It has been a while.....

but man oh man does life get busy with a little one! Life has been absolutely wonderful since #theduke joined our little family. We have had lots of fun and of course less sleep too. He is now EIGHT months old---whoa, time slow time!! He is not crawling yet but boy oh boy are we close. He likes to be a little lazy and of course is HELD all the time. He had his first trip to the beach and LOVED every moment of it. He likes to swim and kick his feet. He loves Popsicles too. His favorite part though of the trip was riding on the golf cart with his Ne Ne and Paw Paw--can you say wrapped around his little finger!!!!

So I think it is time to share the story of how his name came to be....

On our ride home from the hospital, Robert and I decided to name our little boy Jonathan Dewayne. Jonathan is Roberts middle name and Dewayne is my daddy's (PawPaw) middle name. We had lots of potential names picked our for our future children but when naming our sweet boy we chose these two names because they are the names of two of the most amazing men I know.  Jonathan means "God has Given"--now if that does not give you chill bumps I don't know what will!!! When we got home that wonderful evening my parents came over and loved on our sweet boy. While sitting around we wanted to come up with a sweet nickname to use on social media too. So Daddy and Robert were talking and my daddy said John Wayne--by the way this is one of his favorite actors--and then he said THE DUKE in unison with Robert I believe. We are said that is perfect and the name has stuck ever since.

We had fun family pictures at the beach too with Anna Johnson---they are amazing!!!! Here are a few.....