Luke's 1st Birthday Party

We had Luke's 1st birthday party at our house on Saturday (right before we all went to Champion Kids for Katie's party). We had pizza and the BEST cupcakes, watched Luke (with Katie's help) open presents, and then watched Luke attempt to throw his smash cake on the floor. He did not want to have anything to do with the cake. I even put a little dab of icing in his mouth and he screamed at me. He tried to throw his giant cupcake on the floor about 7 times before we decided to let him be done. He was pretty traumatized by the whole cake experience, and it took a few minutes to calm him back down after it was all over.

Here are some pictures I have from his party. I will have to add more pictures later, because I was not able to take as many as I would have liked as I was too busy catching a cake as it was being repeatedly tossed off of the high chair tray. (Hopefully Pop and Colleen can help me out with this!)

Katie's 4th Birthday!

Can you believe this cute baby just turned 4 years old yesterday!?!

We just celebrated Katie's 4th birthday!
Katie really wanted to invite all her friends to her party, so this was her first "friend party." We went to Champion Kids, and had tons of fun!

At four years old, Katie is a smart, energetic, fun girl! She loves dance class and soccer. She also loves to sing in the choir at church. Just a few months ago, she learned how to read. She knows sight words and can sound out words. She's curious and asks questions about the world around her all the time. As a matter of fact, she's talking ALL the time, so she's either telling us something she knows, or asking about something she wants to know.

We cannot believe how fast Katie continues to grow. Everyday she learns something new, and every day she seems to be taller than the day before. It is so much fun to watch her grow in to a sweet, loving, compassionate young lady. She's the BEST big sister Luke could have, and the best helper for Daddy and Mommy. She has had a few meltdowns, but she seems to save it for home ... just for Mommy and Daddy. Overall, she is a good listener, follows directions well, and even though she has recently become a little too aware of "stranger danger" she is still outgoing and friendly to everyone she meets.


Katie is 41 inches tall (82nd percentile) and 41.6 pounds (90th percentile).

Here are a few pictures from Katie's party:

Luke Timeline

Look how far Luke has come in one year!

Just a few hours old

4 Days Old

1 Month Old

2 Months Old

3 Months Old

4 Months Old

5 Months Old

6 Months Old

7 Months Old

8 Months Old

9 Months Old

10 Months Old

11 Months Old

ONE YEAR OLD!!!

Happy 1st Birthday, Luke!!

Can you believe this was one year ago?!?

And here he is now ... !!!

Today Luke turned ONE!!! I can't believe it's been a year already. Luke is looking so grown up, especially looking back at all the pictures from last year at this time!

Luke is still not walking, but he did walk up and down the hall at church last night, holding on to just one hand (while we were waiting for Katie to get out of choir).

Has has just a few words, still: Mama, Dada, Dihdih (Katie), ball, bahbah.

At Luke's 1 year well check at the doctor, he weighed in at 24 pounds (87th percentile). His head circumference was 18.5 in (77th percentile), and his height was 29.5 in (37th percentile).

For his birthday, we went out to eat dinner at his favorite restaurant, JD's. He loves to eat the chicken, shredded cheese, and ESPECIALLY the baked beans there.

Luke's birthday party will be on Saturday. We are having his party at our house for the family to come to. I can't wait to see how he does with his smash cake!


Here is a picture of Katie and Luke at their 4 year/1 year doctor appointments today: