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Luke is learning about one or two words a day at this point. His first words at about 11 months were: ball, balloon, clock, dada, and mama. These days the words we hear most are: truck, bus, Elmo, more, all done, oh no, no, wow, uh oh, bird, squirrel, cracker, hat, computer, bye-bye, wa wa, on, up. Most recently he has started saying the names of his friends at day care (Lily, Renne, Henry) and recognizing colors.

Fun with Langston and Silas

Luke invited Silas and Langston over last weekend to hang out. The weather was beautiful and everyone had a great time. Langston and Luke shared a relaxing meal of mac and cheese under the pergola.

Luke introduced Silas to his sand and water table and demonstrated the proper way to splash.

Silas was very impressed.
Luke seems to be most happy when he is getting wet.

Here's a very short video of Luke splashing.

Luke's Game

Before

AfterLuke invented a game called "Stack All the Trucks on the Chair." After he stacks his fleet, he likes to climb on the chair and push all the trucks off.

Mother's Little Helper

Luke was in his room being a little too quiet so I went in to check on him.
He had taken all of the diapers and wipes out of his closet and crawled inside.

Then without any prompting, he started to put everything back.

He's a tidy boy! You can also see how he gets frustrated when things don't work out perfectly. Gee, who does he get that from?

Pet Monkey

Eee. Eee. I'm a monkey.

Already a fan.

Here is Luke out for breakfast with Mom and dad. We are still working on good restaurant behavior.

Summer Fun

Luke had a great weekend! Aunt Ronny was visiting. We went to a party at Uncle Matt's on Saturday night! Here are a couple of pictures of Luke hanging out at the party.

Then today we blew up the swimming pool and Luke loved it! He stayed in the pool for about an hour, which is forever in little guy time.

Welcome to my pool!

The water was kind of cold, but Luke didn't care!

Langston came over to play in the pool, too! He splashed around and cracked Luke up. Luke thought Langston was hilarious.
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Walking the Alligator

Luke started walking about three weeks ago. Now he's always on the go! He prefers to run when he can. Here's a video of him walking his pet alligator. Halfway through he takes some time out to point up at the ceiling lights.

Spaghetti is Yummy

Luke eating spaghetti.

Mother's Day at the Beach

On Mother's Day, Luke went to the beach with Uncle Andy, Daddy and Sweetie. (Mother was enjoying a day alone at home.)

Luke immediately got down on his belly to experience the sand up close and personal.
Boy, Gaga and Sand

Luke found a friend (not pictured) to play ball with.
Relaxing with a bottle.
Congratulations Uncle Andy and Sweetie on getting engaged!

Partners in Crime

Luke and Langston cruising through the neighborhood.

Beep beep!

Hey, baby, wanna ride?

Playing in the backyard with mama.

Time to relax with a cold one.