My 1st Day of Preschool

Today was the official start to Hunter's "school year." When he moved to the big school they were in the middle of summer camp. So this was also the first day he had to wear a uniform......with buttons. We have had a few dry runs with buttons to prepare him, but this morning it still took some persuading to get him in it. I had to use the line, "All of your friends will be wearing it." We also had to bring another shirt just in case.

Hunter does look cute, but I still don't see the reason a 3 year old needs to wear a uniform.

Our Labor Day Weekend

We had a fun filled Labor Day weekend. We spent many hours at the park, went to the zoo, road bikes, and had a great dinner at Gigi and Papa's.

Hunter was really excited this time to go to the zoo and see all the animals. We got to the elephant exhibit right as they were showing how they care for them and the tricks they can do. It was great . He also loved going to the kids farm and petting the donkeys.


They have misters turned on throughout the zoo and Hunter loved running in and out to cool off.

Luke was a great baby, took a few naps and happily sat in the stroller.

5 Months Old

Hard to believe that Luke was 5 months old this weekend. He is really developing quite the personality....and voice! He is sooooo loud, I guess trying to compete with his older brother. He can now roll from back to front which provides additional sleeping difficulties since he manages to get his legs stuck in the crib rails most nights.

He also prefers to stand rather than sit. I guess demands is a better word. If you try to get him to sit on your lap, he makes his body rigid and slides right out of the seated position. The exersaucer has come in handy and he has started spending a lot of time in it.

Hunter still is the best at getting him to laugh and stop crying and seems to like the role of Luke entertainment. I love the pictures where they are both looking and smiling at each other.

Brotherly Love

Family Resemblance

As the months are passing Luke is looking less like Hunter at his age and more like my dad I think.

My dad at 3 months with my Grandpa


Luke at 3 months

1st Ear Infection

Well the teething turned out to be Luke's first ear infection. We got a call from daycare about 15 minutes after we dropped him off that his ear was red and crusty. After a trip to the pediatrician, turns out he had a perforated ear drum. Hopefully we aren't headed down the same path as Hunter with 5 months of continuous ear infections!

Our Weekend

There were several activities tailored to Hunter's interests this weekend in Old Town - a model train exhibit and Fire Truck Day. We went for the trains not even aware that their were fire trucks on display 2 blocks away. While the train exhibit was packed and a bit underwhelming, the fire trucks were fabulous.


Hunter got to ride in a fire truck, ambulance and fire rescue vehicle, and try on the helmet and face mask. He was in heaven.



Luke found his feet this weekend and also spend a lot of time practicing his new skill of blowing raspberries.
Unfortunately, he was up crying for most of Saturday night, we thought from teething, so we were all pretty exhaused Sunday.

We ended the weekend with a celebration dinner for my parents 38th anniversary. Congratulations!!