1 Year at Home

March 4th marked the 1st year anniversary of Luke being at home with us and what a year it has been. Luke is now 15 months old, weighs about 16lbs and is becoming quite the little man.
He has been pulling up and walking along furniture for months now and just recently started taking his first wobbly steps, so it's only a matter of time before he's off and running and has us chasing him around on foot. He's already become quite good at going up and down our stairs (while supervised by us of course), so it might be time to get a new gate soon.
He's finally got his first little tooth, which means he's eating more "solids" including cheese, bread, "puffs", diced carrots and a few other things. If we put food on a fork for him, he's even able to put it in his mouth and eat the food off of it, but he's still mastering that one. He definitely likes eating and isn't afraid to let us know when he's "done", with a forceful push away of our hand.
By far the most fun though has been hearing him really start to talk. He's really found his voice and has his own babble language that includes "mom", "momma", "da", "dada", and what sounds like "down" in addition to a bunch of other of his own made up words like "ditdow".
On this coming Monday, Luke will also be starting swimming lessons which should be lots of fun for him and we're excited for him to learn.
We're truly grateful and very blessed for having such an amazing little boy who has come a very long way in his first year.

Stacy and I are always looking for ways to do our part to help other parents and children in need, so this year we started our own team for the "March of Dimes", called "Luke's Light-Bringers". We'd love everyone and anyone who would like to join us on the walk on April 17th or simply make a donation. Details can be found at the website below. Hope to see you there!
www.marchforbabies.org/team/t1520709