Busy, Busy mom

Wow, the life of a mom with an on the brink toddler is exhausting!  I think I wrote in my last blog that Luke is walking ALL over now!  He used to only want to walk at home and when we would go somewhere he would become shy about it, but we went bowling (for Becky's retirement) and he was walking all over the bowling alley.  He's becoming really good at it.  He even ran this evening, although he only ran because the doorbell rang and that made Jazmine bark and that in turn scared the heck out of Luke and he took off!  It was so funny, but I felt bad for him at the same time because he was just screaming and crying.  He is not a fan of loud sounds at all!!

On Friday, my mom #2 retired from ADM after 26 years.  We went to Fugi (a habatchi (sp?) grill) for lunch with her husband and some of her work friends.  It was so good and Joe has been begging me to go but I kept telling him I don't like that kind of food.  So he's been gloating that he told me I would like it, and now he's jealous because I got to go and he didn't.  So anyway after that we went back to Becky's work for cake and punch.  She talks about me all the time apparently because everyone said oh this must be Sarah and Luke.  Everyone loved him and he performed of course.  He was just walking around and going into people's cubicles.  I'm so glad that Becky is now retired.  Her husband has been retired for a while so now they can travel and do all sorts of fun things!

Last Tuesday, I drug Gracie to Rock Springs with me to take pictures of Luke because it had been a while since I had done a photo shoot of him.  So we got there and got Luke out and walked to where we wanted to take pictures and I went to take a picture and didn't have the memory card with me!  GRRR  It was WAY to far to come back home to get it and it was supposed to be rainy and cold the rest of the week, so we went back to the car and drove to walgreens so I could get a memory card.  (busy busy mom's forget things sometimes!)  He was WAY more interested in picking up sticks and chewing on them than he was looking at the camera and smiling.  But I still got some cute pictures.
There are sooooo many more that I need to edit and I will put them on facebook when they are done, but here are a few.

I think one of the best birthday presents I ever got was the professional camera that Joe got me.  I taught myself how to take pictures on it, and taught myself how to use Photoshop.  It has saved a ton on not having to get professional pictures taken all the time, although I am always begging Joe to go so we can all get in the picture.  As I was editing tonight I decided to show off my creative abilities and show you before and after pictures.

That's all for tonight's blog.  I am headed to bed!