Toddy: Faces & Games

As you will soon see in the pictures below, Luke is developing more and more personality - the different facial expressions that he makes are growing as well as the sounds that he says and the things that he understands. He also likes to play more and more games both by himself and with me, Landis, and his mammaw. Luke loves to...

-play with leaves
-be chased around and around the couch - he laughs out loud when you sneak up on him and tickle him
-climb in and out of things - his baby bathtub (without water), the cabinets, and plastic storage containers
-dance - especially to his Christmas songs
-eat big people food - I am now able to mash up different things that we eat for dinner and feed him what we are eating
-YOGURT, puffs, and lil crunchies!!
-take about 10 steps at a time and then it's back to crawling
-hold a book in his own lap and turn the pages - he has a Brown Bear book with sliding peek a boo pages and he loves to slide the window by himself
-turn a light switch on and off
-put items (his blocks, rings, and rattles) in and out of bowls or any other containers he can find - I love to watch him carefully take one ring out of one bowl and place it in another bowl so carefully - watching him "work" and "think" is a highlight of my day
-try to eat paper and books - I really have to watch him because he will literally try to "eat" his books (I guess it's more teeth coming in)
-play with the weirdest things - for example, when I take the trash out, he loves to try to play with the trashcan lid - he also loves to play with splenda packets - of course, he never does this unsupervised
-to carry things around the house with him - he will carry one block around the house for an hour at a time
-any kind of peek a boo - under a bowl, behind the curtains, behind a cabinet door, shower curtain
-to look at the Christmas tree (but doesn't care to touch it or the decorations) - I'm proud of him for this

Last, but not least, he LOVES to call the police - let me tell you this little story - after I got home from work one day last week, I was sitting on the couch snuggling with Luke talking to him about his day (he had my keys in his hands). All of a sudden, the house alarm starts going off. I get up, push the code, and try my best to figure out what caused the alarm to go off - it wasn't even set. About 1 minute later, three cop cars pull up in front of my house - I think to myself, "Wow! That was a fast response to the alarm!" With Luke in my arms, I go outside to meet the police. When they see me, they look distressed and say, "Are you okay?" "Is there anyone in the house trying to hurt you?" Me, confused, says, "No, I don't know why my alarm went off." The police then tell me that a signal was sent from my alarm that I was being "held up" - obviously, I'm fine I say. Then, the police look in the hands of my adorable 11 month old and say, "Does your key chain have a panic alarm button that is attached to your house alarm?" Oh MY GOODNESS!! YES, IT DOES!!! Questions answered - thanks, little dude, you hit the panic button and all of a sudden, we have the entire police dept at our house. The police officer laughs and says, "I guess he wanted to see the police officers in their uniforms today." We all laugh and send the officers off. So, needless to say, Luke will not play with my keys anymore. :) A big THANK YOU to the Thomasville PD for their quick response (in case I was really in danger) and for their kindness and understanding.

Alrighty...enjoy the pics...as you look, notice how much more expressive Luke is getting and also how much he looks like his daddy - it's amazing!