Quick Update....

Well, I am still waiting for our computer to get back from the shop, which unfortuantely means I have no new photos to share. :( I have so many that I want to show you all, but it will probably have to wait until next week.

I did want to let you know we are doing well though. No huge news to share. Luke's black eye is going away, well, it's pretty much gone. He turned 17 months today. 17 months!! It just doesn't seem possible that he is almost a year and a half. He is learning so many new things every day. Today he said TWO new words! Dog and Hot. Of course, I don't know if a perfect stranger could have made out what he said...but both Brandon and I certainly did. It always makes me tear up (just a little though :) ) each time he does something big like that. Like a part of his babyness (is that a word!?!?) is gone. But it's a good thing, it means he is growing up and is becoming a big boy. He is such an independant little man. I love being his mommy.

At 17 months Luke can,

--say several words, including, mama, dada, dad, here, num num (as in a numynum or candy) um, yeah, oh yeah, dog, hot, nana (banana), gra (grammy or grandma or grandpa), ella (Bella, Grammy's dog). There might be more, but seriously it's hard to understand him. He mostly just babbles all day like he is really "talking" but it just comes out like jibberish.

--is running VERY VERY VERY fast...and I mean FAST. I don't know if I have ever seen a 1 year old move as fast as he does.

--lives for dancing. We always say that music is moving through his veins, it doesn't matter what kind of music or where we are (yes, he has danced in Walmart to the music over the intercom) Brandon and I have even caught him "practicing" his dance moves byhimself in the living room when the music is playing. (I have a video of this to share with you too when I can!)

--has mastered riding on his riding toys now

--has become quite the picky eater. But, right now, he still loves mac n cheese, chicken nuggets, taco meat with cheese, and grapes....we call him grape head. :)

--has mastered shaking his head "NO" we get this a lot during the day (but I must say, even though it can be frustrating at times, it really is the cutest thing EVER)

--is going through a phase where he is having to ease into situations he is not familiar with and freaks out when mommy (or daddy) leaves him there. (example, church last weekend, they had to post our number for the first time since he was really really little!)

--loves to read and is very interested in his books, especially "Dinosaur Roar"

--pointing at everything

--has really started to notice the sounds of cars and airplanes. He will gasp and point and I swear he says "What's that?" but maybe not :)

--loves songs like, itsy bitsy spider, twinkle twinkle little star, and open shut them. He likes to do the finger movements with them and hum along sometimes too.

--LOVES to flush the toilet and wave bye bye. He will flush it several times in a row and make sure you saw him do it by running up to you wherever you are and waving.

There are tons of more things I can probably say, but I wanted to document some of them now. I'm sure there will be lots more by the time another month goes by and our little man is officially 1.5 years old!

I hope to have our computer back next week....so be ready for some CUTENESS!!

(oh...and I know I am changing the look of his page a lot, I just haven't found anything I like yet, bare with me!)