Roll Tide!

Gwynn and Luke spent the weekend at Grandma and Pop’s while Mommy and Daddy went to Atlanta for the Bama game against Va Tech. They had a ball.

Gwynn eating a snack while football plays in the background.

Silly girl.

When she hears a TD she knows what to do!

Luke had fun turning this lamp on and off over and over and over again.

Luke also enjoyed eating. That’s his favorite.

“Gimme some mo’!”

So sweet!

11 months (Luke)

At 11 months…

• Luke is running like a madman. No crawling whatsoever. He’s got a few pairs of shoes and gets around in those just fine too. He prefers to go shoeless still.
• As football season approaches we had to make sure he knew how to put his hands up for a touchdown. He’s just about got it though it looks more like a motion for loss of down (hands behind head instead of straight up).
• Luke picked up clapping really quickly…he’s great at it! He also imitates when we shake our head.  Our favorite thing to do is ask him if he likes Auburn and he shakes his head “no.” :-)
• He has a new favorite treat – cat food. No, we don’t let him eat it but if he sees it he will race towards it. It must smell delicious. The cat was outside one day and he went to the pantry and got the container of cat food out…we had no idea he could do that.  It’s amazing what he picks up just from watching his sissy.
• Luke will put his hands together to pray before we eat. He actually does it without us prompting him. It’s a good habit because sometimes we forget to pray ourselves but he always reminds us.
• He’s pretty much eating real food at appropriate meal times now.  He gets a bottle in the morning (about 4 oz) and one at night (about 4 oz) and sometimes during the day before a nap.  This makes it so much easier to take him places and he loves to finish Gwynn’s food for her!
• They tell us at daycare that his best friend is Emma.  Ms. Bonnie said that Luke will follow her everywhere and then she’ll turn around and follow him. She’s only a few months older than him…we’re so glad he has a pal his own age to play with!  
• Luke is such a sweetie.  He loves to be held and is still a mama’s boy, but when he sees his Daddy he makes a beeline for him too!

Waterpark with Grammy

Since Daddy was working this week, Grammy invited us to go to the waterpark with her and Ava. We went to Spring Valley Beach in Blountsville, AL and it was awesome!  We had the best time!!

Luke really enjoyed all the food we ate. Here he is enjoying some shaved ice.

Gwynn was very independent in the water (which was a little scary). She really enjoyed going down the slides and wanted to go by herself, but Mommy and Grammy knew better!

This was Luke’s face every time he took a sip of Grammy’s ice cold water.

Her favorite slide.

It doesn’t really look like it here, but Luke LOVED eating Grammy’s ice cream.

The waterpark had two little kiddie slides.  Gwynn was so excited when she realized she could slide down these by herself!

Spring Valley Beach

Our fun summer!

We’ve had a lot of fun this summer hanging around the house, going to Tuscaloosa, or finding things to do around Birmingham.

Gwynn used to swing in this swing a lot, but not as much anymore. When she saw Luke having a ball she asked to get in and had a lot of fun herself.

Luke loves climbing onto whatever he can find.

Making a mess.

Luke went swimming and as usual he passed out afterwards.

Silly girl.

One of the rare moments they’re next to each other and no one was being kicked/pushed/crushed.

Luke enjoying some Mexican food in T-town.

Gwynn with Grandma and Pop.

Gwynn and Emerson playing in the water at the zoo. Gwynn has really learned to enjoy playing in water.

Trying to get as close as possible to the water without actually getting wet.

Luke stomping around.

“Whatchu lookin’ at?”

Playing with the full length mirror at Grammy’s house.

“Elementary my dear Elmo.”

This guy loves some french fries…

Watching Pop mow the lawn.

Always eating…

Our kids can put away some calories. Luckily they’re quite active (sometimes much to our chagrin).

Luke won’t eat baby food anymore. If he thinks it’s something we won’t eat he won’t touch it. He even prefers to eat from a fork.

“Okay, nice appetizer. Where’s my steak?”

Anything Gwynn has Luke wants. Here he is trying to get a gogurt from Gwynn.

Pancakes!

He’s not bad at sitting at the little table. If only he’d stay in a highchair at a restaurant so well.