Gobble Gobble

We have 3 Thanksgiving celebrations: 1) With my family- a couple of weeks early- when Eric & Lydia are in town 2) With Grampa & Grammie on Thanksgiving morning/afternoon- usually mom cooks AGAIN- she always says she's not going to do as much, but she ALWAYS does- we went to Cracker Barrel for breakfast this year-we didn't get any pictures 3) With Pa & MeMa at Matt's Aunt Lynn's house Thanksgiving evening We do A LOT of eating!! It starts the holiday season off right :0) 1st celebration: I am so thankful for this little boy! Fun times with cousins! Luke's expression seems to say "Who me?". It won't be long until all 3 of them will be getting into mischief together :0)

Yum Yum!

Haven is sporting the mohawk look :0)

This was the first time Luke intentionally smiled at the camera. It is the most precious grin! Celebration #3:

Aunt Lynn has a very fun playroom for all the kiddos!

Maybe Luke will be a better pianist than me!

I'm not sure what Matt said to get this reaction, but I think he warned Aunt GiGi that it would probably show up on the blog :0)

This video is a perfect way to sum up Thanksgiving!!!!

The 5 Minute Parade

Luke & I were extremely late for the Veterans Day parade in Nashville! I believe it is a fairly long parade, but we only got to see 5 min. of it before Luke had to eat. Thankfully our trip to Nashville also included a picnic lunch at the Bicentennial Mall and a visit to The Cupcake Collection (very yummy!). I am so thankful to all of our military for serving our country, and hopefully next year we will get to cheer you on for much longer!

There's a BIG Fish in My Tub!

We wanted Luke's first bath without his little tub to be extra special. So we dressed up and daddy jumped in.

Squeak...Laugh...Squeak...Laugh

Anything Jasie does is so entertaining to Luke!

Road Trip

Luke's first road trip was to CookVegas for Homecoming. Matt and I usually play in the BSU alumni vs. student football game on Friday night. We had been told {by a very reliable source :0)} that the game was off due to rained out fields. Turns out they were able to play, but I don't know how they managed without their best assets!! We went on over to our Fri. night Homecoming restaurant- Cheddar's.

Luke's first hotel to stay in was a Holiday Inn Express, and it was a nice place. He's slept in the same room with us at Grampa & Grammie's before, but he's always been asleep by the time we came to bed. Since daddy & I are so much fun, he waited until he didn't hear us talking anymore before he went to sleep. This wasn't too long after we put him to bed because it was pretty late and we were pretty tired.

This is the first time we used the changing table with the pack and play.

Mr. Seahorse was again our traveling mobile.

The next morning was his first time in a hotel bed.

He wanted a little more space for himself :0)

This is the second or third time Tech has scheduled Homecoming over Halloween. Several of our friends weren't able to come because they wouldn't have been home in time for the big night.

I left all my toiletries at home so I had to stop at a gas station on our way out that morning for some hair spray. (They had the hottest products!) Matt was totally embarrassed when I sprayed my hair right outside the entrance to the store :0)
All lined up for his first parade.

Back at the BSU for lunch...and a nap.

Later that night we went Trick or Treating for the first time. We only went to 4 of our neighbors and were the first spooks out since our little pumpkin has an early bedtime :0)

Jasie racked up on treats at her friend Sadie's house!

Happy 8 Month Birthday

Luke turned 8 month's old on October 27th. Here's some things that haven't been revealed about his 8th month of life:

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  Started eating: flavored YoBaby yogurt (banana, blueberry, & apple), green beans, carrots, yellow squash, & zucchini.


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  Increased his milk volume at the 7:00 pm feeding (to 190 & then 200 mls).


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  Started sitting up all by himself!!


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  Started using a Y-cut nipple, which cut feeding time to only 15 min.!


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  Had his first lunch with daddy at work.


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  Got his 3rd tooth.

and...

Started wearing 6-9 month clothes. So another storage tub was filled with cute little clothes.Grew out of size 2 diapers. Performed daring tricks while eating his solids. It must have been too scary because he didn't repeat this. :0) Was introduced to his cup. He really likes to chew on it, but that's about it (even now).He & Jasie played with their new Halloween toys from Pa & MeMa. Was soooo cute!!