my first mother's day

i had a great first mother's day! it was such a special day and luke and eric made me feel like the most important mom in the world. we had a nice breakfast at home with my parents and then made our way out to schaumburg later that afternoon to celebrate with eric's mom and sister christine. it was a wonderful day and i am so blessed to be a mom this year. being a mom is an indescribable experience filled with joy, worry (who me?), happiness, laughter, tears and an immense amount of love that i never knew i had. i am just so thankful that i have a God who walks with me through it all and loves me unconditionally.

me and the sweet little boy who made me a mom.

our little family

luke and the army...

...army crawl that is! luke is on the move and he's discovering lots of new things in our condo! he's also getting up on his knees a lot and rocking back and forth, so i have a feeling, the "real" crawling is coming soon! gotta baby proof and fast!

dedicated to the Lord

Over the Mother's Day weekend we presented Luke to God to formally ask for God's blessing upon him. We, as parents, publicly committed that we would raise Luke in accordance with the teachings of scripture and that we will provide Luke with a loving, caring, and nurturing environment that will help Luke grow in Christ.

We already know that God has great plans for Luke - plans to prosper and not harm him. We have seen God's work in Luke's life and how he answers our prayers and heals. We picked out a special verse that we dedicate to Luke so that he will grow to put his hope and trust in Jesus.

Romans 15:13

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Luke with his prayer sponsors, our own moms, who commit to praying for Luke during his Christian journey.

The entire family who supported Luke on his special day.

luke meets his wisconsin relatives

luke's traveling adventures continued as we made a way overdue trip up to oshkosh, wisconsin to meet his great grandma crowe (ggc) and all of his "crowe" relatives (great uncles, great aunts, second cousins, second cousins once removed, etc!). we had a great trip and it was wonderful to finally introduce luke to the family. now we just need to get to iowa so luke can meet his great grandma johnson (ggj).

here's luke with his ggc, gram and gramps.

luke is 7 months old! 5.6.10

luke is 7 months old! and he's such a happy, silly little guy. his personality is really starting to come out.

georgia on luke's mind

luke and i just spent 12 whole days in georgia with gram and gramps while eric traveled for work. we had a great, relaxing time - most of which was spent enjoying the warm weather out on the swing set. this picture just about sums up our trip.

other luke happenings...

daddy's good friend jeff fischer, who now lives in nyc, and his sweet fiance, lauren, were in chicago for their engagement party. they stopped by to say hello to luke and spend some time with him. luke really enjoyed their visit and gave out some big smiles.

luke is constantly discovering new things in the comfort of his living room floor. the other day, i caught him playing with his playmat, however, he had pulled it over himself and was playing underneath it instead of on top of it! things are only going to continue to get more interesting, i'm sure.

our sweet luke in his pj's. we love waking up to that smile.

good eats

now that luke is 6 months old, he gets to start eating solid foods. we just started this past week on some rice cereal. so far he seems to really be enjoying it. also, please note...luke's first time with solids was on cub's opening day. go cubs go!

here comes the airplane...

messy, but good!

all gone?!?

luke is 6 months old! 4.6.10

luke is officially 1/2 a year old! we cannot believe our sweet little boy has been in our lives for 6 months already. where has the time gone? we could not be more blessed to call him our son. he continues to do so well and is a very healthy little guy. he now has two teeth on the bottom and rolls everywhere to get his toys. he is constantly entertaining us with his sense of discovery and laughter!

here are luke's stats from his six-month pediatrician appointment:

weight: 17 lbs, 2 ounces

height: 27.5 inches

our happy lqj!

luke's 1st easter

luke had a great first easter. he dressed up for the special day in his very first button down blue gingham shirt (that matches daddy's shirt of course). we attended our church's saturday evening easter service so we could make sure to get out to schaumburg for our all-day easter celebration. we spent the morning at grandma kathy and grandpa frank's house for brunch and then headed to aunt christine and tio's house for an evening celebration with grandma linda and grandpa tony. as always, we stuffed ourselves, but we had a nice day celebrating jesus' resurrection. and the abnormally warm weather was an added bonus.

luke's first easter basket filled with fun treats that will usher him into a new milestone of solids (more to come on that).

luke's easter egg hunt this year was rather easy. :)

family shot on easter sunday.