Lukes at the Zoo

It was lovely to be in Canada again. We saw SO many people and it was crazy busy, but it was good. I wish we could've stayed longer. Before the Peterborough family get together we headed to the Peterborough Zoo with cousins and friends. More on that will follow, eventually. But we were thrilled to be joined by Luke and Helena. It was SO good to see them again.



Here is a shot of Andrew and the Lukes on a climbing boulder.


Daddy and Lukey having a blast!


Here are the four of us. We've had a whole lot of fun with Luke and Helena over the past few years. They've proved to be really good friends and we so look forward to getting together with them. When's the next visit, guys?

First Meetings

As I said, Uncle Luke and Aunt Helena were here for the weekend. This was little Luke's first introduction to his namesake. Aren't they cute together?

Auntie Helena observes the first meeting.

Visitors from the north, makers of a hit record... (except for the "record" part)

"Hi little Luke. He's so sweet! Look at his little fingernails..." (Okay, I don't know if they really said those things or not, but hey, poetic license!)

Daddy and Uncle Luke having a little game of "golf ball" out in the yard.

Aunt Helena and Luke just chillin' together on the couch. They spent quite a bit of time this way. It was fun to see our friends interact with our son.

And here's another with big Luke. :)

It was really good to spend some more time with Luke and Helen. We love it when they come down and are looking forward to seeing them up north in a couple of months. We look forward to sharing more root beer and perhaps some crazy Cranium time (Canadian version) then.

Visitors

It was so great to have Luke and Helena down for a few days. We hadn't seen them since their wedding last July. Plus, they were our first non-family guests here. Although, I'm not sure if they count as "non-family" or not. We had lots of fun... a freezing trip out to Grandview, several games of Cranium (Helena's very good with the clay!), Pit, food, laughter (mostly this was Luke and Andrew being giddy just from being together... and sometimes it was Helena and I laughing at them because we just couldn't help it because they were SO silly), and video games (again, Luke and Andrew... watch out for those hamstring injuries!), etc. It was just a good time.

We got to talk a little about the baby and it's so nice to have friends who are excited for and with us. Babies are wonderful little miracles, and we can't wait to meet this new little guy (or gal). (Also, Gina will be glad when we are no longer calling the poor kid "HannOni.") Although, our stance on girls names has been slightly shaken recently... so, we're thinking about that still. I always wondered if that would happen, since we decided on a girls name so quickly and easily. We'll see.

And, for those inquiring minds, I'm still thinking/working on a picture possibility... We'll have to see how that goes. I did realize this weekend that we really haven't been good about taking pictures during this pregnancy. We have only a few, if any, in which you can actually tell I'm pregnant. Hmmm... Okay, that's it for now.