Luke's Dedication

We had Luke's dedicating at the McCracken's. They are good friends of Mimi and Popi and live right around the corner. Bruce McCracken is a pastor and agreed to hold a small service in his backyard for Luke and our family. We had great weather and were able to hold the service outdoors by the McCrackens pond, which the kids loved looking for fish in! It was a beautiful service and we are thankful for those who were able to attend!

Luke is 18 months old

Luke is 18 months old already and we can't believe how much he has grown! He runs all over and tries his best to keep up with his sisiter. He attempts to climb up on everything and is constantly pushing chairs up to the counter to get to what he wants. He doesn't let the "big kid" steps at the park slow him down at all! He will try his best to climb them all by himself! We wonder if this will end up with lots of ER visits in the future for our fearless little guy!

Luke continues to have a great appetite, just like his daddy! He eats almost everything we put in front of him but he is starting to pick and choose what he wants on his plate. He LOVES dessert and will happily have one more bit of dinner for a cookie, popsicle, or lollipop! He loves to snack between meals and his favorite snack is goldfish and pretzels. He loves to drink milk and creamer, just like his sister! If you've never tried it before, give it a taste! It's really good!

Luke picks up new words almost everyday! We are always asking him to repeat words after us and he is getting pretty good! He can name all of his grandparents, some farm animals, and some body parts. He clearly says "Hello", "Bye Bye", and "Snack". We still use some sign language with him, like "more" and "hungry", though those are happening less often as he is finding the words now. We know it is only a matter of time before he is speaking in sentences!

OBX 2012

This summer, we went to Duck, NC again with Ryan's friends. We always rent a big house with a pool and hot tub. Some of Ryan's friends have little ones around the same age as ours so Caitlynn and Luke had plenty of friends to play with at the house. This year, Uncle Andrew and Aunt Kitty decided to come to the beach to celebrate Aunt Kitty's birthday and enjoy some much deserved time off. We loved being able to see them almost every day! We even went out to dinner on Aunt Kitty's birthday to celebrate with her. Even though both kids got sick for a day or so, it was a great week and we really enjoyed being with friends,.. old and new!