Our Super Hero is 4!

Lucas Andrew turned 4 years old today. Jake and I sang to him as soon as he woke up. Then he immediately darted to the kitchen and looked around. He then looked at me and said "Where da heck is my spiderman birfday cake?" I hadn't really planned on making a cake today, since we still had some from Chris's birthday and we will be having his party on Saturday. However, after that comment we were soon off to the store.
Luke helping to make his chocolate cake.


The best part, licking the beaters!

The finished product. He insisted on decorating it himself.
After making his cake, Uncle Ryan and Amanda took the boys to see Up. Which received rave reviews from our little Siskle and Ebert. We then came home and our good friends (Ryan and Kim) and of course, Uncle Josh, helped us celebrate with cake and a few presents.

I was going to list my top 4 favorite memories of Luke, but I had a hard time narrowing it down to just 4. So here are mine and Chris's 10 favorite Luke moments.

In no particular order...


1. From the moment he was born, he let us know he was going to be different than Jake. It took me two days to have Jake. I was dilated to 2cm at 8:00 in the morning with Luke and was holding him in my arms at 8:55. I don't think he has slowed down since.


2. His toothless smile. We thought he would never get teeth, finally at 16 months one poked through.


3. Playing Peek-A-Boo at 6 months old and belly laughing.


4. He use to like to walk around and lift up his shirt to show off his belly. We would then say to him "Luke put the belly away". It was one of his favorite games to play.


5. Superhero Pajamas


6. Dancing to the Wiggles


7. His first sentence was "I don't wike you" We should have known then we were in for it.


8. His Riley Hospital scare. He had a very rare blood condition that started to make his kidneys and heart fail at just 15 months old. This was an experience that changes you as a person and parent. Shortly after we came home, Chris and I promised that we would never be sad to see our children grow up. Instead we would be thankful that we were able to enjoy every minute. We still thank about and pray for the parents who take their kids there, but never get to bring them home or celebrate another birthday with them. We also thank God for Luke's strong will and determination as we know that is part of the reason he is still with us.


9. His favorite line last summer, "I'm a stud, just like my dad."


10 Our living room is often more like a WWE ring, but then our little wrestler still loves to cuddle up next you in the morning.