Special Morning for Luke...

Luke had a great surprise this morning. The Drexel Heights Firefighters were outside our house checking on the hydrant that is across the street from us. Gramia took Luke outside to see what they were doing. We watched them test the pressure of the hydrant and drive down the street in a rescue truck and the fire engine. We came back inside and about 30 minutes later a firefighter knocked at our door and brought Luke a firefighter helmet, some pencils and some stickers! He was so excited...we watched them through the window again, then one of the firefighters came to ask if Luke would like to go see the engine. He was so excited, so we threw on some shorts (he was still in his pj's) and his boots, and headed outside.

He got to "drive" the fire engine, and sit on the firefighter's lap to check out all the buttons. Needless to say, he has been playing with his fire engines all afternoon and running around the house saying "fire chief...fire chief...fire chief..." (that is what his hat says). So Luke had a great morning, and had a personal tour of a fire truck! Awesome experience! I am sure he will be talking about this for a while! A big thanks to some great men from Drexel Heights Fire District, Engine #162! Emmalyn got in on the action too...but just for a second 'cause Luke "needed" his fire chief hat back!

Sweet Sleeping Pictures...

Enough said...she sleeps a lot but she looks so cute doing it huh!

Bringing Baby Home!

Luke and Nana Julie came to the hospital to help bring Emmalyn home for the first time...you can see from the pictures below that she loved her carseat for the first time. Since we have been home she has grown to like her carseat which is a great thing since we live pretty far from everything!

Emmalyn Grace Allsup Arrives!!!

Emmalyn Grace was born at 2:17 P.M. on Friday, May 8, 2009. I had a c-section, and despite a rough start with the spinal, everything went really well. I am having a good recovery, and only stayed in the hospital for 2 days. My mom has been here with us taking excellent care of "her baby" cooking, cleaning, and basically slaving away from dusk till dawn! It is so much help to have her here and she is keeping me in check and not letting me over do it!

Emmalyn is doing great! She is gaining weight and is already over 9 lbs. Luke is a great big brother and is so gentle with his baby sister. When Luke first met his baby sister, he brought her a baby horse that he picked out for her. He is always bringing it to her to "play with" and makes sure she is never too far from it!

BIG belly!

These pictures were taken 5 days before Emmalyn was born...check out that big belly! The "experts" tell us there is probably a 9 lb. baby in my belly...we shall see!

...and the winner is...

We have settled on a name...Emmalyn wins!!! Our choice was pretty much made for us since big brother Luke REFUSES to call the baby anything but Emmalyn...but also because we like name! As of right now, since I am playing catch up with the blogging, Emmalyn has arrived, and we are so happy to have her with us!

Easter in NM

We had a great Easter in New Mexico visiting with Harley's side of the family! The trip started off with a stop at Grandpa Tim's house where he had brought home a bunny and a bunch of colored chicks! Luke thought they were great! He liked the bunny, and thought the chicks were pretty interesting, but wasn't too keen on holding them for very long!

We had a great time dying Easter eggs at Nana's house...Luke's favorite thing about dying eggs was eating them and taking the egg and saying "crackle, crackle, crackle" while banging the egg against something, cracking the shell! Then his second favorite thing was eating the hard boiled egg he just broke to bits! Dad didn't mind him breaking the eggs too much because Luke was really good about sharing!

On Sunday morning we went to church and the to have lunch at Aunt JoDee and Uncle Robby's house! We had some yummy steaks with all the fixin's and enjoyed eachother's company. Luke and Shelby hunted easter eggs and had a great time looking around the yard!