Fall Fun

Fall is upon us and we can smell the leaves, pumpkin pies and Football!  Speaking of football, this is currently one of Luke's favorite words.  Maybe b/c Scott has been drilling this in his head as of September 2012 when Mizzou kicked off their first game in the SEC.  Regardless, it's adorable when Luke says it and obviously we ask him to repeat it over and over.  Luke basically repeats anything we say now so we've been forced to watch our words.  Some other hilarious Luke-isms are, "Yeah Beebee" (we're trying to teach him to say "Yeah Baby" when the cardinals score) and when we say "Jayhawk" he now shakes his head "No" and says "Booooooooooooo".  We're proud of that one.  Sorry Uncle Mook :) He also says, "More Peeeeees" trying to say, "More Please" and he's really exceeding our expections on becoming the biggest mooch for food on the block.  As soon as either of us sit down with a snack, Luke is right there in front of us, saying "More Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeees".  Oh boy! 

This past weekend we had a great time at the Des Peres Fall Festival and then the Pumpkin Patch at Struckmeyers Farm.  Here are some pictures! 

Serious little guy - especially when tractors are involved.

 Dada's so funny

 

 More interested in playing in the dirt than looking at pumpkins.

 We love Fall!!!

Birthday

It's been awhile since I last blogged so I thought today would be a good time to update everyone on what's been going on with the Tenholders these last few months! Things have been great and Luke is growing so fast. His first birthday was on April 20th. Here a few pictures showing all the celebrations. I think Scott and I had more fun celebrating than Luke actually did. We can hardly believe what a big boy he is now. Here are a few pictures of his actual bday.

 

 

 We visited the NICU at St. John's Mercy since he spent some time there after he was born.

 

 

 The Grandparents came over for dinner and helped us celebrate!

 

 

 Luke's first birthday cake made by Grandma Walkenbach.  It was an old family tradition - banana cake.  My Grandma Mark would make this all the time.  It was a success - Luke loved it!

 

 

 Scott and I bought Luke a radio flyer scooter.  It's a little big for him now but I'm sure he'll love it next summer.

 

 

We also threw Luke a big party on May 5th, 2012.  We invited all of our family and closest friends.  Luke was an angel the entire time - even without a nap.  He got some great gifts!  Thanks to everyone for coming and celebrating this milestone with us.  Here are a few pictures from the day.  We decided to make it a "Little Man" theme.  Thanks to Chrissy for designing this adorable invitation! 

 

And here are some pictures from the day!

 

 

 

    

It was a perfect day - we're very lucky!

Christmas with the Tenholder's!

It's hard to believe that Christmas was already 3 weeks ago.  Scott and I had a great time with Luke this year.  Even though he was too young to really enjoy the holiday it was still priceless watching him discover all the new things around him.  The first one being the big man...that is, Santa Claus himself.  Scott and I thought we were being smart by waiting until the last week before Christmas to take Luke to sit on Santa's lap.  Brilliant...I know.  Anyway, several people, including my mom had told me that the Frontenac Santa was by far the best, so that's where we decided to go.  We also thought that by going in the middle of the day, we would miss the after work crowd.  We were wrong.  We waited in line for 2 hours!  Luke was an angel the entire wait.  He was hamming it up for everyone in line.  Blasting big smiles to the lady in front of us and babbling the cutest little noises.  That's when we got to Santa.  His little, chubby, happy face immediately turned terrified.  He analyzed the white beard for a good minute before the bottom lip started quivering.  So for Luke's first picture with Santa, it was the typical cliche photo of Santa and the screaming child.  Like I said before, priceless.