We have a Walker!!

Yes, he's walking! He took his first steps on July 13th, and for the last 3-4 weeks, he looks like Frankenstein taking about 3 or 4 steps at a time. Sometimes he would fall after a couple of steps, but most of the time he would realize that he could get wherever he was going faster if he crawled, so he'd just drop to the ground. Other times, he'd get so excited and his upper body would be going faster than his legs. But now, he's easily making it across the room. And he's so proud of himself.
These pictures don't really do it justice, but here he is walking. (He was doing laps around the island in the kitchen tonight just squealing - he was so excited. And I mean high-pitched, bloody murder screaming, only it was the happy kind!)







You can tell he's really concentrating in this one... he's sticking his tongue out.


And my personal favorite.... (check out that cheesy smile)!!

Pictures of Luke with Family

In case you were wondering why there aren't many pictures of family members on here, there is a reason for that. It was my intention to keep this Blog about Luke and only Luke. The purpose of the Blog is to watch how Luke is growing.
I thought that if I didn't include any pictures of family members on the Blog, then certain family members would not get their feelings hurt because another family member might have had more pictures on there than them. Well, it seems that by trying not to discriminate, I have hurt feelings regardless.
So I will post pictures of Luke with various family members here... all at different times throughout the first year of his life...Please enjoy.

Disclaimer... please don't get offended if someone else has more pictures than you or if your picture was not posted at all, or even if you don't like the picture that I put on here. Remember - it's not about you... it's about Luke! Thank you for understanding.

Luke with his Mom...


Luke with his Dad...


Luke with Grandmommy or Granna Libby (not sure on what she wants to be called)...




Luke with Grampa Brian














Luke with Gramma Nancy...


Luke with Grampa Joe...


Luke with Aunt Joy...


Luke with the Tanners at Christmas...


Luke with Great-Grand Pa and Great-Grand Va...




Luke with Great-Great Aunt Martha...




This is Luke's 3rd cousin Gregg...(holding Pumpkin, not Luke)


Here's Luke with Great Aunt Nancy...


Luke with 2nd cousin Drew and his fiancee, Diana...


Luke with another set of Great-Grandparents... The Simpsons...






And, finally, here he is "driving" the Simpson's boat... He LOVED it!!!



(funny kid!)

If you like any of these pictures, you can print them yourself! Just simply right-click on the picture, save it to your computer, and then send it to walgreens.com to be printed!!

His First Oreo...

What a mess... We let him have his first Oreo. I know, that was a mistake. We learned our lesson, okay? But he got so mad when he saw us eating a cookie in front of him. He HAD to have one too. So we learned two lessons -- One, don't eat cookies in front of Luke and Two, don't give Luke a whole chocolate cookie!!









Gross!!!


And yes, we went straight for the bath after this!!

Our Little Comedian

What a goofball...























Look at that face... such mischief!


At least he likes to share his food...


On a hot summer day we converted two table toys into water tables. Luke had a blast playing in the water...




By the time we were done, we were pretty wet. Of course, it didn't help that Greg was pouring water on him...




Fun at the Park....


Weeeee........

It's not always sunshine and roses....

This kid may have been born to sing because he's got some lungs on him - has since the day he was born, so much so that we used to call him "our little pterodactyl."

Here's a photo tribute to those lungs....

In the hospital...


At 2 weeks...


At 1 month...


At 2 months...


At 5 months...


At 8 months...


At 11 months...


At 12 months...


Sure, it's funny when you see him screaming in pictures. Not so fun when it's bloody murder right in your ear! =)