Time moves so quickly and despite wanting to document ever minute, I've simply been living in the moment and enjoying being present. Someday Luke will complain about the lack of baby pictures and I'll remind him he's the youngest (like his father and I) and so he's spoiled rotten and the lack of baby pictures is just what he'll have to live with for the life of leisure! Here is a photo from yesterday of my two sweet boys together




I adore this photo. Grant looks just like he does in real life-full of excitement and wonder with a beautiful smile and big brown eyes. Luke looks a little chunkier than he really is in this photo, but it is well worth it to have a picture where they are both happy and smiling. Luke is a super smiley baby-very happy-but a mama's boy for sure. If Mom is around very few others will do. He's growing so fast and is very physically advanced for his age-rolling over both ways at will and desperate to sit up. He's getting a set of matching dimples on his cheeks, which he'll use to make the ladies swoon in another 20 years. He's also started laughing a little and we've found he's ticklish on his tummy and his neck. Big brother loves the little guy and often includes him in games of pretend. This weekend he was Cubby from Jake and the Neverland Pirates. I have a feeling the nickname may stick. Luke also goes by nicknames Luka-Pooka, Pooka-Nut, and Lukie-Poo...the last from his big brother. Luke likes nothing better than watching Grant run around and play. He's facing forward now in his front pack, so he's happy to be able to see more of the world around him. My guess is he is an early walker (unlike Grant who was our lazy boy and didn't walk until 14 months) and once he starts moving he'll never stop.

Taylor and I try to enjoy ever moment with them and keep up with the demands of real life. I've been back to work for a few weeks and Luke is doing well at Laura's. He's exhausted when I pick him up most days from being with all of the big kids all day. He seems to be thriving though and Grant has adjusted to having him there full time. I like knowing that they are together throughout the day and have each other to lean on. It seems like just yesterday that Grant was this size and we were finally moving into our new house and yesterday for the first time I suggested we've outgrown our space and need to think of expanding. Three years goes by in the blink of an eye and I try to be very aware that in another three we'll be at tee-ball games and getting ready for the first grade and preschool and this will be a simple memory.

Other aspects of life are doing well. I'm excited to become an auntie and godmother in a few short weeks to sweet baby Elinor and to become an auntie once more in January. That the girls and I will have three new babies in under a year seems unreal. talk about live moving fast and things changing. it was just G for so long, then G and Sam and next time we're blessed to be together there will be five of them! I can't wait to have the noise and the craziness that goes with it. That's what family is supposed to feel like-sprinklers and Popsicles and bare feet and laughter from children who wear nothing but swimsuits all day and glasses of wine and burgers and early bedtimes and adults catching up around the fire. We're not quite there yet, but peak ahead two summers and you can see the simplicity and ease of it all. I can't wait!

Summer days are rolling by and we would love to see any and all of you. We're sticking close to home this summer with no vacations planned. If you're nearby, please connect with us. So many of you have had changes in your own life and we would love to reconnect and learn about what makes your life special.