Luke's Baptism

Luke was baptized on January 19th, 2014.

 We were joined by Luke's sponsors and their daughter.

Grandpa Cheney baptized Luke, just as he has baptized all of his grand kids.

 It is our church's tradition to have baptism families come to the kneeling rail for prayer and blessing. 

Eli, Micah and Joshua

 Our friends' girls with Eli and Micah

 Pastor Doug prays a blessing over Luke.

 

All pictures in this post were taken by Pam Carlson, a member of Salem. Thank you, Pam, for sharing your talent with our family!

Luke- 2 months

Luke, at 2 months you smile easily and often.

You have started "talking."

You really like your play mat and have started hitting your toys with your fists.

Joshua likes to join you for playtime.

Micah asks to hold you almost everyday.

 

Merry Christmas!

We spent Christmas in Texas this year. Waking up on Christmas morning in our home with 3 excited boys was really fun! Joshua opened a remote control school bus--which he loves! I love this face!

Eli and Micah loved their gifts, too. These markers and coloring sheets have been a huge hit in our house. (Actually, anything to do with art is a big hit with these two!)

Joshua loves this Thomas book from his Godparents. We read it daily and he never tires of it.

 This year, we went down to the zoo for their annual Zoo Lights.

  It was amazing and we'll definitely go again.

Most of the animals were in for the night and off display, but this young elephant was out. Our boys loved watching him eat and asked to see him again before we left.

The next day, we went to Grandma and Grandpa Cheney's house to see the rest of our Cheney family.

Luke was awake and got held right away--first by Britton,

 then Aunt Rebecca.

Grandma and Grandpa got a lot of help opening their gifts.

 The whole week our Cheney cousins were in town was fun. The boys really love their cousins and enjoyed playing with them.

The girls love their cousins, too, and Kaelyn never missed an opportunity to hold Luke.

 

We had some nice weather while the Vegas Cheneys were here, so we made a couple of trips to our favorite park.

Joshua loves the tire swing.

All of the kids liked the zip line. This is Britton taking a turn.

Britton and Kaelyn took a walk in the woods and found this clearing to play in. I enjoyed hearing their imaginative play.

Micah and Eli played tag with Uncle Mark, then took a break to climb the rock wall. This is Micah.

No Christmas post would be complete without a little caroling. 
This is Micah (left) and Eli (right) singing their favorite Christmas song this year.

It was fun to stretch out our Christmas celebrations. We are so blessed we get to share our holidays with our wonderful family!

Merry Christmas!

(These were the words Paul made for our Christmas letter this year. I love how they turned out!)

Christmas Program, Candy Canes, and....Fishing?

 We were so excited to see Eli and Micah's first Christmas program. Micah is standing 3rd from the right on the top row and Eli is 4th from the right. You can see them both in the big screens below.

 (Micah is turning around looking at himself on the big screen.)

Micah (left) and Eli (right)

One warm afternoon, we took a family trip to a friend's fishing pond. Their horses were out and were very curious about us.

 Eli

 Micah, Joshua, Paul

 Joshua was happy to feed this horse a carrot.

 Micah showed Joshua one of the fishing worms.

 Paul caught this Bass-our only catch of the day.

 Right before Christmas, someone came and put candy canes all over our plants and cars. It made us all laugh and the boys enjoyed bringing them in and hanging them on our tree. We still don't know who did it, but it was a really cute idea.

Luke is 1 month

Obviously, I'm a little behind on the posts since Luke is now 2.5 months. However, here are some of my favorite pictures of him from December.

Luke decided early that he was done being swaddled and liked the freedom of the wearable blanket better.

I put Luke on Joshua's bed one morning while I changed Joshua's diaper. When Joshua was finished, he climbed up next to Luke. Joshua really loves his little brother!

Luke at 1 month

 My multiples group sent this onesie to Luke-so cute!

Luke sleeps well and often.

Happy 2nd Birthday, Joshua!

This was not Joshua's year for a party with friends, so he had a quiet birthday celebration at home. He started the day opening a few presents--including this toy blender from us.

He requested a blue elephant cake, which I was happy to make for him.

He did great blowing out both candles in one big blow. Then, he said "too hot" as he watched the smoke rise.

As soon as we pulled the candles out of his cake, Joshua quickly swiped one of the elephant's eyes.

Joshua really liked his elephant cake!

And this blender. ;-)

Happy 2nd Birthday, Joshua! You are funny, determined, out-going, creative, and cuddly. At 2, you love play-dough, building blocks, playing outside (especially bubbles, sand and swinging on the tire swing), reading, elephants, Thomas the Train and Elmo. We are proud to be your parents and look forward to many more birthday celebrations with you! We love you!