Randomness

Just a few random recent photos.

These are for Aunt Kate - Luke's modeling his "BabyLegs" in Harvest:

He's such a little boy in this one:

Crawling, playing, resting, and climbing:

Who says that dogs and cats can't be great friends?

Life has changed

Luke is now everywhere ... and he's fast! He can crawl, do stairs, climb, pull up to standing, and anything else that you can imagine. My life has changed completely. No more leaving him playing with his toys while I switch a load of laundry, unload the dishwasher, or make the bed. I thought that we had "babyproofed" ... I've since learned that there really is no such thing!



Here's a clip of Luke getting into Daddy's stuff (yes, I was sitting back and taping him instead of intervening!):

A beautiful weekend

We had the nicest weekend here - the weather was perfect and warm. We broke out the baby pool that we bought for Luke a while back, and let him try it out. He loved it (as you can see from the pictures - check out those top teeth that are now in full view!), and we loved watching him have so much fun.

Go Yankees!

Luke was decked out in his Yankees attire to help cheer on his favorite baseball team. Michael bought him the Yankee hat when we were back east over the holidays, and it is just about fitting Luke now. I couldn't resist taking pictures - too cute!

It's a dog's life

Luke has taken over Brooklyn's "room." He can't see why she doesn't want to spend the entire day in here!






Luke and the dog both like to chew :)

He's moving now!

Watch him go!

Say yes to yogurt!

Luke LOVES yogurt. Sometimes he squeals when he sees it! Even when it seems that he is completely full, he always has room for at least a few bites of yogurt. I had to get it on video. Here's a clip from lunch today. He ate sweet potatoes, peas, brown rice, tofu ... and was just about finished when I offered the yogurt.

A sister for Luke

Michael surprised Luke, Linus, and me with a wonderful gift last night.

Introducing our new golden retriever puppy, who we've named Brooklyn.

She's a wonderful addition to our family, and we are so excited! So far, everyone is getting along famously ... even Linus seems to enjoy the new playmate :)

Luke's 1st Easter

Luke had such a nice 1st Easter. Michael's parents were out from NJ, and we all met my parents up in Tahoe for the long weekend. Luke loved having all of his grandparents there, showering him with attention.



New developments since my last post:

1) Grandpa Saccento hung Luke's swing in the backyard


2) Luke's first top tooth came through this morning (pictures to come of that ... when we can actually see it and assuming that he lets me anywhere near his mouth, which is NOT happening right now)

3) He's really starting to move around. Still not an official "crawler," but getting closer (and faster) all the time. He gets that he needs to lift up his knees, which he pretty much does, but still hasn't put it all together yet - I'll keep you posted!

Luke rocks out

He's quite the rocker these days!

Diaper change gone wild!

Luke has become very difficult to change. He wants to touch everything and roll right off of the changing pad. So, yesterday I thought that it would be best to just change him on the floor. Well, it got out of hand and so after he was cleaned up, I decided to give in to him for a few minutes and let him roll around in the nude. He thought this was wonderful ... but, of course, he decided to pee on the floor in the process.

Here he is (probably peeing as I took the picture)


Now, can you see the spot? Just to the right of his tummy ... yep, he rubbed his belly in it:


Then his hand:


Next his knee:


Ah, that was fun!

Luke's friends

Luke has two stuffed animals in his bed - he loves them both. We will often hear him after we put him to bed or early in the morning chatting away with his animal friends. However, when it is time to sleep, he always turns to his blue bear. Tonight he spent a really long time talking away in his room, and when it was finally quiet and I went in to check on him, this is what I found.

He fell asleep talking to his bear ... too cute!

A weekend in the snow

We just returned home from a really fun and relaxing weekend in Tahoe. Here are a few photos of Luke hanging out in the snow around the fire pit in the back yard.

Watch him go!

We've almost got ourselves a crawler! The actual method isn't quick, takes tons of energy, and employs rolling as a means of covering ground, but he's definitely moving. Have a look ...

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