Lucky Number Three

2009-06-18T16:19:00.000-07:00

Luke had a wonderful First Birthday Bash. We had one party for him on Sunday with my family and then another at Chuck E. Cheese with my family and Cam's family. Here is the cake that I made for his dinosaur birthday themed event...

and the cupcakes that went along with it.

Luke had a lot of fun eating the cake.....

He had a lot of fun and we are so happy that we have him in our lives.

2009-06-18T16:09:00.000-07:00

Luke is a mover and a shaker who never ever sits still. He is always on the go and usually getting into something he shouldn't be getting into. We finally gave up and trying to stop him from going through the kitchen cupboards and put Luke friendly items only in draws and cupboards within his reach. I have now idea why we have spoiled him rotten with so many toys when all he wants to play with are pots and pans.

As you can see, this is and every day event for the boy.

Movin' Out

2009-06-18T15:59:00.000-07:00

Well, sorry about not posting for awhile now. Things have been a bit busy around the Boyer home. Cameron has been working at Sofa Mart and I have been working at Kneaders. About two months ago they made me Head Pastry Chef which has been fun but hard to do and take care of Luke as well. Cam and I just had a great opportunity to move in with his Grandma and help her out. We will be getting paid for this so.... I have put in my two weeks at Kneaders so that I can help her out. I am so excited to be home with my boy and hang out and play! We will be moving next week. I know that my sister (we are currently living in their basement) will miss Luke terribly but we are not moving far, just to Pleasant Grove. We are excited for a change and I am excited that Luke will now have his own room and a separate playroom! I will try and find some recent pictures of the fam and post them.

Christmas Morning

2009-01-02T21:17:00.000-08:00

We were so blessed this Christmas! We had a wonderful time and got lots of fun stuff!

Cameron got a lovely tool set. He bought it himself and wrapped it as well. I didn't know what it was until he opened it so I guess it was a suprise for one of us.

Luke actually did a wonderful job of unwrapping his gifts and believe me, he had a lot to open Christmas morning! Here he is unwrapping some Christmas books Grandma and Grandpa Hudson got for him.

He never really ripped into anything. He was very careful but lets be honest, he could care less about what was inside, he really just liked all the paper and boxes.

As you can see, Luke likes to put everything in his mouth and Christmas morning he was looking to add some extra fiber to his diet.

Breckann and Martin and the kids gave this ball popper to him. He is scared to death of it. Basically the balls go down through a tube and then are blown up in the air before they go down the ramps and tubes again. It makes a noise similar to a small vacuum and he is not too fond of it right now, but we are working on it.

I leaned in to help him open it, and also to prevent paper consumption.

Here he is still opening the same present, the morning took us forever. A lot of presents to open.

It was so exicting to see his reaction to each toy. He had a lot of fun and so did Cameron and I.

Luke really enjoyed Camerons water bottle that he got. I guess he thought it was his.

All toys must go through a taste test. This one passed. Notice the snowflake decals we put on his helmet.

Cameron got a handy little survivor book to take with him on all his camping excursions. Hopefully it will come in handy but not too handy.

Overall, best Christmas ever!!!!! We had a great day together hanging out and also got a chance to go over to Camerons parents for a little Christmas turkey and Ben Hur. We hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas!!!

Meeting Mr. Santa Claus!

2009-01-02T21:05:00.000-08:00

This was quite the traumatic experience but I knew that it would be with his reactions to Santa dolls and figurines as I put up the decorations for Christmas at our house. I love the Santa at University Mall because he is not wearing the traditional Santa outfit of red and white. He looks as if he paused to take a picture while busy at his toy workshop. I also like that he has a real beard. He's even curled ringlets into his hair! It was a lot of fun even though Luke was a little upset. I hope that next year will go better but with watching some of the other little ones before us getting their pictures taken I don't think that it will be any better

Attempting Christmas Card Photos

2009-01-02T20:44:00.000-08:00

If you look closely you can see scratches on his head from the christmas tree. He is not used to having his helmet off.

We had the hardest time getting him to look at the camera. Needless to say we only used one of these pictures for our Christmas card.

His little teeth are just so adorable. He has 6 now.

Here he was looking at Cameron as I was taking the picture. We tried everything including stuffed animals and squeaky toys.

And of course there is drool all over his cute little sweater from Grandma Hudson.

This one was cute. We love our little guy. He has brought a lot of joy to us. I remember last Christmas when I was pregnant thinking that he was going to be the best Christmas present for the following year.

Luke's first time in the SNOW!!

2008-12-18T13:39:00.000-08:00

Luke had a great time playing in the snow for the first time!

Aunt Amberlee bought him a fancy little red sled!

And he was sporting some warm snow pants from Grandma Hudson!

He is such a cutie and had fun in the snow!

I love the fall, the smell of leaves and the cold air...

2008-11-23T11:26:00.000-08:00

Amberlee and Lorin were out doing some yard work and Amberlee raked up a small pile of leaves for Luke to play in. At first he enjoyed watching Lorin work and ignored the leaves.

He had just woke up from a nap, notice the very tired eyes.

He then realized where he was and began exploring with his mouth of course. Everything has to go in the mouth!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

2008-11-23T11:02:00.000-08:00

Luke went trick-or-treating at Novell which was a lot of fun. If we are here next year we may just do that. Lots of treats with little effort. Luke really enjoyed grabbing the candy out of the bowls. We trained the young one well, he would grab 3 or 4 pieces each time.

I had bougt a cow costume after Halloween last year but could not find it in the mess of our storage unit. A little bummed but we decided to get a Pooh costume since Cameron had an adult size version. He was going to take Luke around the nieghborhood but ended up staying late to work so I filled in.

Baby in the Hood

2008-10-21T11:36:00.000-07:00

I love this one with his hood up. He kept tilting his head when the hood was on. So cute!!!

Luke is learning to crawl.

I found this outfit and it was a little chilly today so I thought it would be perfect.
He was having some helmet time off and loving every minute of it.

2008-10-15T21:31:00.000-07:00

Here is Luke at about 5 months old. He loved to sit in his bouncy chair. In fact, he slept in his Boppy bouncy chair for about the first 4 months because he had a bad case of collic.
He looks so sweet asleep.... but looks can be deceiving.
We love our little guy and feel very blessed that he has come into our lives.

A weekend in the hot, hot sun!!

2008-10-15T21:24:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics of a trip to Phoenix we took while living in Tucson. It was an extremely hot weekend.

Here is Luke in some stylin' pool side attire. Lounging around.
Of course being the paranoid one that I am I kept him in the shade as much as possible.
Here he is with Cam in the pool..
This was a beautiful resort. We stayed at the Hyatt in Scottsdale AZ. We had a wonderful and relaxing weekend. This was Luke's official first trip as a baby.

Our glorious Yellowstone trip

2008-10-15T20:36:00.000-07:00

We decided to take a quick trip to Yellowstone and Jackson Hole before Cameron started his new job. It was a much needed vacation and one of the first big trips as a family with Luke. It was a little colder than we had wanted it to be.

These are the amazing buffalo. Cam still wishes that he could ride one. Not too sure why but he really thinks that it can be done.

Here is Old Faithful erupting. It was actually really exciting.
This is the only family photo that we got while on the vacation. With Luke being so young many times we would stop to see a hot spring or a hot pot and he would be asleep in the car seat. We wouldn't wake him, we would take turns getting out and seeing the sights while one of us stayed in the car with the sleeping bear.

Here he is in his back pack carrier. Doesn't he look comfortable?
This is one of my favorite pictures of him. We did not have a hat and had to buy one for him there.
Here we are at the Bear and Wolf Park. Luke really didn't care about the bears.

We had a great time and I will post some pictures of the Tetons and Jackson Lake lake later on.

Yellowstone is one of our favorite places and we can't wait when Luke is old enough to take camping there.

Are you getting my good side?

2008-10-15T20:27:00.000-07:00

Just sitting around with my little boy today and thought I would take a few pictures. You can totally tell this is our first little one.Classic cheesy grin, you can see his two little bottom teeth. He actually has 6 in now but the other 4 are on top. Believe it or not this is his favorite toy. The remote control. You can tell that he is practicing early for control of the t.v. Typical man.
Another cute grin.
My boy is a thumb sucker. I cannot get him to take a pacifier and I have bought and tried just about every brand out there.

We're new at this so give us a break.

2008-10-15T20:11:00.000-07:00

Our poor little Luke has been diagnosed with placiocephaly. Basically his head is a little mishapen and therefore requires a helmet. Surprisingly this is not an uncommon thing. I have been stopped numerous times while out and about and people share stories of their neices or nephews having one, their neighbors kid, and many times their own.

Here is the beginning of the casting process which did not go so well.
They covered his head with a cap and then put plaster over it much like they used to do casts for broken limbs.
This picture was taken after the molding was removed. Not a happy camper!!!!