Luke is 3

Luke is 3 today!  For the last 3 weeks he has been repeating constantly, "My birthdays coming up."  It was so cute.  Yesterday we had a family party after church w/ grandparents and great grandparents.  It was so cute.  After opening each present he would first take it over to Talmage and then walk around the room "showing" each person.  You had to look fast though b/c he didn't hold it in front of you very long.

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I have lost steam with making "fancy" cakes so he got a simple cake but he liked it.

Today we went to Kid Mania w/ 2 friends.  He enjoyed it.

 Me tickling the boys as their teacups turned toward me.

 Luke holding Talmage on the spinning teacup.

 Oh my, what a different spirit he his compared to his older 2 brothers.  He really is a good boy but has so much more energy than D and H.  He is louder too.  He doesn't listen as well either so put that all together and I've had a very difficult time with him the last few months.  It's me not him.  He is a good boy but I am just not used to the challenges his personality presents and it has been hard for me.  However, as much as he frustrates me, he makes us all laugh and smile. Here are some things about Luke at 3. 

-He is full of life.  

-He is very expressive.

-He is very happy.

-He's loud.

-Loves to play with others.

-Loves to swing.

-Loves to sing.

30lbs 6oz (35%)
37.4 in (40%)

He loves Talmage.  I'm still frustrated w/ how many colds he gets and all the preventive measures I take.  He has been doing gymnastics for 2.5 months.  His last time is this week.  He is signed up for preschool for the fall. Luke is a blessing in our home. We love you Luke.

Talmage at 6 months old

Talmage turned 6 months on February 20, 2014.  It was a rough few weeks for us.  He was cranky and waking up more at night and it was killing me.  I started worrying I wasn't making enough milk.  (I don't believe that anymore).  I'm still not quite sure what the deal was. I'm guessing it started w/ his 6mth growth spurt and he got stuck in the rut of waking up so much at night.   He sits up now.  It's nice to sit him up and put toys around him.

He looked great at his checkup.  His percentiles continue to slow but we all expected that.

15lb 15.4oz (16%)

27.5" (78%)

I LOVE his pointy tongue.

Talmage is 4 months

Talmage is 4 months old, as of December 20th.  He was still drooling like crazy and Grandma discovered his first tooth (bottom middle).  He decided sleeping 12 hours was overrated and went back to waking up once or twice in the night.

At his 4 month checkup he weighed 14lbs 5.3oz (37%) and was 26.5" long.

Talmage, 5 months

Talmage had his first cold this month.  Luke got it and of course can't stay away from Talmage so he got it.  It's so sad to see a baby stuffed up.  We elevated his crib a little and are running the humidifier in his room.  Poor little guy.

Also, his second tooth appeared just after his 5 month mark.  I also saw him roll over from his belly to back for the first time.

Color Run

The city did a 1 mile color run at the rec center.  I was so impressed w/ Harrison.  He RAN the whole mile.  If you know how SLOW that child is then you'd be impressed too.  He liked the whole thing better than Douglas even.

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Before picture

After picture. (I purposely tried to stay clean.)

The Crystals enjoying the zumba warm up before the race.

 Douglas doing Zumba

Afterwards was a little archery

 Harrison RUNNING!!!!

I think we'll do this next year with Luke too.