Luke's 2 1/2 year check up!

Luke went in for his 2 1/2 year check up today, and he did very well! Although he thought we were there for me, he told me to get up on the table, and show the nurse my tummy! The nurse and I both thought this was really funny. I then had to break it to him that we were there for him! I did tell a little white lie to him when I said there would be no shots, Dr. Luke recommended that he get his flu shot, so we did this year. So to make it up to him I took him to Dairy Queen to meet up with Daddy for lunch!
Stats-
Luke weighed in at 30 lbs. (not sure how many ounces) was 34 1/2 inches tall, and his head although I can't remember how big was in the 80th percentile. He is still our short and stout little boy with the chubby cheeks!

Happy 2nd Birthday Autumn Rose!

Happy 2nd birthday to my sweet niece Auttie (October 3rd)! I've had so much fun watching you grow these past two years, you are such a sweet natured little girl, and I love you! We had a great time at Autumn's party on Friday night, but I forgot my camera at the birthday girl's house, and it is still there today! I will post some pictures of the birthday when I get my camera back!

This tv show scared me last night

Rarely does anything scare me anymore, but when I was flipping through channels last night and caught the first 15 minutes or so of My Monkey Baby on TLC I was TERRIFIED! The show started out with this young couple acting like they were going to the hospital to have a real human baby, they had baby wipes, little clothes, newborn diapers, they knew it was going to be a girl etc. Then they go to this house to adopt a MONKEY! Yes, you read that right a monkey! A man from another couple said "I get mad when people refer to Jessica Marie as a monkey, she's not a monkey she's my daughter". With all of the children in the U.S. waiting to be adopted, there are people who would rather adopt monkeys instead! Frightening! I couldn't resist making a post about this creepy show, did anyone else see it? I turned off the t.v. and went to the basement to watch The Incredibles with my boys after that. What is this world coming to that people are bringing wild animals into their homes, and treating them like infants! Then TLC makes a show on it? Scary! Please feel free to comment!

photo courtesy of TLC and http://thatshowtheygetyou.com/blog/lifestyle/

Happy Birthday Mindy!

I want to wish a Happy Birthday to my mother in law Mindy! Thanks for being a great mom to all of us Mindy, and a great Mimi to Luke! We celebrated Mindy's birthday by heading to Oktoberfest at the German restaurant in Gibson City. It was a lot of fun, and Luke really enjoyed the German music that the group there played! We headed back to the Oakley's for cake and ice cream! We hope you had a great birthday Mindy! We love you!

Melissa's Sprinkle!

Sock roses I made for a centerpiece

Last weekend my sister in law Megan, and I threw my sister Melissa a small get together called a sprinkle for her second baby arriving in less than a month now! We had it at Jamani Java where Megan used to work part time. It is a very nice coffee shop that had the perfect little room for the get together! We had a really good time celebrating the upcoming arrival of Lauryn Margaret. I took pictures of the event, that I will hopefully post soon! I will also keep those readers that know Melissa and her family updated about when the new bundle has arrived!! I am so excited!!! p.s. My sister in law Megan took way better pics that me since my camera ran out of batteries! If I can figure out how to post them I will! This was all I took before my camera went dead!

My first attempt at a diaper cake!
Melissa looking the adorable dress Stacy gave her!

Happy Birthday to Rebecca Joy McAlpin!

I want to wish a very happy belated birthday (September 3rd) to my big sister Rebecca! The only family member with a birthday not within a month before or after Christmas! haha. I hope you had a very special day. This year we were actually able to celebrate Becky's birthday with her a few days early! Her and her husband Richard were on their way out to Colorado for vacation and stopped by my parents house on August 27th for dinner, cake, and presents! It was so nice to see her since I hadn't since last November! My mom took some pictures so maybe when my parents get back from Montana I will get some from her and post them! I love you Becky, you are a great sister, and friend to me!
Love,
Kimmy

Luke is going to have a baby sister!

We are having a baby girl! Of course Rob and Luke told me it was a girl all along, but for some reason I thought it was a boy! We are very excited to welcome a little girl to our family!! The funniest part is Luke has been telling me that the baby's name is Julia the whole pregnancy, I don't think we are going with that name, but if we did it would be funny to tell her that her big brother named her someday. He got the name from an Elmo DVD he always watches that Julia Roberts is in! haha.