Thanksgiving

Mom made the best dumplings yet! I think we decided that it was adding less butter? Or was it more butter? We had sinkers and floaters! I made carrots, green beans, sweet potatoes. Steve and Martha were in town and Aunt Kami came over! So much to be thankful for. 

Birthday #2!

Luke celebrated with all his friends at Pickles Playroom! So. Much. Fun!

Through the years...

It's October which means annual family photo time!

And here's some of the other outtakes from the shoot!

Summatime Luke

Here's a compilation of videos that I took this summer of Luke enjoying fun in the sun!!

How big? Soooo big!

I finally finished Luke's growth chart today! He's almost 3 feet tall!

Swingin on a pretty fall day

Darkfader Jr Gets Imperial

In the fridge

Luke loves to go in the fridge - literally. 

Thomas!

Luke loooves Thomas the train. It's all about Elmo or Thomas right now.

Who said summer was over?!

Charles has had the week off so he and Luke spent some time at the beach!

Luke and Daddy play the ABCs!

In a moment of ultimate cuteness - Luke and Daddy play the ABC song together. I was only able to grab my phone and press record after about the letter E in the song - but check it out. My favorite part is when Luke starts to eat the tamborine... :)

I laaa looooo!

It's been a busy summer! I have been compiling all the summer pics and videos and am going to put together a Luke Loves Summatime video which will be up soon. In the meantime - Luke is learning so many new words! Here is a little video of luke saying how much he loves his peeps in california!

Woo-Hoo Blackhawks!! Stanley Cup 2013!!

Here is a little video we made of Luke cheering on his favorite team :) We had a chance to see the Stanley Cup at WGN radio studio and Charles was interviewed by Channel 7!

Happy Fathers Day!

Here is a little video Luke and I made for Charles for Fathers Day. We had a great day. We visited Uncle Sonny and Auntie Mary, then we stopped by Jay's house and then BBQ'ed at Granny Cassandra's and wished Grandad a happy fathers day too! It was hot - 85 degrees! Luke had fun going up and down the stairs and chasing bubbles in the backyard.

Street fest time!

We amazingly hit up 2 street festivals today! This is a pic of Luke saying "hello" to everyone that passed by!

Time to color!

Luke realized that crayons aren't for eating!

We love you Mira

On Friday we had to say goodbye to our beloved Mira...but we know she is up there in kitty heaven purring away eternity next to a large never-ending food bowl...

Catchin' up!

Life been busy the past few months so haven't had a chance to post as much. So here are some random pics of fun times with the Moore's!

Grandpa Jim came for a visit at the end of April. He and Luke had a lot of fun together. Grandpa actually chronicled the whole day they spent together in the 3 part miniseries below!

Luke and daddy at the park. We are getting to know all the parks in our area very well. I think Berman park by the lake is our favorite. Especially because after each trip there we stop at Lickity split for custard on the way home!

Luke in the turbolift - beam me up Scotty! Luke likes to wear his uniform out and about :) - Rock it Luke! It's so comfortable that he also likes to practice his downward facing dog yoga positions in it at the park.

and finally - Luke does his Elton John impression!

Luke and the Sour Patch Ice Cream

We went to the lake for a BBQ with Angel and Vicky. Angel bought ice creams for everyone - Luke and Charles shared a Sour Patch Ice cream popsicle. Check out Luke's reaction in the video!

 

Mothers Day 2013

We had an eventful Mother's day! We visited Gramma Carol in the morning and had breakfast at the house. Then Luke's 18month checkup - clean bill of health! - then visited Gramma Cassandra and Grandad Charles in the afternoon. Luke made me a beautiful wreath for mothers day that is now hanging on the wall in our frontroom.

Hanging out on a nice day!

We made it to the park today before bedtime! Loving this weather!

Happy birthday Jimbo!

We visited with Jimbo on Sunday to celebrate his birthday. Pizza and cake for everyone! Jim gave Luke elephant rides and built towers of blocks for Luke to destroy. Lots of fun!

Luke dances Cheers

We've been watching Cheers on netflix recently. The second Luke hears the opening song he stops whatever he is doing (in this case crawling all over daddy) and runs to the TV to dance to the song. the toe touching manuever here (that I almost missed) is now a part of the routine, as he does it every time at that part in the song. We play all kinds of music for Luke - but he doesn't drop everything to dance like he does to this song - its hilarious!

Luke and his belly button

Luke discovered his belly button recently. I love this video because of his laugh - it makes me smile :)

One small step for man...

One giant leap for mankind! Luke had so much fun at the museum of science and industry today!