Our little man is here!!

Luke was born July 9, about a week and a half early!  We were definitely caught a bit off guard and did the whole frantic ride to the hospital.  Luckily I got there in time for the epidural (hallelujah!!) and from then on it was amazingly easy!  I only had to push about 10 times and he was here!  We checked into the hospital at 3:15 and he was born by 8:50, can't complain there!  We had one of the NICU nurses who was in the room when Katelyn was born there to make sure Luke was ok and did not have any complications.  I can't even express how happy I was to hear that he was healthy and I would get to just hold him as long as I wanted.

One happy mamma!!

The new fam of 4

Katelyn was immediately interested in her new baby brother.  She just wanted to keep touching him, the whole time saying "baby!"

Papa and Daddy

Nana

Grammie and Grandpa

Uncle Paul

Auntie Shell

She's in love!

Our friends came over with a new baby doll and stroller for Katelyn.  She was THRILLED (as you can clearly see in this picture!)

He's such a good sleeper so far (knock on wood!)  I'm loving this early newborn phase that we missed while in the hospital with Kate.  He's just so sleepy and sweet!

We are so in love with our little guy!

My little gymnast!

Katelyn had her very first gymnastics class today.  She had so much fun!  Steve did most of the physical things with her while I waddled around taking pictures.

They start off with fun stretches in a circle which Katelyn mostly sat and watched everyone else do.  I think the parents got more out of the stretching session than the kiddos!

Then the kids all move around in an circular obstacle course playing...i mean...developing strong gymnastic skills....on all kinds of fun (and soft) equipment.  Katelyn had fun on this pad because it was really bouncy and squishy.

We have one of these at home so she was a pro at this one!

Not so much the bars though...we'll have to work on this one more!

The best part was the big "foam pool".  The first time she got in it she cried, but once she saw all the other kids (and daddy) jumping in, she became fearless and loved it!  We couldn't keep her away!

Luke's Room

We are pretty much finished with baby Luke's room!  It all came together really fast...it seemed much easier putting a boy's room together than a girl's.  Probably because I just don't have the energy or time to think about it as much this time around!  I love how it turned out, we were going for sort of a subtle western look and wanted to incorporate the characters Woody and Bullseye from Toy Story.

Steve did all the artwork on the walls while Katelyn helped me organize!

We got the bedding at Pottery Barn, I just loved the star sheet! Steve's parents bought the crib, so sweet of them!

This is one of Woody's sayings, "Reach for the Sky!".  Steve painted the silhouette pics of Woody and Bullseye too.  My parents bought the dresser, thanks mom and dad!

Katelyn loves playing in this room.  I think she thinks its just a giant room for her to play with her baby in.  She loves to put baby "ni-night" in the crib, the swing, and rock her baby in the rocking chair.

All ready for a little baby brother!!  Our good friend Mary Phillips knitted this blanket, it is so cute and soft!  Thanks Mary!

Bachelorette Party!!

Last weekend we had a Bachelorette Party for my little sis down in San Diego.  It was such a blast!

Left to right: Brooke L., Kari, Amanda, Michelle, Me, Corrin, Lisa, Jen, Brooke B., Jonelle


We all dressed for the beach and headed down to the Wavehouse for sun, drinks, and some "embarrass the bride" games!  These guys insisted on buying the maid of honor a drink, then took one look at me and went...nevermind!  But I still got a virgin pina colada, yum!

This was a bachelor party we ran into.  It turned out they were all Brooke's good friends from college!

One of Michelle's "challenges" was to find a guy's sock and wear it!  I can't believe she did it...yuk!

Sisters!

The Preggos!

After a fun day at the beach we all got prettied up to go to dinner/dancing/etc. downtown.

I think we did a good job of showering her in cheesy bachelorette stuff!

Family Shots

I have been wanting to get family pictures taken for so long and we finally did it!  My sis Michelle treated us to a photo session with her friend Casey Hardy.  She is super talented and did a great job!  I especially loved the ones with the tree/sun/barn background but unfortunately Katelyn had gotten so fussy by that point that we didn't get too many great ones there.  Here are some of my favorites...

Darius Rucker!!

We escaped for a little date night with our good friends Gary and Kelli to go downtown to the Fox Theatre and see Darius Rucker (aka Hootie) perform!  We had so much fun!  We were super close and he was just an awesome performer.  I was always a Hootie fan, but I like the country side even better.

Kelli and I at the Padre before the concert.

I think this was "Come Back Song"