A billion pictures

Grandpa and Luke... :)

There is a picture like this of my dad's dad holding Tony, so this is a cool shot!

Grandma and Lucas at the cottage, in his cool dude outfit

Tiny smile

Brothers

Oh how I love him

In a cute outfit our neighbor got him

Getting baptized

The fam before the baptism

Look so handsome in his baptism outfit

With his cousin and brother

So cute of the cousins together!

Proud papa and uncle

Luke with the guy we named him after!

Best fwiends...

Sleeping in together in swaddles!

Grandpa with his grandboys!

Cute little smile

One of his professional pics

Such a cute baby!

OK it's been three weeks since I updated, I know! I'm a slacker! Sorry. We've been busy the past few weeks. We had a WONDERFUL time with the family at Lucas's baptism. Tony and Rachel drove all the way over from Flint with their baby boy, Sam. That's a long trip for a baby, but we REALLY appreciated them coming over! We had such a great time over the weekend having them here, along with my parents and the Allans. We couldn't have asked for anything better! Luke was a very good little boy during the baptism, we were glad for that. No screaming babies at church. :) It was so fun having the babies together too...Sam, Ava, and Luke. They weren't together for very long, but they got to meet each other anyway. Lots more to come of that over the years.

I went up to Marquette for a couple of days with Lucas this week, it was really nice. It was very relaxing...and it was nice to get a little help with the little guy too. We are going back up there next week for my second baby shower, but it was fun to get up there just the two of us to see Grandma and Grandpa Conklin.

Lucas is doing great, he's getting so much more interactive, it's so cute! He's smiling a lot and making lots of baby noises...like he's trying to tell me something. He's losing his hair too. I think he might be a blondie by the time all of that is over...his eyebrows are pretty blond. He'll look just like his daddy if that happens! He is such a joy to us, we fall more and more in love with him every second.

I go back to work in less than three weeks! This maternity leave went by way too fast, but it has to happen sometime. The adult interaction will be good for me, but it is going to be VERY hard for me to leave him at daycare. I know they are great people, but just the thought of not seeing his milestones every day makes me want to cry. I know I'll see them when I pick him up, but it's not the same as being with him all the time. Hopefully someday I can go part-time then I can have the best of both worlds.

We just had Lucas's 2 month checkup, and he weighs 14 pounds, 9 oz. He's in the 96th percentile for weight, and 86 percentile for height. He's a big boy!! It's funny to think back to when I was pregnant and the doctor said a few times he thinks this is going to be a big baby. I bet he sure would have been big if we wouldn't have induced! He probably would have been late and a 10 pounder! :-D.

Anyway, that's about all for now, I can't guarantee when I'll update next...I'll see when I have time! :)

Love,

Car