Happy Birthday Pa!!

Yesterday, we went to Columbus to celebrate Pa's 83rd Birthday (Stephen's grand-daddy).

Below is the birthday boy with Luke and all the men (excluding Michael):

And now for the birthday boy with all his ladies (excluding Mary Beth):

While in Columbus, Luke got to get some "Love Kicks" from his cousin Martin while snuggling with Becca.  Luke was napping but Martin thought it was play time.  We can't wait till Baby Martin makes his arrival in September!!

Luke Meets His 1st Cousins

Luke has gotten to meet all of his first cousins. My oldest sister, Kristin, has 3 kids: Elizabeth, Corban, and Joshua. They live in New Orleans, LA. Elizabeth and Corban just loved holding and kissing all over Luke. Joshua was a little unsure. He like Luke as long as Kristin was holding him but was not up for any pictures with Luke. Corban was so excited the day they came up to meet Luke that he told his class during share time that he was going to meet his cousin Luke.

The next oldest sister, Ronda, has 2 kids: Madeline and Katie Ann. They live in Rockledge, FL. Madeline has been ready to see like since she knew that I was pregnant. Ronda told her that when Luke was born, they were getting to come back to Mississippi to visit so she has been sitting on go since February! When we had the 3D sonogram, Ronda asked her if she wanted to see what Luke looked like and she quickly responded with No because she already knew what he looked like. She said he was that baby on the Pampers Blue Jean Cruiser commercial. Every time that commercial came on the TV, they had to stop what they were doing and watch Luke on the commercial!

Luke will get meet his other first cousin in 2011 when Baby K (Mary Beth and Michael's baby - Stephen's sister) makes his/her presence.

I can't wait till Christmas when Luke is a little older and they all get to start playing together. Fun times ahead.....

Just a Swinging

Luke swinging after a nice bath & 4 oz bottle.

Luke's First Bath!

Luke actually enjoyed his first bath in his Whale of a Tub! He did not cry until we got him out of the tub :)

Our Sweet Little Boy

Below are some sweet little pictures of our little boy:


Luke with Poppy:




Luke with Poppa:




4 Generations of Burks Men:


Luke with his Granddaddy (Great Granddad on Jones side):


Luke with his Pa (Great Granddad on Burks side):

We are obviously better at Facebook than Blogging......moving on

Well it is official we have got our little fella home and into a semi routine. We went to the Ped yesterday and the little chunk had gained 1lb 4oz he is up to 7lbs 15 1/2oz it is amazing what happens when you feed them regularly. We appreciate all your thoughts and prayers while we were figuring out the feeding thing and a big thanks to family for all your help and your understanding when we had to send everyone home and have some time for us.


We are living on a 3-4 hr schedule and lovin it. Luke is growing to fast already. If anyone was wondering Ash and I are doing well also.


As I am typing this I am trying to remember what else has happened since our last post but the last 4 wks have been such a blur it is honestly hard to remember anything before that. Ash is still at Tronox she has switched jobs in house to a new position working with DCS which is the computer system they use at the plant and that is all I know. I am still at Calvary in glorious Boone-Vegas and am looking forward to a new year hanging our with students. For whatever reason I am running 3 times a week so there is that. We both turned 29 this year and celebrated 5 wonderful years of marriage this past August. So we held to our 5yr deal that we were going to wait and in our 5th yr we were going to start on kids so we are a little early on that but close enough.

Sooo that is us in a nutshell for the past 7 months and we will now slip off into another black hole till prob Feb givin that Dove, Deer, Rabbit, Turkey, and oh Football seasons are coming up. Ash gets to have our little buddy at football this yr but me, I gotta wait a couple years but as soon as I can get my little huntin buddy cleared for action we are gonna be off!