Luke Michael Spurlock

Many of you already know that Kristin gave birth to our second child, Luke on the 1st of October. After a lengthy stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for low blood sugar, Luke finally came home with us about a week ago. I posted some pictures below since alot of people have been hounding me mercilessly for a picture of him!

As you can imagine, it's been quite hectic bringing him home, adjusting to a 2 child family and keeping up with Drew and his schedule. We're doing good, though and just enjoying the time at home with Luke and Drew together...





P.S. The shaved spot on the side of his head is from one of the IV's he had in his head...

Drew Can Ride His Bike!!!!!!

This isn't all that "new" but Drew learned to ride his bike this summer without training wheels. All summer long it seemed as though he wasn't really all that interested in learning to ride his bike. Most of the kids in the neighborhood just ride scooters around the houses and don't ride bikes that much.

Well, my sister was here visiting and we looked around the side of the house, and there he was, just cruising down the road like it was old hat for him! We love Drew's determination to do something he has set out to do! Great job Drew, we love you so much!

Wild West City

This summer we went to a cool place in NJ called Wild West City. It's basically a mock-up of an old western boomtown where they conduct themed skits and shows with live actors riding horses and cracking whips and all things western!

Drew's favorite was "Jack the Whipper..."


Jack the Whipper conducting all sorts of stunts with his trusty whip


The town drunk...



For those of you who remember the WWF from back in the 80's this is Tito Santana who was a guest speaker at the Military Appreciation festivities going on that day.

Toothless Drew!

I'm sure that most of you out there reading this who have younger children have gone through the whole loose tooth experience rather recently. We experienced our own "first lost tooth" this past week...well we sort of experienced it. This is how it went...

Drew has been fiddling with a loose tooth for about the last 2 weeks on and off and really has not been all that concerned about it. Some of our friends who have had children with loose teeth have had a completely different experience. Everything from crying to fussing to laughing. Drew really didn't exhibit any of these "symptoms." His treatment of the loose tooth was more of something to fool around with when he was bored.

So on Friday we were sitting down to eat lunch and Drew was fiddling around with it a bit more than usual. I had been on TDY the whole previous week and was remarking how much looser the tooth was than when I left. So about halfway through lunch, Kristin stopped eating and asked Drew where his tooth was! So he sprung-up and went to the mirror and sure enough, this is what he looked like...


We can only surmise that it was lost in the piece of cantaloupe he was chowing-down on at the time I informed him he would be revisiting his tooth in a day or two to which he gave me a weird look and went about eating the rest of his lunch. So much for the Tooth Fairy...

Go Tribe!!

Despite how bad the Tribe have been performing this year, we went to a Cleveland Indians game on Memorial Weekend with Grandma and Grandpa Spurlock. We had an absolute blast and this was the first time Drew had been to Jacobs Field (now technically called Progressive Field).

Typical of their season, the Tribe lost to the Rangers, but we had a great time just being at the ballpark and watching the players take batting practice...

A view of the "jumbotron" from our seats in upper left field.


It's not a ball game without cotton candy1




Drew, Daddy and Grandpa before the game...

This is Drew's cousin Gregory who lives in Ohio and is a Tribe game veteran!

Prepping for Luke part 1 "Pimping Drew's Room"

In an effort to post something different than just places we go and things we do, I'm starting a "Prepping for Luke" series to highlight some of things we are doing to prepare for the arrival of our second child. For those of you in the know, you already know we have named him Luke Michael Spurlock.

Part of the preparation process has been to close down "Hotel Spurlock" otherwise known as the spare bedroom and move the big bed from there into Drew's room. So, Drew's bedroom got pimped on Thursday...complete with queen bed, reorganized toy shelves and just a general polishing. He is very happy with it mainly because he get s to "snuggle" at night with both Mommy and Daddy for book reading time.

Part 2 of the Prepping for Luke series will be a before section of the spare room, soon to be Luke's room...in the meantime here are some photos of Drew's pimped room...

Space Farm Zoo

In early May as the school year was winding-down, Drew and his Kindergarten class went to a neat place in northern New Jersey called Space Farm Zoo. The zoo started out as a family farm that began as one of the family members bringing home strays and eventually it became a zoo and museum. The museum portion included old farm machinery, antique cars, toys and all sorts of interesting stuff.

The strays being brought home eventually added-up and the pictures below tell the story as to all the things that Drew saw and did there...


Drew's kindergarten class from Trinity Christian School



Mr. Bear...we actually don't need to go to a zoo to see these. we can stay in our house and watch the bears on Picatinny!



Drew's class in the original Deckertown Jail!


This is Mrs. Prohl, Drews Kindergarten teacher after the class escaped and locked-up the teacher!

Drew and his friend Jon-Luke




Some sort of bison-like creature...




This picture really captures Drew in his element! Such a ham having a blast all the time!! That's why we love him so much!!