Our Wobb

Luke is growing by leaps and bounds. Next week is his last week in the Infant Room at day care, then he'll be transitioning to the Wobbler Room. But on Friday he was so bored and cranky in the Infant Room that they sent him to play with the Wobbs and he had the best time!

Luke is very social and bonds with certain babies at day care, at the moment in particular with a couple of baby girls named Ava and Renne. On Friday I watched as he and Renne carried on an animated back and forth conversation in baby babble and then they both suddenly burst out laughing like one of them told the funniest joke. It was kind of eerie to see him actually "talking" to someone.

Here are some photos from the last few days.

At day care Luke learned to feed himself with a spoon. It's messy, but he does it.

"Huh, I don't know how the shoes got there. I'm sure glad I don't have to pick them up."

Looking "cute as a button."

Ten minutes later, asleep but still sucking at the last few drops in the bottle.

After his nap and still feeling the need for a cuddle.

This picture was taken in the same spot where I used to take my belly pictures when I was pregnant.

Inauguration

Here is Luke pretending that he is at the Inauguration of President Obama.

High definition TV is the next best thing to being there.
Yay!

An historic occasion.

Decked out in the red, white and blue.

10-Month Update

Luke is 10 months old! Some of his favorite things to do are:

Take long, hot baths
Travel all around the crib when he sleeps
Hold his own bottle

And hang out with Papa
Today we went to the Edelweiss Deli to buy some German groceries. We bought some chocolate.
And Knoedel. Yum!

Today we also went to a Welcome Home/Birthday party for Pearl Groff. Her mommy and daddy and big sister just brought her home to Portland from Vietnam. Luke was fascinated with Pearls' long, dark hair and touched it gently a few times.

Random January Pictures

Today we went across the street to meet the newest addition to the Sykes family-- Graham Walter Sykes. While we were there, Langston let Luke try on his cowboy hat. Here is Luke with Langston and Graham's Daddy.

Luke was tormenting Roosevelt while the poor cat was trying to take a nap. Watch Roosevelt's paw here ready to strike . . .

. . . and bam. Look at Luke's face.
Don't worry. Luke was fine. Roosevelt is careful with his claws.

Last weekend we got Luke a big boy car seat. Although he's not a year old yet, he's 5 pounds over the 20-pound requirement for a front-facing car seat. He was HATING his rear-facing, infant car seat, and we were tired of the daily meltdowns on the way home from work. You can't tell in this picture, but he LOVES his big car seat so much. When we turn around to look at him he just grins from ear to ear and looks so proud.

Luke is eating a lot of finger foods now and often won't take food on a spoon. He loves bananas, cheddar cheese, saltines and applesauce! This is not a great picture, but it shows how huge his hands are.
Here is Luke wearing his choo-choo train sweater from Anita and Steve, Zoe's parents. It seemed so big when we first got it!
See you next week!

Two Thousand Nine

Happy New Year, Everybody!

Luke playing in his pot and bowl cupboard in the kitchen.
It's loud, but at least it keeps him occupied for a bit.
Luke going to the pub with dad to meet some friends.
A couple days ago I left Luke alone in the living room for a minute and when I came back he was standing and looking out the window like he is here. It was so darn cute, but made me feel nostalgic already because he is growing so fast. (There's the Wrigley Field hockey match Chicago vs. Detroit on the TV.)
Luke pondering what 2009 has in store for him.
How Luke got there.