9 Months

Luke Laughing

Luke's Walker

Luke using his walker he got for Christmas for the first time!

Arizona Trip

Luke loved Arizona - getting lots of attention, playing outside without a coat or shoes, getting to play outside a lot! He traveled really well and we all had lots of fun!!
Luke had the best ride for the hikes!! It was fun taking him with us. Thanks Buddy and Marcy!!
At one of the high points of our 4 hour hike around a mountain. Very fun and beautiful hike. Although...Greg threw up all over his parents car (the outside) on the way back from the mountain...yeah, last year he finished an entire marathon in under 3 hours....this year he puked after a 4.75 mile, 4 hour hike!!

BIG bed in the hotel room!!
what fresh air does to babies!!!


more fresh air. this is how Luke spent most of the 4 hour hike.

Christmas

December

"santa's little helper" got right into tree decorating. When we got out the boxes, he started pulling stuff out. He found a big jingle bell right away and ammused himself by ringing it. Very cute!!

First big snow!! Daddy missed it, he was in Arizona for a coaching convention. After shoveling for the 2 hours that Luke napped, I found a little energy to tug him around on the sled. It was DEEP!! He loved it though...until he decided to stick his face in the snow, and then he was done. (didn't include that picture!!)

November

Luke loves to eat. With daddy, it started out messy...but things have improved quite a bit!!
Christmas card pictures at Thanksgiving
Loves his Jack-in-the-box. Mommy loves it that some toys never get old!!
Photo shoot after the photo shoot...we took him to sears for pictures (they turned out great, and we still have extras...let us know!!) He was in such a good mood when we got home, we took some ourselves!! 7 months old.

Halloween

Okay everyone, time to catch up. It's been a busy couple of months!! Luke, as a turtle, wasn't completely thrilled about Halloween or his costume...but he did okay. He liked his moldy pumpkin!! He also liked picking a piece of candy out of a big bowl and chewing on it, wrapper and all!!

Loved the basket of toys. Would stick his head in and take out each toy individually till he got to the bottom and was so proud!!