Our Trip to Omaha!!

At the end of July we took a trip to Omaha, Nebraska. We decided to fly out there which made this the first time Luke flew on an airplane. The moments when he was asleep were the best. :)

Those moments, however, were few and far between. On the way out was the worst. We had a layover in Denver which made it even worse. He cried all the way from Denver to Omaha. His crankiness wasn't all his fault, though. We missed our flight on the way out. We knew that we were cutting it close getting to our flight. We thought we could still make it until we saw that they closed the ticket desk 45 minutes before departure. We were there 35 minutes before and they would NOT let us get our tickets. We were SO mad!  They made us re-book, and the next available flight was 10 hours later!  So instead of flying out in the morning like we planned, we had to fly out in the evening when Luke is typically his crankiest. We did NOT miss our flight on the way back and thankfully he was a lot more manageable. 

The rest of the trip was a lot less dramatic. We got to see a lot of extended family on Gregg's side. His Mom is from Omaha, and her 4 sisters, brother, and Mom live there with their families.  Susan is the only one who moved out to Utah!  So it was awesome seeing all of them, and her sister Nancy was gracious enough to take us in for those 4 nights we were there :)  While we were there we went to Collin and Judy's belated wedding reception/baby shower. They're expecting a baby boy mid-September and got some practice with Luke :)  We also spent time on Mike and Robin's boat out on the Missouri River.  Their pontoon was so fun! Luke did really well on the boat.  We also had a fun dinner party at Nancy's one night. We filled the rest of our time up with shopping, eating, and spending time with the family!  Here's some pics of the trip!

Luke with Great-Grandma Dykes

This is too funny! Ryan is with the other twins in the family and they look like triplets. Gregg feels like the odd one out compared to them.

Cousin Lindsay with Sharice and the two newest babies in the family.

The happy couple Collin and Judy

Out on the pontoon!

Here's Aunt Nancy and Cousin Terry in the back chillin on the sand bar

Luke with his make-shift head covering (Aunt Trisha's underwear) because it was colder than expected. :)

Luke playing with Grandma Julian on the pontoon

Trisha and Sharice hanging on the golf cart at the cabin

The cousins hanging around at the cabin

Keep working that tan, Sara!

Amy with cousins Olivia and Zoey

Luke sporting his first swimsuit

Luke bathing at Aunt Nancy's

Luke's 6 Month Photos!

We got a chance to take Luke's 6 month photos not too long ago and we love them! We met up with our cousin Mandi Jones who was willing to take the pics. She did a fantastic job, especially as Luke got grumpier as the photos went on. We appreciated her sharing her talents in keeping Luke looking toward the camera, for the most part. :) We took the photos at the same place we took our engagement photos. It was nice to see the place again and especially now that there's more green. Here are some of our faves...

From concrete pouring to our baby driving!

We've been having some fun the past couple months. When you go through our pictures you'll definitely be able to tell the focus of our attention. We just love our little baby Luke! He's growing and learning new things every day. Right now he is mastering his crawling technique. We're excited and terrified at the same time.

Grandma and Luke at the Styler concrete pour! Luke is worried he's gonna have to fix our mistakes.

Luke finally fit into his little frog pj's. It was huge! The label said 4-6 months, but he just barely fit into it when he's already wearing 9 month stuff.

Sporting the cute hat.

At the Miller's house in mid-June. He's swinging for the first time and all he cares about is eating the rope!

Luke's first 4th of July! He wasn't such a fan of the noise, though.

So this is the 4th of July? I'm not impressed.

This had to be Luke's favorite part of the parade: playing in Grandpa Julian's Montero.

Too bad his cousins aren't here to work the gas petal and brake.

Luke's first time seeing Uncle Ryan since he was born.

The boys lounging around.

Been a while!

We wanted to share some pics of what's been going on the last month or so!  First of all, it was Gregg's Birthday at the end of April and we had an awesome party for him up at our house.  We had already invited his family over for Sunday dinner, but when my whole fam showed up also, he was really surprised!  I know Gregg loves the Miller fam so I thought I'd throw out the invitation to see if any of them wanted to come up to surprise Gregg, and it was awesome that the ENTIRE Miller fam was able to come up.  We loved having everyone there.

We bought a jumperoo for Luke and got it at the beginning of May. It took him a few days to get the hang of it. When we first would put him in there he would just cry. Eventually he understood that he needed to jump. Since then he's been having a lot of fun in it!

 If you look closely you can see Luke's first tooth coming in!! He'll be eating steak in no time.

We totally want to add a cape to Luke because it looks like he's flying. :)

 Other random pics of him.