Friday, August 23, 2013

Happy Bday Scott!


Happy 29th Birthday Scott!!  #YoureOneYearAwayFromOLD  yea, that’s right- He’s (almost) old.  We had a nice little family bday party that included going to Scott’s favorite restaurant, Outback, (its all about the bloomin’ onion) and back to the house to open gifts.  Of course I made him a bday cake in the shape of “29”…. every year I try to out do myself with his cake.  I believe last year I made him a golf cake.  I’m already brainstorming what his 30th bday cake will be….maybe in the shape of a rock, since he’ll be that old.
29 cake.
i'm so sneaky- I put trick candles on the cake! hahaha

Anywhoooo…Everything is going well here in the Farris household.  Mr. Luke is still adorable and is growing about a pound every week.  His 2-month bday is just around the corner.  If I were a betting person, I’d bet that he would be 15 lbs at his 2-month doctor appointment.  What a chunker!  Sarah, his cousin, is currently the family’s chunky baby…but she better watch her back- Luke is on a rollllll
The resident chunker...LOVE HER!!!!

He is starting to smile, although he hasn’t figured out how to use both smile muscles at the same time- so when he does smile, it’s sided/lopsided- melts my heart. 

I’ve learned so much lately- like how to feed a kid, pump, and eat lunch at the same time.  However, the most important thing I’ve learned is that I’m not as smart as I thought….yeaaaaa…sounds funny- but all those little bits of advice that people gave me while I was pregnant- you know, the silly stupid little tid bits….yea- well 99% of them are right.  I wish I would have written them all down.  At the time I got annoyed with all the ‘word-of-wisdom’….but now, I realize that I have no wisdom, therefore, I should start listening when people try to help.  I told Ann this, this morning, she goes “its taken you 27 years to figure that out” (in her bossy, big-sister voice).  I guess it could be worse, I could have never figured it out.

This weekend is going to be a busy one. I’ve got the Jr. League new member retreat on Saturday morning, my BFF Taylor and her hubby are in town for a wedding, so we’re hanging out, and the Bell Center Tailgate cookoff is this weekend too!  I love being busy!!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend-and when the old lady behind you in the checkout line at walmart starts to talk to you and tells you how to make a baby sleep through the night, listen.
My sweet family


The Bham family


Saturday, August 10, 2013

Passing the Time


Time is going too fast for comfort.  Luke is already 6 weeks old.  How in the world is that even possible?  I feel like if I take my eyes off him, he’ll be going into preschool! 

Mom came to visit this past week- for an entire week- the longest she’s ever visited!  It was wonderful- she did all the night time feedings so Scott and I could sleep.  In fact, it was beyond wonderful…Its going to take while for me to get use to not having her around- but thankfully, Mimi (Lisa) lives right around the corner and loves to night time babysit too!!  Gosh, when I think about how fortunate Luke is to have such grandparents it brings a tear to my eye. 

Thanks Mom for the help!!
This week (Week 5) Luke started to make consistent eye contact and is very curious about the world around him. He just discovered the monkeys flying over his head in the swing and gets a shocked look on his face whenever he notices them.  We measured him at about 23 inches and 10lbs. 

During my time at home with Luke, I’ve learned quite a bit of useless information.  I now know all the anchors on The Today Show and Good Morning America, daily lineup on TLC, and I know all the neighbor’s morning walking schedules.  Useless. Very useless.

In other exciting news, Susan Church and George got married this weekend in Sea Island!!! Mom was still kinda hoping they would get married on their next trip to Big Sky! Hahaha.  They are both such wonderful people, and together I know they will have many years of happiness! 
Scott as a newborn
Like father, like son


He got his lips from his daddy

My little family