Luke is 11 months old!

On February 8th, Luke turned 11 months old! Now that Luke is 11 months old, he is really enjoying moving around a lot. He cruises around a lot, but is still not walking. He stands up and balances for a little while before he topples over, but he does not seem anywhere near taking an unassisted step yet. He pushes his walking toys around, but won't let go. His crawling is super fast now, so he doesn't really see a need to learn to walk!

He still has only 6 teeth (four on top, two on the bottom), but still keeps his fingers in his mouth all the time. We keep expecting a new tooth all the time, but nothing has popped up yet. He had his first ear infection during his 11th month. He was so pathetic. I stayed home with him from school, and he slept on me for 7 hours that day. Then he slept for the entire night. He just finished his 10 days of medicine, and seems to be feeling much better!

Luke loves to play with all his toys now. He stands up to play with his toys, and today I even caught him climbing on top of his riding train toy to try to stand up on top of it! He loves to throw every.single.toy out of his play area. He is a true boy in that way - he likes to destroy anything that someone (usually Katie) builds, and he loves to pick up things and throw them. We think he really enjoys the crashing sound.

Luke's favorite place to play is the bath tub. He crawls around and throws everything into and out of the tub. For a couple days, all he wanted to do in the tub was spin around in circles and he loves to splash all of the water out of the tub. He also thinks it's funny to throw himself backwards and land flat on his back in the water. He doesn't seem to be nearly as bothered by hitting his head on the hard floor of the tub as I am!

We finally bought Luke some real tennis shoes and some other dressy shoes. He seems to be doing better about keeping them on his feet, just a tiny bit maybe.

Luke really loves real people food now. If we are all eating, he will not be happy with just a jar of baby food or baby puffs. He wants exactly what we are all having. He loves bananas, chicken, grapes, green beans, spaghetti, and more. But if he could have it his way, he would never eat anything but cheese all the time for every meal.

Luke does not really have many words at this point. He says Mama, ball, baba (for any type of milk or food), Dada, and he says the same word for Katie's name all the time, but it's hard to decipher ... it's something like deh-deh. He really makes a lot of noise but doesn't really say much of anything!

11 months have flown by!

Time to start planning a first birthday party!!!

Luke's 10 Month Post

Luke celebrated 10 months on January 8th. His 10th month was filled with fun activities and special times with family. During his 10th month, we celebrated his first Christmas. He started to crawl consistently (on his hands and knees, rather than his usual army crawl). He learned to clap his hands. He pulled up to standing for the first time and has started to cruise around a little bit holding onto furniture and toys. He ate lots of new finger foods during the month. His favorite foods during his 1oth month were cheese and tiny bits of chicken. He said Da-da early in December for the first time, and during his 10th month he began saying it more consistently.

Luke was scheduled to have surgery during his 10th month. His surgery was scheduled for January 3rd. However, just a couple weeks before his scheduled surgery, his clogged tear duct cleared up on its own. That was definitely an answered prayer for us!

At 10 months old, Luke has 6 teeth...4 on top, and 2 on the bottom. He keeps his fingers in his mouth all the time. He still wakes up every 4-5 hours during the night. He still wears 9-12 month clothes (sometimes 12-18 months), and he has actually started wearing shoes on a more consistent basis (although, he still keeps his foot balled up like a fist and we can only fit the squishy shoes on his big ole feet!

I can't believe how close Luke is to being a big one year old!