Summertime Fun

We sure do get around. We headed back to KY last week to meet cousin James. He flew to KY at just 6 weeks-- way to go big guy-- and we drove there to say hello. Jack kept rubbing his belly and talking to him in a soft sweet voice. Luke ignored him at first then was interested in touching his head and face. I had fears of cars, balls, and tackles being directed at the baby but luckily these things did not happen. Here is a picture of the three grandkids.

After our visit there we drove back home so Luke could get his 15 month shots. Pete took him, and was able to get far more information from the doctor than I ever do-- I think I will send him more often. While we think of our Luke as quite the chunk apparently he is not as big as we think. If you take his weight and height individually and compare them to the general child population he is around the 30th percentile, and when you take his weight and height and compare them to each other he is in the 50th percentile. (At least I think that is how Pete phrased it). They gave Pete print outs of his graphs from birth to now, they talked about food allergies, milk intolerance, getting fruits and veggies, beta- carotene absorption when taking a multi, and a few other things. I guess she just took one look at him and knew he could handle it. They also discussed Luke's language development, and since he has displayed the ability to say words(even though he is a one and done kinda speaker) she didn't seem overly concerned. She said that after having Jack she was sure we were pretty worried about it, but not to be because in second children it is normal to have delayed speech and all they really look for is the ability to put two words together by age 2.

Then Pete and I had our 6th wedding anniversary. We have not gone out to celebrate it yet, instead we made it more of a family afternoon by taking the boys to see Cars 2. Pete and I are going to see the last Harry Potter film the weekend it comes out so we will celebrate that way. Then while Pete was studying I entertained the boys with water in the backyard. I bought a sprinkler earlier in the summer, but that was a total bust because neither child wanted to go near it while it was on. I noticed that inflatable baby pools seemed to work on the kids so I got one at Wal-Mart. This did work for a bit but then Jack got bored so I brought over our handy dandy bucket and put it next to the pool and Jack had a blast after that. So in summary the thing that has worked best this summer is a free bucket we got last year when we bought our grill. Then last night(which is really late afternoon when it involves our boys) and earlier today we have been setting off snakes, smoke bombs, M-80s, and some other loud fireworks. Below are a few pictures of our outdoor fun.

Summer isn't over yet- Jack starts another round of swim lessons tomorrow and at the end of the month Uncle Joe is coming in from Korea to visit us for a few days. We still have lots of fun to experience.