More Faces of Lukey

I don't really think captions are needed for the following post... :) I hope you enjoy some more expressions.

What a funny little guy he is!

Cousins and date nights

We had the privilege of exchanging babysitting services with our dear cousins Mark and Jena recently. We kept their kids one night and they kept Luke the next week. We had a great time playing with their kiddos and I know Luke had a blast at their house. It was a lovely time to just spend a few hours kidless. We went out to eat (Lonestar has a great 2 for $20 deal going on, and it comes with an appetizer!) then went shoe shopping for me! What a great guy I have. I've been needing some new tennis shoes but just haven't shopped yet. We were planning to go do something more "fun," and then Andrew comes up with this idea to go shoe shopping. I couldn't believe it, and we almost didn't do it cause it wasn't very "date like." But, it was SO nice to try on shoes without having to chase down a little boy at the same time. Next time: Mini Golf!

Here is Luke with his cousin Abe. I wish Luke wasn't in the cheesy smile stage, but it's still kinda endearing. :) They are gonna be trouble together, soon!

So Sweet

Luke has recently realized that the shoes on his cabbage patch doll actually come off. He was sweetly asking me to take them off and put them on all day a few days ago. I nearly stopped thinking it was so sweet. And then I put Luke to bed and came back out to the living room to find little Stephen's shoes right next to Luke's. I actually teared up. I love my little boy!

Eric Peters in Concert

We enjoyed the Eric Peters and Stacy Grubb concert this past weekend here in Beckley. It's always fun to hear live music, and that was some good live music. Even Luke enjoyed it... Well, he liked the guitars, clapping and camera. :)

Okay, when I got out the camera to take a few pictures of Eric, Luke insisted on a picture of this face. I was laughing so hard.

He just kept making funny faces and wanting me to take pictures of him. It was hilarious.

Unfortunately he was moving in a couple of the best ones, but he's just such a funny kid!

It was a great evening out. And Luke slept in forever the next day. It was crazy. I enjoyed getting to chat a bit with Stacy Grubb. Good times, good times. :)

Luke's Learning to Smile

Here are some photos of our little guy working on his smile technique. I think he's getting pretty good, dontcha think?

Oh, he makes me laugh.

I guess he really likes pizza. :)

More Mackay Winter Merriment

So these photos are from the last big storm. Not the current one. I think I've lost count. This was around the fifteenth, I think. We were finally able to fully outfit the kid for winter. It was too adorable. His snow boots came in (we ordered on sale "after the season"), we found him some snow pants, and we were good to go! It was so satisfying to see him appropriately dressed and know that he would be dry and warm (mostly!). Lovely.

All dressed up and someplace to go. Out!

Happily learning to smile for the camera!

Making his own snow angel... he did a pretty good job, but then freaked out when he couldn't get up by himself. I still hold it was just cause he didn't want to mess up the snow angel. :)

I love this little boy!

Luke and Andrew happily sprawled in the snow.

The winning picture of the day. What a great picture! I love my boys. (Luke says, "yeah, Lush my boyz!" when I tell them this. He is so sweet!)

Okay. Now don't call this a comeback! I hope to blog semi occasionally, but I have misplaced the camera, and need to look for it. I haven't been good at taking pictures lately, so I need to work on that. I have been working on some other household projects, so I don't have as much time. I could come up with some more excuses, but I won't. Anyway, enjoy the snow pictures, and we'll enjoy the snow!

Silly Luke

I have to admit, I'm rather enjoying not worrying about blogging... Of course, I haven't been very good at taking pictures lately. I need to work on that. And we forgot our camera at the Smith Family Christmas Celebration. :(

Anyway, I hope to have some pics up again soon.

But for now, I'll leave you with a funny Luke story.

Luke and I made chocolate chip cookies recently. Lots of fun. He had a good time. And, this was the first time that I actually let him have any. We made him special cookies with no chocolate chips and he thought they were wonderful. It was sweet.

Anyway, I had left a couple of cookies on a plate in the living room and was in the kitchen. Luke came into the kitchen chewing... Yeah. I asked him what he was eating and he said "Show. Touch." So I went in to let him show me what he had touched. I then told him that he absolutely wasn't allowed to eat cookies unless mama or dada gave them to him. Then I said I was going to spank him for not obeying and proceeded to do so. As I left him and went back into the kitchen, I hear a small voice say... "Yum."

Like it was totally worth it. Made me laugh.