Luke's First Stomach Flu

Interesting day in the Hardymon household...I knew something was up when Luke slept until 9:15 am this morning! He always asks for milk when he gets up and wanted nothing to do with it this morning--clue #2! I decided to go on with our morning plans to head to the car dealership for our car's check up. I brought breakfast for Luke to eat. He was sitting so calmly in the waiting room with his head on the table eating a few cheerios and milk. He then took some of his cars and quietly was playing with them. I could not believe it and I was actually enjoying a magazine with all of this calmness...all of the sudden Luke threw up EVERYWHERE. With him being so young, I can't exactly tell him to direct it since it scared him so much. So I calmly brought him to the floor to finish and then calmly cleaned up what I could and informed the Ford service man. They then brought me quickly home (I'm praying the entire time that Luke would not throw up again). A few hours later Luke tried some water and crackers and again everthing came up so I called the dr. She said the stomach flu is going around and to put him on a completely liquid diet sipping very little and very slowly. We opted for the apple juice diluted with water. Luke had some crackers before he went to bed and was able to keep them down so hopefully he'll be over this quickly.

We did a lot of snuggling today and watched a lot of cartoon videos. Luke took his nap on the couch today...I felt so bad for him b/c he was so hungry but I could not give him any food. He truly did not understand.

He may be sick but he's still cute...he's watching tv here getting ready for slumber...
And off he goes...hopefully tomorrow will be an easier day!

Love this boy!

Luke is becoming a huge help in the kitchen. Anytime I'm cooking, he wants to know what is going on. We bought him a little step stool so he can be at the counter's height which he loves! What a smile!!

Baby Party!!

Great friends of mine from church threw such a fun baby party for me and another friend of mine who is due with her fourth two days before me! We had such great conversation (without kids!). I appreciate these women so much!

Keri who is due with a boy too on January 25th!

Trick-or-Treating

Here are some pictures of Luke on the big night! He had a blast and did not know what to do with himself. It's so neat b/c neighbors have seen him each of the three years he was been trick-or-treating and they are so excited when he comes around!! What fun!

Luke picking up his chocolate and he's on his way!

We had trouble keeping Luke from peering into the homes. I guess it'll teach them to put up drapes!

Oh dear...when we got home, we let Luke eat all he could and the next day the candy was taken away (to Jeremy's work). I think Luke knew that would happen with all of the candy he's holding in his hand! He needed a rest after getting all that candy!

Halloween

What a Halloween this year!! Luke attended several parties. When the final night came to go trick-or-treating, Luke completely got the entire concept. He would bang on each neighbor's door and ask for chocolate. He would then pick out the pieces he wanted and be on his way. What a difference a year makes when he would not even walk from house to house and pretty much cried the entire time! He's growing up so fast!

Luke dressed up for school here. He's behind the girl with blue. His teacher Mrs. Tammy is in the orange with the pumpkin vest.
Luke at his friend Talon's (in the red/black shirt) 3rd birthday party. Luke loves Talon. It's one of his closet friends. Luke had 2 pieces of cake at 10 am.
Luke at his annual harvest party. So neat because these same group of kids last year would not sit long enough for a picture. They are growing up so fast! Luke has his red light sabor in this picture sitting next to his new friend Zachary.
These two just sat and sat waiting for all of the pitures to be taken. I like here how Luke is holding onto his light sabor with a phone in the other hand. This little boy Zachary is hilarious. He loves to have his picture taken and will try to get in any picture possible. So cute.

The cutest darth vador on Halloween night

Awesome Job Jeremy

Near the end of October, Jeremy ran in the Detroit 1/2 Marathon. He did an awesome job getting a PR :). Luke and I went downtown Detroit with him at 5:30 am and saw him start, at mile 9 and the finish. We had so much fun. Luke loved watching the runners, cuddling with his bear and watching for Daddy! Great job Jeremy! We are so proud of you!

It's tricky taking pictures of runners b/c you have to look for so many faces and have your camera ready. Here is Jeremy at mile 9 when he got back on US soil from Canada. He looks great doesn't he!!?!?! (He's in the black outfit near the girl in pink closest to the sidewalk)
Luke having breakfast at 6 am! His shirt glowed in the dark "I love my mummy" which everyone thought was cute!
Waiting for daddy at mile 9. It was an exhausting day but so much fun! We all slept for 4 hours when we got home :).