The Amazing Adventures of Luke & Mae

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Grandma Black in the House!

First things first. . . construct a "fort" in the living room consisting of mommy and daddy's new sheets.

Mae. . .

trying to consume an Easter egg. (Notice that Luke's Easter basket was a jack-o-lantern from Halloween.)

Lucas Catcher

KU versus Nova

Pre-game Warm-ups

Gotta respect The Band!

Our view of the game from behind the student section. KU is looking pretty strong this year. It was fun watching Davidson win in a big upset against Wisconsin, though I do love the Badgers. Rock Chalk!

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Adventures at the local outlet mall. . .

It's freaking hard to take pictures of people on a merry-go-round! We have good shopping her in MI. Tania, we have a Coca-Cola outlet store!!!!

More snow. . .

Yuck. Enough is enough!

Sweet thing.

We experienced another 4-6 inches of snow last night. I almost cried. A lot of it is melting off today, but hearing about the 70-degree days back in Kansas is killing me. I am definitely experiencing the winter blahs.

Luke and Mae are doing well and are healthy for now. Mae had two teeth pop through on her top gums. It was a rough go for her the past month or so, but she is better for now. They are both attending a great school. Mae didn't have fun her first day, but by day 2 she had taken over. It takes me 10 minutes to get Luke to leave his classroom. He loves it.

Ry and I are trying to adjust to our new roles. I think Ry gets a bit lonely during the day, but he loves not having a commute and having to get dressed up every morning. My job is going well, though it is very challenging and stressful. That is to be expected, I suppose.

It is March Madness, so Ry and I have decided not to even sleep in the same room for fear we end up with Luke #2. We are hoping our Jayhawks make it to the Sweet 16 being played here in Detroit. Rock Chalk!

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

We're Back...... This Time from Detroit!

Well, not really Detroit. We've finally made it to Michigan (Birmingham, MI to be precise) and we're starting to get settled. The new house is fantastic. Luke has said more than once that he never wants to leave home. Of course this house is about twice as big as the last and his room is pretty darn cool. Mae has had a difficult time. She was here less than a week and had to make a visit to the doctor. We thought ear infection, doctor claims she's cutting four teeth. Either way, it's been heck on all of us. Oh, and she got her first fat lip the first weekend in town. I'm not sure I've seen that much blood in a long while. Mommy's robe might be ruined ;).

Otherwise, we seem to be settling in nicely. The nanny is starting to take control, and we're getting Luke involved in things outside the house. Today was his first day of Jimi Hendrix.... or gymnastics to you and me.

Here are some pictures of the chaos. We promise to update more often now that we are in a far and distant land. One thing to note is all the snow in the background. We got about 6" 24 hours after we arrived.

This is one cute kid. Mae smiling before we left Leawood; she is becoming quite independent when it comes to dinner time.

Luke showing off his new tattoos. He classified himself in a number of different ways, including rock star and tough guy. Those tats stayed on his arms for about 2 weeks.

Mae really likes the phone. She instantly puts any cell phone or play phone up to her ear to call back to Kansas.

Bath time in mommy and daddy's bathroom. Luke loves the jets in the jacuzzi tub. We've been forced to use our batch since the kid's bathtub drain doesn't do a good enough job of keeping the water in the tub.

Last photo is the moment before Mae got her first fat lip. She had great fun getting in the cabinet, but the dismount ended with her face down on the hardwoods. We had wonderful bloodstains from the kitchen to the stairs. She's much better now.

That's all for now. We'll get more pictures on this weekend. We have a bunch. Next week we'll try and get some shots of Luke at gymnastics.