Lucas & Jackson

so the bunny jack is holding is 30 years old and was given to me when i was born.

Lucas 1 month old!

Lucas turned one month old yesterday. Jack turned 17 months old today. I threw them on our bed and took some darling photos of them. JAck really loves his brother. Lucas is sleeping about 3 hours at night inbetween feedings. Jack is doing better at sleeping through the night despite his 3 molars coming in. I am adjusting two raising two little guys. I don't know what I would do without Blake.

luke's first bath

so this is 2 weeks late being posted - but here is luke's first bath. needless to say he did not care for it! his second and third bath went much smoother. picture number two is from last week - it was our post-poned xmas eve family party. picture three is my niece alexis, my sister raylin & lucas. picture four is jack's new smile he busts out when he sees a camera. it is funny! jack has really been learning a lot lately. he is signing more and understands most of what we say to him. he is becoming more independent and insisting on feeding himself and trying to put on his own shoes. today i had two crying kids so i scooped both of them up and they fell asleep and i just sat there for an hour rocking both of them while they slept.

grandma linda & aunt mercedes

my mom and baby sister, mercedes, came to visit from california. it was so great to spend time with them! i am adjusting to having a newborn and a toddler. jack is doing good for the most part. sometimes when i am feeding lucas, he does not understand that i cannot just drop what i am doing to play. my sister raylin and her hubby have been a huge help. luke looks a lot like jack did, just the hair is different.

3 day old photos

we took lucas' 3 day old photos yesterday in my little studio. these are the photos that did not make the cut for the birth announcement. jack was dancing around and spinning and got dizzy and gashed his head open on luke's carseat! just in time for photos!!! i think luke is starting to look like jack did.

coming home

we came home about 4:30pm on new year's eve. my sister, raylin, and her hubby cliff were there. later my grandparents and blake's parents came. my cousin, amy, let us borrow the going home outfit. raylin made the hat and blankie. there was a big welcome home sign, flowers and balloons - so sweet! at first jack ignored luke and then after about 2 hours he started to snuggle him and wanted him to play in his crib. the bottom photo is the two of them in jack's crib. jack kept laying next to him patting his head. jack loves to "hold" him and give him hugs. sometimes jack does not understand when luke needs to eat and cannot snuggle anymore. i am feeling great and loving having two boys!

Lucas Allen has arrived!

Lucas is here and doing great! He came out face up instead of face down which cause a large bump and bruise on his head. His bump has gone down and his bruise is healing. He has dark red hair!! I hope he keeps it! He was born at 5:29pm (not 5:39 like I thought) on 12/29. He came in at 7lbs 6 oz (4 oz bigger than Jack) and 20" long. It took me 2 pushes once the midwife got there. Recovery has been great and I love McKayDee Hospital! He and Jack have the same chin and lips. Lucas has Daddy's nose & ears where Jack has my nose & ears. We think Luke has more of Blake's shaped face of oval where Jack's face is more round like mine. Jack had a tongue tied problem and Luke just had a mild one and we had it fixed right away since we knew to look for it. Luke is a great eater! We go home tomorrow and I can't wait to see Jack and have these two brothers meet. I am exhausted and hope to get more than 3 hours of sleep tonight! Thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers!