tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68974981129416150652024-03-21T04:58:30.653-05:00The Anderson FamilyNicole Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12001539605722346565noreply@blogger.comBlogger155125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897498112941615065.post-89738023750074618892015-03-11T11:21:00.001-05:002015-03-11T11:21:25.221-05:00Luke turns 3<div style="text-align: center;">
It is so hard to even understand that our sweet baby boy is already 3 years old... seriously, where does the time go? Luke's 3rd birthday celebration lasted 3 weeks! Lucky for him, the winter weather did not cooperate with us and his party was postponed. Luke and I made a trip to San Antonio to celebrate with some of my family the weekend before his birthday. He had a special little party at my grandmother's house with my cousins and all of their kids. </div>
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The next weekend was Luke's actual birthday and we were snowed in and had to postpone his party. Luckily, he had no idea it was supposed to be the party. We were able to celebrate at home with cupcakes and dinner!</div>
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It was also Taylor's birthday... they are just 3 days apart!</div>
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Finally, the big party weekend came and there was still some snow on the ground at the park, but the weather was nice!</div>
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Camp Luke 2015</div>
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Typically I go the bakery route for these crazy expensive cakes that are so cute and match the theme of the party.... well, this year I just ordered cupcakes from Target & oh.my.goodness. they were so good, and inexpensive, too!</div>
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Cupcake toppers and waterbottle labels were purchased from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/GreenDotDesigns" target="_blank">GreenDotDesigns</a> on Etsy!</div>
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Luke's 3 year stats:</div>
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31.4 lbs</div>
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37 3/4" tall</div>
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He is loving school and plays with EVERYTHING.... trains, Jake toys, tractors and books!</div>
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<br />Nicole Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12001539605722346565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897498112941615065.post-48531398882892655672014-12-31T10:29:00.000-06:002014-12-31T10:29:22.410-06:00Christmas 2014It is hard to believe that Christmas has already come and gone... it always goes by so quickly! This was Luke's 3rd Christmas and he was an absolute joy. He loved each and every gift, no matter what it was! He was so sweet and kind to everyone that gave him a gift-- he would just say over and over "awww" or "thanks" or "i love it". Luke's first gift came from his godfather, Matt. He gave Luke a Jake and the Neverland Pirate's lego set-- we call it Jake's Buccaneer Blast, if you've seen the cartoon, you know what we are talking about! No gift compared to the legos. no. gift. On Christmas morning I was explaining to Luke that he gets to go downstairs and open more presents and he would keep saying was "I already got Jake's Buccaneer Blast". It was so funny!<div>
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Luke and Daddy got harmonicas!</div>
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Santa left Luke so many goodies!</div>
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Cousins at Christmas at Yaya's house!</div>
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Luke's biggest gift, a 12 volt tractor that he absolutely loves! This thing goes pretty fast but he is getting the hang of steering and stopping pretty well!</div>
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The table was COATED with the thickest, most shiny clear coat in all the universe. We knew it was going to be time consuming to sand that all off. We opted for a chemical to get the removal process started. </div>
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After the stripper sat for the recommended time, we began by scraping off the gunk that had become of the clear coat. It was amazing how it was just peeling right off.</div>
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It did not take long to get the table to a very natural, ready for staining state!</div>
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We laid the table top of our card table so we could get up off the sawdust.... this was luxurious!</div>
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Our garage was full of fumes & sawdust!<br />
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So, we moved onto painting.... stripes... in our kitchen. Looking at pinterest, it seemed that stripes were best in an office or maybe a bathroom. I would have never thought about the kitchen. I love the character it adds to our space!</div>
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First, we measured the whole wall & divided evenly into 5 spaces. (In the end, after several re-tapings, the measurements were swayed a bit)</div>
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As you all know, taping is the hardest part of any painting project. Luckily, Luke was napping through this project. Taping the wall took about 2 hours. One. wall. took. 2. hours. </div>
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Our new table looks a million times better with a pretty wall!</div>
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<br />Nicole Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12001539605722346565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897498112941615065.post-73253243717686248532014-07-10T10:32:00.000-05:002014-07-10T10:32:56.623-05:00Laundry Room update<div style="text-align: center;">
I want to share more about the house.... although it is a slow, on-going project in our laundry room, that is what I am sharing today. The bedrooms of our house are all upstairs, even the master. Naturally, the laundry room is upstairs as well. At first, I found this to be so odd-- but quickly realized that is an absolute perk! The sound was something to get used to! We would be downstairs watching TV and wonder if there was a helicopter landing on our roof at times, but now that is all water under the bridge! </div>
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At our first house, I loved making the laundry room a cute, girly space. After a few years of searching laundry rooms on Pinterest, it became an obsession. :) Here is a picture of our first laundry room: </div>
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The "in" thing was to have a fancy little chandelier... So, we had one! The storage in this room was questionable. It was one built in shelf with a hanging rack under it. I could not stand for all of my junk to be in clear view, so we covered it with a handmade curtain that was the length and width of the entire area. </div>
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Then fast forward a few years... we moved into our new house. The laundry room had a tad of an upgrade, it included a cabinet and a hanging rack! YAY! The room is smaller than our old one, but it should be-- it is not an entry to our home. </div>
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The room is functional, but it had the nastiest CARPET.</div>
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So, we ripped out the carpet and spent about $40 and laid some stick-on- tiles to spruce it up a bit! </div>
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We have now lived in our house for 10 months and to be totally honest, not much has changed. I just spent yesterday actually organizing (unpacking) our closet since September. That's bad! But overall, we have added our personal touch here and there. Here are some before and after pictures of our living room. This room has taken the most time, money and energy to get it to where it is now. It is NOT in any way complete. It is far from that, this room needs a lot of TLC!</div>
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Before (these pics are from Zillow, and show the previous owner's furniture)</div>
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Needless to say.... our very first project was wood flooring! That funny shaped carpet area was considered the living room. It was so small and nonfunctional. We knew that having one type of flooring would really open up the space... and were we ever right!</div>
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Before we began flooring, our first major purchase was a couch. This was MUCH HARDER than it seemed. We went through 3 before finding the one. Luckily, the store we purchased from had a 72 hour return policy without having to pay any type of restocking fee. Thank goodness! </div>
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The most recent project we did was paint. Pinterest really helped us on this project. We knew we wanted a grey color for the living room walls. I love the way it looks with the dark floors and light baseboards and crown molding. So, we went with this:</div>
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It is so hard to believe that our Little Dude is 2 years old... 2 years old!! He is the most joyful little boy around and we love him so much. Luke has such a fun spirit and is happy to just be at home with his mommy and daddy. He is such a chatter box and it is hard to keep track of his vocabulary nowadays. Here are a few of our favorites: "Sit down right there, I love you so much, I go outside" Luke is weighing in around 25 pounds and eating like an absolute champion! Luke is in love with anything tractors, cows, farm and trains. This year, Luke's party was tractor themed. We found the best park that was an old dairy farm turned suburban park. It could not have been more perfect!</div>
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All about the party:<br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/frostingandink?ref=shop_sugg" target="_blank">Frosting and Ink</a> - all printable party decor<br />
<a href="http://www.hotchocolates.net/" target="_blank">Hot Chocolates Bakery</a>- cake<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TeeWithSugar" target="_blank">Tee With Sugar</a>- personalized birthday shirt</div>
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Luke and his Godparents, Courtney and Matt.</div>
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Still hard to believe that our baby boy is 2 years old!</div>
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Back in January we had a surprise 60th birthday party for Taylor's mom... It was pretty simple as far as decorations go. Here is a picture recap of the party and some fun ideas for a party! We had a black, white and gold theme to the decorations. That was a great color choice and shopping was a breeze. </div>
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We were able to get several pictures of Mary from her younger years. We scanned them all and had our copies printed for the party. The photos are taped (duct tape) to black and white twine. This project was CHEAP and SO EASY. </div>
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In our office, which is totally empty and undecorated, we had a photo booth. This was my favorite part. We made the backdrop with wrapping paper. ($10) and added a chalkboard bunting banner. ($5) We had several photo booth props in the room and our guests enjoyed some photo-ops! </div>
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Luke loved the mustaches!</div>
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One of the cutest ideas I got from pinterest was creating face masks for the big surprise! We printed Mary's face on 8.5x11 cardstock and cut the shape out around her head. We hot glued the pictures to paint stirrers from Home Depot. Everyone held a face mask up to their faces for the surprise.</div>
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We made our our personalized cupcake toppers. We went with more old pictures of Mary, "Happy Birthday Mary" and "60" for each topper. We used a circle cutter and glued the paper pieces to toothpicks. This project was a tad time consuming, but I liked the personal touch it added!</div>
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Nicole Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12001539605722346565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897498112941615065.post-79052672750782094262014-01-02T16:50:00.002-06:002014-01-02T16:50:35.743-06:00Christmas Recap!<div style="text-align: center;">
Here is a picture overload from Luke's 2nd Christmas... tomorrow is our last real vacation day & we are bummed! Enjoy our picture recap!</div>
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Christmas #1 at Ma & Pa's house. Thanks to Uncle Whit & Aunt Katie for the broom and mop!</div>
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Luke's visit with Santa, not gonna lie-- this is a picture of a picture on my Mom's fridge!</div>
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Christmas #2 at Great Grandma Fowler's -- she has a zoo of Christmas lights in her front yard, but rightfully so, Luke loved strolling through the lights and he talked to each and every one of them!</div>
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Snow globe watching with Aunt Liddy and Haven!</div>
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Our little Fam!</div>
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Santa came to Yaya and Papa's house... his elves worked hard and into the early hours of the morning for these surprises!</div>
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Yaya and Papa's house on Christmas Morning!</div>
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Me and Jordan-- you should check her blog! "<a href="http://www.inthedistrict.org/" target="_blank">In The District</a>" She is a little fashionista in the making and shares cute outfit ideas along great bargain shopping tips and hints!</div>
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The "Post Christmas" disaster, also known as Luke's playroom!</div>
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This year's Christmas Card... he sure is getting cuter each year!!</div>
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As you know, we moved into a new house in September. The decorating and organizing game is going VERY-Y-Y-Y slow and I know we will get it all in place eventually. But, for some reason we are not in a rush and it really bugs the crud out of me sometimes. Right now, it is Christmas time so that is the decorating going on and it is not as detailed as other years. We did a little home decorating while we were "iced" in as well. Here are some photos showing what our house is looking like these days...</div>
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The bar and a look into the kitchen and breakfast area.</div>
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This is the door to our garage, I definitely need to add a wreath!</div>
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That is just about it for our Christmas decor this year. I hate doing all of the work decorating and sharing it with hardly anyone, except the 3 of us. It will be a whole lot more fun once we do not have to travel on Christmas and people just come to our house. Luke is loving all things Christmas this year and that has made it all worth it. I can only imagine what next year is going to be like! </div>
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The best part of being a parent: Luke's Christmas Gifts!</div>
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Nicole Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12001539605722346565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897498112941615065.post-663134513260402172013-12-06T13:19:00.000-06:002013-12-06T13:19:55.377-06:00We are snowed (iced) in!<div style="text-align: center;">
The past 24 hours have been FREEZING!!! Luckily, school & work were cancelled and we get to be at home for a lovely 3 day weekend! Here are some pictures from our fun in the ice!</div>
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Just one of the few pinterest projects we decided to tackle this weekend.</div>
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Luke having fun outside (in 4 layers).</div>
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Luke & Daddy taking a stroll.</div>
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I finally have had some time to snap a few pictures of our new house. Today, I am only going to share Luke's room. It is by far, the only room blog-worthy as of today! We used all of the same furniture from our old house, but we were able to arrange it differently in Luke's new room. </div>
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This dresser was a garage sale find for $15. We painted it and added on blue knobs. In our old house, this was in Luke's closet. His new room is bigger so were able to add some character and leave it out! This is one of my favorite pieces in our house. </div>
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The art and changing table are also from the old house. We were able to add the rocking horse for Luke, and he has a great time riding before bed. The rug... oh the greatest deal on a rug.... Gotta love Garden Ridge. I saw the rug on pinterest and clicked on the pin, and it took me to Garden Ridge. Luckily they do not have online shopping. So, my mom and I went in to the store and we found the rugs. The original price was $49.99 (great deal) but this little rug has a small tear at the seam, so I asked if we could get a little more off and VIOLA! $25, just like that! It is not the best quality rug, but is just for looks! </div>
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We had the greatest time in our new neighborhood! Halloween is BEYOND exciting in our neighborhood. Taylor and I were so amazed at the amount of trick-or-treaters and the decorations at the houses. It was awesome... Luke's first ever trick-or-treat was from our neighbor. He walked very slowly up to her, she was dressed up so it must have bugged him a bit. After a little luring, he reached in and grabbed Mommy's favorite candy--- reese's peanut butter cup! </div>
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After traveling slowly down our street we made it to T-H-E house. I mean, seriously, can't even believe how it was decorated. It was a full fledged Pirates of the Caribbean theme with a huge 20 foot ship in the yard and a big screen showing the movie. The entire family was there handing out candy, in character all night long. There house was so crowded each time we passed by. It was so cool!</div>
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Luke was one cute pirate, he even had his very own Jolly Roger. We spent a couple of weeks working on the wagon and it turned our so cute! Luke's favorite part was the flag. Although he hardly rode in it and sometimes the wheels were a tad wobbly-- it was pretty darn cute!</div>
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We enjoyed one GREAT weekend... just the 3 of us! Beginning last Thursday, one of us was sick with a tummy bug for 8 days straight. So, we were beyond ready for a "regular" day around here. Saturday, we woke up-- ate breakfast-- and did a little shopping. That's pretty regular for us. We took Luke to Rally House to get him some Texas Tech gear because he has outgrown all of his infant Tech clothes. He had a grand ol' time. He got a new hat, sweatshirt, football, tshirt and a baseball set, of course! Daddy was able to get himself a couple of things as well. Everyone enjoyed their time! </div>
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Luke finally learned how to say "Wreck "Em!" and "Go Tech!" It is beyond cute... he was sporting his red raider gear the entire weekend, along with the rest of the family. Although we lost, we were still super proud of our team and we wanted everyone to know it! Taylor even added a flag to our front porch, so now the whole neighborhood knows it. ha ha!</div>
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We had an exciting weekend... besides Texas Tech Football. We took Luke to Trinity Park in Forth Worth and rode the miniature train. He absolutely loved the choo-choo. He just lit up and grinned from ear to ear each time the conductor choo-choo'ed. It was well worth the wait and super long ride for that. </div>
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We also spent our weekend preparing for Halloween. Our new neighborhood is the "go-to" place for trick or treating. We have been told to expect to hand out at least 1,000 pieces of candy (giving each trick or treater 1 single piece). WOW! We are really excited, last year Luke was itty bitty and we did not do too much. This year, well--- that is a different story! Luke is going to dress up as a pirate. While Taylor and I have been working for about 2 weeks on his pirate ship, made out of his wagon. It has been a great memory and we are very excited for Halloween this year. I will, of course, share pictures after our night of fun!</div>
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But I am back, FINALLY! Life has been extremely crazy and busy to say the least. Let's pick up where we left off... back in June. We sold our home in May after being on the market for just a few days. We were feeling so lucky and grateful that the process of selling our first home was a piece of cake. That feeling shifted dramatically when were given the run around from our mortgage company about closing on a home that we were pre-approved on. I was a bit nervous how it would all turn out and that was when our crazy roller-coaster ride of moving began. Our house sold on Mother's Day weekend, and the buyers were moving in at the beginning of July. That seemed like plenty of time for our mortgage company to work out all of its kinks, right? NOPE! The next 2 months went a little something like this--- move out of our house, put everything into storage, spend 6 nights in a hotel, 2 nights at your in law's, finally bite the bullet and rent an apartment on a short term lease (which is CRAZY expensive) and still wait for those kinks to get ironed out. Yeah right. Then lose your contract, along with all of your earnest $ (CRAZY expensive again) and go on the mad house hunt for your dream home again, oh and not to mention, search for a new mortgage company after feeling like we have made the biggest mistakes of our entire lives. Finally, things began to brighten up--- we got a house under contract, loved the speed and compassion of our new mortgage company, then we were able to close on our 2nd house (which ironically enough was the very first house we looked at on our search) and move out of our luxurious ($$) 3rd floor apartment with the help of our moving company friends, yet again! I was under a tad bit of stress and worrying about living in an apartment for too long. We are NOW extremely thankful for the way things worked out and we are loving our new house and our new neighborhood. After all, this was where I wanted to live anyways :) </div>
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I cannot wait to post some pictures of the new house, but right now it is basically one large toy room. Once we get a little organized around here, we will share some pictures! I have tons of ideas & thanks to pinterest, I will get around to all 500 of them sometime! We moved from a 3 bedroom, 2 bath house to a 3 Bedroom, 3 bathroom, office, game room, 2nd dining area house-- so we have lots of space to fill!</div>
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Our little man is almost 20 months already. That just blows my mind! He is such a fun baby and we just love him to pieces. At his 18 month checkup, he was weighing about 26 pounds and was over 30" tall. Of course, I have lost track of that paper already. Luke still loves playing outside, chasing around Ace, our dog-- who is absolutely terrified of Luke. He is still such a great eater. He now loves ketchup on chicken. It is so cute to watch him dip his food into the ketchup and only suck it off the bite without actually eating the chicken. The biggest change in Luke's life is that his car seat has been turned around to face forward... he loves it! He yells "big bike" every time we pass a motorcycle on the road. Luke's vocabulary is growing rapidly. He is an echo for anything we say or do, it is so cute! He is putting together several phrases/ sentences. </div>
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Most recently, we took a little stroll through our local Farmer's Market for the pumpkin patch and I got some pictures of sweet Luke. ENJOY!</div>
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Hello... <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Dear Lillie</a> is having a link party on 1 room, 3 ways! I love this idea--- several of the rooms in our house have changed over time. Honestly, they have probably changed more than 3 times. Here are some before and after pictures of a couple of rooms in our home! ENJOY!</div>
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Let's start with Luke's Bathroom, which was a guest bath at first!</div>
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Hello--- today is my first time to participate in the "What I'm Loving Wednesday" link up from <a href="http://littledaisymay.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">This Kind of Love</a>. I have a lot of things I am loving this Wednesday, so here we go!</div>
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1. I am loving the weather lately. It has been cool in the mornings and evenings and our walks with Luke have been very enjoyable! Look at his curls, they are adorable if I do say so myself!</div>
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2. I am loving that we celebrated Father's Day by taking Luke to his first Ranger's game!</div>
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3. I am loving that Luke has completed his second week of swimming lessons. I was way more nervous than I needed to be! ( it is extremely hard to get pictures when you're by yourself with a toddler at a pool)</div>
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At Luke's checkup, he weighed 22.14 lbs, 50th percentile- 31.2 inches in height, also 50th percentile and his head measured at 47.3 cm-- also 50th percentile! <div><br></div><div>The most amazing thing at this age in my opinion, is his vocabulary. I love his language.</div><div><br></div><div>Bubby- puppy</div><div>Doos- juice</div><div>My- milk</div><div>My- mine</div><div>Mama</div><div>Mommy</div><div>Dada</div><div>Ay- ace (our dog)</div><div>Sy- outside</div><div>Papa</div><div>Yaya</div><div>Pa</div><div>Jojo</div><div>Bebe- baby</div><div>Pees- please</div><div>Tan you- thank you</div><div>Bye bye</div><div>Hi</div><div>Be-ball- baseball </div><div>Ball</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>And the successes of climbing... Make me so nervous. Luke has been able to get up on the couch, up to the sofa table, up on my bed, up on the patio table, in my bathtub, on his shelves in his playroom, up in the fridge and last but not least... From the couch to the coffee table! He's everywhere! </div><div><br></div><div>Luke loves going on walks--- one each morning and one each night! </div><div><br></div><div>I'm so happy to be home for a couple of months with my sweet boy! </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxlB1klbeu2xcHhIMxOfbfRfCTs2CBFOMNVrzG3ayixhWIEFLUSwhWg5bqr5dp4-WOdI6peIo3yC3_WYxruSPIBe8hLU6ONnmw854dzYfZihjJ2ZqOkv8Ommet-joWJCx_Px9wcR39sYC/s640/blogger-image--1611177666.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxlB1klbeu2xcHhIMxOfbfRfCTs2CBFOMNVrzG3ayixhWIEFLUSwhWg5bqr5dp4-WOdI6peIo3yC3_WYxruSPIBe8hLU6ONnmw854dzYfZihjJ2ZqOkv8Ommet-joWJCx_Px9wcR39sYC/s640/blogger-image--1611177666.jpg"></a></div>Helping mommy and daddy in the yard.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTTZV3KXKnccn9XHjXB17Vic0jRQYK4tqpPQrU_STMG-17TkzUR9lZcudiJMTM1nMfQO5nU44rS_hkH4miaeQMSiNXybPYbmQGAjcEKNdn6viFwh4GlsMQobiPjLiqe5W0L5QxFnMx_8J/s640/blogger-image-2050835409.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTTZV3KXKnccn9XHjXB17Vic0jRQYK4tqpPQrU_STMG-17TkzUR9lZcudiJMTM1nMfQO5nU44rS_hkH4miaeQMSiNXybPYbmQGAjcEKNdn6viFwh4GlsMQobiPjLiqe5W0L5QxFnMx_8J/s640/blogger-image-2050835409.jpg"></a></div>Shopping... 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Luke and I are going to do so many fun things!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMSXTIjolmKHw0J4dJncuA9z-VEGTNFGP_OUfOe_1HISBdJZfSnOyU5R-K9DLmf0V1lIJBjaJoh0DQmX9t-u7hquHdTvSmIBT6dlV2Fzn9gXXvX2abgel9modsCvzTGHXB0BTq12dBt1mV/s640/blogger-image-647308839.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMSXTIjolmKHw0J4dJncuA9z-VEGTNFGP_OUfOe_1HISBdJZfSnOyU5R-K9DLmf0V1lIJBjaJoh0DQmX9t-u7hquHdTvSmIBT6dlV2Fzn9gXXvX2abgel9modsCvzTGHXB0BTq12dBt1mV/s640/blogger-image-647308839.jpg"></a></div>But, most recently-- my sister moved to DC! I know her apartment is going to be super cute so I'll share a tour soon!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Nicole Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12001539605722346565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897498112941615065.post-34176295852435807982013-04-19T09:14:00.001-05:002013-04-19T09:14:13.852-05:00Luke 12 Months<div style="text-align: center;">
Long time no blog... I am extremely behind on this post! Our little man has already celebrated his first birthday and we cannot even believe how fast the past 13 1/2 months have flown by. Here are some pictures and stats on Luke at 12 months:</div>
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At 12 months, our dude had 9 teeth and was weighing in around 21 pounds.</div>
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He was (and still is) an eater. Luke loves it all, except Macaroni and Cheese. Breakfast consists of a waffle, banana and some yogurt. Lunch is a mixture of veggies and fruits, sometimes some chicken or turkey and something crunchy, like a cracker or some goldfish. Luke made the switch from formula to whole milk in about 24 hours. He loves milk and apple juice. </div>
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Naturally with turning one comes a celebration! We had a baseball themed party for Luke and it was great. So many of our family and friends were able to come to the party, Luke was beyond showered in gifts and handsome clothes and we had a blast!</div>
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Taylor's cousin and her sister in law are a great team at capturing our sweet Luke... Here are some super cute Valentine's Day pictures that they took of our little man! Check her out on facebook--- Freeze Frame Photography in Alvord, Texas!! You will love it!</div>
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Nicole Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12001539605722346565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897498112941615065.post-84795165331358999152013-02-02T14:38:00.002-06:002013-02-02T14:38:34.781-06:0011 months oldCan you believe that in less than 4 weeks we will be celebrating Luke's first birthday?!? It is crazy how fast time flew over the last year... 11 months, it is going to be a fun age-- there is a lot crawling, very fast crawling, and some furniture walking & now he's taking about 6-9 steps at a time... CRAZY!<br />
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Luke is a now a table food eater, that makes life easier on us at meal time! He loves peas and carrots, and really love is an understatement. A typical breakfast for Luke is 1/3 of a banana, some cheerios and a little Yoplait baby yogurt. It is perfect! Lunch is a veggie and fruit, snack is crackers, some fruit or maybe left-over lunch that he did not finish. Dinner is veggies and some fruit too!<br />
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Luke has 8 teeth and I am pretty sure he is working on 9 and 10 at the moment. He has had a blast with all of his new toys.... so much so, that he now has a playroom in the house. Luke loves opening cabinets, loves playing in (really, IN) the fridge and the kid would rather be outside than anywhere else in the entire world. He loves playing outside. <br />
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Taylor and I are knee deep in birthday party planning--- all I can say it is going to be ONE GREAT BIRTHDAY FOR LUKE!<br />
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Can you even believe that Luke is already 10 months old... I mean, seriously! Where does the time go?!?</div>
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10 Month Stats:</div>
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weight: more than 19.12, but I am not exactly sure</div>
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height: 27 inches</div>
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eating: EVERYTHING, not really but he sure is eating a whole lot. We are loving all of the Gerber snacks. The yogurt melts and cheetoh looking chips are by far his favorites. He just lights up when we pull some out of the bag for him. We have tried table food here and there but as of today, he is not a huge fan. The newest baby food Luke has tried is the Turkey & Sweet Potatoes. </div>
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talking: definitely saying ma-ma and ba-ba.</div>
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playing/doing: speed crawling, knee walking, furniture walking, standing, closing doors, riding on toys, crawling through toys and being so stinkin' cute.</div>
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teeth: one new tooth has arrived, so we are up to 7 teeth as of today. 7 teeth, can you believe it?!? </div>
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2 green onesies with brown letters and 2 blue onesies; 1 with white letters and 1 with navy letters.</div>
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I am giving them away in hopes that I can snag some awesome "Luke" or "L" or "LCA" or "L<span style="font-size: large;">A</span>C". I will gladly mail these to anyone interested for free! Just email me at taylorandnicoleanderson@gmail.com.</div>
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Well, Christmas with a baby is very FUN and exhausting.... We enjoyed every minute with Luke. He had a great time and loved all of his gifts so much. We had 5 different gatherings over the past 5 days, which is how Luke snagged all of these goodies!</div>
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Here is what Santa left for Luke, he was a very good boy this year!</div>
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My Niece, Haven opening her gifts.</div>
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Wow, a trike!</div>
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Precious cousins... Luke, Haven and 1 month old Kennedy</div>
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Our little fam.</div>
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