Dancing and Guitar

Here is a brief look into how excited Luke is about dancing and guitar. He loves it when Andrew gets his guitar out and practically drools over whoever is playing in church. He's only recently started to sing a bit too, and it just makes me laugh. You'll have to excuse the mess of toys (how does anyone with children EVER get a video of a clean floor?) and laundry and whatever else is visible. :) I love to see Luke love music. Also, the flapping arms move is something his Uncle Luke would be proud of, I think.

Cloth Diaper Extraveganza

In all my reading at Diaper Swappers, I have come across a new blog called Life More Simply. July is cloth diaper month and there are quite a few giveaways for cloth products this month. I'm pretty excited about it and wanted to share them with you! You can enter any or all of them. Maybe it will be a good chance to for someone to try cloth. Maybe it would make a great gift.

Life More simply is hosting a cloth diaper extraveganza! Join in! This first post lists all the sponsors and dates. It is quite informative. The posts this month are nearly all centered around cloth, with lots of info on how to use cloth, benefits, comparing different brands, and other useful information. Check it out.



Go here to win a really neat diaper pail liner that you can hang. I'd really love one of these. I'm sure it would be better than the tiny trash can we're using now! :)


Go here to win a hand crocheted diaper cover! I've so been wanting to try wool covers with my new prefolds...


Go here to win Sensi-Clean detergent. I had no idea what a pain it can be to find detergent that is compatible with cloth.


Go here to win a Monkey Foot Designs wet bag! These are too cool and can be used for many things.


Go here to win a Knickernappies new one-size pocket diaper. I would love to try one of these.


Go here to win a cute pair of wool shorties from Kristy Lynn. These are for newborns and are really cute!


Go here to win a fitted diaper from Monkey Bizness. These are cute but need a cover.


Go HERE to win a FuzziBunz dipe. This is by far my favourite giveaway! I love our two FuzziBunz diapers and would love to have a red one! If you want to try cloth, this would be a great tester diaper.


Go here to win a Wahmies one-size diaper in butter yellow. These are cute but what I like best about them is they are made locally! Drybees and Wahmies are shipped and sold in Bradley, WV only minutes from where I now live!


And finally, go here to win a snappi diaper fastener. I bought my first set of prefolds and covers a few weeks ago and got a snappi to fasten them. This is a really cool little gadget! You do have to be careful, cause the teeth are sharp, but pins are sharp, too, hey? I really like ours. It makes diaper changes much quicker. I'm still getting the hang of it, but it's wonderful if you go "old school" in your cloth diapering habits. :)

Carseat

A few weeks ago Luke and I went to Huntington for a whirlwind trip with mKhulu and nGogo. We had to take the car seat out so that I could install it in their car. It sat in our living room for a couple of hours and Luke though it was the coolest thing!


He climbed right in and made himself comfortable exploring from this angle.



It didn't take him long to find what we've termed our "travel soother," or, "soose" as he calls it. He was pretty happy with his find.

He had a good time sitting in his seat and I wonder what went through his little mind when he saw it sitting there instead of in the car... :)

Lukey Spins

Luke discovered a few months ago that he could spin around and make himself dizzy. He made me laugh so hard! I wasn't expecting him to learn to do that until he was quite a bit older, but it was too much fun when it came. He started spinning around in our family room and did it until he fell down repeatedly. He only stopped when he got so dizzy that he fell into a hard wooden chair. Crazy baby! But, here's some spinning fun. :)

Lukey...

is wondering what is up with ya'll. :)

Independence Day

This year the Mackay side of the Smith family decided to stay home from the family Independence Day celebration and take in the Fayetteville sights and sounds. We had a really wonderful weekend in spite of the sickness that has pervaded our house in the last few weeks. For such a quiet little town, Fayetteville puts on quite the celebration! We took a family walk to the nearby town park where they had vendors and rides and even a little kids tractor pull. It was just quaint and I enjoyed it. Luke loved getting out and about a bit and seeing lots of other kids. Kids are pretty awesome, in case you didn't know.



Lukey and I before our walk to the park.

Kisses for Mumma!



Daddy and Luke at the park watching the kids tractor pull. I tried and tried to get a good picture of them both with their hands up like Luke's but it was not to be. :)


I just think these two are so adorable. Plus I love pictures like this.


Just Luke.


Back at home. Daddy was grilling steak and potatoes for supper. Luke is staring at the grill in awe. Maybe one day Daddy will let him grill something.



Family picture on the 4th. We had a wonderful time together.

Luke and I managed to listen to part of a concert downtown while waiting for Andrew to get off work. He had a blast. It was fun. We missed the fireworks cause we were all in bed by 9. How sad is that?

Lovely day.

Happy Anniversary!