Luke's Locker

Friday, March 29, 2013

Spring Break "Staycation"

I loved every minute of my Spring Break "staycation" with my little guy this year! Now that Mr. Luke is awake more, smiling all the time, making sweet sounds, and learning so much every day, I was looking forward to being home with him for the week. I miss spending my days with him while I am at work, so this was a nice treat!

Here are a few highlights from our break...

Bouncing is what babies do best!

Sweet smile!

Playtime with Miss Kerbey


Even this little girl loved me being home!

On Thursday, we ventured out to see the tulips at the Arboretum with some of our good friends. Mr. Luke was a champ and managed to stay away the whole time we were there. As soon as we got in the car, he passed right out. He is definitely starting to stay awake for longer periods of time, but almost 3 hours was pretty impressive!

Happy little man!


Look at those blue eyes!


Luke (almost 6 months), Lily (almost 1 year), Aaron (almost 2 years	)

It kind of looks like they are holding hands...too cute!

Someone wanted to play with the flowers...


Miss Lily was making this little guy laugh...love his baby shades!

Hanging out with mom.


Beautiful tulips!

We also went on a few walks throughout the week since the weather was so beautiful! I love this time of year when the season is changing and the trees and flowers are starting to bloom.


Beautiful trees at Owens Park.


Ridin' in style!


What's up?


Happy puppy

Baby Luke also got to hang out with his Aunt Susannah!

Luke and Susannah

We also got to go to two first year birthday parties for Miss Ruthie and Miss Lily on Saturday. We party hopped all day between these two special friends' celebrations!


Happy 1st birthday, Miss Ruthie!

Happy 1st birthday, Miss Lily!

Party hats

Happy baby

What a fun and adventurous break! I am thankful that I have a job that gives me these much needed breaks with family and friends. This week made me even more anxious for my summer break that is coming soon!

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Turning 33

How does time seem to keep flying by so quickly? Last week I turned 33 and am feeling very blessed for the life I have been given. Every birthday, my only request is to spend time with family and friends. I don't really get sad or upset about turning another year older, thankfully. I could dwell on the fact that I am over half way to turning 40, 50, and 60, but let's not do that. Instead, I'd rather focus on the fact that I have a wonderful husband, a beautiful baby boy, and the best family and friends anyone could ask for.

In celebrating my birthday this year, we invited some of our friends over for a grill night. Everyone brought whatever meat they wanted to grill and whatever drinks they wanted to indulge in for the evening, and we just hung out. It's amazing how times have changed! We used to go out for dinner with friends, but now that there are so many tiny people around, it seems to be easier to have everyone over. We ended up with 7 little ones for the night. I can't imagine what the restaurant experience would have been like this year!

The Ladies


4 Out of 7 Little Ones (Our little guy was pooped! He only slept for about 30 minutes in a 6 hour time span. That was a first!)

During my birthday week I found out that I was medically released from the doctor for my fractured shoulder. It is healing well and I should not have to have surgery. Huge praise! I was struggling with the thought that the 20 sessions of physical therapy I had finished would have been for nothing if the doctor wanted me to have surgery. I guess my PT and I worked hard enough that this is no longer the case!

Here is what we sent my PT to say thank you. The little guy was getting restless, so this is the best shot we could capture.

Here is another sweet picture we sent to my PT to show off my healed shoulder!

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! This year for New Year's we were lucky enough to have Scott and Vicki offer to play with Mr. Luke while we went to our friends' house to ring in the new year. They enjoyed a comfy night with our little guy while we spent time with friends, wishing we had been as comfy as they were! We've decided that we love getting together with friends to celebrate the new year, but, if we continue this tradition, we need to wear our pajamas so we can crawl right into bed when we get home. I officially feel old saying that!

De Garr Reunion! The Buehrle's bought this bottle at De Garr in Belgium when we went on our European adventure in 2011. We spent A LOT of time at De Garr!

Cheers to De Garr!

The next day we hung out with Jeremy's parents and grandmother to complete our New Year's traditions of eating black-eyed peas and cabbage. Who doesn't need a little superstitious luck?


Happy New Year, sweet boy!

Luke with his Jammie.


Luke with his great grandmother, Vonnie.

We hope you and your family have a Happy New Year!

"May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed."

Psalm 20:4

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Hark the Herald Angels Sing!

My favorite holiday has always been Christmas. I love getting into the spirit of the Advent season, putting out all of our decorations, singing Christmas carols, baking cookies, cake balls, pralines, and fudge, buying and wrapping gifts, and awaiting the coming of baby Jesus. What a joy it has been to have sweet baby Luke here for this time of year! I am looking forward to sharing all of my loves for this time of year with him as he grows up.

Twas the night before Christmas...
This year we were asked to light the Christ candle at the 4:00 Christmas Eve service at church. What an exciting opportunity to share with a new baby! Mr. Luke did an awesome job helping us out. We loved having him in church with us and were so thankful he was awake and alert for this experience :).

Jeremy's parents' beautiful Christmas tree. We headed to Frisco with Jeremy's parents to have dinner and open presents. Jeremy has always opened Christmas presents on Christmas Eve, which is different from my family who has always opened them on Christmas morning.

waiting to open presents with Mom

Christmas Day

We usually wake up bright and early and exchange gifts between us at home before heading out to my parents' house, but this year was a little different. I ended up getting an infection right before Christmas, and sadly, didn't get a chance to finish wrapping Jeremy's gifts. He insisted I rest as much as possible, so we held off and did our gift exchange after we went to my parents' for Christmas morning.