Luke claps his hands

Luke showing off his hand-clapping skills! First time I was able to catch it on video.

Pretzels and wine

We took a trip out to Driftwood (okay, it's pretty much South Austin) to Mandola Estate Winery. Ryan and I sampled some wine, and Ryan and Luke sampled some pretzel sticks. I think they're both enjoying themselves.

From Mandola Winery

Easter 2010

For Easter, we went down to San Antonio and visited with Nanny, Aunt Robin, and Meme. Luke got to eat ham, and wear shoes! No Easter egg hunt this year, though... maybe next year.

Luke goes shopping

We didn't buy this... just took it for a test drive.

Future Legacy Bulldog

We got Luke all dressed up in his baby Bulldog gear. As the place where Ryan and I met and later got married, obviously Texas Lutheran University is pretty important to our family! Maybe one day Luke will go to TLU... no pressure.

Cruising

Luke can cruise pretty well by holding on to furniture, toys, people, subwoofers, baby gates, bathtubs, or whatever he can manage to pull up onto. We spent a day at home on Good Friday and he did his best to get into as much trouble as possible, searching through all of the goodies on the changing table even when I'd pulled his exersaucer up close in an effort to block him. Shows how well THAT worked.

9 months old

At 9 months old, Luke can say "Da-da," and "ba-ba," though we're not sure what that means yet. He can pull himself up to standing (and does, often). Most mornings, we go in to find him standing up in his crib ready to greet the day. He's also getting pretty good at waving if someone waves at him first.

He has two bottom teeth now, and at his 9-month checkup his pediatrician said he has four top teeth on the way in. He weighed in at 17 lbs 3 oz and was 28 inches tall.

Luke's favorite things right now: he loves to eat cheese and Cheerios, but will generally try just about anything he can pick up by himself (chicken, chunks of vegetables, etc.). He likes to play peekaboo and run in circles on his exersaucer.

Luke is still pretty good at sitting through church, although he does like to try to make the people behind us laugh with his silly faces and smiles. He is starting to make noise during the hymns, like he wants to sing! He also likes to go places with us, like wineries (here he is at Georgetown Winery).