Luke's 1st Birthday!

Today our sweet baby Luke turned 1! Exactly one year ago today he was born and changed our family forever, bringing us so much light and joy! This past year parenting Luke has been such a blessing, I never knew I could enjoy taking care of a baby so much. He really is an answer to many prayers!

In the past couple of weeks he started to walk and is becoming more and more stable each day. I think this means he is officially a toddler? Well, I think we'll keep referring to him as our baby for a lot longer! He has started imitating our sounds a lot more, loves to babble and his first and only consistent word so far has been "hi!" He continues to be very sweet but has become a lot more verbal about not liking to change his diaper or clothes -- he wants to keep moving all the time and so will complain if he has to stay put for a couple of minutes. Learning to be patient is definitely a new concept for him! 

Daniel adores his little brother.

We decided to keep his first birthday celebration very simple and it turned out great. We took a cake to church and invited our friends to join us for a quick celebration immediately after the service. It was short and sweet, and Luke was not overwhelmed at all by all the people present. We thank our friend Joan for taking photos of us all!

 

First time trying cake!

Happy 1st Birthday Lukinho!  We love you so much!! Please don't grow up too fast this next year, OK? ;)

Luke at 11 months!

 

Hi Loved Ones!

 

It's been a long while since I have properly updated and Luke is already 11 months old! I didn't get to do his 10 month old photos because we were away in Europe and it was hard to find time to do it. I hope to post our photos from our trip to England and Portugal soon and you will get to see Luke at 10 months... But today, here are some photos of him at 11 months! The count down to his 1st birthday has begun -- and I'm not ready to have a toddler!

 

Unfortunately, he has been sick over the last few days and when I took these photos on Saturday, he had just started taking antibiotics to fight off his first ear infection, so he was not at his best. It was hard to get him to smile much but he still cooperated. :)

 

He has developed so rapidly since the last 9 month blog! In the last 2 months he started to crawl, then crawl fast, push himself up, cruise and is now standing for up to 10 seconds at a time by himself and has taken 2-3 steps! I am not ready for him to walk -- wait, did I already say that I'm just not ready to lose my baby?! ;) Well, there is nothing I can do to stop him! He is so mobile and literally into everything in sight. He also learned how to clap and sometimes will wave! And he is definitely understanding more and more what we say and has started following directions -- like to "No Luke, you cannot put your hand in the toilet!".

 

He continues to be a very sweet and happy baby and has just been the greatest blessing to all of us. Daniel adores him each day more and more and wants to be around Luke as much as he can. We love you so much baby Luke! Yes, you are still our baby! :)

Not easy to get him to sit still!

Trying to walk!

Our two sweet boys!

MB: First day of First Grade!

Daniel started First Grade today! He was super excited and said he had a great day. We were all at the bus stop this morning, including Luke, who last year was still inside me when Daniel started Kindergarten. Time has flown by! 

And this is how he returned later this afternoon...

Happy boy!

God bless you sweet Daniel, in this new year of your school life. We love you! 

MB: First Grade Open House!

Tomorrow is the first day of First Grade for Daniel! On Friday, we went to the Open House event, and met his new teacher, Mrs. Bednar, and friends. Daniel was so excited and confident to be there! His teacher seemed very nice and already knew Daniel. He has his own desk, where he can keep his school supplies inside, and there are only 20 kids in his class. We can't believe we already have such a big boy!