Luke and Baylor the Movie Stars

We went to the visitor's center at the Kennecott Copper Mine today with my friend Mica and her cute kids. Interesting place. Baylor and Luke most especially liked their mini tractors on display. But the most fun of all was the Asian tour group. Some were from China, some from Thailand. They had some serious love for my blonde haired, blue eyed cuties. Camera's were snapping away as they tried to capture a photo. At one point there were at least five of them right in Lukey's face. At first he loved it. He was smiling, waving, reaching out to them, showing them how he scoots across the floor really fast. But two many camera flashes would make anyone melt their face into the floor, and he did. The tourists thought even that was cute and kept taking pictures as I picked him up. I loved the little lady that clapped her hands at him and acted like a clown so that he would allow her to pick him up for a quick photo. Thank you, thank you, thank you, she told me. It really was quite flattering and entertaining. Bay was also a wanted man, but was really good at dodging the tourists and their cameras. They tried to hold the boy's hands and touch their hair as if they were famous. So funny. Josh and I totally are over the top in love with are sweet boys, and it was fun to see others swoon over them too.

Scooter

Luke is our little scooter. He scoots with reckless abandon. He does know how to crawl, but learned to scoot first and definately prefers it. It's so fun to watch him glide across the floor. He loves cell phones and likes to carry on a conversation while holding it near his ear, usually up to his cheek. He's talking to someone, "Da, O da, ga, ba, O ba, ba, ga." Love it! He loves his brother Baylor and thus far they do really well together. Bay calls him, "Lukey" and they love to play trains, with balls, blocks, tractors, cars, and especially shovels and tools outside in the dirt. It's a joy to watch them play together, especially when Baylor is sweet to share. Luke is a great eater. One of his favorite things to eat right now is steamed broccoli, which of course makes mommy so happy. He'll eat a whole head of steamed broccoli florets at one meal, shovels it in:) He loves eggs, oatmeal, and Daddy's whole grain pancakes, too. He is sleeping really well right now, which I am so grateful for......need sleep. He has an adorable giggle - loves to laugh when we play peek-a-boo, throw anything in the air, sneeze, dance, and sing. We just adore his sweet disposition, and cuddly chubby little body. Just a sweet pea.

Happy Birthday Sage

Today is Sage's birthday. She was born at 5:55p.m. on May 7th, 2008, at 33 weeks. She blesses our lives as our little angel. She has a very special, very righteous, very spunky little spirit. We feel it a great honor to have her in our family. We will have a picnic at her gravesite this weekend. We received flowers from Aunt Reese, Uncle Will, Danica, and Dax today, to honor her birthday. The flowers are beautiful and make us smile. So very thoughtful, thank you!

Our Little Sponge - Baylor

Baylor is surprises us daily with new words and play! He is so curious and loves to discover new things. We have bee using the nursery manual for Family Home Evenings. We sing a song or 2 or 3, have a prayer, give a little lesson (mostly talk about the pictures in the nursery manual), then play a game or go outside. Well, last week when we were finished he grabbed the manual and said, "Ok guys, sit down guys." So Josh and I sit on the couch. He then turns pages in the manual quietly identifying what he see's, "....Jesus, girl, friend...." and looking up at us - he's teaching us! Then he sets the manual on the piano bench and says, "OK guys stand up!" He then tells to clap our hands and stomp our feet. We follow his lead and he is completely delighted we are following his commands. He then says, "OK guys, sit down." We sit back on the couch and again he flips through the manual identifying what he see's, telling us the letters he can identify, or of course telling us about tractors, "front loader, backhoe, grater..." he loves to talk tractors, then "OK guys, stand up." This time he says "tractor" and starts acting like a front loader. Using his hands and arms he mimics scooping up heaving rock and dumping it out. We are to act like tractors too, complete with sound effects - "bbbbbvvvvvvvh." And then, "OK guys, sit down." We get another lesson then are asked to stand up again so we can play "ring rosies", walk like peguins, act like birds, or whatever else pops into his adorable little head! We do this again and again and again, until we say, ok Baylor just one more time. Then we do it a few more times after that because he is so ADORABLE. He is so proud to be leading us in this fun, and we are amazed at his creativity and delight. Last week, I took the kids grocery shopping with me. Luke in the front seat and Baylor sits in the basket with groceries piled on top of him. They were really good, so when Baylor asked for a treat I bought him a package of gummy worms. He was elated and wanted to hold the whole package. I was fine with that as long as he only ate 2 or 3, which he did, suprisingly. I should have a little more faith in him. He asked "WHY?" just 2 or 3 worms. I told him if he ate too many it would make his tummy sick. "Okey Mommy." Later, we pull them out again and he carries them around and again, I remind him, "don't eat too many, they'll make your tummy sick." They are sounding really good to me, so I ask, "Baylor, can mommy have one of your gummy worms? " He replies, No, mommy. They too much for you. They make you sick." Too cute, I snuck one out of the bag later. Also, right now he is really loving to talk with Grammie on the phone. So when I'm talking with Di, I'll say, "Bay do you want to talk to Aunt Di?" "No I talk to Grammie, myself." Then I say, ok talk to grammie. So he gets on the phone with Aunt Di who pretends to be Grammie just so she can hear his sweet voice! I also, just adore Baylor's "Tant toos," and "I sorry mommy." He has a halo over his little head and we just adore him.