The last couple of months in pictures...

Luke loves running around our house in Mommy or Daddy's shoes. He is always telling us that he is going to Grandma's house or off to work. The video was from a Purim party that we had at our church :) Luke got up on stage during the dance party and busted out some moves...sorry the video isn't the best quality but it is still pretty cute!

I am loving the fun ideas that I keep getting from Pinterest for activities that toddlers can do! I feel like Luke is so smart that I have to keep up with challenging him with fun things to do. He currently loves puzzles and I am amazed at how quickly he can put them back together all by himself. We just bought him a 24 piece puzzle that I figured would be way above his level. It took him a couple of hours to figure it out and now he can do it all by himself!

Tom and I are trying to exercise and get out more so we bought some bicycles and a trailer for the boys! They LOVE it! They are pretty cute with their helmets on cruising the town...

About a month ago, Luke accidentally hit his mouth on our hard wood coffee table and his tooth got pushed back up into his gum :( It was pretty gross and sad but the dentist said it should heal fine. He just now has some crooked, bruised teeth.

Andrew is growing like a weed!  He is not quite walking, but he pulls himself up to standing and is crawling around like crazy!  He is a very active boy - so once he starts walking we're going to have quite the duo on our hands! It's amazing how different he is from Luke, but how similar he is at the same time.  He is now able to eat most of the same food we do, as long as we cut it up small - but he has especially developed an obsession with Cheerios!  He gets really excited and starts bouncing up and down whenever he sees us bring them out!  He is a huge joy to us and loves to cuddle. :)

 It was Andrew's first Easter!! I was so excited to finally take Luke on an Easter Egg Hunt! We woke up early on Easter weekend to go to one at the YMCA, I felt pretty sick but forced myself out the door because I was so excited to share this experience with Luke. The whole drive over I was quizzing him and pumping him up on what to do and how he had to 'run, run, run!' When we got there it was packed! By the time we got out on the field, all the big kids had taken all the eggs :( Poor Luke, I felt so bad. I felt even worse when he started saying, 'I want to get Easter eggs Mommy!' Needless to say, I almost cried and we will not be doing that ever again. We came home and did our own hunt for him with stickers and m&m's in each egg. A much better idea!

Easter was also pretty fun because it was the first time we got to start sharing with Luke about what Easter is really about! We read through the book, "Benjamin's Box", which goes through the passion week and shares the story of Jesus rising from the dead. It was cool to see how much Luke picked up from that story alone! I also paired it up with a preschool version of the 'Resurrection Eggs' and he really soaked it all in. Just the other day he opened an empty easter egg that we haven't put away yet and said 'Jesus is gone. He has risen'. We pray as parents that these little seeds will take root in their hearts to bring our children to the Lord!

Luke learning about Baking Soda & Vinegar for the first time!

It has been pretty exciting for me to be home with two of my best friends and share life with them! Tom and I just took an amazing parenting class that is based off of "Growing Kids God's Way" and are so excited to be implementing some of these new tools that we have learned! I have loved playing with Luke and helping him learn and I continue to see myself homeschooling him! We will see how things go though. It is not in our hands! In two weeks we will be celebrating Andrew's first birthday! I cannot believe how fast time has gone. We really are truly blessed. Keep praying for our family. Pray for patience in parenting and for us to honor Him in all that we do! God bless.