Uh oh, Spaghettios!

I think we found a new favorite.

The Luker Couper

Cory's family came in town over the weekend and brought with them a birthday present for Luke. Luke is now driving, at one year old! They gave him his first car! 

We call it the Luker Couper. At first he was entertained enough just to climb in and out of it, honk the horn, steer the wheel, and open and close the door while sitting in it. But after being pushed around in it a few times he discovered it is much more fun to be moving in it, so now our day consists of Cory and I taking turns pushing Luke around in his car throughout the house. Very exciting. We tried the car without the floorboard the first night to see if he could learn to use his legs Flinstone style to walk himself around in it all on his own, but he ended up falling through the hole and getting all upset so we decided to put the floorboard in. He doesn't quite get the concept that if he walks while in it he will move the car, but hopefully he will soon! So for now, we will continue taking turns pushing him around. He has so much fun with it! 

The last couple days, pretty much just since he got the car, Luke has been saying... "duba duba daba daba due" - seriously! And he came up with it all on his own! Sometimes it's just duba duba daba daba. But sometimes he'll get the "due" on the end and we just crack up, he even talks like a little Flinstone guy with this car!

First haircut

Luke has had a lot of firsts over the past month! I gave him his first haircut a couple weeks ago. He needed it! His hair was getting really long and straggly...well, mostly just on the top and around his ears - he still kind of has the receding hairline thing going on the sides :). I can't believe I waited so long! Poor guy's hair was practically hanging down into his eyes in the front unless I combed it up into a fohawk. I guess there's just something about that first haircut that makes them not seem like a baby anymore, so I think I kind of subconsciously avoided it :).

This is a couple weeks before the cut. I was trying to find a picture that showed a before picture good, but it looked even worse than this right before I finally broke down and cut it!

During the haircut

After! Much better!

Walking!

Luke started walking the week of his birthday, so about 3 weeks ago. I have to say it's been pretty nice!  He loves walking and you could tell he was so proud of himself when he first got it down and still is. He was already walking 5 or so consistent steps before then but he never could quite get the balance down. But one day he just started going. He was more wobbly at first but now he is really steady and has even started sprint walking when he wants to get somewhere fast, which is a lot of the time! He is an active little guy and always on the go! Here is a video of him walking today...

Walking!

Luke started walking the week of his birthday, so about 3 weeks ago. I have to say it's been pretty nice!  He loves walking and you could tell he was so proud of himself when he first got it down and still is. He was already walking 5 or so consistent steps before then but he never could quite get the balance down. But one day he just started going. He was more wobbly at first but now he is really steady and has even started sprint walking when he wants to get somewhere fast, which is a lot of the time! He is an active little guy and always on the go! Here is a video of him walking today...