Gulbranson's

Teeth

2:29 PM by Josh and Erica

Are you getting sick of my constant blogging yet? What can I say, I have a bit more free time on my hands.
Anyhow... I finally managed to capture those elusive little teeth on film. He has a set of top teeth ready to move into position any day now... maybe even tomorrow!

These last to pictures remind me very much of the way my sister looked as a baby. And I think he is going to be a curly head like my sister as well... Josh doesn't think so, but I'm pretty sure about it.

They may be cute, but be careful folks... he's a biter!

Pictures from far away...

5:20 PM by Josh and Erica

I know this one is a little blurry, but it's all I got.

Thinking of our hero

8:00 AM by Josh and Erica

On Thursday morning Luke and I had to say goodbye to Josh as he left for his first deployment. We are excited that he is finally getting to do what he has been preparing for so long. We are so proud of our own personal hero and are looking forward to the time when he will come home to us again.

We will be thinking about you all the time Josh, we love you and miss you!

Like a weed...

5:34 AM by Josh and Erica

This is just going to be a really quick update, and I know I'm behind, but I'll catch up later. For right now I wanted to point this out so we still have time to get to the gym before nap time.
These two pictures were taken exactly one month apart. The one on top from today, where you can clearly see that Luke's head is up to the top of the desk.

Also notice the half smile... He knows he's standing on his own and he is proud of himself. I often find him standing up in his crib after nap or in the morning... I have a picture of that too, but I'll put it up later.

Now here you see, in the picture from a month ago. He is not so sure of himself. I believe that moments after this picture was taken he lost his balance. Also, I know it's hard to tell but there about a 3 inch difference in his standing height... I didn't think he was suppose to start growing like a weed until... while I don't know... later.

Atlanta Childrens Museum

6:54 AM by Josh and Erica

Yesterday, we had some pretty bad weather coming to town, and we did not particularly feel like sitting around the house all day. So we loaded up our baby and took a drive north to Atlanta. This is only the second time that Luke has been to Atlanta and the last time was when he was 10 days old. We started off our afternoon by stopping at a place called the Sliver Skillet for breakfast.

I found this place because, as most of you know, I am a huge fan of the food network and this place was featured on one of my favorite shows, Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives. The Silver Skillet has been voted the best breakfast in Atlanta, and I think that they lived up to that title.

Next, our main event of the day, the Atlanta Children's Museum. I didn't really know what to expect going in there, and although I'm sure it would have been way more fun for him if he was a little bit older, there was still plenty of interesting things for him to experience.

I wish we had a pile of big blocks like this at home for Luke to play with, he really enjoyed them.

He's getting a lot better at standing while holding on to things... I'm very excited!

We were happy to have some fun family time!

8 Months

6:56 PM by Josh and Erica

I can't hardly believe it!

This position has recently developed into more of a tent position... Like if he was trying to do a bear crawl. Although he still isn't crawling on his hands a knees, he gets around just fine with a low crawl. I'm getting my exercise in!

We got the chance to have a 'play' date with Austin this week. I don't think it can really be called a play date yet, they have to learn to actually play with one another first...

But we still had fun!

Josh's AWO Graduation

8:05 AM by Josh and Erica

Last weekend, along with the sand and sun we enjoyed, we got to celebrate Josh finally being done with all his training! He is now officially an AWO!

Luke and I are very proud of him, he worked so hard to be good at his job and it really paid off! We were happy to celebrate Josh being DG for his class. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful, smart husband, and Luke has the best example in the world, his poppa!

We attempted to let Luke pin the wings on daddy, but as usual, he just wanted to eat them. With mom's help we did get Josh pinned!

We were also happy that we could share this time with Josh's parents, his aunt and uncle, and his cousins.

It seemed to take forever just to get here, and so much has happened since our Air Force adventure has begun, but I wouldn't change a thing. I am excited to see what happens next!