29 WEEKS

I decided with this pregnancy that I'd take pictures every 2 weeks in the final trimester, instead of only every 4 weeks, because I missed out on my 'last' picture with Luke because he was born before the 4 week mark.

This is my 29 week 1 day picture taken yesterday.
I feel MUCH better this pregnancy than I did with Luke, and I feel like I look better too... probably because I didn't spend 6 months horribly ill and so far I've gained about 10lbs less with Kate.

A PIRATE PARTY

Today Luke went to a little friends birthday party.
The theme was PIRATES.
I was so glad about that, because it gave Luke the opportunity to wear his pirate costume that I made him last Halloween, one more time before he completely outgrows it...
I had to alter the waistband a bit to allow more room for his bigger pot belly, and he didn't have a white shirt to wear under his vest like he had at Halloween, so we let him go 'rough and tough' with a bare belly, but it worked out pretty well.
He is such a cute little pirate... Uh, I mean, FIERCE AND SCARY... lol

 WALKING THE PLANK...

 This picture cracks me up :)
Pirate Luke is standing his ground, no matter how big the competition is. LOL.
Size doesn't matter when you're a fierce pirate. Aaarggghh! LOL :)

 Luke sniffs EVERYTHING he eats.. especially if it looks unfamiliar. I've never seen a kid so young, use so many senses to determine whether or not he likes something. LOL.. most kids will taste it and spit it out if its not good...Luke will decide based purely on a single sniff. LOL

 NO TREASURE????

 No pirate is a REAL pirate without a scar... Luke got his pirate scar today...
I'd love to tell you that it was in a fierce sword fight over a big chest of gold and treasures... lol
But nope... my little pirate got his pot belly caught in the empty treasure chest. haha...
Oh well... a scar is a scar... we'll stick to the sword fight and treasure story.

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He had a great time... thanks Wade for inviting Luke to your party :)

FUN AFTER THE STORM

Today, we had 2 VERY big storms, that brought a lot of much needed rain.
Our driveway got some pretty big puddles from all the rain, and Luke made full use of them.
He had a blast :)

 

HEAD, SHOULDERS, KNEES AND TOES

Luke still has very limited vocabulary, but he is learning things so much at the moment.
Every day, we see him trying to say, sing or do something new.

I love watching my sweet boy grow, and the excitement of seeing him learn something new, never gets old for us.

Jake was able to catch a video today of Luke trying to sing and do the actions to 'Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes'
What a cutie. I unfortunately was out at the time so I missed out on the fun. Thank goodness for the technology of cameras. :)

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WEEKEND AT THE BEACH

Jake and I have been dying to take Luke to the beach this summer before Kate arrives. The beach is about 2.5 hours away, so it's a long trip to do just for a day. Fortunately we were invited by some friends to join them and a few other families that we're friends with, at their beach holiday condo for the weekend. We drove to the coast Friday, and left again Saturday at dinner time. It was such a fun weekend. 

Friday, we kinda did our own thing, because everyone was arriving at different times during the day.
We decided to go to Fort Macon, and old civil war fort right on the beach.
It was very interesting to look at, and although we were all hot, sweaty messes, it was fun for us to see.
After Fort Macon, we took Luke to a little mini golf place near the condo.
They have a little train there that rides you to the first hole. Luke loved the train.
The actual game of mini golf was interesting. We paid $18 to play the 18 holes, which turned out to be a race to see who could hit a ball - any ball... even remotely close to a hole before Luke snatched it up and put it in the hole by hand. LOL... There were no rules, no score keeping, and every round turned out to be a hole in one. LOL

FORT MACON

MINI GOLF

Saturday, we spent the morning relaxing in the condo, hanging out with everyone, and then we headed down to the beach. The condo literally sits right on the beach, with a full view of the ocean, so all we had to do was head down stairs and walk over the walk way onto the sand... sooo convenient.

I've been burning really easily this summer (pregnancy maybe?) and I'm not feeling very comfortable in the heat at the moment, so I spent our time at the beach chilling out under a gazebo tent, with the ocean breeze keeping me cool. Luke and Jake played in the sand. Jake was really trying hard to build a sandcastle, but to Luke it was just a fun game of smashing castles. LOL
After the beach, we spent the rest of the afternoon at the pool...nice and refreshing after the sand and salt of the beach.

 Daddy trying to build a castle

 2 towers up...

 Here comes the 'godzilla'

 Getting the 3rd tower up...

 Godzilla is nearly there...

And 'SMASH'...

 A defeated daddy... lol

 And I triumphant 2 year old... :)

 Chilling with a snack

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It was a really fun weekend, and we're so glad that we were able to go...
We all arrived home EXHAUSTED... Luke slept in until 10:30am this morning and then went down for a 3 hour nap again just after 2pm. LOL... we vacationed him into a coma on our little weekend away.
I hope he had a great time. Hopefully we can do a few more fun things with him this summer before little sister Kate comes and demands some extra attention for a while :)