Bubble Popping

On Tuesday Luke received a singing & dancing donkey from Grandma and Grandpa Hogancamp in the mail for Valentine's Day. Luke loves anything that has the above combo. He was quite excited about the gift but also found the bubble wrap to be just as exciting. Luke was rather upset when all the bubbles were popped; however, he did find comfort in the repeated playing of the donkey. Mom and Dad have the song permanently ingrained in their heads now, thanks Grandma and Grandpa :)

Build A Bear

Yesterday, Troy and I took Luke to Build A Bear. We went to let Luke pick out an animal for Valentine's Day. We figured next weekend might be a little crazy so we went early and it was still pretty busy. Luke picked out a horse and unwisely Mom and Dad decided to put a sound button inside. Other than waiting in line, Luke had a great time looking at all the animals and watching the horse get stuffed. If you've been to Build A Bear you know that you put a heart in the animal before he gets stuffed- Luke did really well giving the heart a kiss and rubbing it on his head and tummy although I don't think he understood what was going on. He did fairly well pushing the pedal to have the stuffing come out of the bin and he really enjoyed washing the horse off after we were done. We all ate lunch at the mall when we finished and then Luke conked out on the way home. It was a great family outing!

Grammy Visits

This past week my mom came down for a visit. She got here on Tuesday evening and left on Friday afternoon. It was sooooo good to see her given the recent events. She found out just before she got on the plane to come that her CT scan showed nothing else to worry about- YAY! Such a relief for all of us! Luke still went to MDO on Wednesday which allowed us to go shopping and out to lunch. It's been quite a while since it was just mom and I together so we had a great time. Thursday we just stayed at home and Luke had fun playing with Grammy. She brought him a new book that has puzzle pieces in it. Luke loves it! It has a bunch of different farm animals and he and Grammy played with it a bunch while she was here. Luke also learned to sing part of Baa Baa Black Sheep- it's really cute! Friday we all ran a few errands before we had lunch and took Grammy back to the airport. Thanks for coming Grammy- we loved seeing you!

Snow Much Fun!

As most of you have probably heard the Midwest had another ice/snow storm on Thursday and Friday. Thankfully we didn't get as much ice as predicted and so didn't lose power (we have buried power lines so I wasn't overly concerned about it anyway). All said, we have about 3/4 inch of ice and about 4-5 inches of snow on top of that. This morning Troy and I decided that Luke should have his first experience playing in the snow. He absolutely loved it as you can see in the video. Luke usually gets pretty upset when he comes inside but he didn't even fuss a little which is surprising given the fact that he didn't want to go in as seen in the video. I've included a few pictures too because Luke is just so cute! Luke did attempt his first snow angel but it didn't turn out too well.

Prayer Request

So, I don't normally post serious topics on here. This one is serious. I am asking for prayers for my Mom. She had a colonoscopy this morning and the results weren't good. The doctor was pretty sure he found some cancer. We won't know for sure until the biopsy results come in but either way she is going to have to have surgery to remove the growth. She is scheduled to have a CT scan on Monday to make sure there isn't anything else to worry about and she is meeting with a surgeon on February 9th to talk about removing the growth.

I have to say this totally caught me off guard- no one is ever prepared to hear the word cancer. Thankfully, the growth is small and it was caught early. My Mom is a strong lady and there’s no doubt that she will come through this just fine; however, all prayers and good thoughts are greatly appreciated.

In the Tub

So you're probably thinking bath pictures based on the title- wrong :) Luke got some Legos for Christmas and I bought a tub to keep them in when they aren't spread out all over the floor. The tub has become more fascinating than the Legos. Luke loves to climb in and out of it and sit in it. He barely fits so he gets into some rather interesting positions.

By the way, isn't Luke's shirt cute! I love the top left picture; I think Luke looks adorable in white!

Aunt Sarah's Visit

Aunt Sarah came for a visit over the weekend. She arrived late Friday afternoon and left early yesterday morning. We all had a great time with her. Luke loves to do anything with Sarah and he had a blast all weekend long. Thanks for coming Aunt Sarah and for babysitting so we could have a date!