Monday, September 24, 2007

bath time fun


Now that I am a big boy and can sit up by myself bath time is a lot more fun. Today I played with Mr. Crab and got squirted by Mr. Turtle. Mom wanted to take a picture of me sitting all by myself in the big rocking chair. I blend right in with the colors.

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Giraffe



This is Luke's newest addition to his room. Mr. Giraffe the coat rack. Here are some photos of Mr. Giraffe, with and without coats. We bought him at the Slippery Rock festival last week, and then I painted him up. Luke doesn't know what to think about him yet, but we think it is pretty cool.

Sunday, September 16, 2007

LUKE



Luke is 6 months old now and is getting big. Still 25% for weight at 16 lbs, and 75% for height at 27 inches. He is now the world famous backwards scooter, as you lay him on the ground and he is 3 feet backwards in a few minutes. We are still working on going forward, but he gets that at different times. Today he was reaching for the PENN STATE football and going forward!! He is getting better at his food eating-we have sampled carrots, yams, squash, cauliflower, and sweet potatoes. In the freezer Mom has waiting-pumpkin, beets, green beans, squashed beans, zucchini and broccoli. We are slowly working our way through, one food a week. The fruits will come later.
We have added his name on the wall in his room, sorry the picture is sideways, please turn your head so the Left. We will add the giraffe coat rack soon, after it gets painted. He still loves to laugh at most things, especially Silly Daddy. He has started grabbing hair, glasses, noses, lips, etc. Lots of fun.

Pet Parade



Well today was the annual Pet Parade in Slippery Rock. Here are some of the best dressed pets in Slippery Rock today. We have SUPER PEANUT and BUFFALO SHADOW. Neither one of them won any prizes today, but they are top notch in our book. If anyone wants to enter their pet in the pet parade next year let us know we have room available to house the pets and owners prior to the wonderful event!!!

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Pictures





Well here are some pictures I have be delayed in sharing.

First-Luke and Aunt Erin's first slide
Second-Luke's first visit to Hershey's Chocolate World
Third-Luke in his new high chair eating his squash
Fourth-Luke and Isabella when they visited us in August

Sunday, August 26, 2007

PA Stone Skipping Fun


Hello everyone. We visited the Annual Stone Skipping competition in Franklin, PA this weekend. For those who live in PA and have never been, it is a must, please mark your calendars for next year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We watched 15 professional stone skippers duke it out for the title and prize of a can of PA crude motor oil, some homemade fudge, and a rare prize of one in 6 spot of attending the NATIONAL STONE SKIPPING competition in MICHIGAN on July 4th!! Yes that is right, there are only 6 slots opened for this national competition. It was a good time, Luke enjoyed it as you can see. He thought that by being SuperLuke he could throw the stones further, but didn't get a chance. The skipper in the picture above is none other than the Guiness Book of World Record Holder for stone skipping with 40. He is from Emporium, PA and his name is Kurt Steiner. He however was defeated this year, by last year's NATIONAL CHAMPION Russ Byars (not not a relation to Jenn Byers) who had 34 skips (very impressive). Please those who want to go, let us know. Joe is looking into renting a big tent and motor home for the event so we can tailgate before hand. Practices will be held the first weekend of every month at the Slippery Rock River for those who want to enter the Amateur competition next year. BYOS (yes bring your own stones) so start looking!!!!!

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Walks in the Forest and Carnival Rides





The first 3 pictures are of flowers we saw on our last walk in the State Park. We have been enjoying them, but it has been raining, raining, and raining, the past 4 days so we haven't gotten back there. I know the dogs are getting excited to get out again and to get moving and sniff all the animals out in the wild.

We also went to the local Lawrence County Fair on Saturday. We don't recommend going any earlier than 1 pm, as the food booths aren't opened yet and the rides haven't started. Joe decided he would watch Luke and didn't want to ride any rides. erin and I went on the himalayas and the Scrambler, for those carnival junkies-these are fast, spinny rides. We had a good time as Erin remarked it would be her last rides for 2 years. So it was fun. The Funnel Cake was also a reason we went and was equally good.