Pacing

Luke loves to run back and forth on the couch.
He thinks he is cool, because he is up high.

He also uses the couch like a trampoline, and then falls back on the cushions.
I guess that is a lot of fun for him too.

Luke also loves to look out the window.
We're raising a peeping Tom!

CHRISTMAS

This is what our drive way looked like the day we left for Idaho.
Luke was fascinated by the snow. He thought he could climb up on it,
but when he just fell through and got stuck in the cold stuff, he certainly
did NOT like it anymore.

Luke's grandma had lots of things to spoil Luke with.
These things included a new trampoline for him to jump his heart out.
My civil engineer brother put this together.
You can see that my electrical engineer husband had to come fix the
civil engineer's mistakes.
Don't worry, we got the trampoline, all figured out.

Christmas morning came quite early for Luke.

He thought 5 am was an appropriate wake up time.
So we spent alone time with the tree waiting for everyone else to wake up.

Luke wasn't so in to the opening of presents.
He liked his presents once they were opened for him though.

The whole family in front of the Christmas tree,
missing a few people who couldn't make it.

Our family photo in front of the tv,
Luke wanted to go play with his toys instead.

Luke loved the trampoline.
He would climb up and jump all the time.
It is the perfect size for him!

Christmas dinner set-up

Luke enjoying some mashed potatoes and gravy.
Who wouldn't love grandpa's famous mashed potatoes?
Gilbert was enjoying the leg of the turkey.

Bella and Luke enjoying the trampoline together.
They were 2 peas in a pod.
They fought over Bella's present, a shopping cart.
It was hilarious to watch them battle.

Sill Boy

I looked across the counter this morning to see this:


At first I didn't think anything of it.
Then I realized that he shouldn't be able to see over the counter like that.
He isn't tall enough.
So I walk around the corner and see this:

He figured out how to open the dishwasher,
then stand on the door,
so he could see over the counter.

I think he is going to be nothing but trouble each day as he gets older.

The Living Planet Aquarium

The Living Planet Aquarium did a day of free admission.
So I decided to take Luke for a "free" trip.
I quickly learned that free day's in Utah are absolutely crazy because every other mom in Utah wants to save a buck too! It was madness!
It was fun though. I think the penguins were the best.
Luke mostly like all the other kids and just wanted to run around.
He doesn't realize that he is too little and he just got pushed down.
It was worth it for free.

Favorites

Luke does a few things that are absolutely my favorite things in the world.
This is one of them:

He does this while riding in the car,
certainly while sleeping,
and just about any other time he is just relaxing.
This is the sort of thing you don't teach.
This kind of thing is just natural.
He has done this for months, I just never had the opportunity to get a good photo of it.
What a silly kid!

Faces of Luke

Thanksgiving FREEZE!

We went to Idaho for Thanksgiving, and was literally FREEZING.
Well actually, it was below freezing.
The wind chill got down to -8 degrees in the DAY!
So it was much colder in the nights.

We got totally snowed in for one day.
We had to keep Luke bundled up at all times.
He didn't like the fact that he couldn't move his arms once we got all his layers on.
He also doesn't like wearing snow hats, but we had to keep his ears warm somehow.

Luke LOVES the cats.
He would walk to the window and just laugh.
Then if we let them in the house, he would chase them around.

He also learned a new trick.
He stuck his finger up his nose for the first time.
I'm sure he will make a habit out of it.

Giggles

I apologize for the shakiness of this video, but Luke's giggles were too cute not to catch on video.
At one point, he was laughing so hard, he fell over. I wish I would have gotten that on video!

A Very Long Week....

This week Gilbert was away in Germany for a trade show.
It was a very long week, especially for a little boy, who didn't have his play mate.
So here's some things we did this week to pass the time.

I tried to spend extra time playing with Luke.
He loves to play catch, and he actually has pretty good aim.
Enough that Gilbert is thinking baseball camp instead of football camp.
Luke stands in the family room and throws a ball into the kitchen,
then waits for me to throw it back, and we do it all over again.

This week, Luke learned he LOVES french fries.
It's so boring and time consuming just to cook for myself.
So we hit up a few drive through's this week,
and boy did Luke like chicken fingers and french fries!

We also took extra long baths, and played even when the water was gone.
We walked around the mall, and waved to all the other kids.
We played with lots of friends,
and even went to a really cool party at cousin Natalie's house.
Worked on lots of projects to keep us busy to ignore the fact that we miss daddy!

We'll be very happy to have Gilbert back home tomorrow!
I'm sure he'll have lots of pictures to post!

BUSY

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Peeping Luke

Luke has a never favorite past time.
He likes to look at the window and see what there is to see.
He is the perfect size for me to raise the blinds just a little bit,
and then he can look out whenever he wants to.
He is very curious,
I wonder where he gets that from? (Gilbert)