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(By the way, I am "cheating" - I am writing this on New Year's Eve, so I fear my details may be a bit sketchy. I am WAY behind on blogging - figure I ought to catch up before 2012 arrives!) On November 12, we participated in the DFW-area's Walk Now for Autism Speaks. I believe I've mentioned Autism Speaks before - they are an amazing non-profit organization that raises money for autism

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The calendar page has turned from September to October, signaling the start of Fall and its accompanying bedlam. I’ve entered the second six weeks of the school year, Luke is about three weeks into his new school, and Jeremy’s entering the final quarter of his year. We’re going to blink and it’s going to be time for Christmas – and rather than that being exciting, it just feels like that’s one

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The reality of the stressful return to work means it is taking me a lot of time to get things done... including Luke's birthday blog post. Two weeks ago, Luke turned 3! It's so hard to believe. We truly had no idea when we were here: ...what amazing things God had in store for all of us with the next three years of Luke's life. We were so excited to celebrate him!  Here's the big 3 candle

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I'm back at work, and a lot of talk has been going on in our staff development sessions about transforming the way we teach. I'll not go into the details, because Lord knows I am up to my eyeballs in back-to-work minutiae, but the word "transformation" has me thinking about Luke and how wonderfully he has been doing over the past month. To transform is to change into something new - I'm not

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Here is the "wrapping up the cruise" blog post. It will be very succinct - I am nearing my return to work (*sniffle*), so it's all about checking things off "the list." Here we are before the trip, sporting the fabulous hats Megan packed. Here we are on the ship - this is on our way back after seeing lots of celebrities' houses and enjoying lots of rum punch. (Notice how the pale

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Here's Luke outside the dance club, which was surrounded by TVs. Our boy loves an LCD screen, so it's no wonder he'd flock to this spot. :) Earlier in July, we went on a family* cruise, and believe me, we had a GREAT TIME. A really great time. I mean, the kind of time that, as time runs out on my summer vacation, I cherish and miss already! Why family*? Well, we were down some members who

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In my previous post, I shared some of the more challenging parts of June. The month has brought some great things, too! I’ll start with the end: Jeremy came home from work Tuesday... WITH NEW iPHONES! It was an awesome surprise! I don’t know what it says about me that my eyes welled up with tears when he told me... but I don't care. : ) It was so exciting. Thank you, Jeremy! Now each Roberts

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The entire month of June wasn’t miserable, but I like to use alliteration in my titles. I’m not sure I’ll ever write that great American novel or be the next David Sedaris, so you will all have to indulge me in my tiny but heartfelt efforts at writing wittily. I try my best. : ) Oh June… what a crazy month you have been. Sure, you’ve offered some good things. The Mavs are NBA Champions. Summer

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I believe in my last post in late May I'd write about May "soon." It's over a full month later, and I guess that tells you how things have been going around the Roberts' household, huh? We're all a little tired, you could say... As you can see, in the not-too-distant future, I need to be adding a "look at Luke's new twin-sized bed" post. : )   May was dominated mostly by the end of my 8th (!)

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Now that May is almost done, I figure I ought to finish my posts about April. : ) We celebrated Easter at church, and then we went to Aunt Mary's for a wonderful family lunch and Easter egg hunt! Here are some pictures: Above: Luke's Easter basket filled with some of his favorite things: crayons, Super Why, alphabet flash cards (I know it's odd, but whatever. Look at his nerdy parents), and

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A is for April... awfully action-packed April! It certainly was a good month overall, but you can tell it was a frantic one if it's taken until May for me to post about it! I'm going to divvy up the month into two entries. (I'll start with an A: a is for apology, as in an apology for not being particularly witty with this entry. I've just got to get 'er done, as the rednecks say...) Without

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Since I wrote the first post on this year’s NCAA tourney, the following craptacular events have transpired: 1. Blogger, the website I use for this blog, has been working against me. I post things. Then, given my careful eye for detail, I go back into my post to proofread and revise. At this point, the malevolent Blogger formatting demons wreak havoc on what I’ve done, changing alignments,

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This marks my third year of creating the Nature Bracket for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. For those of you new to this, here’s the skinny: each year, I make two brackets. In one, I make “informed” guesses about how teams will fare in the tournament. I base these picks on personal biases, teams’ histories (mark it – Kansas will choke at some point), and gut feelings. But the second…

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Hello all! This past Saturday was my birthday... believe me, I don't think I ever dreamed that part of my 33rd birthday celebration would include Sesame Street Live, but it did! :) We had a great time seeing Elmo's Healthy Heroes. You may not know this, but all you need to be a healthy hero is to eat healthy foods, get plenty of rest, exercise, and have good hygiene. I think I'm maybe batting

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It's been almost a month since my last post... oops. = \ The distance between blog posts is always a great indication of how busy things are in the Roberts household. Even though I had FIVE unexpected days off of work due to the snow and ice (or maybe because of those five days and the household craziness that ensued), I still never got to post. Oh well, better late than never! The month started

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January is almost over. (Seriously – where did it go?) I cannot believe it. It’s been a whirlwind of a month for two main reasons: Luke started at a new school, and Jeremy resigned from PepsiCo to start working on his own. I am really, really proud of Jeremy for this choice. Since August, he had been travelling a lot, and his new role will give him more flexibility to help with Luke’s new

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Jeremy and I rang in 2011 as unceremoniously as we have for the majority of our New Years Eves together - we're real homebodies, I guess. Luke was asleep, Hannah was curled up in Jeremy's lap, and the two of us sipped champagne. Not that we are really people to go live it up at the hippest gatherings, but I'm sure that a big part of our low-key NYE came from the fact that 2010 has been exhausting

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The last stop for the Roberts Family Christmas Tour was Monday, when we headed to Jeremy's parents' house in Winona for one more Christmas. It was a great time with great food (Thanks, Pete!). The only thing that wasn't great is that we didn't take many pictures. Dang it! What I did take I've included. First: even though Luke got some adorable outfits and an awesome basketball goal (which, darn

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The very BEST thing about Christmas this year was easily finally seeing some smiles on Luke's face after several days of feeling sick and puny! Here are the cookies we left Santa... Here's how much Santa enjoyed them! And finally, here is Luke's Santa score! Not at all surprisingly, Luke was really enthralled with the tent and tunnel... so much so that we took advantage of his time in

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We spend Christmas Eve with my parents, brothers, and, if they're in town, sisters. This year it was Mom and Dad (a.k.a. Honey and Grand), Johnny and Jackie (and their dog, Buzz), Chris, and Team Roberts, minus Hannah. Before we headed to Mom and Dad's, we were sure to celebrate a treasured tradition: adorning Hannah in humiliating holiday gear. Because he had been sick and I wanted him to rest

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Poor Luke started his Christmas break with a nasty virus - a cold with a day of some barfing in there - no fun for anyone. But since he was barfy Tuesday, I hoped that by Thursday, he would feel well enough to enjoy Ice at the Gaylord Texan. Well... not so much. Combine the fact that Luke had little to nothing to eat or drink for the previous 36 hours with the dose of Dimetapp I gave him that

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If you know me at all, you know I am kind of crazy about little boy pajamas. I just can't stop buying them, and at Christmastime, my addiction steps it up a notch... or five.  Here is a showcase:  Yes, we use the paci to get Luke's attention, oh, five or six times a day. Here's a picture of Luke in his Christmas shirt. He is NOT in the Christmas spirit here - this was taken maybe five

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Unfortunately, I couldn't buy a digital picture of Luke with Santa this year, so until I can scan the one we purchased, this video will have to suffice. Luke was very curious about Santa, as you'll see... Merry Christmas! Just one more week until Winter Break... we are SO READY!

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What a crazy time of year it is - it's so hard to find pockets of time to do the little things like maintain this blog! I've got several candids of Luke doing what he does around the house. Some highlights: 1. Lately, he just LOVES this particular part from one of his Elmo videos that's also on SesameStreet.org. I have started to close the office door, or else he'll be in there all the time,

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I acknowledge my dorky pun in the post title, but I tried "Luke's Got Ear Tubes!" first, and that sounded like a possible deformity. Anyway, today, Luke had a successful surgery to put tubes in his ears... hooray! He came through like a champion, just like he did with his ABR. Luke has been such a brave, patient, well-behaved boy through all of his ear-oriented doctor visits. Hopefully the

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Because Luke liked Halloween SO MUCH that he decided to wake up at 4:30 a.m. today to have even more of it, I'll save additional pictures of our little pirate for a future post. Hope your Halloween was happy! I can't believe November is here... wow!

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Earlier this week, Jeremy's parents were in town to pick up his aunt Joan from DFW Airport. We took advantage of our impromptu visit by going outside and visiting Hall's Pumpkin Farm. If you're in Grapevine, you've got to visit it - it's precious! Here's Luke checking out a tractor that was just his size.  Here are Pete, Donna, and Joan.  Here, Luke enjoys a hay house... obviously, he loved

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This past weekend was a great one: all of my college roommates were in town, ostensibly for the A&M-Arkansas game (which I am SO glad we didn't attend in person), but mainly so we could get our kids together and just catch up since we're in DFW, New York, and Houston! It is hard to believe that it's been over ten years since we were innocent college kids who thought we knew it all! I'm telling

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Several weekends ago, we made a trip to Jeremy's parents' house for the weekend to go to the East Texas State Fair and celebrate Jeremy's birthday a little early. We had a great time! Because today has been the first time I've had a chance to post anything in almost a month, I hope my reading "masses" (all four or five of you *grin*) will forgive me for skimping on text and just going for the

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I'm pretty sure that all moms of small children love it when their little ones "help" with the finished laundry. Luke helps by taking the clean clothes and holding them up to his face - especially when that face has a runny nose and/or drooly mouth. Recently, I just embraced it and decided we were going to try on the big boy clean clothes. First, Dad's polo... Then, I decided we'd try on our

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Many of you know from me or through word of mouth that Jeremy and I have been concerned about Luke's lack of speech. Our concern started in March when, at over 18 months old, Luke still wasn't using any words. (He definitely speaks - it's just in his own language. =D) Since then, we've had speech evaluations, hearing tests, speech therapy, and several doctors' visits, which culminated in

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It's been almost three weeks since I last posted, and with good reason: we've been so busy! Between my return to work, Luke's start at day care three days a week, and Jeremy's new job with more frequent travel, we have had our hands quite full. We've also spent some time planning and enjoying celebrations of Luke's 2nd birthday! It's so hard to believe that two years have passed since Luke was

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Hello everyone! Well, I am back at work, so the leisurely days of summer, apparently like those under 100 degrees, are gone. I thought I'd take a quick bit to post about our quick trip to Great Wolf Lodge! We went with our friends the Colvins and the Blunts, and we had a fantastic time! I highly recommend this place for kids. Luke had a great time... ...but you can't totally tell because I

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The title of this post would suggest that things have been really eventful at the Roberts house over the past few weeks. Actually, this isn't the case - and I mean that in the best of ways! As summer saunters to its close (I go back to work three weeks from today... nooooooo!), we've spent a lot of time just hanging out and enjoying one another's company. We're having a great time! Here are a

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Luke wasn’t very old at all when I figured out that there’s much more to being a mom than idealistic images we see on TV and in the movies, or those nostalgic reminiscences shared by women whose children are now grown up and out of the house. To be clear, this post is not a rant, because I’m the first to admit that the majority of motherhood is immeasurably, ineffably wonderful. Like the way it

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Oh Staycation... how fun you were, but how exhausting you were, too! (So exhausting that it has taken two weeks since everyone went home to finally get this properly blogged. Eeek.) The picture above is from Luke's first swim of the summer. Oh my goodness did he love it! He had so much fun swimming that he slept on the couch for over two hours, despite the door to the backyard opening and

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As I've mentioned previously, we spent the first full week of summer spending time with family that came to town to visit. I'll do a separate post of a hodgepodge of pictures, but I had to do a Six Flags post first. I hate to admit it, but I don't have a ton of pictures. What I do have is an awesome story. Not only is it funny, but it totally lends itself to a teaching moment on word choice.

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Before I make a longer post about our family reunion this past weekend, I wanted to post a few pictures of Luke's favorite household past-time: climbing. Oh my goodness. We climb up on the couches. We climb into our high chair. We climb in and out of various bathtubs. With all the chasing around I'll be doing, I could get into pretty good shape! So first, Luke scouts the tub of choice.

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Last week, Luke had a lot of big - well, LATE - nights. On Thursday night, Jeremy and I went to the GCISD Education Foundation Shining Stars Banquet, where we got to see my Aunt Mary receive a big award, and I was fortunate enough to be recognized by a Top 20 graduate as well. This meant Luke got to spend some time with Aunt Jackie and Uncle Johnny. They all had a blast, I think. Luke played

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I cannot believe I have made 100 posts on this blog! To commemorate the event, I looked back into past posts. A breakdown: Posts about Jeremy and/or me: 2 Posts about Luke before he was born: 6 Posts about Hannah: 3 March Madness Posts: 4 Birthday parties: 1 Posts about our homes: 7 Posts about Luke since his birth: 77 So yeah, the star of the blog is clear, right? Special thanks to our

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I had great expectations for picture-taking on Mother's Day. I wanted to get one of Luke with three generations of mamas: me, Honey, and Granny. Well, we'll have to try that another day, because that didn't happen. But isn't this sweet?   It's about the sweetest I got; the posed pictures we got look like this: Oh well... regardless of how well the day was documented, Mother's Day is a great

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May is here, and so far, we're having a blast! Yesterday, we had friends over for barbecue. My college roommates and great friends Heather and Brooke came over, along with Scott (Heather's husband), Sadie and Kylie (Heather and Scott's girls), and Lauren (Brooke and our friend from college who was in town from Houston). We had a fantastic time, even though - of course! - Luke opted to take

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Because the bluebonnet pictures we had planned yesterday got rained out - darn it! - Jeremy, Luke, and I decided we would celebrate the arrival of the weekend and our tax refund and head to Toys 'R Us. Copious amounts of toys and clothes later, we headed home and started what no one expected to be an epic task: the assembly of the Cozy Coupe. To be fair, before I continue, Jeremy did 99.5% of

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Happy (belated) Easter, everyone! We've had a great time lately - not that we don't always, certainly, but our little Luke has blossomed, perhaps because he's officially 19 months old. Thankfully, he's gradually exiting his "stranger danger" phase, and he's giggling his head off all the time! We've enjoyed the heck out of him lately, especially over our long holiday weekend! To begin, here's

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First: have you ever seen a sweeter little Texas Aggie? Well, it's the final day of Spring Break and, of course, there's snow on the ground. Go figure! But regardless of how un-springy this weather has been the past couple of days, I have had such a great Spring Break. I think everyone should have a Spring Break vacation. Just time away to recharge the batteries before resuming the grind. I'm

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Hello! I hope everyone is enjoying the opening day of the NCAA tournament! I love this time of year. After April 5, we have only the NBA for a couple of months, then a slow, agonizing summer of baseball. Yawn… But let’s focus on the here and now. Here are my Nature Bracket picks for the East and South regionals. East: One great thing about the Nature Bracket is that here, it isn’t so atypical

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Get excited, friends – it’s time for Lisa’s 2010 Nature Bracket picks! For those of you who are new around here, here’s the scoop: for the past three or four years, I’ve dedicated one NCAA bracket to choices based upon which team’s mascot would win if the mascots were to actually fight in nature. Do I base my picks on solid, thorough research? Not really, though I do spend a good 30-40 minutes

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Yesterday, we joined our good friends the Colvins and the Blunts for a Day Out with Thomas the Tank Engine. Admittedly, Luke doesn't have the faintest idea who Thomas the Tank Engine is. A Day Out with Elmo? A Day Out with Mickey Mouse? He'd be giddy with excitement. Even though it took him a little while to warm up to the idea, Luke had a great time. Here are some pics: Jeremy tries to get Luke

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...his very own custom Chelsea kit! (For you "Yanks" out there: Chelsea is an English soccer - err, I mean football - team. It was Jeremy's favorite when he studied abroad in England in college, and he still follows them avidly. "Kit," by the way, means uniform, as I'm sure you've gathered.) I came home from a Spring Break Kick-Off Happy Hour to find my own little Chelsea Blue swimming in his

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It's hardly believable, is it? It wasn't all that long ago that we were here... And it seems like only yesterday that we were doing this... But now, our "little" Luke is 18 months old! He is officially beyond the baby stage and is now [please wait while I gulp and hold back tears] becoming a little boy. Before I know it he'll be as big as the Cub Scouts that just came to our door asking for

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It occurs to me that I haven't really had any big posts in a while. This is one of those strange times where, to be honest, it doesn't feel like we've been up to anything major, but the more I think about it, we've just been swamped. I think we've had something going on every weekend since Thanksgiving, just about! So that busy-ness makes it good just to chill whenever we can. With that in mind,

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I'm not going to make too long of a post - the best of this birthday party can be seen here - but I do want to give Luke's cousins Nater-Tot and Jordy a shout out to wish them a Happy 1st Birthday! Thanks so much for inviting us to your party. Luke had the best time! Here are the birthday boys digging in on yummy cake. Here's Luke at the bottom of the treehouse stairs. (To get a better idea

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Here's a video of Luke's new favorite thing to do these days: run through the curtains. Enjoy!

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First of all: I know, I know! Almost three weeks since my last post. In my defense, it's been one of those months where we've had something every weekend. Because there are essays that need grading, I'll keep it brief. I cannot believe that my little monkey is 17 months old! He is running all over the place and, believe me, he has no fear. He is ready to run down stairs (don't worry: I'm not

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We've tried off and on for two months to schedule Luke's first haircut. It's as if he sensed it, and as just as an appointment day arrived, he'd have a fever or be particularly cranky because of teething. Darn it! But yesterday, there were no excuses, and the deed was done!It all started with getting him aboard his taxi. I mean, he could sit in a car and watch TV - this can't go wrong, right?

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Here's Luke - ready for the big Cowboys-Eagles playoff game tonight! (He sported his hat for about 2.5 seconds - just long enough for us to snap a picture.) His parents are ready, too... but hoping the 'Boys don't break our hearts. I sure hope my next post finds me blogging of a Cowboys-Vikes game! We shall see...!

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Here's Daddy's Little Sidekick! (And thanks Honey for these adorable PJs!) This past week - the final week of Christmas break - has been wonderful. It hasn't been without its challenges (more on that in a bit), but we've enjoyed lots of rest and relaxation after all of our festivities of the holidays. (On the flip side, our Christmas decor could still be up for the Super Bowl, but I digress...)

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As you might have read a couple of posts ago, our family's Christmas begins on the 23rd when we venture to the Humphrey house to celebrate with the Calverts (my Mom's family). This is a function with roughly 35 people attending... not exactly nirvana for a toddler, particularly for one whose nap was interrupted by a visit from the Euless Fire Department. (An aside: be sure your carbon monoxide

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What a Christmas! We had a wonderful holiday with family and friends. I'm going to make several smaller posts over the next few days to chronicle our three days of Christmas - the 23rd celebration with the Calverts (though Becca does a great job with her post here), the 24th at Mom and Dad's with immediate family, and the 25th - our Christmas morning, lunch with the Eubankses and Calverts, then a

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Jeremy and I were talking the other night about how chaotic the holidays can be, and how that chaos keeps so many of us from getting into the Christmas spirit. It's one of the season's greatest ironies: all of the things we do to prepare (shopping, wrapping gifts, decorating, etc.) excite us but, frankly, wear us out. I'm thrilled to say that our shopping, wrapping, and decorating are completed -

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To say that this year's visit to Santa differed wildly from last year's is a vast understatement. Last year: we saw Santa on 12/23. This year: we saw Santa on 11/25. Last year: over an hour wait. This year: maybe 10 minute wait. Last year: tranquil picture. This year: well, you saw. : ) A few pictures from the day. First, Luke had his signature dish, shells and cheese, to get fired up. As you

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Nothing says "Happy Anniversary" like an ocean-side, candlelight dinner. :)Friday was our fifth wedding anniversary, so, to celebrate (and to get some much-needed R&R), we went to Jamaica for a five-day, four-night trip. It was wonderful! We did... well, nothing! It was so great. I particularly enjoyed four nights of sleep without distraction of the baby monitor*. Long story short, Jeremy and I

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Just a few around-the-house pictures of Luke from the past few weeks. While Jeremy and I had a wonderful four days in Jamaica (more on that trip in a bit), we couldn't wait to get home to this little stinker and his big ole belly. Seriously, doesn't he look like he's expecting? So, without further ado, here's Luke doing what he does best: play and eat. I'll post some pictures from Jamaica

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I'm going to make several posts today instead of one gigantic one since I've basically been blogless in November. I'll begin by paying some attention to Hannah, who, since roughly 15 months ago, has lacked it. So, a few hilarious Hannah pictures: 1. Hannah Claus! We've had Hannah for almost four years, and while I know she doesn't care for being dressed up, I do it anyway. Well, thanks to this

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How sweet is this little face?About two months ago, we had some great family pictures taken at the Fort Worth Botanical Garden. Here are a few of the pictures - they turned out great! The photographer's name is Audra, and she clearly does awesome work! I hope everyone had really good week. Ours was hectic. I think as Thanksgiving nears, everyone needs a break. We're getting really excited

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We rounded out our Halloween celebration with some trick-or-treat visits to our Humphrey cousins' house and to see Granny - and, as a bonus, we got to see the Meriwether cousins, William (the racecar driver; he'll be 5 in December) and Wynn (on the left - he's just over 17 months old)! They looked so darling! (You'll note a theme of Luke's non-cooperation in the group shots that follow...)Look at

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Hello there! It's been a while since I've posted, largely because October was quite crazy. Last Wednesday, I was on the phone with Jeremy's mom and uttered these four fateful words: "We're actually all healthy!" About 24 hours later, Luke was running a fever and feeling pretty puny. He just had a weekend virus - not the flu, thankfully! He's 100% again - and just in time for Halloween! Yesterday

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We spent all of this weekend around the house since Jeremy and I have been recovering from whatever bug we got last week. Thankfully, we're both feeling better! Just a few pictures today - have a great week! Check it out - my jammies match my blog! My friend Kerry came over to visit on Saturday. Here are Jeremy, Luke, Jack (Kerry's dog), and Hannah sharing a moment on the love seat. Awwwwww. :

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Okay blog readers, I need your help with a decision: should I cut Luke's hair yet, or should I wait? Here are some pictures to help you decide: I'm conflicted. On one hand, those curls are so sweet! On the other, as Luke's Uncle Johnny is quick to point out, the longer his hair gets, the more those curls make him look like some sort of Dr. Seuss character. *Sigh* What do you think? Comment to

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Luke was ready to cheer on the Aggies against Arkansas Saturday night. He sure did look cute! Too bad his spirit wear did not help our hapless team...

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You may recall from a previous post that Luke had not yet warmed up to two usually beloved foods, Oreos and mac and cheese. The picture doesn't show his cheese-covered mouth all that well, but that is a baby Oreo he is devouring. He IS my baby!I assure you that he does not eat these foods together - yuck! But he is all about grown-up food right now, so if it doesn't come out of one of those sissy

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I don't know if I can exactly call our house new a)since it was built in 2003 and b)when we've lived in it for two months now, but these are minor details. I thought I'd gradually post some pictures of the house. I say gradually because some rooms are more ready-to-show than others. Of course, whose rooms are? LUKE'S! Duh! Here are some pictures of his bedroom and bathroom - and a gratuitous new

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About the title - it's a weak pun, for sure, but I tried, so be nice, okay? : )Here's a picture of Luke getting his "first shoes" at Nordstrom. It was kind of a sitcom moment - he was silent and angelic in that stroller until the approximately 22 year old kid came out with the shoe sizer. Then Luke just SOBBED. He sobbed when I stood him on the sizer, he sobbed when I tried the shoes on him, and

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LUKE IS WALKING! It's a very tentative gait at this point, but to Jeremy and me, it counts. (We were so afraid he was going to do this at one of his babysitters' houses first. If he did, they're graciously lying to us, and we appreciate it.) No pictures or videos yet, but I thought I'd share the news. This big boy is growing up so fast!

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The monkey had his second first birthday party... and he and his parents are worn out. Poor Jeremy has had a respiratory infection and went to the emergency care clinic yesterday with hives - turns out he had an allergic reaction to his antibiotic. Never a dull moment! But despite several curveballs, we were so thrilled to spend time with the Calvert crew to round out Luke's near-week of

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Yesterday we had the first of Luke's birthday parties at our house. It was a great time with Jeremy's family and some of our friends, and we're so thankful to all of you who were here to shower Luke with gifts and love! Here's Luke's birthday present from us: his Learning Farm. The picture above shows when he figured out you could crawl through it, a pretty cool feature indeed. It makes all kinds

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This picture is actually from yesterday, but tearful, betrayed expression pretty much portrays how Luke looked at the end of his 12 month appointment today. Poor little thing. Here are his stats for all of you keeping track at home (i.e., my mother):Length: 31.5 inches long/90th percentile (he was 21.5 inches when he was born)Noggin: 18.5 inches around/50th percentile (14.5 inches at birth)

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It's official: Lucas James is a whole year old! I will write more tomorrow after his doctor's appointment and certainly again after his birthday celebrations (yes, that's a plural. Spoiled already!), but here are a few pictures to commemorate the day. The picture above is at Honey and Grand's house with his new lion walker. Below, he is playing with one of the toys Mimi (a.k.a. Sandra, his other

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This video is from mid-June, so he's not quite 10 months old. I think I've always said that Luke not only doesn't fear bath time, he loves it. He needs it even, as you'll hear. Have a wonderful week!

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This is from two months ago - July 5, I believe. We're still at our old house, and Dad is reading to Luke. Or Luke is reading to Dad. Hard to tell, really... *Sorry for the grainy quality. I'm still figuring this file re-sizing thing out. Ugh...

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Well, it's officially a school year again. If I had written this post on Monday or Tuesday of this past week, it would have been full of despair. I was (and heck, still am) tired and kind of feeling depressed, like did I even have a summer? But after a few days back in the swing of things, it's been much better, though, of course, the best part of my day is getting to see this little man's sweet

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Luke's interest in baby food has been fading, so I've been trying out "big people" food with him. We've had great success with french fries (duh), Nilla Wafers, and, to a small extent, breads. I'm baffled by two things I love that he has not cared for: mac and cheese and Oreos.At first, he gives the tiny Oreo a chance. "Hey, this seems cool," his little face seems to say......but a quick feel of

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I’ll begin with an apology: I know I’ve said I’d post house pictures. But I also know that I’m a perfectionist, and I’d rather not post anything until I have things just-so. So please be patient. Or just come visit if you want to see things badly enough. : )It’s so hard to believe that we’ve already lived here for almost three weeks! It’s been a whirlwind, but in the best of ways. We’re just

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So hard to believe it was just eleven months ago that Luke entered the world. His 11/12 birthday gift? Finally losing the Chicco seat (pictured above) and moving up to the spage-age Britax seat. Woo hoo!In case you're wondering why I didn't go with the traditional "bear and chair" pose - this is how that went:I'll have some house pictures and more in the next couple of days, but I wanted to

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Luke's developed a nasty habit: waking up in the middle night and only falling back asleep if it is in his mama's arms. This habit is really my fault for sleep-walking in to check on him and, in my somnambulant stupor (oh yeah - I can use "somnambulant" correctly at 3:47 a.m.), I just pick him up, carry him to the couch, and we both fall asleep. Sweet and comforting for each of us, but it's time

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As I've mentioned, Luke has been really clingy lately. Well, yesterday, I needed to do something upstairs for just a second, so I put Luke in front of the TV. I fully expected a complete meltdown, but instead I see him enthralled by the following: Yes, he was enchanted by $100,000 Pyramid. (He even preferred it to the finale of Charm School. Is this my son?) Looks like the Game Show Network has a

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It's probably complacent of me to think that any, let alone many, of you are all aquiver waiting for a blog post about our new house, but in case that's the case, look for one in the next week. In short, everything is going really well, and we love the new place! I'll do my best to take and post some pictures in the next couple of days and get an entry up a.s.a.p. In the meantime, I'm counting

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If you told me a couple of months ago that I would be teary-eyed typing a farewell blog to this place, I would have laughed. Given all the blood, sweat, tears, and… well, MONEY we’ve put into this place, I’ve always thought saying goodbye would be a breeze. In the beginning, the spending was on aesthetic fixes. Take down that 80s wallpaper. Seashell sinks? Well, can’t change those. But we can

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Toilet paper! Note to self: got to make sure I close bathroom doors...

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My little monkey is already ten months old! I can hardly believe it. It doesn't seem like that long ago that I was holding that quiet, tranquil little bundle in my arms at the hospital. This is Luke at about 15 minutes old here. Awwww! Now? Well that little bundle isn't so quiet. Or little. Or tranquil. He is BUSY. Let me tell you, packing a house up to move with Luke around is next to impossible

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Luke sports the official Staycation shirt.Just call me Charles Gibson, because I'm about to bring some news: the economy stinks! Because of this, the Eubanks family decided to skip a super big vacation and opt for a staycation!! (Get it?) So, the Featherstons, Griffiths, Renshaws, Eubankses, and Robertses convened at Mom/Honey and Dad/Grand's house for a little poolside cruise this past weekend.

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As promised, here are some videos of all of Luke's new skills. He's been crawling for a month now, and let me tell you... if I would just eat right, I'd lose a lot of weight because of all the chasing around I'm doing! These videos are from the past week. Enjoy!Luke crawls to the window to check on Hannah Luke pulls up to see Hannah (who, thankfully, tolerates his advances) Luke's

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Hello there everybody! Since I last blogged, Luke turned 9 months old, I finished my sixth year of teaching, we received a contract on our house, and have one in the works that could be our next home! Throw in Mr. Luke's constant crawling, pulling up, and jibber jabbers, and we have been a very busy crew! Friday was a very rough day for Luke - he suffered his first busted lip. He pulled himself

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Luke here taking over the blog since Mommy and Daddy are so tired. Mom feels bad for not having posted anything for a while, but she and Daddy have been busy looking for houses while showing ours. There were some people here this morning that sure seemed to like it, so we hope to get an offer tomorrow. I'd cross my fingers if I knew how......but instead I CRAWL! Man, I got the hang of it just a

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Good news - there is a "For Sale" sign in front of our house! It feels good, too, since our past three weekends have consisted of packing (as Luke demonstrated above), moving boxes and furniture to storage, and cleaning and straightening up to get things "show ready." What happens from here, of course, is anyone's guess, but at least we're moving in the right direction. This will be a big lesson

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I have not been a very good blogger for a while, but I have a decent reason: we are in the throes of getting this house ready to sell! In the past 15 days, we have had foundation work done (which required ripping up carpet in two rooms. Yuck.), carpets cleaned, painting touch ups done, and have made innumerable trips to our storage unit to get this place ready to "stage." Along the way we've

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