Team Green

2009-04-13T06:32:00.000-07:00

Easter Sunday. . . . So it's been forever since we updated the blog. We've been crazy busy with getting our house ready for this buyers market. So now that it's done, we will hopefully do better about putting up pics.

Jenn brought Luke up to the station with Nana and Pops, because unfortunately I had to work on Easter this year. Next year, when he actually knows what's going on, we'll hunt easter eggs and make a big deal out of the day.

2009-02-07T08:02:00.000-08:00

So, as you can tell, Luke needed a haircut. We've given him two prior to this one; first one--a small trim, the second--major trim which resulted in mom crying and saying he's never getting a haircut again!

Here's a couple of before shots. Jenn getting her last look and feel of Luke's long locks. Luke could care less--he was just excited to be riding in a race car!

The process of occupying a one year old during a haircut consists of riding in a race car, watching Blues Clues and an occassional funny face from daddy.

Now, looking very professional. The lady put gel in it and combed it like this. After we left, I proceeded to mess it all up and let it look wavy. There's no need for professionalism this early, right?!

The cutest two faces ever

The finished product. Jenn at least didn't cry, and Luke seemed to love it too.

2009-02-06T08:40:00.000-08:00

This is one of his favorite toys. His first birthday is coming up this Monday, February 9th. So instead of toys, we will just present him with some more Griffin's syrup bottles.--can't have too many you know!!

2009-01-14T08:21:00.000-08:00

These are a couple of our favorite "cute, ugly" pictures of Luke over the last couple of weeks. Enjoy!

The next three are pictures I took after he woke up from his afternoon nap. I think he was still partly asleep. He's got great bed-head.

And our favorite. . . .

2009-01-14T08:11:00.000-08:00

Christmas fun highlights at the Speck House, a.k.a. Paw Paw and JuJu's house

Loves the wrapping paper!!

Loves the Lightening McQueen car. He walks this thing everywhere now.

Becoming a prodigy with JuJu

Loves the wrapping paper and his PawPaw

2009-01-06T03:50:00.000-08:00

First Steps!!! He took four steps before we turned on the camera. This is the energy he had after those first four!

2008-12-24T07:43:00.000-08:00

I'm very sorry that I haven't posted anything in over a month. So, to catch up with what we've done over the past month, here are some highlights. It's in two posts, so you have to scroll down. Enjoy!
Enjoying some bubbles with Kenzie--cousin

Opening a Christmas present from cousin Kamryn!

More presents from Uncle Larry and Aunt Mandy!

He loves his Pops and Nana!

Enjoying one of the presents from Uncle Larry and Aunt Mandy

He couldn't get enough of cousins Kenzie and Kamryn and they couldn't get enough of him either!

As we thought he would, he loved the wrapping paper more than anything.

New Romo jersey from Pops and Nana!

"Thanks Pops and Nana!"

"Seriously, this wrapping paper is awesome!"

Shoes from Pops and Nana

2008-12-24T07:32:00.000-08:00

We got luke his first doughnut---a krispy kreme raspberry jelly filled one. He loved it as you can see.

We ran the eight mile turkey trot on Thanksgiving morning with my mom, dad, brother Matt, his wife Megan, and nephew Alexander. It was a blast and Luke did great in his jogging stroller.

Thanksgiving day. All the cousins minus Drake. Luke loves his cousins!

2008-11-17T17:43:00.000-08:00

A week ago, we went camping with couples from our church. We go every spring and fall. It was Luke's first camping trip while outside of the womb-Jenn was a trooper and went when pregnant last year. Luke did great and we had a blast. We look forward to many, many more camping outings together.

It was cold at night and in the morning, but we had the fire and layers of clothes to put on. Luke didn't seem to mind at all.

Our dogs in the hammock and the tent in the background. You can see the extention cord on the ground leading to the electric blanket and sound machine going to our tent--we rough it, but not too rough.

Our raccoon friend during the weekend.

Cooking pancakes and sausage in the morning. Everything tastes better while camping!

Our friends had their bikes, so Luke and I went for a ride. He loved it! He talked the whole time. It may be time to get one for ourselves

He passed out right at seven every night, so we just took turns cuddling him around the campfire before we went to bed. It was good times.

2008-11-07T09:38:00.000-08:00

A Day At White Rock Lake

Jennifer, Luke, Jason and Catherine(Gutting)Baumgardner all went to White Rock Lake to take some pictures. Luke loved it. Here's just some of the highlights.

He loves to stare

I promise I caught him. He loves it and mommy is getting used to it.

This looks like he's playing with the bird, but it's actually on the post closer to the camera.

Meeting mother goose

2008-10-31T19:58:00.000-07:00

Jennifer told me to push record on the camera and had a surprise for me. This is what it was. Happy Halloween!

2008-10-31T19:41:00.000-07:00

HALLOWEEN 2008

Luke was a giraffe for his first halloween. He loved it. We went to a friends house with friends and their little ones. Costumes for the kids consisted of a giraffe, monkey, butterfly, princess, superman and a spider. Luke thoroughly enjoyed it.

The monkey and giraffe having a safari get-together.

The moms with the kids. The monkey's mom was dressed as a big banana.

The spider in the middle was already passed out by picture time.

Hot momma with the giraffe

2008-10-13T05:34:00.000-07:00

PawPaw and JuJu put in a pool for their first grandkid and the grandkids to come. Luke loved it and I'm sure will love it like crazy in years to come. Here are some highlights.

It was Oct. 12, so it was a little chilly inside the pool. Outside was great.

What a mom! Jennifer is making Christmas stockings for the three of us. She started with Luke's. She spent a lot of time on it...all hand stitched and its awesome! You can see his name on the left side of the stocking. Click to enlarge.

This is Brett and Crystal Murphey's little girl Ellie. Luke had a blast with her while they were in town from Houston!

Playing with mommy while she does the laundry

He likes to be dropped from high in the air toward someone underneath him. He can't get enough and one day he'll be saying "more, more!"

We're running in the eight mile "Turkey Trot" in downtown Dallas on Thanksgiving day this year. This is everyone training. Even the dogs go along. The one on top gets tired half way through. As you can tell, Luke loves his jogging stroller. Click on the pic to get a close up of him.

Luke loves crawling everywhere. Sometimes he doesn't know when to stop though. Here he is stuck.

2008-09-25T01:00:00.000-07:00

With Ryan and Sarah Hughes. He (and we) had a great time while visiting them in Abilene. He especially loved their dog Barley who enjoyed Luke's face.

Pulling up now and dreaming of what he's going to do outside when he can walk and run.

Jennifer was feeding him some carrots when he sneezed right as she put the spoon in his mouth. If you click on the picture and look close you can see his top teeth.

After the carrot ordeal, Jenn made a bath for him. She undressed him, put him on the floor of the bathroom, went to get a towel and when she came back, this is what she saw. So then she ran to get the camera, and luckily he stayed that way.

I think he could sense where his toys were

Little Munchkin

2008-09-11T11:39:00.000-07:00

Luke is now going to a preschool at our church called "Little Acorns". It's Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9-2. Pretty much the only time he'll be going is when Jenn and I both work on one of those days or I've had a rough night at the station and need some sleep. It was sad for me and Jenn just to drop him off for five hours. I can't imagine what it's going to be like when he actually goes to school for a full day, five days a week.
He definitely seemed excited to be going!

With his first teacher. Like always he doesn't mind strangers. He went right to her and seemed comfortable.

I plopped him on the ground and he went straight to playing.

This kid was crying bloody murder and Luke looked at him like "Dude, what's the deal? We have toys to put in our mouths--this is awesome!"

Playing with one of his new friends.

I finally had to tell him bye and he didn't even notice(which I'm actually happy about)

2008-09-09T09:04:00.000-07:00

Luke's gone mobile!! He started crawling four days ago. Life has changed forever!!

2008-09-03T06:32:00.000-07:00

We finally took Luke to get his first haircut. I was trying to get his hair a little shorter, Jennifer didn't want it cut at all, so we compromised and trimmed it about an inch. It went great. I got my haircut and while that was going on Luke fell asleep--perfect timing! He woke up right at the end of it, so we found out that it was much better for him to stay asleep right now during haircuts. He kept moving his head and trying to grab the comb and scissors---he's very curious.
I promise we didn't drug him!

The barber couldn't believe she was giving a full haircut to a six month old.

Feeling about the same way I feel about Prunes. Ugh

Prune mustache.

The pool construction is underway at the Speck house. This is Luke wetting down the concrete with his pawpaw.

With Uncle Mike. See where the curls come from?

2008-08-19T16:01:00.000-07:00

"Since I can't stick both feet in my mouth, which I try all the time, lets stick one in your mouth, Mommy!"

Getting on our first plane ride with him Aug 8. He did great. It was much better getting
somewhere with him in one hour than driving and it taking 7 or 8 hours.

Swimming with PawPaw. He loves the water splashing towards him!

His first pictures with the big fire truck. All of this didn't interest him so much this time, but I have a feeling it will one day.

Hot momma on the Engine!

His cousins Drake and Alexander came and visited for a couple of days. They were great with Luke and he loved them--they made him laugh all day long. These pictures really make him look like a little boy and not a baby anymore

Bath time fun with mommy!

He's so close to crawling. He's pushing up and tucking his legs and getting up on his knees, but all that actually pushes him backward. He was on the floor playing and I looked up and this is what I found---he had pushed himself backward under our entertainment center

Luke was constipated last week(I know--t.m.i.), so the Doctor told us to give him some water. This is his first experience with water---it cracked him up for some reason(and got rid of the constipation)Bonus!

Jennifer caught me asleep with Luke the other day after a long night at the station(2nd pic). The first pic was on the blog six months ago after a long night of staying up with Luke. Just liked seeing the comparison

Just before bath time! Luke loves being naked! I've heard all boys do, so I'm not too worried about him becoming a streaker in the future.

2008-08-08T07:11:00.000-07:00

JuJu, Jenn's mom came over Tuesday night, came in and told us there was a huge rainbow outside. We went out and saw this. . . It went from on side of the sky to the other. Luke got to see his first rainbow.

Jenn teaching Luke about God's promise to Noah. I'm pretty sure he didn't understand a word.

The next pictures are his favorite things to play with. . . .

He loves the dogs. He especially loves a hand full of dog hair in both hands. The dogs like him until the hair is pulled, then not so much. They do a good job though of not biting him.

He loves my cell phone. He's working here on crawling towards it.

Hasn't quite got the crawl thing down yet, but soon. . . And then our lives will change FOREVER!

This is his dear/bull riding thing. He's a big fan.

And of course he likes his bath. We usually give him his bath in the tub, but on occasion he'll take one in the sink. He can play with his toys easier this way.

He'll put one in his mouth so his hands are free for the other toys.

Playing coy with Lily.

And he loves his grandparents. This is my mom, Nana to Luke. He played with them forever last night. He took a cat nap and then played some more.

2008-07-29T17:04:00.000-07:00

Every couple of days, Luke and I watch Jennifer at work. We watch her on Wizetradetv. Luke is a big fan. He may be a stock market prodigy by age five.
You can tell when he realizes it's mom. He tenses up and sometimes smiles. If he could talk he would definitely be screaming out "Mommy!"

And she's back home at 1:30 everyday. We both like having her back home.

2008-07-25T05:00:00.000-07:00

NEW SHOES! Luke just got some new Vans from Uncle Larry and Aunt Mandy. He feels extra cool in his new sneakers. He's now thinking about getting a motorcycle with flames going down the side.

Playing in the water with mommy

Pea in a pod. We carry him around in this at home. Much easier to get things done. He loves it as you can tell.

Getting the sitting up thing down.

Haha--I can do this and you can't!

I think this looks like his Uncle Matt's baby pictures

I promise it's not a toupee.

2008-07-12T09:49:00.000-07:00

Luke loves the pool! Apparently water cracks him up.

Push play on the three videos and make sure you have sound.

Bugger and all, he had a great time.

2008-07-08T07:47:00.000-07:00

So we get up on Saturday morning and Jennifer wants to take pictures of our bed-heads. Everytime time our camera uses the flash, a bright red light lights up which catches Luke's attention, which in turn causes him to open his eyes really wide. Here's Father-Son look alike

When he doesn't see the red light, it's back to normal.

I worked at the station July 4th, so Jenn took Luke up to Denton. Luke got to hang out here with Jenn's Papa(Luke's great grandfather). He's 91 I think and play's the Wii at his assisted living home.

With PawPaw and Juju celebrating the 4th. I was told he loved the wind toy Juju is holding

Visiting with a possible date in the future. Claire Green--Matthew and Jessica's daughter--two months older than Luke. Luke was pretty aggressive. So he's already made a girl cry--I'll have to teach him some tricks with the ladies.

Trying to figure out how a boy's head got in that small box

Luke's bringing back the look of the duck tail.

2008-06-20T07:36:00.000-07:00

First Rangers Game

My brother Matt, his wife Megan and her family took Luke and me to the Rangers/Braves game. Jenn was able to have a night to herself, while the boys went to the game.

Aunt Meagan with Luke before the game started.

Luke wanting to chew on anything he gets his hands on of Uncle Matt's

We were sitting behind the Braves dugout, so I was watching every pitch to make sure Luke wasn't dinged by any foul balls.

Luke was much happier in the 90 degree weather when all the clothes came off.

2008-06-02T15:30:00.000-07:00

baby einstein

Jennifer had some fun messing with Luke's hair.
Pondering about how much smarter he is than mommy and daddy

spitting up on Pops

Cuddling with his favorite dog

First time in a pool. He loves the bath and it wasn't any different in the pool. It was cold and he still enjoyed it.

He couldn't be talked in to diving just yet. Maybe next month.

2008-05-15T09:45:00.000-07:00

First mother's day for Jennifer. It was great. Went to church with both sets of grandparents and then off to Papasitto's. By the way, mother's day is a horrible day to go to a restaurant. But we waited patiently for a table and had a nice lunch--went home and then went into a food induced coma--it was nice.

He used to hate "tummy time" but now that he can lift his head and chest up and roll over, he actually smiles alot of the time.

Super Man!!!

He loves his mommy

Waiting for a table on Mother's Day---He was great, but his face resembles what we were thinking.

Jennifer caught a pic of Little Buddy helping me out with my cross word puzzle. He's better at it than I was at his age.

2008-04-25T07:27:00.000-07:00

SUPER AFRO BABY!

We gave Luke a bath the other night, dried him off and this is what his hair did. It semi straightens out after a while, but it's funny right after getting wet. The longer it gets, the more curly it becomes. He weighed 12 lbs 10 oz. on the 22nd, but I think at least 5 lbs of that is his afro.

Just chillin'

Maybe sticking my fist in my mouth will get this weird thing away from me!

Jenny Williford, Jennifer's cousin on the Speck side gave us this shirt and he's now fitting into it. "My last name is Green, but I'm 50% SPECK!" Thanks Jenny--he'll know his Speck roots

2008-04-16T13:23:00.000-07:00

So, as you can tell he LOVES his little chair thingy. He really likes it when you surprise him and look over the top of it at him. That gets this smile every time.

We've been hanging out outside in the hammock alot lately. This is him swinging by himself. He is very calm inside as the next two pictures show. All three of us get in for a snug fit

This is his rocker toboggan with the electric guitar logo

With two of his cousins--Drake and Alexander. I remember holding them like that.

Another shot of his rocker outfit. Being held by Audrey Hummel

2008-04-04T13:20:00.000-07:00

BATH TIME!

I'm too sexy for my shirt

His hair is growing already!

Luke in Jennifer's sling at Home Depot getting some spring plants. He loves to be in the sling and cuddle with mom. Puts him to sleep everytime.

2008-03-26T16:57:00.000-07:00

This is for you Matt--turn up the volume

2008-03-25T07:27:00.000-07:00

Jennifer wanted to show off his growing belly.

First big smile caught on camera

Pointing at another dirty diaper

That face your making at me right now, uh. . that's a little creepy.

Peace out, homies!

2008-03-22T05:20:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't updated the blog in two weeks. Life's been a little hectic around here. But, here are some more pics and I promise I will try harder to keep up with the updates.
Some people thought he might lose his hair. This is six weeks into it. Hasn't lost a bit yet---we'll see though.

rribit, rribit

Jennifer was in store so Luke and I were just chillin' in the car. Luke wanted to really chill so he put on my sunglasses. He'll be even cooler when he grows into them.

2008-03-06T08:55:00.000-08:00

VIDEO--you have to push play on the lower left hand of the video

I tried to put this with the previous post, but something went wrong. This is him before he was getting tired.

2008-03-06T06:53:00.000-08:00

His reactions to seeing Michael Jackson on TV. What was that, Ugh!

Arrrrrr, Matey.

VIDEO-You have to push play to see it.
Fighting to stay awake, but finally succumbing and giving a faint grin as he falls asleep

2008-02-26T06:01:00.000-08:00

Shhhhhhhhhh!!! I'm meditating. Hommmmmmmmmmmmmmm

So Jennifer and I were playing with Luke while he was awake--talking to him, taking pictures and such when all of the sudden his face got serious and he stared right at Jennifer for at least twenty seconds(pic to left).
His face then went a little more disgruntled (second pic) and all of a sudden an explosion like you've never heard before comes from our son's behind. His face then went into "WOW, that gave me goose bumps"(third pic)

Teaching him eskimo kisses. He'll stay for a second than he'll start rooting on the nose.

This is what happens 17 hours out of 24.

Here's a kiss for all you ladies out there.

Bye everybody. Thanks for checking me out. Until next time.

2008-02-21T14:24:00.000-08:00

Working on his roller-coaster riding.

Start of a yawn.

Was that me? No, . .okay, it was me.

It's fuzzy but this is what we caught of him making a random smile. It's in his repertoire of faces he randomly makes. It makes us look forward to seeing that first smile he makes because he's happy and actually responding to something. Who knew just seeing your baby make a face could make you this happy.

A day in the life

Man-to-Man

This is his hair after drying it off after a bath.

Being attacked by "The Claw"

He's trying to focus a little more now.

Luke's most comfortable place

2008-02-19T07:52:00.000-08:00

"You lookin' at me, You lookin' at me?!"

Working on getting a record contract.

Really?! I get eight meals a day for free and can even eat while I sleep?!

This is his "I just pooped my pants, excuse me" face

2008-02-17T16:50:00.000-08:00

Jennifer caught two guys sleeping together beside some tulips. Very manly!

Evelyn Brush gave Luke this shirt. It's a fire engine and the writing says, "To the rescue, daddy's little hero" It's my favorite and one of the only shirts that fits right now.

Wrapped up like a burrito in his swing. He loves it.

Post bath in his froggy robe.

Mom and son having some quality play time.

In Daddy's arm.

2008-02-12T17:48:00.000-08:00

Luke David Green
Born February 9th, 2008 at 5:15pm
7 lbs. 4 ounces
20.25 inches
Dr. Salter showing me Luke for the first time. I can't even describe the joy I felt when I first saw him. I never understood, now I do.

This is one of my favorite pictures. This is on the warming hut in the operating room where he was dried and quickly assessed. I was surprised by how calm he was. He just looked all around with everyone poking and prodding. He was squinting because he wasn't used to all the lights.

Stop posing Tommy, let me see my baby!

This is the first time Jennifer saw Luke, and that's me showing her. I hated taking him away from her, but we had to so he could be assessed and she could get sewn up. She said it wasn't that bad---the anesthesiologist put her to sleep for awhile.

First bath. He was SOOO calm. Water splashing all over his face, and he was acting like he always gets baths from older women. That a boy!

This is the first time mom got to hold Luke. He knew exactly who she was. The moment was priceless.

It was a traumatic night for both of them and this was well deserved rest.

Another one of my favorites

I know it's just a reflex, but it still feels good when he holds on to you.

Leaving the hospital and Luke riding in his car seat for the first time. Jenn says this is the most comfortable robe ever--she's been in it four days straight, and I don't see it coming off anytime soon.

Luke's first ride in the car. You can tell he enjoyed it--or he was just enjoying Jenn's finger.

Hey mom, get me some clothes that fit!

2008-01-23T06:48:00.000-08:00

This is Luke's nursery and a description of a couple of things. The lighting isn't too good on this first one, so I guess you'll all have to come visit sometime when he gets here.

One of the shelves in the room. Chronicles of Narnia on the left. The piggy bank was given to us by Susan and Jared Dean--Jared's a firefighter also, so you can see the fire engine and there's an ambulance on the other side. Luke's name is above the engine. Very cool.

Book ends with firefighter boots, hydrant and hose. The books are old books that Jennifer's grandmother had at her house(King Arthur, Pinocchio, Robinson Crusoe, Tom Sawyer, Treasure Island and others)

We didn't make the nursery a firefighter theme, but we did put a couple of accents. I saw this one while out one day and really liked it.

The picture is a father holding his boy on his shoulders. It was Jennifer's grandmother's, so it makes it even more meaningful.

Jennifer designed the squares on the wall. I was the labor. The thin squares are real wood that we painted. The solid squares I painted on the wall. I think she did a great job.

By the chair is a basket of books Jennifer had as a kid.

Jennifer also designed the stripes on the wall. I was also the labor on this one. It took a week to paint the stripes on the wall(measuring, drawing the lines equidistant all the way up and down, taping, painting, retaping, painting again, then touching up)--but it was worth it.

The rocking horse is a fawn according to the maker. I guess you can tell by the ears.

The chair--a.k.a. a "glider"(which I just found out while researching all this pregnancy stuff)

2008-01-22T08:41:00.000-08:00

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