grab a snack, we have a lot of pictures!

hi everyone!!  it's luke, here, and i'm sorry we haven't been around in a while - i've been so busy vacuuming!  

okay, that hasn't really been what's keeping me busy most of the time, but i do love helping momma vacuum!  we have been busy having summer fun and keeping up with that little baby of ours!  but we're here now with lots of pictures, so get ready!  first up are a few from a 4th of july outing we had.  we went to a parade and got balloon animals from a clown and had a good time...

and now we'll pretty much just move on to sam and how cute he's getting lately.  :)    ben and i are keeping busy with our usual summer stuff and don't even have any exciting pictures of that to share this time, and we figured that most of you are just here to see what sam looks like anyway, so here you go!

this is sam at exactly three months old.  can you believe how skinny this kid is (relatively speaking)?  apparently he didn't get the memo that matthys boy babies have previously all been chunky monkeys!  this kid is a shrimp boat and really needs to beef it up...

he sure does love to show off a cute smile, doesn't he?  but he also has some serious faces too...

again with the skinny-ness - you can see this kid's rib bones - what?!?  unheard of...

he's happy and healthy, though, and we're all thankful for that.  he also enjoyed his first playtime in the jumperoo recently!  a classic baby favorite around here...

and now the moment i'm super happy to mention is that we had some special visitors during the last part of july - aunt elaina, lauren, and taylor!!!  they came to play with us and help out with sam and we're so glad they did!  we don't have too many pictures but we sure did have a great time with them!  here are a few - ben and taylor on top of the playground - fun!

and lauren really liked holding sam (he's the easy one!)...

momma only partially likes sharing sam, though, and soaks up every minute of alone time with that sweet baby that she can - ahhhh...

and in case you didn't have enough sam yet, here are a few more.  here he is in a favorite outfit, courtesy of aunt aimee and gabrielle - yea!

and we'll close it out with one more sweet smile...

he's pretty cute so we're going to keep him. and he really is getting some skills (finally!) too.  he's rolling over like crazy and can hold and chew on toys now!  he "talks" to us a little bit, which ben and i love. and he likes us to keep him entertained while momma is getting breakfast and lunch ready and gets excited when daddy comes home from work (i use the term "excited" loosely, but he does smile really big). we're still waiting on his first laugh, but he's sleeping pretty well most of the time and in general is a happy and sweet baby. yea for sam.  :)    and thanks for checking in!  bye!