Love from the Lujans

Friday, December 7, 2012

Waiting

After Renae, Kevin & Elicia left our house, we went into prepare and wait mode. Since Cecilia came 3 weeks early, we were sure this baby would do the same. Since he had his own plan, we found ourselves waiting.

We called Oma and invited her to come early to ensure she was here for the birth. She arrived on Sunday and Atticus arrived 1.5 weeks later on Wednesday.

We were all grateful for the extra Oma-time. Cecilia loved the extra attention & one-on-one time she got to spend with her Oma!

We enjoyed the company, the wonderful smiles, and the help she bestowed upon us!
We were truly spoiled by all of her help and love! She cooked, cleaned, took care of Cecilia while we went out to dinner & movies (we recommend watching Lincoln), grocery shopped, searched high and low for a changing table at second hand stores (which she found, bought and assembled for us:)

Cecilia helping clean the kitchen

Cecilia creating a Thanksgiving masterpiece

Cecilia learns how to buckle the car seat

Tenneal pushing the lawn mower & hoping to provoke birth.
We should have another picture of mother and son pruning, weeding and yanking out large brambles.

A Weekend of Visitors

Auntie Renae and Kevin stopped over in Boise before heading down to the Grand Canyon, where they rafted the Colorado River over a period of 26 days.

Tenneal's last ascent before Atticus is born

On top of CB with Kevin, Renae, Elicia & Gypsy
(Elicia now lives in Salt Lake City, so we are hoping to see her smiling face more often in the coming months/years:)

Family photo

Kevin working on the house

(I am certain that Trevor secretly wished that he could have had Kevin's skilled help for much longer:)

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Fall Colors

Front yard fun

Beautiful tree in our yard

Fallen leaves from that beautful tree

Foothill hike

Showing her daddy the way over the creek

Straw bale game for kids at a Halloween party

Donut eating contest for adults

Hiking with C

Playing with D

Happiest of Halloweens

Cecilia's pumpkins (she drew the faces and we cut them out for her:)

Mama Witch and Darling Daughter Ghost
(I tried to talk her in to a peacock coctume, but she insisted on being a ghost- which of course, was much easier for me to make so who was I to argue:)