A Very Special Blessing

We had Luke's blessing on Sunday, September 27th. Luke was so good and slept through all of church. He started to stretch when we picked him up to go to the blessing circle, but did not completely wake and and thankfully did not cry or make a sound. When Rafa tried to hold him up to show the congregation, Luke kept stretching and had his head way back. Oh well. Sometimes it is still so hard to believe that we have a son, but he is such a blessing in our lives.

After church we had all of our friends and family over to visit. Here I am with Shannon and Tyson. It is so fun to see the two cousins grow up together.

Mari, my niece, loves to hold Luke. In this picture he decided to start stretching his arms. I love it when he holds his hands in little fists.

We were so happy to see our good friends, the Cooks, again. Mike Cook baptized Rafa and his family, so it was really special to have him be part of Luke's blessing.

Here is Lauren, one of the Cook kids. She was so excited to give us a gift for Luke; a soft blanket and cute little slippers that look like dogs. Luke loved both of the gifts.

We had to get a picture of the entire lovely family! Thanks so much for coming you guys!

Rafa has been saving water bottles and cans for the past several months with the goal to fill up the entire back of my Dad's truck. Looks like he reached that goal. My Dad loves to recycle back in California.

Luke is 8 weeks old and has leg rolls :) !

I had to get a close up of his legs because he now has the cutest leg rolls because he is getting so big. I can't believe how much he has changed in the past 3 weeks. I can actually work on this blog again after so because I took a day off work today to just be home with Luke.

Here he is stretching his legs all the way out. I think he is going to be a tall boy (I hope).

Before he never liked his bouncy chair, but just recently he can stay in it longer and actually likes it. I had to get a picture of him in it.

Here is our future rock star in his rocker outfit. He was hugging the teddy bear because he likes soft things. He also likes his soft cow blanket toy that I got at the Tillamok cheese factory last April.

Here is Luke in his cute overalls getting ready for church. He is laying on his changing table all happy. He loves his changing table and could stay there all day sometimes. Notice his hand all clenched int a fist. He is doing that a lot more now. It looks like he is boxing or about to punch the camera.

Another happy changing table moment. I love both of his hands here!

So happy!

This was Luke's second play date with his cousin Tyson. I love Tyson's new haircut. Before going to my house to eat yummy Kneaders for lunch, Shannon and I went to Baby's R Us together.

These little guys are going to have so much fun growing up together!

Rafa captured this picture and said it looks like Luke is saluting someone.

We never got a picture with our doctor at the hospital so we took one during my 6 week check-up. I love how Luke is look at him all in awe.

Happy 1 Month Luke!

Here is one of my favorite pictures of Luke posing for the camera. Luke turned 1 month old on Wednesday. He is growing quickly and loves to eat :)! Lately, he likes to lay on his play mat more and make new sounds as he looks around and discovers his world. Yesterday, he made a lot of new cooing sounds, it was really fun to listen to him.

I love it when it looks like Luke is smiling or laughing, even though I know he is not yet. I just love looking at his facial expressions.

He loves to have his arm up like this, or box with his little arms.

We gave Luke his first bath in his tub yesterday. He still is not that into baths yet. But he looks so cute with his little chubby tummy showing.

Drying off in his hoodie towel. So, funny story. Good thing we gave him a bath yesterday morning because later that afternoon he had a huge poop explosion and got all dirty. Oh well, that is life with a baby right?! :)

We love our little guy and can't wait to see how he changes next as he grows up.

Luke is 3 weeks old today!

I can't believe that Luke is now 3 weeks old! He is almost a month! I love this picture because it looks like he is thinking about something serious.

Here he is in his first pair of shoes. They match his shirt and a little wrist band that makes sounds. We dressed him all cute because today was his first long outing. We went out for 3 hours and he slept the entire time, he was so good! We went to the mall and dinner and pushed him around in his stroller. Boy, did I feel like a Mom when I pushed the stroller around.

Here is another view of his cute shoes.

Luke and Dad.

A few days ago Luke and his cousin Tyson had their first play-date. Tyson is 6 weeks older than Luke, so it is exciting to know that they will grow up together and be great friends.

Luke is just starting to like his play mat. Here he was not that interested in it.


Rafa and I love it when Luke wakes up because he does cute stretches like this one with his arms up over his head.

Rafa's first half marathon

I am so proud of my husband for completing his first half marathon. It was 13.1 miles and he finished it in 1 hour 59 minutes. It was the Provo river half marathon so they ran through the canyon. Luke was proud of his dad too but slept through the whole event.


My parents came to help me and give congrats to Rafa.

Here he is at the finish line. Next stop will be a full marathon--26.2 miles. I know he can do it.

Our Wonderful Son is Here!

Wow! What an entrance into this world. All 9 pounds 8 ounces and 20 inches of him, which was totally unexpected. I was always measuring average and never looked like I would be having a large baby. I guess it does run in the family. I was a 10 pound baby. Now I'll have no hope for any other babies I have, they might all be huge.

I love how peaceful Luke is in this picture. It was such a miracle being able to hold my son in the hospital and realizing that he was mine. I still cannot believe that I am a Mom.

Here is Luke after his first car ride home from the hospital.

Mari did a great job holding her cousin when she came to visit.

Gotta love those chubby cheeks! Luke is all fresh and clean here after his first sponge bath. He didn't like his hair being washed, but Mom had fun brushing it afterwards.

Luke loves his swing. He likes it rocking back and forth, but not side to side as much. Good thing we chose one that did both.

Here is Luke wearing an outfit that Grandma gave him.

Here is Daddy giving love to his son. Luke does so good with his Dad and falls asleep every time Dad holds and rocks him. Rafa has been a great help to me with this wonderful new adventure we are on , now being parents. He watches Luke so I can sleep, he cooks me food, keeps the house clean, and more. I am only surviving because of his help.

I am an Aunt Again!!!

Baby Tyson is here! Well, he has been here for exactly a month now, I am just behind on my blog. That was mainly my fault, but also the fault of my old computer. It was almost 6 years old and blacking out every 30 seconds so I could never get anything done, it was so frustrating. I finally decided to get a new computer a few days ago and life is good again. I am updating everything so that I can be ready when my own little one comes.

This picture shows Tyson at 2 days old in the hospital. It was so neat to hold him next to my tummy and feel my baby kick inside of me. Being both boy cousins so close in age will be fun for them.

Here I am with adorable Tyson at Shannon's house. He is about 2 weeks old in these pictures. Shannon was nice enough to let me spend time holding, swaddling, and doing other things with him as I am a little nervous to do everything with my baby for the first time.

Here is a close up picture of his peaceful face. I love his dark hair! But that hair color could still change, we will just have to wait and see.