Family Pics 2010

So my long time friend Jessica Chavez is quite the photographer (no we are not related, weird I know), so I had asked her to come over and take some pics of us considering I'm never in them because I’m always the one taking them! Therefore a couple Saturdays ago she came over in the morning before Josh had to go to work. Now taking into account that I am a first time mom, I didn’t even think about scheduling around Luke’s much needed nap time. So the whole time he was just salty, he was just having none of it! As a result there are maybe 3 pics out of a crap ton that he cracked a smile for us haha what can you do. So don’t mind Luke’s permanent wrinkle brow…

I wish you didn't have the devils curly hair

I haven’t been feeling very creative lately, hence not many posts this month. So I decided why not just do a picture montage. Everyone loves a montage.

So first, I had decided that the curly hair gene is pretty dominant. So I googled that shit and of course I was right :) Now I have a very love hate relationship with what I like to call the rats nest. And I was hoping Luke didn’t get it but unfortunately my genes kicked Josh’s genes butts and Luke’s hair has a tendency to be curly after a bath. I find it precious and funny now and try to make it as curly as possible when his hair is wet and maybe he will grow out of these curls but we will see. Check it…




I can’t resist putting him in ridiculous hats for some reason. And now its kind of a thing so I can’t stop now hahah

Love to Love the Nuggs!

So unfortunately it looks like Josh tore his ACL at work which means I am now in charge of yard work booooo. There are certain things I do not do in our relationship, take out the trash, shovel, or mow the lawn. Thank goodness winter is over because shoveling snow is my all time least favorite thing to do! So a couple weekends ago I was out raking leaves and taking down x-mas lights. That’s right I said x-mas lights. So I brought Luke out to enjoy the awesome weather we were having. But he is still in that stage of putting EVERYTHING in his mouth! Every 2 seconds I was taking something out of his mouth. And once I got a decent pile of leaves together he was all about it!

But he is fianlly getting big enough to enjoy it outside

He is getting so big! I can’t believe he is going to be walking soon!

Luke's 1st Easter!

This comes about a week late but what can you do, Anyhow last weekend marked Luke’s 1st Easter! We went up to my friend Emilee’s house on Saturday to dye eggs with her and her niece and nephew, yes she is a functioning adult with out the hangover haha. Luke didn’t actually dye any eggs considering he is 11 months old and he would probably just want to drink the dye and throw the eggs but he was an awesome spectator. He actually was “decorated” with a lot of the stickers that come in the egg dying kits which he thought was pretty cool.

On Sunday we went over to my G-ma’s house for lunch/dinner and Luke’s first egg hunt! This was the first time I was supposed to bring something like the adults do. I was assigned the veggie try… and do you think I went out and purchased this tray a head of time, absolutely not. So it’s the day of and Josh and I try 3 stores and they are all out of the stupid veggie tray so I had to show up empty handed for my first mission. Just my luck, next time I’ll have to be more prepared haha.

On to the Egg hunt! I strategically placed 3 eggs in the wide open in the back yard so Luke would be able to find them since he was the only one crawling in this hunt. Of course we didn’t get out there first and those 3 eggs were picked up so fast I didn’t even see who grabbed them! Luckily I was part of the “hiding” crew so I just went and found 3 more for Luke. I put Luke down and he was off! He still wants to put anything and everything in his mouth so that first egg he grabbed went right in. Now the dye isn’t the most permanent thing and Luke instantly had a blue month. So I take the egg from him to put in his “basket” (yeah mother of the year over here forgot his basket at home so he was using a plastic king soopers bag, classy I know) and he throws a fit, just mad haha. Crying and waving his hands in the air till you point out the 2 other eggs in the yard. Given that he is a genius he found all 3 eggs haha and was mad every time you took one way but all he wanted to do was crush them and put them in his mouth. Josh then took him around looking for the ones in tress and what not. All in all it was a good time and I am excited for next year when he’s running around with the other kids.








Btws, Luke’s first basket included kixs and these Gerber arrowroot cookies that Luke absolutely LOVES. I’m talking we have to keep them in the cabinet or out of sight because if he sees them he will not stop bugging you ( and by bugging I mean yelling at you) till you give them to him, Fatty! hahaha

And he just looks precious here!

Our little Escape Artist

Once again I had left my precious lil man in the care of his G-ma and G-pa on Monday while Josh and I were at work. They raised me and I made it out alive right!?! Well, Alive… yes, normal and unscarred… up for debate! Nonetheless, Luke discovered something new while he was there… The Doggie Door! And word on the street was that he tried to escape out of it on more then one occasion. What’s this kids deal? He doesn’t know how good he has it haha… EPS, Eat, Poop, Sleep, that’s all he does. But noooo, he wants to escape to the mean streets of A-town where his mom grew up banging, (and by banging I mean having the most ridiculous set of bangs ever!) Anyhow, of course they didn’t get video of him when he had actually made it out, but they knew he would be back! So Wendo got a video of him thinking about trying it again. He doesn’t get all the way through this time but its still funny. Enjoy

You know...Punch face

On Monday Josh had some more training at work so my parents were watching Luke till I got off work. They decided to take him to the park so he could get down on some playground equipment. You know, slides, swings, etc… Well, I receive a picture message on my phone from my mom of Luke in one of those baby swings and he had quite the sourpuss face. I wrote back something along the lines of “oh he looks like he is having an awesome time…sike” My mom returns with “This is his happy face” Oh man! If this is this kids “happy” face I’m in trouble!

So later that night we are having dinner at their house, and after my mom was done feeding Luke, she got out the Gorilla hand... Ok ok, so its not really a gorilla hand per se, but its this huge fake black hand that is in the shape of a fist, and it has a hole in it were you put your beer. Hahaha sounds ridiculous right? Well it is, and if you have ever been to Billy Bonneys you know what I’m talking about. Anyways so my mom proceeds to play “Punch Face” with him, which consists of Wendo acting like she is punching Luke in the face with this so called “gorilla” hand. This is the kid who was bored with swings and could probably come up with a million better things to do (play in the dogs water bowls, or try an escape out the doggie door), then go down the slide that day mind you. Well he starts cracking up. I mean the laugh you rarely hear, because unlike his mother he is not easily amused! I tried to get my video working on my phone before he was over it, and I did manage to get a lil bit of it. Not the huge laughter but it will do.

BTWS...if it weren't for Wendo's damn cackle you could hear Luke's better haha

Lukes first day out of the nest

Josh has decided to take a job opportunity that came up recently. I of course was not happy about this because I was really fond of the idea of Luke getting to stay home with one of us. But Josh was “dying” at home, (haha he’s such a melodramatic) so we decided to start looking for someone to watch Luke during the day. I really had an aversion to someone I didn’t know watching him before he could communicate with us but Josh really wanted to get back to work so I started looking at day cares.

Thankfully I remember a friend of mine that does daycare at her home. I called her up and she was willing to take Mini Luke into her home. Now unfortunately her “home” is in Parker! Yep so now I will be making an hour long trip to pick my lil man up after work. So I came in early today so I could get off earlier so I could try and miss some of the dreadful traffic and was, lets say… a lil crabby about it to say the least. But then I received a video of Luke already having a blast with her lil girl and it made the drive all worth it. I guess peace of mind is worth a lot more then I thought. Check it…

"Don't put me on that Damn Blog"

This lil “incident” happened on Monday but it wasn’t safe to post till now since Aunt Lisa will be leaving the state today. Haha she said we could blame her but don’t put me on that damn blog haha too bad I do what I want! Alright I’m starting to Tarantino this story, I need to start from the beginning.

We went over to my parent’s house on Monday for a family dinner of Corn Beef and Cabbage, one of my favorite meals ever! So while under Aunt Lisa’s watchful eye or lack there of we should say, Luke was climbing on Champ (or family pug) by the bar where people were eating and Champ was begging. I was on my way into the kitchen to throw my plate away when I noticed this bad idea on Lukes part. As I’m walking over to grab him, champ moves and Luke falls on his face on the corner (of all places of course) of the bar. Bam! instant bump/bruise on his forehead. He only cried for a second but it was definitely his worst fall yet, good thing he’s tough!

So after 20 minutes of trying to put a frozen bag of corn on his forehead, and Bill Bo getting pissed “Who’s watching that kid”( yeah you know the tone) Luke was back to his normal self and we started chitchatting about the prior events. We were discussing who was suppose to be watching him (in a room full of people mind you) and all fingers were pointing to Aunt Lisa, which she took responsibility for but only if she didn’t end up on the blog. Too bad for her we lead an uneventful life and this is the most action we’ve see this week haha. But in all fairness, shit happens and there’s a long road ahead of us with many more “incidents” in the future.

Here’s the proof, don’t call CPS on us



Tough as nails



Aunt Lisa's Culprit (only pic i could get at work haha)


A lil side note, as I'm getting my phone ready to take a pic Josh is like "why are you going to take a picture of this" and I told him, "I gotta blog man" haha he just doesn't get it :)