Birthday Round 1

I can't believe Luke just turned one! This year has flown by! Luke has brought such joy to my life. I can't imagine a day without him. This past year has been filled with so many happy memories! I will miss Luke being a baby, but at the same time I can't wait to see the next new little thing he does. It is so amazing to see his personality start to unfold and all the things he starting to learn. Happy Birthday Luke!

My parents threw Luke a party at their house just before he turned one. Here are a few pictures of him eating the cake. It was hilarious! He could not get the cake in his mouth fast enough. We finally had to take the cake away because I think he would have eaten the whole thing!

Walking Man

Luke has started walking! He is now into EVERYTHING!! It is pretty crazy around the house! Here is a short clip of him taking some of his first steps!!

Luke with the Grandma's

Luke has started to walk!! Here is a really cute video of him with his favorite Grandma's! On another note, has anyone else noticed that Cooper's butt always seems to make it in the video!

Chicago Car Show

Every year we try to make it up to the Chicago Car Show with Matt's family. We have not been able to make it the last couple of years so were really excited to go again this year. This was also Luke's first trip to Chicago!

Matt's dream car

Sorry Matt, I don't think this will work :)

I think Luke liked this ride the best

Luke was wipped out after a few hours of walking around. Aunt Jennifer loved cuddling with him while he slept!

It just so happened that the Car Show fell on Valentine's Day this year. After the Car Show we went to Ditka's (Mike Ditka's reasturant). Their Bloody Mary's are the best!

Random Pictures

Here are a few random pictures of Luke. He is growing and changing so fast! He is in a stage right now where he does something new everyday!

Cooper and Luke are Buds

I love this picture! On this particular day Luke did not want to take his afternoon nap. After several crying spells his room was finally silent. I walked into check on him and here is how I found him!

Luke can Crawl!

Matt and I are about to get a lot more exercise around the house. Luke started crawling on New Year's Day! Here is a video of Luke's new moves. You will find out that poor Cooper is not to thrilled with Luke's ability to get around!

Christmas Round 2

Here is Luke on Christmas morning with some of his gifts. We celebrated Christmas this year with my side of the family down in Evansville.

My parents got Luke some farm animals that make noises. Maggie (my sister and brother-in-laws dog) had to see where the noises were coming from!


Those are some big gifts for such a little guy!

On Christmas Eve we celebrated at my Aunt Karen's house. Here is a picture of Grandpa Gary, Luke and Aunt Karen. Aunt Karen got Luke a little monkey for Christmas. He loved it! Thanks Karen!