Goofball baby

Gabriel can be so goofy. These pictures were taken on two different days. What a silly baby. He rode the firetruck from Grandmom back and forth on the tile and cracked himself up. That's a weeble toy in his mouth, he loves to carry it that way, and then he wants to be chased! It's adorable. Luke gets a big kick out of chasing him.

A masterpiece in the making

Homework time!! Luke came home from school on Friday with a project to do. He had a little gingerbread-type-person he had decorate and bring back to school to introduce to his class. Dad jumped on board to help out. And just look what they created:
(and check out how stylish Luke is dressed! :)

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's...

Now Mom does take credit for the cape--I found an old shirt that we could cut up! We did well and his teacher LOVED it!!!

Daddy's return

Hey--guess what? Michael's home!!! No really, I am not even joking! He is really here. It's unbelievable! We are all thrilled that he is home! For those of you who don't know the whole story, Mike left on Dec 31st, came home in the middle of June and then left July 23rd again. We have had 7 1/2 months without him this year!! We are celebrating his happy return. :)

The pictures are obviously of when Luke got home from school. The look on his face pretty much describes how happy we are to have Daddy home again. Hey, Uncle Thad--here is another "running from the bus" photo, I know you like it :)

He was screaming "Daddy" the whole way!

Jumped right up into Daddy's arms.

Luke was pretty overwhelmed, he was trying hard not to cry!

Dog days of summer

Thanks Great Granny! Granny sent the boys a little yip-yip dog that walks and sits and, you guessed it, yips. They LOVE it as you can tell by the photos! It is a huge hit, thanks Granny for making their day. Luke did ask me why there isn't 3 of them and I said it's because Granny loves Mommy and knew one would be plenty!! :)

"A package, a package!!"

Guess Gabriel thought she was hungry!

PS--Kell, are you having Greater Tuna flashbacks? Yeah, I used "yip" on purpose! :)

Happy Birthday to my Momma!

Momma, Happy Birthday to you!!! I cannot tell you how much I love you. You are an amazing women, the best mother ever, the perfect Grandmom, and not-too-shabby-a-mom-in-law :)
You have done more for me and my family then you will ever realize. Take this day to realize how much you are loved and how many lives you have touched just by being you! All our love! Happy Day!

19 months today

I tried so hard to get a full on picture of Gabriel, but it was all in vain. He was too interested on touching the camera and running away. These pictures are still pretty cute and I am quite sure they will bring a smile to your face :)
Today my angel boy is 19 months old! Can you believe time has passed so quickly? I don't know where it all goes and why it has to go so fast! We love you Gabriel Todd.

Present time!

The boys were quite happy this past week as 2 sets of presents have arrived in the mail. One from their Grandmom and the other from a good friend of ours, Heidi (who is now in Germany)! They were all thrilled with the gifts, Grandmom sent some VeggieTale books, and Heidi sent some Pixar Cars Pez dispensers, pencils with Luke on them (he LOVES those) and some birthday money for Luke to spend. Thanks so much for thinking of the boys! :)

More pictures to come soon, it took me 3 days for Blogger to load these!!!!