Baby Steps

I felt this was a perfect title for this post because that is the news in our family.  Lukas is literally taking baby steps!!!  I can't believe my baby is already walking.  It is so funny to me how other people always tell you that things get crazy once they start walking...and not to encourage that too much cause everything changes.  I know it is other parents just speaking from experience, and I do believe them and I"m sure it will get a little crazier, but I find it SUPER exciting to watch Lukas try.  Every time Lukas has gotten close to a new accomplishment I have found such great joy watching him learn and grow with it.  It all started with the smile, then rolled over, sat up, crawled, and now the big one of standing and walking.  He is turning in to such a little boy now and I just love being a part of it.  I am amazed at all of the new things he has learned and how quickly he picks up on stuff.  (We have recently learned to also give 'high fives' and 'kisses')

I did put a short video clip of him walking.  I apologize that it is sideways.  I can not figure out how to turn it and Erin is out of town to help me.  You will just have to turn your head for now.

Having Lukas was amazing and it just keeps getting better and better each "step" of the way :)


**Next Up.....Beck family vacation....Eureka Springs here we come**

Home Projects

I am actually going to do a post on something other than Lukas.  My husband has been working very, very hard on a project at the house, and I am wanting to brag on him.  If you remember way back during spring break I posted a picture of a hot tub.  To make a long story short we were given the hot tub and the old owners were having problems with it working and didn't have any idea of the problem.  They were just wanting it out of their back yard.  We figured why not try and see if someone can make it work. 

Luckily, Erin had handy man Dustin helping him out to try and get this thing working.  After a week of late night electrical work, they got it up and running.  It heated and everything.  It has been awesome!

Well sitting in it one evening hanging out with some friends, Erin and Dustin came up with another idea.  They thought we needed some kind of gazebo/pergola type thing to really make it nice.  I thought yeah that would be nice, but we are not buying something like that.  They are too expensive.  Well I returned home from work one day a couple of weeks ago to find our backyard looking like a lumber yard.  I have learned not to even ask anymore and let these two just work.

To wrap this post up, to start our summer off right, the pergola is now finished!  It looks GREAT!!  I am very impressed that they built it.  Erin is learning a lot and even pulling out knowledge from his high school industrial arts class.  He really enjoys the projects and working with man tools :)

Thank you soo much Erin and Dustin!!!    Who knows what you will come up with next :)

Summer Time

Schoooools Out for the SUMMER!!!   Every year this time gets more and more exciting.  I know many of you are hating teachers right now as we talk about getting our two months off before school starts back up, but in our defense, I really do believe that I need these two months to regroup and gain a little sanity back.  Otherwise I'm not sure I can survive teaching 70 middle school students each year.

The last day of school is always a little bitter sweet.  It always takes a little while before it completely sets in for me.  It is sad to me though that some of my students I will never have in class again.  They have such great personalities and are at an interesting age.  As crazy as they are at times, it can still be very entertaining to be around.  I as well though am excited for the summer and enjoying my time home with my family.  It is going to be a busy summer, but hopefully things will slow down a little during the weeks and Erin, Lukas, and I can enjoy some special time together.

I am just hoping that I do get a little motivated this summer and get some of those projects that I planned for next school year ready.  It seems like such a great idea to work on things in June and July when I am planning it out in May, but the time goes by faster than I realize sometimes.

I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable Memorial Weekend!

MOM, what did you just say?  You get to stay home with ME for 2 months!!!!

10 Months Old!

Lukas is 10 months old today.  I  can't believe how big my baby boy is.  I laugh every time we go to rock and he just doesn't fit in my arms like he used to.  I have to maneuver those legs just right to get us comfortable and relaxing, instead of a kicking game with the arm rest :)  We are also discovering that those baby blues (yes they are still blue to our surprise) and that adorable grin are going to be very very difficult to say no to.

10 month photo shoot (it was an active one):

Lukas this month:

• He is checking everything out around him.  He wants to get into every cabinet possible!
• Loves to stand up on things and run circles around coffee table and ottomans.
• Moving more from one piece of furniture to another
• Has started to eat more table food instead of the baby food.
• His 3rd tooth has started to come in. (It has been a rough one)
• Loves to clap for people
• Waves bye-bye if you got him focused on you and not a toy :)
• Has become a little more attached to Mom and Dad, just in time for SUMMER
• I think the Mama sound could be his first word, Erin is still not sure :)
• Loves to drink from his sippy cup
• Likes to crawl up the stairs with a spotter
• Likes going on runs/walks with Mom and Amanda
• Loves to make lots of different sounds with his mouth

More Pictures of the past month.

Getting that basketball in his hands :)

More Bath Time

Busy, Busy, Busy...

Sorry it has been a while since I have posted.  We have been very busy around here with a lot of exciting things going on.  We have been in Olathe the last two weekends for two big events.

The first one was to celebrate Cade's 1st Birthday!!!  I can't believe he is one already.  Jana put together a great party.  Cade got all sorts of presents and it was very entertaining to watch him check them all out.

The second weekend was to go and celebrate Beth's graduation from Mid America Nazarene.  We are so proud of her!  Again we got to hang out with my family for the weekend.  Lukas loved going to Cade's house and having all sorts of "new" toys to play with.  Those two are a lot of fun to watch together. 

I was a little worried how Lukas would do with traveling that far, especially back to back weekends.  He has not done a lot of distance traveling.  Luckily he did great and made the trip very enjoyable.

Here are some pictures from our weekends.  I did horrible trying to get pictures, but there are a couple worth sharing.

Some of the guests at Cade's party

Cousin love

Cade trying some of his cake

Lukas and Cade taking a ride in Cade's new car.  Cade was so nice to share :)

Lukas and Daddy watching some cartoons in the morning.

Cade taking Lukas for a ride

Aren't these 2 just ADORABLE