Tree City Chiropractic

On September 1st Dan (and I) are the proud co-owners of Tree City Chiropractic in Tualatin, Oregon!! It has been in the works for quite some time and now everything is official and Dan and Josh are now the owners. Josh's Dad is retiring and it was the perfect opportunity for Josh and Dan to buy the practice together.

Dan has worked SO hard the past year and a half to build up his practice. He has been very successful and it was a tough decision to leave his shared space and Lujan Chiropractic, but we know it was the right decision and Tree City is a great opportunity for us. It is a very nice, well established practice with a great patient base in a very nice community. We are still living in Gresham and plan on moving to Tualatin after Christmas. It is such a nice community and we can't wait to move there. (Dan is commuting about 45-60 minutes one way, depending on traffic) It is really exciting to have our own practice and I know Dan and Josh are going to be so successful and we feel very blessed to have this great opportunity. I can't tell you how good it feels for Dan to have a "real" job, I am working as a full time mom and we finally have a "real" life!! It was such a great opportunity for me to work at Head Start the past five years and there are things about student life that I will miss, but we were ready to move on and now I am excited to enjoy this next phase of life. The phase with children, jobs, a house and the mini-van!!

I really have to say that I am so grateful to my Heavenly Father for blessing us so much. Things just seem to work out for our family and I know it is God's hand blessing our lives. We definitely still have our trials and struggles, but the big things seem to fall in to place and I am so so so grateful.

Dan is a great Chiropractor and I am so proud of him. In Chiropractic school they teach you NOTHING about business, but most Chiropractors end up being small business owners and many of them end up failing. Dan has learned so much the past year and a half and I am so proud of him. He is amazing! He is such a hard worker and he is so resilient. There have been some stressful times the past couple months, but he has come through with flying colors and it is so nice to see Dr. Lujan's name up on the door all official like! I am so lucky to have him as my best friend, husband and Daddy to Lukey! Congratulations Daniel! You have come a long way! I love you forever and for always!

The Pool

This is our pool here at Sandstone. I have spent MANY MANY hours at this pool during the last five years. Since I had summers off and I had no children I would usually get up around 10 or 11 AM, watch some TV, eat brunch and then head off to the pool until dinner. This summer has definitely been different. I usually only go to the pool for 30 minutes and then my little Luke is all done, but that's ok because he is probably saving me from getting skin cancer! I have loved living here with our pool. We've had many good times and memories here. I looked back through my pictures and I don't really have any of the pool, so I'm glad I took this one today because it might be the last swim of the year. We will probably be moving this winter and so it might be the last swim ever in this pool. I love you little jelly bean pool!

4 Months

I am four months old!

I weigh 16 pounds and 13 ounces (85th percentile)

I am 26.5 inches tall (93rd percentile)

My head is 17.25 inches around (95th percentile)

I am a big boy!!

I am getting better at tummy time. I can roll from my tummy to my back.

I enjoy playing in my exersaucer and sitting in my bumbo. I like to grab at toys and I especially love toys that play music and light up.

I am a babbling fool! I am always talking and squeaking.

I smile and giggle at mommy and daddy.

I love being outside and riding in the baby bjorn. I enjoy being in the pool, hot tub or bath tub.

I still get swaddled up to go to sleep and I am a very good sleeper. I still refuse to take a bottle and am being nursed exclusively.

I don't really get fussy unless I am tired or hungry.

I still am not a big fan of my car seat. I have a love/hate relationship with it. Sometimes I will sit so happy and quiet and other times I like to cry my face off.

I love my mommy and my daddy!

I am wearing 6 month size clothing and size 3 diapers.

My schedule varies but this is pretty much how it goes:

6:00 am Eat and back to bed

9:00 am Eat and awake time

11:00 am Naptime

1:00 pm Eat and awake time

3:00 pm Naptime

4:00 pm Eat and awake time

5:30 pm Naptime

7:00 pm Eat and awake time

8:00 pm Bath time

8:30 pm Eat

9:00 pm Off to bed!

I am the cutest, bestest boy in the whole wide world!

Family Camp 2011

Back in July we had our 4th Annual Spilker Family Camp. No, we don't actually camp, but growing up our family reunion was always called "family camp" so we kept the words and dropped the camping. We rented a house up in Mossyrock, Washington and had a blast. The house was awesome and the scenery was to die for. It was so much fun to spend time with the family and for Lukey to be with all his cousins, aunts, uncles and Nana and Poppy.

We had a campfire each night complete with songs and smores!

We went on lots of great walks and found this great overlook of Riffe Lake. It was absolutely gorgeous.

Each night wasn't complete without a puzzle and some Dominion.

We went down to Riffe Lake one afternoon. The sun even poked it's head our for a few moments.

Lukey went on his first canoe ride!

Each day we had a candy jar. This is another tradition we have carried over from family camp when I was a kid. We all get to guess on the candy jar and whoever is the closest wins! It is definitely one of the best things about family camp.

We do LOTS of eating!!! We had some fabulous meals and snacks and I'm sure we all put on a few pounds!

Look at this little cutie!!

Marci put together some Minute To Win It games for us! It was SO much fun.

Nana and her three grandsons!

These ten people are some of my MOST favorite people in the world. I can't believe how big my nieces and nephews are getting. They are the joy of my life and they are lucky to have a wonderful Nana and Poppy that love them so much. We had so much fun and can't wait for next year.

3 Months

15 pounds 8 ounces and 24 inches long

I can't believe that my little man is already 3 months old!! He is getting SO BIG and he is definitely not a little baby any more. He is babbling all the time and makes lots of different sounds. He recognizes mommy and daddy and smiles at us often. He isn't a super smiley baby, but when he does smile it melts my heart! He is so happy when he wakes up and gives lots of smiles. (most of the time) He has started to giggle a little bit. When we change his clothes and his right arm gets bent he is ticklish and he does a little giggle grunt and it makes my day. He is still wearing 3-6 month size clothing, but it is starting to get a bit tight. He is growing out of his size 2 diapers and we put him in a size 3 at night. He doesn't really need his head supported much anymore. He still enjoys playing under his mat and he is always swinging his arms and legs around. He has started to sit in his exersaucer and enjoys helping mommy cook while he sits in his bumbo. He is still sleeping pretty good at night, but the past week he has started getting up between 5-6 am instead of 6-7 am. This is a typical schedule for Lukey

6:00 am Eat and back to bed

9:00 am Eat and awake time

10:30 am Nap

12:00 pm Eat and awake time

1:30 pm Nap

3:00 pm Eat and awake time

4:30 pm Nap

6:30 pm Eat and awake time

7:30 pm Walk or swimming at the pool

8:00 pm Bath time

8:30 pm Eat

9:00 pm Bed

10:30 pm Snacktime!

11:00 pm Bed

I have had to learn that every day is different and even though I think he has a routine down it changes the next day!! He is getting better in the car, but still isn't a big fan of the car seat. He LOVES his baby bjorn . He wants to see everything and be part of the action. He is still nursing 7 times a day and he refuses to take a bottle. Love you Lukey Bear!!

I dare you to tell me he isn't the CUTEST boy in the world!!

This little boy is such a cutie pie!! I just want to gobble him up. He is getting so smiley and he does a little giggle sometimes and it just melts my heart. I can't even describe how much I love him. It is definitely a lot of work being a mommy and there are times that are hard, but I love being Lukey's mom and I wouldn't have it any other way. I love watching him learn and grow and figure out the world. Just take a look at these pictures and tell me he isn't the cutest, squishiest and bestest baby in the entire world!!!

Dan's Fam

Dan's family came for a visit this week. It was so fun for Luke to meet his five cousins, Grandma and Aunt Nicole! We had great adventures at the coast, swimming at the pool, trip to the zoo, lots of yummy dinners and treats! I didn't get a lot of pictures of our adventures, but here are some shots before we said goodbye.

Lukey's cousin's love him SO much and they were all so sweet to him!

Here is the whole fam together! They love their Uncle Danny almost as much as they love Lukey...yes they call him Uncle Danny!

Little Ky is almost 2 and she wanted Luke to be her baby doll! She got mad every time she had to stop holding him because she thought he was her doll! So sweet!

Danny, Grandma and Lukey!