Luke's New Trick

Luke recently discovered his tongue. He is constantly sticking his tongue out at us!

New Family Pictures

We're back! My sister, Andrea, was nice enough to take some updated pictures of the whole bunch of us while we were visiting. She is such an incredible photographer, and always captures the best moments. Enjoy this slide show of my favorites! You can also click on this link (http://photobucket.com/aknutson-familypics2009) to see all the pictures Andrea took full size. After you click on the link, you can click on the "slideshow" button on the upper right hand side of the screen, and see a full size slideshow of the pics. I have some pictures from the trip, and some from our gingerbread train project that I need to get posted, so I'll work on that over the next few days. Love you all, and thank you to God Almighty who has blessed us greatly!

Lukey is Four Months Old

Luke James is four months old today! I know I say it all the time, but I really can't believe it's been that long already. Luke is changing and growing everyday. He is almost sitting up (leaning just a bit still), although he's not rolling over yet. He is trying, but since he refuses to spend much time on his stomach, it hasn't happened yet. He loves his exersaucer, Johnny Jump-Up, and the swing. Luke is cooing and making noises all the time, and as you can see from the video below, he LOVES bathtime. We starting laying him in the bath with a little water and he started splashing like crazy. He smiles all the time! Luke is still nursing, and it doesn't look like he will be weaned anytime soon, but per his pediatrician he is on baby food now and that is giving me a much needed break from constant nursing. The cereal and baby food has also helped get him back to sleeping through the night frequently. If he does wake up anymore, it's usually only once a night. That I can live with!! Luke is also finally on a consistent schedule which is a big help as well. He has his four month checkup tomorrow, so I will post his weight then, but I'm guessing he's at least over 16 pounds and at least 25 inches long. He's wearing 6-9 months clothes, and size 3 diapers already! Enjoy the pictures and the video! Love you all, and thank you to God Almighty for a healthy and beautiful baby boy!

Sleepy Boys

The other night while I was out Christmas shopping, Jeremy was home with the kids and took these pictures of the boys. Apparently they were very tired! Luke fell asleep in the swing (Poor baby!), and John fell asleep with his pirate sword still in his hand, and his pirate shirt still on over his jammies. Even cuter still......John David in one piece pajamas with feet! I love it!

Chewy's Christmas Wardrobe

Here's a couple pics of Chewy in his Christmas outfits. The Santa suit was a gift from Pam, and I found the little T-shirt at Target for really cheap. Too cute! I am almost done with my Christmas shopping, but have to finish up a few projects I'm working on. We are heading to Tennessee for Christmas and will leave the 23rd. This weekend we have two Christmas parties, and the Christmas Cantata at church. Busy, busy, busy! Love you all, and thank you to God Almighty for the real reason for the season!

How Yoda Became an Answer to Prayer

God works in the most amazing ways! John David is obsessed with Star Wars right now, especially Star Wars Legos. He's been asking for some for quite awhile, and we keep telling him to wait till Christmas. All the kids really enjoy playing with Legos, and we were planning on getting some for Christmas, but Legos have gotten quite expensive! We knew we wouldn't be able to get many, so I went on a local website called Freecycle, where you can post items that you are looking for as well as post items that you want to get rid of. Everything is free, and we have gotten rid of several things on this website that have gone to people who needed them, as well as found several things (like a set of bunkbeds!) that we needed. Anyway, I posted early this week that we were looking for any and all Legos, and thought that it was worth a try to see if anyone had any they wanted to get rid of. Sure enough, I got three emails from people who had Legos for us. Today we went to pick up some from one of the people, and the whole way there I was trying to explain to John that they probably didn't have Star Wars ones, but that we would be thankful for any Legos that we got. He was tearful, but understood. When we returned home with the box of Legos, I sat down and started going through them. There were all kinds of Legos, pirate ones, police ones, etc. Then at the bottom of the box, I found a Yoda Lego figurine, a Darth Maul, a Darth Vader, a droid, and a couple more, complete with capes and light sabers! I was overwhelmed at God's answer to my little boy's prayers, and went through the rest of the Legos with tears in my eyes! John David was so excited, and prayed right away thanking God for giving him Star Wars Legos. No matter how long I've been a Christian, I am always still amazed at the things God does for His children. Though it may seem little or trivial to us, I promise you that to John David it was HUGE! What a blessing! Love you all, and thank you to God Almighty for Star Wars Legos!

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