Trip to the zoo…

We decided to make a trip to the zoo… just because. God bless whoever came up with zoo memberships.

Luke smirking on the train ride.

Smiling for camera whilst on the train.

Holding on for dear life.

Luke contemplating whether or not to stick around to make a break for the elephant.

Mommy holding Luke.

Luke riding Daddy.

Luke has really started to check out the animals.

Checking out something…

Who knew this could be so entertaining?

Mommy finished using some wrapping paper and the kids made quick use of the tube.

She must have seen Daddy do it.

Now Luke wants a try.

Too bad there are only 2 openings – Luke wanted in on this bad boy.

Look at him pretending he’s blowing into it.

Finally! He’s got it for himself.

As usual, it only kept his attention for a short while once he realized his sister wasn’t interested in it anymore.

Luke’s Birthday Date

For Luke’s birthday date we took him to a few places we thought he might enjoy.

We started with dinner at Chick Fil A.

“Nothing like a good waffle fry”

On to Chuck E Cheese.

Luke didn’t get a whole lot out of it, but we enjoyed ourselves.

“Does this dispense food?”

“Oh, it doesn’t? See ya”

He enjoyed watching the balls go up and down.

He was not a big fan of the moving vehicles.

He’s always down for a shoulder ride.

Playing a racing game with Daddy. Daddy spent more energy playing than watching Luke but luckily he didn’t try to jump out of Daddy’s lap.

Luke liked SkeeBall though he preferred just playing with the skeeballs instead of tossing them.

He got up on the ramp and I’m curious how far he would have gotten had we not stopped him.

We redeemed his tickets for a ball. In actual money terms that ball cost us $39.93.

We finished up with a trip to Yogurt Mountain.

“This is all for me? I just don’t know what to say…”

“A little more please”

After going back to pick up Gwynn and Grace and Kate’s house Luke was plumb tuckered out.

… and he’s out

Gwynn got a bath with her cousins while Luke partied. I’m not sure what to make of her expression here.

Luke’s Birthday Breakfast!

For Luke’s actual birthday we let him have a doughnut from Krispy Kreme. He was excited.

He enjoyed smooshing it the most.

“I need another for my free hand”

Gwynn clapping for Luke’s birthday.

So far none of it has made it to his mouth.

“It’s just so goooood”

Finally he started eating it once it was broken into several pieces.

Gwynn demonstrating proper form.

12 months (Luke)

• Luke is a year old! We can’t believe it!
• Stats:
• Length: 31 inches
• Weight: 24.3 lbs
• Head Circumference: 19 inches
• He is very good at making the touchdown sign…just in time for football!
• When we are seated on the floor, Luke will walk backwards a few steps to sit on our laps…it’s so sweet.
• He brings us things all the time.  His favorite thing to do is get into the pantry and bring us cans of soup, syrup, and other things he probably shouldn’t have access to.
• He also screams “ma!” when he wants more food.
• Speaking of food, he’s a big fan. I can’t think of anything off hand that he won’t eat. His favorites are fruit, green beans, pizza, cheerios, goldfish.
• His all time favorite thing to eat is a cookie from Publix. The second we start heading that way he’ll start bouncing up and down and panting really fast.  If they ever run out of cookies I don’t know what we’ll do.
• Luke’s favorite things to play with are balls…footballs, baseballs, soccer balls, doesn’t matter. He even says “ba” when he sees one!  He even calls grapes and tomatoes balls!
• He and his sissy usually play well together, but he’s starting to really get mad when she takes something away from him. He’ll slam his hands down and start screaming…she better watch out because one day he’ll retaliate and it won’t be pretty.
• Luke loves to play in water. When we go to the Y he loves running in the kiddie pool and would probably dive into the big pool if we’d let him.
• He puts our iPhones and other play phones up to his ear and occasionally will say something that sounds like “hi.” He also will do the same with other toys though (trains, balls, etc).