So funny!

Luke laughed for the first time today!  See for yourself.

Isn't he the sweetest?!

59 days and counting

Two months from today is the first day of Spring.  I am counting down.  This cold winter weather has us stuck inside and I am craving some warm weather activities like going to a park, taking a walk, having a picnic, going to the pool... (I could go on and on...) Luckily, the girls, unlike me, absolutely love the snow.

It's a good thing Lucas is so cute or I'd be going stir crazy spending so much time in this house.  Luke smiled at me for the first time on December 17th - it took me weeks to get a smile on camera!

Luke is now 10 weeks old as of yesterday. He was up to 10 lbs 12 oz at his 2 month appointment last Monday. He has been sleeping through the night (probably 5 nights a week) since Christmas Eve. And he's talking like crazy.  He is definitely mama's boy, preferring to be with me over anyone else.  I'll take it. :)

Alaina is home sick from school today with a fever, headache, sore throat and cough.  I'm going a little overboard trying to keep the rest of us from getting sick also.  I can't imagine having this go through our whole house and I definitely don't want Luke to get sick.  Spring cannot come soon enough.

Maybe I'll win a trip somewhere warm...

Yeah, I know, fat chance.

Until then, I'll just cuddle my little man to keep warm.

More or Less?

My friend Emily wrote about her word of the year for 2011: less. I think she's definitely on to something. I could quote her whole list of "lesses" word for word.

But as I think more about it, I am quite thankful for the more in 2010.

More (wonderful & not) days with my girls.

More joy in a new baby that we wanted for the entire year (and most of 2009).  

More time with family we don't get to see enough.

More curing of cancer.



Don't get me wrong. I'm fully embracing Emily's "less is more" concept for 2011. Partially by need - financially this year, we don't have an option to not embrace "less" since I'm working so little.  But I pray that the rest of me embraces "less" from my heart.

One thing Adam's looking forward to more in 2011: testosterone.