october

I'm really struggling with blogging. i have no skillzz can someone help me? Like why can't I get this to stop underlining?

Lucas' first Halloween!
Unfortunately
James' mustache wasn't part of his costume Amish country.




7 months








Go Ravens! Christina got us tickets to watch the Ravens destroy the broncos, thanks to Haloti's killer defense. James was in heaven.

SLC + Lake Powell

In September I celebrated my 26th year of life (thanks to RJ I got a candle to blow out), went to SLC to see friends and family, and crashed my uncle's trip to Lake Powell. The Alfandre's fully enjoyed September and because it is my birthday month I'll take credit.

Sizing up Henry. They only sorta look alike dontcha think?

Dorking out majorly up big cottonwood canyon






At least Hilary is dorking out more than me. Sike. Not possible unfortunately.

Peoa

Lucas loved the four wheeler

The hat, not so much

Lake Powell

I personally like how calm, cool, and 8-year-old boy I look in the first thumbs up picturebut this action shot is even better.




Do you think she is still laughing about her joke of telling us they are at the holiday inn somewhere? Me too.

Always gotta document The Ferds

This was awesome. We climbed up the ledge and then midway up the rock split away from the wall and we walked through a 4 foot wide sandy bottom corridor and ended up on the other side.

Looking like a ginger here, but hair color still yet to be determined

Lake Powell rocked our faces off.

More Pictures

I couldn't be happier with the pictures Rachel took of Lucas. I think she managed to capture every single one of his expressions. She did an amazing job and made family pictures fun. Who knew? She just so happens to be doing a holiday special and I would definitely recommend her if you plan to send out a family picture this season. Here are just a few of my favorites of little Lukie Pukie pie.

winna winna winna

I want to win one of these.
Check out the link.

Sneak Peek

My friend (yes I have a couple) took the top picture of Lucas for us a couple weeks ago. She took a bunch more and I am putting them up soon but this is just a teaser. She did an excellent job and we LOVED how they turned out. Her website is getting updated but I will post a link and more pictures soon. In the meantime if you are interested in any family pictures I can give you her contact information, just let me know. I would recommend her 100%! Lucas thought she was a breeze to work with too.

It's been awhile and I don't even have up to date pictures to post. James got a flip recorder thing so we have been taking videos lately and neglecting pictures, but I will post some of the past highlights.

We took a road trip before I started the school death march again for the summer. Our first stop was visiting Alison and Spencer in NY. We thought travel with an 8 week old would be easy what with all the sleeping, but the hour break to eat every few hours took a toll on our driving. We ended up cutting back our trip expectations after the first long tearful leg to NYC.

These are pretty fuzzy with my phone but still cute. Asleep at the apartment.

Next up we visited the Tilley's in New Hampshire. Zion took us out on his boat on lake Winnapasakee and Melissa made us delicious food. It was well worth the drive.

Sorry you aren't officially documented Melissa and Tia.

Then we hit up a B and B in Maine and James' one wish was to eat Lobster. Unfortunately we were a little early for Lobster season and the only thing we could find were cold lobster rolls. Apparently Reds is THE place for Lobster rolls but cold chewy lobster was not either of our favorites.






Boston was next and we finally made good on our promise to visit Liz right before she officially graduated BU. She was a great tour guide and we had fun exploring the city and following the crimson trail. Lucas thought it was boring though.






Finally back home and the start of an intense summer of school. James and I have had quite the roll reversal with him helping out a ton with Lucas while i've been putting in late nights on campus. He is a wonderful Mr. Mom. I'm so grateful for all the help I've had so I can finish school (hopefully someday soon!!).

These are just some glamor shot outtakes I took of Lucas when we were trying to get a picture for his announcement.





I can't figure out how to post the final version, but if you want a copy of the baby announcement give me your address.

recliners

Lucas hit another milestone the other day. He can officially kick back in his "bumbo" chair and I'm hoping he likes it. We haven't been to the doctors in awhile but he still hadn't quite hit 10lbs on the last time. Skinny little guy.