Can't Leave Out Luke

Best Pictures from Alex's 2nd year!

It's Alex's birthday tomorrow! Unfortunately he is sick and so are all of us so we had to postpone his party until next week. But, we'll make some cupcakes and get presents from mom and dad tomorrow. Here are some of my favorite pictures from Alex's second year.


the love of all things plugged in


loves to eat fruits and veggies, frozen peas even


became a big brother this year

learned to laugh and play with him, well at least some of the time

lots of smiles jumping around in the playroom, crashing on the pillows

handsome boy, loves to pose for pictures

third Christmas

loves to bake, especially mix flour with a whisk

I think he took this picture of himself

playing with water at Hands On, totally entertained with water

Our Snowman Family

Every week we have a theme that we do special activities with. We do gross motor, fine motor, baking, read stories, etc around a certain theme. It's a great way to make play more interesting and learn new vocabulary words. The previous week's theme was snow and this week's was family. So, this past week we combined the two and made a snowman family. I got the idea from one of the books we checked out from the library called "Snowballs" the illustrations had snowman made of paper with things around the house to make their parts. I thought it would be fun to replicate. Alex's new fun thing is to build things with the use of the glue gun. Don't worry I'm the one using the glue gun, but he likes to direct. We've built a barn with a silo, a truck and this week (heart week) we will be building a heart valentine box. Alex loved making the snowman and kept asking to make more since. I was about to go into the extended family :)

Finally Got Some Teeth

Luke's teeth finally came in. He got the two bottoms in last month and all four top ones came in the past few weeks. Oh, the joys of teething :)

More of Luke at Nine Months

Luke at Nine Months

Luke recently turned nine months. He now weighs 24 1/2 pounds (90th percentile for weight) and is 29 inches (75th percentile for height). Yep, he's a big boy, wearing 18-24 mo. size clothes and barely fitting on the blanket anymore for pictures. We will see if he fits for the next three pictures. He absolutely loves table food and will only eat baby food with some encouragement. He's scooting around a bit, but not quite on all fours cruising around. He's having a bit of difficulty getting that middle off the ground. He's been sleeping through the night for the past couple of months and takes two one hour naps. He's all around an easy baby, just gets fussy around 4 to 6 o'clock hours for whatever reason. He definitely adores his older brother, he's just not the same without him around.

Sledding

We finally got around to sledding. Alex hated the snow last year year, so we never attempted it, as he wouldn't stay out for more than a couple of minutes. So, we started out with the gentle hill in Grandparent Ericsons backyard. Alex loved it, all smiles for him. Even when daddy let him slide into the trees, he brushed it off easily.

Rub a Dub, Two Boys in the Tub

The many expressions of Alex...

Too many flashes

Playing in the Snow

Alex loves to play in the snow this year. He goes out just about everyday, usually while Luke is taking a nap so he can burn off some energy instead of playing quietly in the house.

A Few Recent Pics of My Luke