My boy turned 2

Wow! What a journey it has been to bring Luke into our lives two years ago. If you don't know you can catch up on his blog, http://lukaroobaby2.blogspot.com/.

Aug. 4^th. That’s the day Luke arrived two years ago. Life with two kids is ENORMOUSLY different than life with one kid. Luke was a much wanted baby. Karl and I worked hard to get pregnant a second time, but we found out that my tubes were messed up. Once I had a simple operation to fix them, we got pregnant right away and started planning how to introduce the new addition to our family. Then we discovered that I had placenta previa which meant I couldn’t carry full-term. Luke was supposed to be delivered late August, but my body had other ideas and I went into labor and had to deliver Luke through emergency C-section. Due to his early arrival, he developed Respiratory Distress Syndrome and had to spend the first 20 days of his life in the NICU. 

Below is a video of Luke's first days of life in the NICU and his homecoming.

We spent the first year making sure he didn’t get sick and doing a lot of doctor’s appointments. The second year of Luke’s life has been amazing. He learned to walk, eat on his own, and say a few words. He now looks like a little boy, not the sickly boy of 2 years ago.

So it came for us to celebrate Luke’s b-day. With Karl’s family in town we decided to host a party on Aug. 1^st, just a few days before the 4^th. The theme was Hot wheels. Luke loves cars so I was so excited to have this theme. I was able to send off invitations before we left for our Hershey vacation. Arriving back one day before the party, I ordered a great cake from Acme that had a racetrack in the shape of a “2” with a hot wheel car on top. On the day of the event I got balloons, the cake, and food for the party. With the party being held in the lounge of the hall we live in, the crew helped decorate with streamers and got all the toys set up in the lounge. Karl set up the pool out back and we got a big tent and chairs outside. Then the party began. Luke and Carlita were excited about the pool. The adults just relaxed. We had Samanta, Luke’s madrina, and Linda with Hannah (a friend from Luke’s daycare) there. My family couldn’t make it but it didn’t matter. We celebrated and enjoyed the company of kids and of our little boy, Luke. He got some very nice presents, even though I don’t think he really understood what was going on. Carlita helped him out though. What a good big sister.

We did celebrate Luke’s actual birthday with left-over cake on the 4^th. I made cupcakes for his school and he opened a few more presents. Samanta came over and we took a trip down memory lane looking over pictures of his birth and other memory items. Luke has grown so fast and I so adorable. We are blessed to have him in our lives and I am so excited to see how his personality keeps on developing.