Little man is 4!!!!

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It is hard to say out loud...Luke is four! I still look at my currently 30 pound, 37 inch little man and remember those weeks in NICU where I spent day and night worrying about him. He is such a happy, fun, wonderful little guy! He lights up a room everywhere he goes, has a keen talent for making us laugh, has a smile that goes from ear to ear, has a heart the size of Texas and is this tiny little "big person wannabe" who we daily thank our lucky stars for!

Luke has been counting down the days to his Birthday. It is the first one in which he actually "gets it" and has been talking for months about turning four, and his BIG party at Chuck E. Cheese that he specifically requested :) He had a whole weekend of celebrating as Gaga & Papa and Aunt Christy & Uncle DJ came up Friday night and Aunt Kel, Uncle Chris & Emma came on Saturday. Luke had his first t-ball game of the season Saturday and LOVED having an audience :) Daddy had to leave early to take the big boys to their game and much to Luke's delight, Uncle DJ stepped in for him to help coach! After watching Luke actually play and do awesome (compared to last season where he sat in the field asking for a snack!), we all headed to the big boys game to watch and cheer them on in coach pitch! Both boys got awesome hits and did great in fielding :) It was a hot, hot day but super fun!

Saturday night Aunt Christy and Uncle DJ surprised Luke (and Brian, Matt & Emma) with his gift... a GIANT "4" pinata, field to the brim with candy and toys:) All four kids had a great time whacking at it in the family room and Uncle DJ only got hit once :) Aunt Kel & Uncle Chris need to sign up Emma for softball as soon as she's big enough as that girl can hit!

Sunday morning was the day we've been waiting for...Luke turned four!!!! He woke up in our bed, turns to Craig and screams "I'm four now!" at 7am! All I can say is Luke will sleep well tonight!!! That little boy was on "go mode" from sun-up to sun-down! He had cupcakes for breakfast, opened his gifts from the family, played with them all, headed to his big party, ran around Chuck E. Cheese like a Birthday crazed maniac, went in the ticket machine and collected 980 tickets!!!, played with all of his friends who came... Madi & Drew, Maddie, Michael & Matthew and Jackson (his buddy from preschool), ate more cake, came home and played with his newest round of toys and had more candy all before heading to bed :)

Special Thanks to The Pazak Family and The Licht Family for helping make Luke's day so special for him!

A BIG thanks to Gaga & Papa, Uncle DJ & Aunt Christy, and Aunt Kel, Uncle Chris & Emma for coming and spending the whole weekend with us to make Luke's fourth Birthday one he'll talk about for months (literally!!!)

Uncle DJ is Married!!!

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This past weekend was spent in Houston for a big event...the wedding of Uncle DJ and Aunt Christy! It was a crazy, busy weekend jam-packed with events!!!

Thursday morning we headed to my parents for the rehersal dinner that evening. It was nice to get to meet the rest of Christy's family and we all enjoyed a yummy dinner ;) The boys were absolutely giddy with their ringbearer gifts...Bevo Pillow Pets!

Friday was spent with all the big boys going to lunch and movies with DJ, followed by an O'Brien family BBQ...complete with tons of yummy food and drinks, lots of chaos and great company! Pretty much everyone who was an out-of-town guest was there and we had a blast spending time with everyone!

Saturday was the big day!!! The big boys were sent to the wedding site to get ready while the girls were all at my parents house for hair and makeup. All of the kiddos stayed with us making for a crazy, loud, fun afternoon. The boys loved the limo ride and did a perfect job as ringbearers, while Emma and Molly were the most precious flower girls ever:) Christy was a glowing, beautiful bride and she and DJ looked truly happy from the second the wedding started. We are so thrilled for them and know they will have a lifetime of happiness and a houseful of babies for us to enjoy! The wedding was perfect with my boys LOVING the candy bar Gaga created and dancing like maniacs the entire evening! They didn't leave the dance floor for three straight hours, even 'breakdancing" in the middle of the circle by themselves at one point! It was a perfect evening with an ending created specifically for DJ...an airhorn salute! DJ made sure for each of our (even Craig's) graduations, he was armed with airhorns to salute us when our names were called! We outdid him tenfold with a 10 horn salute! He loved it and left his special day beaming with pride!!!

Sunday we woke up and changed the "wedding theme" to "1'st Birthday" mode! Since Molly lives so far away and we won't be able to spend her actual Birthday with her, we threw her a surprise 1'st Birthday Party! Kerry and Jeremy were thrilled to have Molly spend her "Brithday" celebrating with so many family members and friends present! It was another day of yummy food and fantastic company before we had to make the trip back to Austin. We arrived home Sunday night exhausted and literally went straight to bed!!!

We are delighted to officially be able to call Christy "Aunt Christy" and so thrilled that DJ is so happy! Christy is a wonderful addition to the family and we all love that she fits right in to the chaos!!! Congratulations Uncle DJ and Aunt Christy!!!

Off he goes to the 3's!!!!

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Little man went back to preschool today! He has been super all excited all Summer about his teacher Ms. Laura and was in tears when the boys went to school without him two weeks ago, begging to go to school also. Last night he had a change of plans and announced to us "I not goin' to preschool." When we informed him that he was in fact going to preschool he replied with "I don't think so...I stay home with Mommy." We decided to drop the subject and re approach this morning :) He happily got up, got dressed and sat down for breakfast with the big boys. When they turned to tell him goodbye and to have fun Luke's reply was "I'll have fun with Mommy, I not goin' to preschool today!" (You can imagine the fit of giggles this sent Brian and Matt into!) Once Daddy returned from dropping off the boys, we headed to preschool (a bit curious how he was going to act!) He was giddy to put on his new Mickey backpack that he insisted on having (even though it is literally as big as him!) So...HOORAY...he did great! He hung up his stuff, found his buddy Jackson and barely waved goodbye as he was so engrossed in play-doh! The kid never fails to break my heart...(but at least he went!)!!!