More Family!

Luke, Adriana, Will and Chloe. The girls are cousins on the Duggan(Mike's mom) side of the family.

About a year ago, Will started understanding the concept of family. First, we taught him about grandparents and their how they relate to us. Then we started teaching him about our brothers and sisters. Once we mastered all of this, we started talking about cousins. Ask Will who his cousins are and he will tell you Tate, Caleb and Jake. They are our nephews and the ones that he plays with when we go home to visit family. He had it down pat.

But over the past month and a half we have gone to two different family events on both sides of the family. And it is at these events that Will has met even more cousins. (Ok, they are actually 2nd cousins, but how do you explain that to a 3 year old? ) Anywho...for my social little boy, this revelation has been awesome! He now knows about his cousins in Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. He adores his cousins and loves the fact that he has even more to love and play with!

So...here are some more cousin pics. I do need to admit that I have no pics from of our sweet cousins in Florida. When we went for my Grandmother's wedding, I forgot my camera.:(

Will, Luke and Caleb and Grandma Fessler

Tate, Will and Luke

Will, Luke and Jake

A fun day out!

This past Saturday we took the boys down to watch the College of Charleston women's basketball team play. We have a good friend at church who is one of the assistant coaches. She scheduled Mike to do a devotion for the team before the game and got us tickets to watch the game as well.
We had told Will all week that we were going. He could not wait! We have a small basketball goal in our playroom and Will and Luke play all the time. But neither had ever been to a game.
By the time we got there, Will was fascinated. He loved everything and surprisingly, sat very still and quiet for the entire first half!
Luke also sat quietly and was very interested in everything happening on the court. He ended up falling asleep during the second half, and Will was more interested in going up and down the stairs and watching the game from the upper level.
The girls did not win, but our boys sure had a good time. Will has even asked when we are going back. Thanks Coach Kaye for a fun day out with our family!

Luke at 18 months

I know I updated on Luke not too long ago, but we just went to the doctor last week for his official 18 month check-up. According to the doctor he is healthy as a horse and growing like a weed. He weighs about 23 pounds and is about 2 and 1/2 feet tall.

Since the last update I gave, Luke has been talking up a storm. We can't keep him quiet! Other than more(his favorite word), he has learned dog and knows that it says woof. He also knows fish and points them out anywhere he sees them. He is trying to say other words as well, but right now they are still coming out as gibberish. He so wants to talk and I have a feeling that it is coming anyway!

He loves to dance and does this really funny hand motion whenever he hears music. He squeals with delight whenever he sees Mickey Mouse on tv and he can point him out in books.

Speaking of books, Luke is still very much into reading, which if you know me, then you know that makes my heart smile. Being a children's librarian by trade, I desperately want my boys to desire to read. Right now, they both do. They can't get enough and they look forward to our weekly trip to the library. Luke makes me smile when he wants to read. He will get a book and come and plop down in your lap whether you are busy or not. Right now he likes any kind of lift-the-flap books.

Luke also loves to play cars and basketball. He hasn't figured out how to make a car sound so he likes to make the fly around like an airplane while he makes a flying sound. Whatever works, right!

One thing we have noticed is that Luke favors his left hand. Whenever he plays basketball in the playroom, he constantly uses that left hand. I'm not sure how long this will last, but it would be neat. Will is all right handed. Maybe we can have a southpaw pitcher in the family, just like his daddy!:)

Oh, Luke! You make us laugh daily! We love you so much
Sweet brothers!