Happy Halloween

On Tuesday we celebrated Halloween with our library friends.

On Friday we went to Dad's office.

On Halloween we trick or treated at the neighbors!

Consider us ready for Thanksgiving!! :-)

Moments...

One of Luke's first words was shoe! He still loves them.

No, I don't give my child the whole bag of cheese! Luke is always the first to start eating and the last to finish! Well, Brett and I had both left the table (and the bag of cheese) and the rest of the story I think you can see!

Speaking of Cheese!

Pumpkin Carving!

That's the same look I get from Brett when I suggest carving pumpkins! :-)

Proud Mama!

Could there be a better sight than this!

You Should See The Other Guy!

Luke's first black eye. He had it out with the toy chest or maybe it was the truck in the toy chest. I didn't exactly see which one hit him even though I was less than 10 feet away from him! So like any good mom, I had to record it in photographs for the baby book. I couldn't pick just one so here's a good summary of our photo session. :-)

Exploring

Sorry about the lack of posts lately. We've been busy! Luke figured out how to climb up on his chairs. He also figured out how to use this skill to help him climb up on the table and onto the window sill. Unfortunately the first time he tried this he fell head first off of the table! Needless to say the chairs and the table are experiencing a temporary separation. :-) (Luke is fine, not even a bump!)



He also loves this kitchen cabinet. Previously home to our vases and pitchers. Now empty for Luke's amusement and safety. This was the first day he found it. Now he crawls in and says "stuck"! (These were different days- just the same outfit!)



In other exciting Luke news.... He's successfully using a soon, sometimes! He's so proud. I'm happy that he didn't throw the bowl or turn it upside down, over his head like he had done in previous spoon feeding attempts.

Have I told you that he's walking like crazy now?! He still likes to crawl if he's in a hurry, but he's getting quite mobile. Perhaps my favorite is the ever expanding vocabulary list:

baby
ball
shoe
socks
dog (sound more like da)
dad (also still sounds like da, but different intonation then the da for dog)
stuck
what's dis?
mom
up
please (comes out: peas and he only uses it with "up")
no
yep/yea
sit (or maybe shit- we'll say it's sit)

Then there are his few favorites we are still trying to figure out:

ah dee too
oat
ah dese

Next week is his 15 month check up so I'll update his stats then.

Weekend of Firsts

Luke's First Haircut! He wasn't pleased.



But crackers helped!



And our cruising man took his first steps! He was playing in the yard with dad and he took 2 steps on his own!!!! :-) I had just gone out to see what they were up to (Ok, I was done getting ready) so I got to see it too! Very nice of him to wait for us both to be there as witnesses! He's still fond of holding on with one hand, but it won't be long now before he's faster than me!