Birds!

My father-in-law arrived here on Tuesday and is staying 2-3 weeks to help us work on our remodeling projects. He also brought presents, both from Luke's birthday and for Easter! For his birthday Luke got several new outfits, including some Bears outfits that Greg was super excited about! He also got several books, a blue bouncy ball, a boat that makes noises to play with in the tub and several other smaller items including a magnedoodle (I think that's what it's called) which will be great for in church. He has already played with almost all of it, and he and grandpa have especially enjoyed the blue ball together! We wish Mimi could have come too, I know she really would have enjoyed watching him enjoy all the things she sent and getting a chance to play with him too. Mimi thank you so much! We love you and miss you!

Here is Papa working on trim for the doors inside the house. He and Greg have gotten quite a bit done. It is always so good to have extra help to do these sorts of things. Greg works so hard at his job that he is pretty much exhausted by the time he gets home and never has much energy to put into the remodeling projects, and there are always maintenance things to do on the weekends like mowing the lawn, etc. so progress is very slow when he doesn't have any help. I'll take more pics soon to post on the progress they are making.

Luke got two new teeth on the top this week, that makes six total and a fairly unhappy baby, especially at night. Papa claims he has slept through it all, but I definitely haven't and I know Greg hasn't either! I think he is over the worst of it for this set of teeth now, we'll see how long the break between teeth is this time.

Luke has really been enjoying the warmer weather and the chance to get outside. Unfortunately he wants to walk everywhere by himself without holding my hand, and the street happens to be especially enticing so there tend to be at least a few tears along the way. He also likes visiting our neighbors which I believe they enjoy as well. I have gotten to know our neighbors quite well thanks to him! One of my neighbors happens to be a coworker, which I didn't even know until last week. Her husband is always out on his porch, in fact we met him the day we moved into our house because it was raining and we couldn't get in and needed to call someone so he let us use their phone. They have a cat that often sits on their porch and a tiny dog just the right size for Luke who happens to be very gentle and friendly despite the sign on their door! (-:

Visiting the neighbors!!!

Luke also likes looking at birds on people's lawns and gets terribly excited when he sees one! All of the sudden he will stop in his tracks and start pointing and squealing very high! Then, all of the sudden he is off, chasing that bird wherever it goes if I am not fast enough to stop him.

It's a bird!!!!!