Christmas Pictures

Yesterday was picture day. Luke's 21 month, Sam's 5 month, and Christmas all in a day! Naturally the kids showed out and thus, we have some great pictures. The family pic is a blog exclusive...no family pictures made it to the Christmas card. When we realized from viewing the family pictures that 3 of the 4 of us have double chins, we decided only the kids should be showcased right now...maybe next year :)! Check out a few in this post and the next...

Christmas Pictures Cont.

False Alarm

Luke does not have chicken pox. He has a viral infection; chicken pox is a viral infection, but this is different. They did a culture so we will know definitively eventually, but in the meantime he is basking in the attention. While he was cuddly last night and you could tell he didn't feel himself, tonight he was back on track. On track is his norm, otherwise described as wild and crazy! There was a point when he was running circles in the middle of the family room singing the ABC song. There was a point when he was throwing each ball individually to no one in particular, then retrieving them to start all over. And there was a point where he was stuffing his face so full of fig newton that there was no room left for the jaw movement it'd take to actually chew and swallow the fig newton. So, I'd say his energy level and appetite are fine. And...ask his dad if there is any problem with bowel movements. I can assure you he'd tell you there is no problem there either.

Sam had her first taste of formula tonight and she was not happy about it. She took a sip of the concoction, half and half, and gave me the nastiest face. Then she had a few sips and refused the rest. She went to sleep anyway though, so we'll see if she makes it through the night or not in light of her light pre-bed snack. Last night she slept from 900 to 620! Super sleeper. In other news...her first tutu came in the mail today. It is SO cute! She is having her pictures made in a week and a half and the prime outfit is going to be her in her tutu. Every little girl needs a tutu, or at least that was my justification for buying it. I think you'll agree when you see how cute she is in it.

Chickenpox!

Luke has chickenpox! Or at least we think so. He went to see his primary care doc today and she thinks that is what it is, but you never know for sure I guess. She told us to be careful to wash our hands when we switch between babies...yeah right. But, we are taking him to derm tomorrow first thing in the morning. They say that they can tell us for sure and that if it is the pox that they want him on some med to cause the course to run a little faster than usual just to eliminate any possibility of Sam getting it. Other doctors today told me that the chance of her getting it was pretty much 0% since she is exclusively breastfeeding...so one way or another I think we are safe. I just thought it was interesting though that 1 in 5 kids who were immunized still get chickenpox. I guess if immunized though, they typically get a mild case, which Luke's would qualify as. He doesn't seem uncomfortable, with the exception of a fever. He isn't itching or complaining too much, just feverish which Tylenol fixes. So...anyway, just wanted to share...we have our first infectious disease.

Hold'in On

Before he realized we were taking pictures.
And now he notices the camera is out...he puts his best smile on.

Luke likes holding his sister...and she endures. He usually only "holds" with one hand though, as if he's too good at this to put all his effort into it. The cutest is when he asks to hold her. He'll hold both his arms out, elbows almost touching...we are going to try and get a picture of that pose one evening, as words just can't convey.

Halloween '08 Cont...

The dump was rather anti-climatic for him I think.

Halloween '08

For Halloween we first passed out play dough from the back of the pickup truck. In our neighborhood everyone sits outside to pass out candy...so Luke followed suit. He did great passing out the dough, except he told each of them "thank you" instead of "you're welcome". Maybe next year we'll get that right. When we ran out, we took him to a few houses, like four. He had no idea what to do. We'd tell him to go up and he would just walk up and stand in front of the candy man, staring him down, wondering what to do next. Each time the neighbor would open his bag for him and deposit the goods. And...off he'd go running to the next yard, truck, interesting light, whatever really. So, four houses was enough. Then we came inside and he ditched the bag and headed for the living room. We called him back and talked him into at least dumping the bag. But, that was it, no interest in the candy. I don't think he knows what it is, which was lucky for us. We each had a candy treat after the kids went to bed.

On to the next stop...which wasn't necessarily a house.
Passing out play dough and getting compliments from all the trick or treater parents.


Me and my kids.

Sam looking pretty for the trick or treaters.

All dressed up for music class...with her black tights on, no doubt. Who even knew there were tights for 0-3 month olds?

Plane!

This is an evening trip to base. Behind the headquarters building there is a parade field that is lined in planes. It is where all enlisted people entering the Air Force do their graduation ceremony. So, one nice evening last week we took Luke out there after dinner to just walk around. It is a great outing. It is wide open, safe, and huge. It took us an hour to make it around the whole track and touch every single plane. We were there just long enough to see the big spotlights turn on at dusk, which he also thought was cool. I think we have a flyer on our hands...the plane fascination has not yet passed. This past weekend the air show was held at base, so we took him there too. We didn't go out to the flight line as we thought it'd be too loud, so we just watched from the windows in the hospital. He watched for a good few minutes and enjoyed it.

Aim high!

They are bigger than they look, which Luke is pointing out to you.

They Grow Up and Out

He looks like such a big boy here! He is getting taller overnight these days and thinning out.
But...he still has that little boy smile!

And...while Luke thins out, Sam fills out. Have you ever seen such a belly?