Luke's Photo Shoot

My sweet friend, Adrian Johnson is starting a photography company and asked to take pictures of our little Luke. They turned out so cute and I am so thankful for her invitation! She does a great job and I would recommend her to everyone. To see more pictures of her work (and a few more of our little guy) go to her website at www.ADbugphotography.blogspot.com. Thanks Adrian!

Luke had to put his foot down...no more pictures, mom!

Baby Luke's Arrival...

We are thrilled to announce the arrival of Luke Richard on Tuesday, February 24th at 9:07 pm. I was induced 5 days past his due date...and boy am I happy that we didn't let him grow a day more! He weighed in at a whopping 8#13 ounces and 22 inches long.

The labor was a total of 12 hours, but only very intense for the last 2 1/2 hours. After encouragement from my midwife, I decided to try the labor without an epidural. I was doing great the whole day...but at about 7pm that night, I wished I had one. At that point, it was too late and there was no turning back. Rick was so supportive and I was grateful to have him there.

Emily and Savannah were so excited to have their new baby come home!

The proud daddy...

Although we have only been home a week...we have already had an "incident" with Savannah's new role as a "big sister". We were just sitting down to eat dinner and I looked over at the baby (who was sitting right by me in the swing). In a panic, I saw something green coming out of Luke's mouth. In the two seconds I had looked away, Savannah had thought it would be nice to share two little pieces of her green bean with her little brother. As you can imagine, we had a very important "teaching moment". Savannah absolutely adores Luke and has nicknamed him "Squeaky Toy."

Emily has been the best big sister and helper. She likes to check on Luke about every 2 minutes! She has had a rough week, after getting 3 staples in the back of her head. Brave girl!

A big "thank you" to my mom and mother-in-law and other family and friends who have showed their care and concern for us. We are so happy to welcome Luke into our family...and seem to be adjusting fine-for the moment (my mom goes home soon- that will be the test)!