Luke Kent Manion

Born 4:43PM 9-22-10
Weight: 8 pounds
Length: 19.5 inches

He's a cutie! We were in the hospital for about 28 hours and then were excited to bring Luke home to hang out with Isaac. The birth went perfectly and without complications. My good friends, Jen and Christine are both residents in OB/GYN and they delivered Isaac and managed my birth which made everything just so relaxing and wonderful. I am so lucky to get to have friends deliver Luke (pictured). Isaac held him for the first time at our home and the reaction was priceless. He just giggled and started calling him Lukie over and over. He just wouldn't stop laughing and kind of poking and inspecting him which is shown below in one of our photos. We got the reaction on video and hopefully Mike will have time someday to post it, I'm so glad we captured that moment. He's been a good big brother and helps out a lot, giving a pacifier, helping to get him a diaper (not realizing Isaac's are a tad bit bigger than Luke's), and gave him "Mun". Mun is a special frog in Isaac's world and Luke has a similar stuffed animal that Isaac calls Mun and gives it to Luke frequently. I think it will be Luke's little lovie someday too. My parents have been here since last Friday and have been a big help. We will miss them when they leave terribly tomorrow but my freezer is stocked with some yummy meals thanks to them =)

Here are a few photos:

Ode to Kansas

I planted some sunflower seeds that Baker University sent me this summer. To my surprise they actually grew! They are so pretty and it reminds me of Kansas =) So enjoy!

mommy's athletic skills

I've never quite been known for my athletic skills though I am the only one in my family who actually did athletics in college. What I mean is that I can run in a straight line fairly well at a good pace, but if I have to make contact with a ball, I'm in trouble. My two year old son has now noticed this. We were playing catch together as a family and I kept missing the ball. I would like to point out that I am not quite as mobile at 39 weeks pregnant as I could be, and I am SURE that is part of the problem. Anyway, last night Isaac took the glove away from Mike and gave it to me because "mommy need help". Thanks Isaac =)

photo update!

Here is a lovely picture of myself, posted only by popular demand, this was about a week ago when I was 37 weeks. My friends took me out to dinner for my "baby shower" which was wonderful. It was super great just to have a night out with my friends and go out to a fun Tapas restaurant downtown. My friend, Sarah, had the cutest baby cupcakes made and they were yuuummmmy!

One of Isaac's favorite things is playing in the dirt in our frontyard. I'm pretty sure some people think we are weird for letting him do this but it keeps him occupied and then we can actually have a real conversation while he entertains himself. The dirt pile will soon go away b/c we had all of the landscaping removed and then we are just going to plant grass. The landscaping was ugly and too much upkeep so we ripped it out! Life is to short to have ugly, time-consuming plants =)