Happy 10 Month Birthday

Luke turned 10 month's old on December 27th. Here are some more things that happened during his 10th month of life, that you haven't seen yet:

• Pulled something off the coffee table for the first time
• Started eating okra, honeydew, white potatoes, & graham crackers (well, sometimes he put these in his mouth)
• Started having 3 baths a week
• Started sleeping with his bottom up in the air & I stopped turning him over since he obviously preferred this way
• Started holding his ears when eating solids and drinking from the bottle
• Reduced his milk at every feeding so he would eat more solids (increased to 6-8 Tablespoons)
• Discovered his rainforest crib toy because he didn't want to sleep in the afternoon some days
• Fell off our bed for the 1st (& hopefully only) time. He'd taken a nap on there the day before while we were getting ready to go. We were going to let him do that again. I was in Luke's room, Matt was in the garage. I went into the kitchen & Luke was crawling around his highchair. I asked Matt why he got him down (b/c he was supposed to be going to sleep). He looked at me with wide eyes, knowing he didn't get him down, and now that I had not gotten him down either. I had heard a loud cry that lasted @ 2 sec. & I just thought he'd seen Matt & he was still in that I'm not going to give in to sleep faze. I never heard a big boom!

and......

Had a very fashionable Momma! The t-shirt and slippers were add-ons after church.

PlayedTook our Christmas card picture. His matching hat was too small :0)

Got a special package in the mail!!

Outgrew his 9 month clothes- the one piece outfits were the worst!

These pajamas were the first 12 month clothes he wore.

Matt and I went to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory with Neal & Shaunda. It was fun having a double date and going to one of my favorite places!

Luke got to hang out with Grampa & Grammie while we were gone.

Got his first major cold! Despite suctioning right before bed, he'd wake up with a crusty little nose. Thankfully his fever didn't get very high!

As you can see, he outgrew his playmat. So it was replaced....
with a new jungle toy. He started pulling up all the time on this & if he was next to somebody.

Awww yes, he was in his first wreck. It involved BOTH of our parent's cars!! We had borrowed 'Blue' from my parents so that we'd have enough room to tote presents & all of our luggage over for our Christmas in a few days. Matt's parents came over for a birthday celebration. We all got to ride together to dinner since we had a big vehicle. As we were backing out of the driveway, suddenly their car appeared :0) Thankfully the only injuries were 2 bumpers!
We came back and had oh so yummy cake from Julia's Bakery!

Showed me I was REALLY behind on dusting!

Was so cute!

Happy 9 Month Birthday

Luke turned 9 month's old on November 27th. Here are some things that happened during his 9th month of life that haven't already been blogged about:

• Started blowing raspberries (sticking his tongue out and blowing). Fortunately this didn't happen too often while he was eating :0)


• Moved from a crawling position to sitting up.


• Got his 4th, 5th, and 6th teeth!!!


• Went into a public bathroom for the first time. It was a nice one, but I still had to wash Mortimer after he dropped him on the floor.


• Started clearing the spoon with his lips.


• We started praying with him before he eats.


• WE STOPPED KEEPING FEEDING RECORDS!! You know the ones they give you for the first few weeks to keep track of how long a feeding last, how much they ate, what was in their diaper, etc. We had 73 pages that had all of this info. from birth. I made all kinds of notes about what happened during the feedings to help figure out what worked/didn't work for him. I finally felt like he was eating and gaining weight well enough that it wasn't needed anymore.

and....

Ate Gerber banana puffs. I had to put it in his mouth and once he tasted it he liked it. (This was a momentary liking.)

Ate Gerber biter bars. (He still kind of likes to put these in his mouth, but he doesn't eat them like these pictures show.) Slept in the Ergo while we were on a Sunday School picnic. I haven't carried him in this very much at all so he wasn't crazy about it at first, but I think we both liked it :0) His mattress was lowered. He hadn't been standing up or having any problems up high, but we thought he might be getting close.....We dressed up! I can't figure out where we were going. I've checked the calendars and racked my brain, but I know we went somewhere otherwise I'd be in pajamas or workout clothes :0) We took some carrots to Jasmine the horse on one of our walks, then let our Jasmine see her up close :0) Chewed on teething rings! We have tons of them, but I always forget to get them out of the refrigerator. I think his gums would appreciate me helping out more often! Pa taught him how to drive his first car. Spent time with family. Enjoyed playing with his toys.

Was SO cute!