Eleven Months

Luke is ELEVEN months old!

Each month seems to get noisier than the one before.  Luke likes to start up a conversation and have one of us echo back the sound he's making.  He can go on and on 'talking' to us.  I like that he's noisy as he moves around the house, so I at least kind of know where he is.

And knowing where he is turns out to be pretty important with our Mr. Curious.  If the opportunity is there, Luke heads straight to the bathroom.  He thinks toilet water is fun for playing, toilet paper is SO fun to roll and roll and roll, and if you happen to leave the shampoo bottle open, it's super fun to turn it upside down to see how much will come out before mom catches up with you.

These are all things Noah never did or was interested in, so I'm having to definitely keep close tabs on little Luke.

Luke is finally getting two more teeth, for a grand total of four. He has been using anything he can find as a chew toy, but his favorite thing is a good old straw.  He could chew on one for hours.

There are definite signs that Luke could be walking soon.  He likes to stand alone and squeals with excitement when we practice, even when we were at the dinosaur museum.  I love how he holds his arms out straight in front of him for balance.

He moves from one thing to another pretty easily and loves the freedom of getting around on his own.

 

We had a little fun with Luke's hair before it all got cut off.

He sure had a lot to have fun with. :-)

Sometimes when Luke meets new people he smiles and then buries his head in my shoulder.  I kind of like that he has a shy side.  He still loves his brother, and we have continued to hear lots of "Uh-Wuh" (what we think is 'Noah').

It seems like just about every day during the past month I was reporting something new and cute that Luke could do.  I love that I get to experience all of these firsts right along with my little guy.

Look out November, this big boy is almost ONE!