All about Luke

15 months
Loves his toy cars - Loves animals... carries them around the house one in each hand - Can growl - Walks well and is starting to run, especially if he's excited, which is most of the time - Just started to walk backwards - Loves his bottle still - Uses his soother for bed and goes to bed SO EASY! - Wants to hold his blanket for awhile when you get him out of his crib in the morning and after his nap - 'Runs' to the pantry if you say 'cracker' - Loves cereal, oatmeal, vanilla wafers, crackers, yogurt (except the chunks of strawberries), grapes, eggo waffles... - Prefers bottle to sippy cup and milk to juice (we are slowly weaning him of bottle but he is stubborn and we are getting soft in our old age) - Loves to play peekaboo around the dresser in the closet - Is super ticklish - Loves to read books - Watches shows with Megan pretty good lately... like Dora, Diego, Backyardigans... not as interested in his baby einstein movies - Fascinated by dogs and animals - Stops and listens carefully if he hears a new sound (or a dog) - Content in his stroller - Says 'Dad, cracker, all gone, hi, water, hair (hay), eyes, nose, no, yes (if you know what to listen for) - Communicates well without saying much - Understands so many words - Loves to be outside - Heads straight for the container of basketballs in the garage - Knows where his hair, eyes, ears, nose, tongue, belly button and toes are - Likes the trampoline - Can climb up the ladder to the play set - Loves the slide - Opens the gate to the stairs and climbs up the stairs - Loves to be upstairs with the kids - Can come down by himself now - Can climb up the bunk bed ladder (not good!) - Likes to give hugs and kisses - Likes his finger puppets for Church - Loves to play chase - Doesn't like to lay still when we change his pants - loves to splash in the bathtub - Loves to throw things like books and clothes into the bathtub - Loves to turn on the bathtub by himself - Looks exactly like Ryan did at this age - Is so stinkin' cute!