaughty.. I have no idea, but lately he has decided that his foot is named Genaughty. He just told me, showing me his foot, "This is Genaughty. He is going to go up in his rocket ship."

Best imagination ever.

He also got his first pair of shoes with lights on them yesterday.

He was VERY excited and kept almost running into walls watching his feet twinkle.

Kickin' it

I forgot to mention that both Jake and Johnny have now felt the little one kicking. I was rocking Johnny after his nap the other day and with my ever disappearing lap, he kind of drapes over my belly. The baby started kicking and I put Johnny's hand on my belly and when he felt it, he got this wide eyed look. I asked him if he felt it and he said yes. I told him that was baby brother and he just grinned and layed his head back down. Then baby brother started kicking him where he was laying across me and he just looked at me and grinned. So sweet!

Slacking

Yep, it has been a while, but here I am to get some catching up done.

Rain, rain, rain..we have been having a lot of it lately. I am sure Johnny will be happy when it starts letting up more so we can play at the park and outside more. I know I will. We had a warm snap a few weeks ago and it just made everyone all ready for warmer weather. Then it got cold and rainy again. Oh well, at least we know what to look forward to.

Baby boy is doing just fine. Proving himself to be quite a gymnast lately. At our twenty week ultrasound, he was being very photogenic for the ultrasound tech and she got some good pics of him as well as verifying again that he is a he. The profile pictures we got of him looks a heck of a lot like his big brother.

Poor kiddo still doesn’t have a name but we still have a little bit of time before we have to be too concerned about that.

Johnny has just gone through a pretty good growth spurt which means he has shot out of most of his clothes and jammies. It is kind of funny how all of a sudden I have to go get the kid a whole new wardrobe. Oh well at least we are changing seasons and the new baby will get good use out of them too.

Jake has been home for a few weeks and we are enjoying time together before he goes on his next trip. Here are some pictures of what we have been up to lately.

Big Boy

I am so impressed with my kiddo today. He had his second dentist visit this morning. Freaked out a little at his first one 6 months ago. This time was amazing! He was still a little hesitant, but as long as they let him stand up while they were looking at his teeth he was a champ! The hygienist there was amazing at keeping him calm and talking to him and she let him pick his toothbrush. Then when the Dentist came he opened wide up and said AAAAAA! Not a fuss or a whimper! We had a celebration lunch at Red Robin where he and I shared a cheeseburger and a chocolate shake.

Today as we were going to get the mail, what comes down our street but a HUGE fire truck. You know the kind that have a driver at the end? We live at the end of a street so I didn’t think they would come our way, but when the driver saw us he headed on down the street. I think they are training drivers or practicing driving that big fire engine because I have seen them around practicing before. Plus it is all shiny and new. Anyway, he comes right down our street and turned around. Waved at Johnny and the guys on the back waved too. He was dumbfounded, but waved at them too. As soon as we got in the house he went and took out all of his fire engines and played with them for quite a while. So cute!