more of luke...

although this is my blog, i'm trying to be a good big brother and share the spotlight with baby luke. i actually really love him a lot and am very sweet and gentle with him (although i've decided to act out in other ways, but we won't get into that)... here are a few more pictures of him and the two of us. things are pretty busy around here so i don't have time to write much yet, but hopefully i'll be able to post more pictures soon, including some of the things we did in the last week before he was born, and more updates on life as a big brother...

daddy is not actually asleep in this picture - momma just caught him with his eyes closed at that split second, but he wishes he was asleep in this picture (and lots of other times too, like say, in the middle of the night)...

here we are on monday, going to the park! i got to help momma push luke in the stroller. then yesterday we got a new double stroller, so i got to ride in it with him! that was cool. pics later...

sweet baby...

as you can see, he's pretty high maintenance, so i better go help mom and dad take care of him. and this picture is still more bad news for momma regarding daddy's big (and ugly!) chair - luke seems to like it too! sorry mom...

meet luke...

hi. i have a new brother!! his name is luke william matthys and he was born on friday morning, april 23, at 6:10am. he weighed 6 lbs 14 oz and was 19.5 inches long. here's what he looks like (sort of - he's cuter in real life) and you might notice he looks a little familiar - momma and daddy say he's a spitting image of me when i was first born!! momma and baby luke came home from the hospital today and are doing great and we'll be sure to post more pictures of him on here soon. i think this big brother stuff is going to be pretty cool...

one week to go?

well, there's just over one week until momma's due date for baby number two! obviously, everyone is hoping he looks just like me...


just kidding! :) mostly momma and daddy are just hoping he comes soon - we are ready! actually, i can't really say i'm all that concerned about it yet. mostly i've just kept to my usual business of being a toddler, but i'm sure to find out what all this baby stuff is about soon enough! in the meantime, i have picked up a new sport - baseball! i guess it's t-ball, technically, but you have to start somewhere... and so far, i love it! we've just been practicing a little bit in the back yard, but if any indiana teams need a back-up player, call me up to the big leagues and i'll be ready!

we also continue to enjoy the nice spring weather (which really hasn't been too hot yet, thankfully!). momma and i went on a walk the other day and gathered some nature-y things from outside and made a collage out of them! i really like to do crafts, but i get pretty frustrated with anything too complicated or that involves a toddler scissors or glue, so we stick to the easy stuff. i really had fun with this one, though, and have really gotten into drawing and coloring more too. one of these days momma might be brave enough to try finger-painting with me, but she's not so sure yet...

well, that's really all for now. i just wanted to post a quick update with a few pictures from the past week and give you a baby update, which is that there is no baby yet. but stay tuned and hopefully we'll have some news soon! :)

laundry room photo session...

i haven't been the best subject for pictures lately and momma is usually either too occupied by chasing me around or knows that if she gets out the camera she will have to chase me around... but she did manage to get an impromptu photo session in the laundry room the other day, so here are some shots from that...

and here is a sleepy one of me shortly after waking up the other day... i think i've mentioned before that i always like to have blankie's picture taken (and then like to immediately look at the picture and have mom take more), so that's what i'm doing here... i'd also like to apologize to any purdue fans out there (you know who you are) for yet another burnt orange shirt. i honestly do have purdue attire, but it just seems to work out that i more often have on my UT stuff in pictures. actually, momma has demoted most of my UT shirts to pajama-only status, so that's what happened here...

and here i am lounging with my remote (which remains a fascination to me even with the tv off), bib (because for some unknown reason i am drooling AGAIN, even though the dentist told momma i had all my teeth in already!), and sunglasses... life is good...

little bear wanted to get in a picture too...

well, enough of that... here's what's actually been going on lately... we saw some relatives on easter at a state park not too far away, and that was really fun. and then we saw some other relatives this weekend at uncle larry and aunt roxanne's house in giddings, which was also really fun! mom is not even being apologetic about no pictures of those events because there's just enough to deal with lately without lugging around a camera in the hopes of getting a couple shots of me doing something cute in between my usual behavior of acting my age (i.e. two), scowling at the camera while saying "no ma'am", and holding up whatever is in my hands for her to take pictures of instead. she's counting on me being camera-ready again once the baby comes and she's busy snapping shots of him instead. which, speaking of, the due date is now just two weeks away, and i think we're all getting very ready! hopefully we'll have some exciting news to report soon!! until then, i'll be talking up a storm (in complete sentences now, which is very exciting for mom and dad!), eating like a twelve year old, and enjoying this awesome spring weather. thanks for checking in - bye!!