Gulbranson's

6:53 AM by Josh and Erica

I think it's possible that we have the happiest baby in the world. Oh sure there are times when he gets over tired and up set but I think that's only because he doesn't want to go to sleep... He's a lot like Josh and I in that respect. Not much as been happening the past few weeks, so I just decided to put up some good pictures of him smiling, although it is only a fraction of what I enjoy every day!

Here is Luke sitting next to an obvious baby-proofing issue... Thankfully he did not even know it was there.

All better.

It has been really nice a sunny here just about every day, and our new thing is going outside in the afternoon for just a little while to play. Just yesterday Luke discovered the grass. I don't have any pictures of that yet, just the ones on my phone.

He's getting to be such a good sitter!!

This is the only really good picture of Luke pushing up onto his hands and knees. Every once and a while I will see him move forwards but mostly he just scoots backwards. Even with only being able to move backwards he is still all over the rug in the living room... It's a good thing we got that rug. I'm sure sooner then I know it he will be following my around the house where ever I go.

One new thing did happen to us last night. Josh passed his check ride! He is officially done with his training and can wear his wings now! His flight didn't land until after 8 and by the time he was home Luke had already been asleep for a little while, but he wanted to be up to give daddy his wings for the first time... But not without tasting them first!

We are so proud of our Poppa!

I got a new camera and I love it!

6:19 AM by Josh and Erica

These pictures are so nice I don't know if I even want to put too many words to muck them up...

This is Norman... while my mom was here we decided to go to see a plantation and Norman decided that he would be our tour guide. He hardly left our side after this picture was taken.

Yes it is a wreath made of cotton... we do live in Georgia

This is the Whistle Stop Cafe where the movie Fried Green Tomatoes was filmed... We did eat there.

I love this camera... now if only it was fast enough to catch Luke doing all the things I wish you'all could see.

Sitting

1:49 PM by Josh and Erica

Our little man is 6 months old already... I can hardly believe it! He has gone from such a sweet, quiet bundle of joy to a wonderfully happy little man. We went to the doctor yesterday and found out that he is 27 1/2 inches long and 19lbs and 8oz and she thinks he is going to be a big boy... nice and tall like his daddy! He is learning many new skills, he can now roll over; and prefers to sleep in his side at night. He has learned to shriek at the top of his lungs; he doesn't seem to want attention from it, he just likes making the sound. He cares very much if I leave the room. And the best of all his new skills is his ability to sleep up to 9 hours at a time and go to sleep in his own crib, by himself.

One thing that he still doesn't really understand is sitting up on his own.

Here he is at the aviation museum at Robins AFB, sitting very well, but he is strapped in...

He can sit on his own for 30 seconds to a minute or so, but we're not quite sure that he knows he's doing on his own.

Sometimes I prop him up in hopes that he get the concept.

He has started eating more solid foods now, and that means he gets to sit in his big boy chair!

Here we are at the commissary, and Luke has made himself very comfortable in the seat. Although he can't seem to sit up straight, he can get his feet up on the handle bars. Some day soon I know he'll get it! He is such a smart little boy!

Savannah Georgia

12:07 PM by Josh and Erica

After Christmas, but before New Years, we were pleased to be able to make a trip to the very historic Savannah Georgia. It is a two and a half hour drive, so it makes a nice day trip but you could easily spend many days there. We spend one whole day and didn't even see one fifth of everything I would have liked to see just in the down town historic district. There is also the ocean, many house museums, civil war battle fields, estates outside the city, and the Terra Museum (Gone with the Wind). I am sure there are many more things that I didn't even know about that would be worth seeing... One thing that we did know about and wanted to make sure we saw was the food networks Paula Deen has a restaurant there called Lady and Sons. It just so happened that when we rolled into town here sons where there, at the shop next to the restaurant, signing cook book and taking pictures... Well I love cook books, so we got one and our picture taken, and we had a pretty good start to our trip.

Us with Jamie and Bobby Deen. I'm sorry I really don't know which one is which. They have their own food network show, which I have never seen, sorry to say.

River front road, still decorated for Christmas.

The bridge to Tybee Island, and the beaches of Savannah. I wish we would have had the time too see them.

We took a trolley tour, which was awesome! We learned many things and saw stuff like the place where the bench scene that is all throughout the movie Forest Gump was filmed.

There are so many beautiful historic buildings.

Here we are eating at Lady and Sons. We originally had reservations for 9pm, which were made that morning. That was the first time they had a available because they were so booked. Keep in mind that this is a three story restaurant. We were looking in the shop near by at about 6:30 and we stopped and asked if anything sooner had opened up, and they said they could seat us right away! It was wonderful, because we still had a two and a half hour drive home. And let me tell you, the food was so great. I would have waited until 9 to eat that food!

There is definitely a return trip in our future.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

6:01 AM by Josh and Erica

Luke's first Christmas officially started with his first trip to see Santa on December 23rd! We were expecting to get a picture of him crying on Santa's lap, but he is the best baby, and is not afraid of strangers... yet.

Here Luke is will all of his loot from Christmas Eve. He did get more on Christmas morning and even the day after, but I don't have a picture of those things. Among the things he loves the most are anything that plays a song or makes noise, like his piano. And now, as I type this paragraph with Luke sitting in my lap, he has found a new love for the computer key board and the sound that it makes.

Luke trying out his new piano.

Looks like he got exactly what he wanted!

This is how all his gift unwrapping looked. He is at the stage where if he can see it and get his hands on it he will put it directly into his mouth.

We had a wonderful family Christmas, just the 3 of us! The next day we were pleased to welcome half of our family into our house for the next week. We would have loved to have filled our house with both sided of our family but we were very thankful for the time we could share. We did a lot of fun things between Christmas and New Years including a day trip to Savannah Georgia, which I will not include in this post, but the next one.