Like mother like daughter...

I love my mommy. Today after church she came over and we looked back at old pic's of Luke.

It was a hoot to see how much he's grown.

Then we took this picture to see how much we've "shrunk".

Mom, I'm proud to be your daughter.

I LOVE YOU!!!

Pony up....

Well...for those of you keeping track (and you know who you are) it's official we now own our 12th car in 10 years of marriage. My husband seems to be going through a midlife crisis a little earlier than most.

He has been looking for a Mustang for a while now and he finally got his pony today. It's a pre-owned 2003 Mustang GT convertible.

It is sweeeeeeet if I might say so myself. It's a blast to drive. You should have seen Mom and I driving down the Tollway with the top down today. We definitely got the looks. Even Luke looked cute with his little car seat in the back. He said the wind "kickeled" (tickled).

Anyway, let's hope that the Jason steers clear of the local PO-lice and the Highway Patrol, as I'm sure the usual drivers of these cars are punk teenagers looking for trouble.

Although, I do have to say Jason does have a long lineage with Mustangs, as this is his 4th one since he was 18. Stay off the sidewalks....here he comes!!! I love ya honey.

HUGE PET PEEVE....

Ok, I'm going to rant. I was sitting in a waiting room tonight waiting for my market research study to start. I could have smacked the lady sitting directly beside me. Why??? you ask?

SHE WAS CHEWING ON ICE!!!! Ugh, I seriously contemplated telling her how rude she was by disrupting the peace. There were a good 20 people in this room who were being subjected to her RUDE, annoying, chewing action. She chewed a whole solo cup of ice for a good 20 minutes.

Therefore, I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE CHEW ICE. Ugh! It's my official pet peeve. That and people with dirty fingernails and bad shoes. What are some of YOUR pet peeves.

That's all for now. I just had to vent a little bit.

Thanks for listening.

Lightening...

Luke and I were sitting on the porch rocking in the rocking chairs Wed. night before the big storms hit. It was thundering and lightening and I wanted to sit out there with him to explain about thunder and lightening so that he isn't afraid. (he never has been so far)

Anyway...the lightening would flash in the sky and I would say, "Hey Luke did you see that lightening in the sky"? His reply, (brace yourself for a laugh because this is funny) he said, "I saw it mommy I saw McQueen". If you're familiar with the CARS movie the famous racecar is named Lightening McQueen. So, that is how he tied it together. Too cute huh!

Then, when it started to sprinkle outside and we were feeling the rain drops he looked at me pointed to his nose and said, "My boogers are getting wet Momma". I laughed so hard.

He's really fun at this age. He's starting to put words and objects together and sometimes it's just a hoot how he ties things together.

Here's another funny from today. We went to Walmart and he was holding the "Spiderman Yogurt" (has Spidey on the container) well he placed it on top of something else that was already sticking out of the basket and the yogurt toppled out of the basket onto the floor. Blueberry yogurt went everywhere. I just kept on walking. Luke says, "Bye Spiderman yogurt, see ya waiter(later)".

Happy Friday.

Heather

Welcome home daddy....we missed you!

Welcome home from Boston daddy. We missed you so much.

Mommy had to take out the trash by herself. Make sure the doors were locked each night and change lots of dirty diapers all by herself.

We're glad you had a good trip, but we're really happy you're back.

Love you,

Mommy & Lukey

Uh oh....starting to see a resemblance!

Uh oh...I'm starting to see a resemblance to the naked cowboy in NYC....

All Luke needs are the boots and the hat.

Daddy left for Boston this morning on a big airplane. We'll miss him, but he'll be back on Wed.

We love you daddy and miss you already. Come back soon.

Heather & Lukey

PBJ Buddy..

Today Luke's buddy Matthew came over to play. They ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and cheetos for lunch out on the patio. They always have such a fun time together.

To Do List....

My friend Tim had a cool blog today where he listed the top things he wanted to do before dirt was kicked on his casket. It made me think of what things I want to do before I meet my Maker. Here are mine. I thought of 10, but feel free to tell me as many or as little of YOUR to-do's.

In no particular order:
1.Travel to Europe and New England
2.Have my sister move back to TX so I can babysit my niece.
3.Win the lawsuit against my bariatric surgeon, so I can pay off my $400K+ medical bills.
4. See my son come to know the Lord at a young age and watch him grow up to serve the Lord mightily.
5.Go back to San Diego, CA to lay on the beach on Coronado island.
6.Get down to my goal weight of 150lbs.
7.Pay off house and cars
8.Make a difference in someone's life either through word or deed.
9.Be able to help those in need monetarily.

10. Teach Luke to call me, "Mommy" instead of, "Heather".

Grapes...Rocks...Locklear...

Today was full of fun things....I highlighted my best friend Heather's hair today. She's going to be in a wedding this weekend and she wanted it blonder. I think it turned out beautiful. What do you think?

Also, Luke and Sheppie went on a rock hunt in the back yard because I told them the only place they could throw rocks was at the fence. Amazing what will keep a couple two year old's busy. Isn't it cute how they're holding hands. We did have to pose them for this picture. Cute though huh!

Finally, Luke insisted on eating tons of "rapes" (grapes) today. As you can see he's learning to sit at the big boy table instead of his highchair.

All in all, it's been a great day. The weather is perfect and no more rain. It rained torrentially last night. I thought for a second we'd have to don our rain boots and bust out the canoe and lifejackets.

Only a couple more weeks until Aunt Brooke and cousin Emery come to visit. We can't wait.

That's all folks.

Heather

Lukeypie...my sweetie

Just wanted to post a quick pic of my Lukeypie.

Isn't he a cutie!

Heather

Luke's new hairdo....and "Pomas" of course...

Today has been interesting...To start off I've been having a severe reaction to my antibiotic to include almost passing out at the store. So, I'm working with my Dr. to get some new drugs called in to the pharmacy to rid my left lung of this fluid.

As you can see Luke looks cute as ever with his new hairdo. He also wanted you to see his "Pomas" (Thomas) the train He loves his train. You'd think we gave him a ferrari. Oh the little things. Anyway...Luke's cough seems to be getting better for day 3 of antibiotics.

Let me rant a minute about something I find ironic. As most of you know Jason's company recently merged with CVS pharmacy. Funny how I had to get 2 prescriptions filled at WALGREEN'S today because CVS didn't have the avail. drugs. As long as I don't end up in the hospital with another lung surgery I'll be happy.

Update on my friend Kjrsti's twins delivery. She is still pregnant and the Dr.'s are trying to keep the babies in there a little longer. She's 34 wks and they would like her to keep em' cooking one more week. One of the babies currently weighs 5lbs. and the other 4lbs. I know that they'll be fine. She's hoping that when she has them that she will be able to leave the hospital with both babies and forego the NICU altogether. That is my prayer for her. Please keep the Latham family in your prayers.

That's it folks!

Another sicko in the house...

I made my trip to the Dr. today. Chest xray reveals a little fluid on my left lung (the one they did surgery on that had collapsed) My Dr. prescribed a strong antibiotic $4 per pill and an antihistamine. Please pray it will irradicate the lung fluid. I do NOT want to go back to the hospital for anymore surgeries.

Luke got a haircut tonight and it looks so cute. I'll take some pic's tomorrow and post them.

Also, my sweet hubby surprised me tonight with a new purse. I very rarely get surprised because I ask enough questions to get the answers but he totally surprised me. Thank you baby. I love the purse. You are so thoughtful.

Tomorrow is Friday and there is a good chance that my friend Kjrsti will be delivering her twins. She was having heavy contractions today and is in the hospital tonight. Please pray with me for Kylie and Tyler to make a smooth entrance into this world. Kjrsti has been bed ridden for like 12 + weeks with this pregnancy. I am so excited for her and Kyle.

That's all folks!

Heather

Boogers in here...

Luke made a visit to the Dr. today because he has a deep chest cough, runny nose and green boogers. He told me today when I asked him to blow his nose that there was a booger in the kleenex after he blew. It was funny. His left ear's tube has fallen out and he has an ear infection in that ear along with an upper respiratory infection. He's on antibiotics now and hopefully that'll nip it in the bud.

That's all for now.

Heather

Loving "Pomas" and the "Bike-kick-cle" trailer...

Well, little Winkerbean is LOVING his new "Pomas" (Thomas) the train. He played with it and the tracks ALL DAY LONG yesterday. In fact, at one point I heard him talking to the tracks and he said, "Hey guys, there's a train up ear"....It was too precious for words.

He also bombarded Daddy the minute he walked in the door from work with this request, "Wanna ride bike-kick-cle". So they went for about a 30 minute ride through our neighborhood. They look so cute out there doing the male bonding thing as they ride.

Nothing new to report other than we enjoyed the pretty weather today. Tuesday it's supposed to be rainy. Imagine that, a totally opposite weather pattern just one day apart from a beautiful day. It's Texas, what else can ya say.

Oh, both Luke and I are trying to fight off a cough. We better **not** have caught what Poppa and Beau Bo had.

**denotes** shaking of fists!!!

Later taters,
Heather

Busy weekend...

We had a busy weekend. We went to our good friend Becky's wedding. She is Jason's old college roommate's sis. We saw some old friends. The wedding was beautiful and a fun time was had by all.

Daddy put together Luke's new "Pomas" the train set and he loves it. Also, daddy got the new bike trailer put together and the two had fun riding around the neighborhood. GranDee stayed over the weekend and played trains with Luke. He loves his GranDee.

Well, enjoy the pic's....

Food....friends....fun!

We had a good dinner tonite with Miss Tammy.

We were serenaded by Luke's chopstix drum solo on the table. Yes, always an adventure traveling with a 2 yr. old. It was so great to see Blueeyes and get to catch up. See ya. Sat. girlie.

LukeJaya....Beseme Mucho..

Okay, NO MORE VOTES for Sanjaya. Our newest contestant is LukeJaya....

He's quite the singer and I promise he won't wear hot pants or sing like Michael Jackson.

To vote dial 1-888-VOTE-LUKE.

Thank you for doing your part to oust Sanjaya.

Tools glorious tools...

Lukey helped Daddy fix his "bi-kick-le" tonite. See...he was a whiz with the screwdriver. Must be all those episodes of Handy Manny he's watched.

Dental maintenance...

Old pic...too cute to not paste (no pun intended)

The boy loves to brush his "teef" as he calls them.

He now has a new and improved "Mater" toothbrush from the Cars movie. I guess that and the fact that he gets to stand on his stool and play in the water is what motivates him to keep brushing.

He has straight baby teeth so I'm hoping when his permanents come in they wil be straight too. That would save a lot on ortho bills....

P.S. I don't want to hear any comments from Auntie regarding dentists, dental cleanings, going to the dentist, frequency of visits. You know I HATE going. I'm aware of it's necessity though.

Got Endoscopy???

I did yesterday. The results, no more stomach holes, stent came out and I'm feeling much better other than a sore throat and jaw.

Thank you Jesus for your healing in my body. I pray that you will continue to making eating an easier process.

Also, thank you to my sweet husband who was there when they wheeled me in to surgery and was there when I got out. It was very reassuring to see your sweet face.

I believe I'm officially done with all my surgeries now. No more visits scheduled for Baylor Hospital. Praise The LORD!!!

Thank you to all of you who've been praying for me. I was very anxious about this procedure since it was the 5th time I've had it done. God is faithful and I just kept reciting that verse in Ephesians that says: "whatever is good, pure, etc..think on these things".

Love ya'll,
Heather