9 months and very mobile

I can't believe how much older Luke has looked just recently. He had his 9 month visit on Thursday and was 23 pounds, 7 ounces. He gives me a workout every time I carry him. Rafa and I love his smile so much.

At 8 months, 1 week Luke just decided that he could crawl. He skipped army crawling and went straight to regular crawling. However, the last 2 weeks he can't get enough of pulling himself up. That is all he wants to do all day, pull up on everything.

We took him to the waterfall for the first time and let him play with the rocks. Now he will be ready for Washington and the river Mom. :)

Studying the rocks and water.

With Daddy.

Crawling and exploring the park we took him to.

Yesterday was my niece Mari's party. She had a pink theme and afterwards we all went to the Mayan to eat and watch the divers. Luke and his cousin Tyson had fun wrestling each other. Oh, will we have fun times to come when they get older.

Luke with his Uncle Mike.

Luke with Grandpa Kingsley. He wasn't sad, just serious. He likes sitting and cuddling with his Grandpa.

Rafa's first marathon!!!

I can't believe that my husband has done a marathon! What an accomplishment. He worked really hard to get prepared for it and it has motivated me. I don't think a marathon is in the near future, but I am going to do a few 5k's this summer, and maybe even a 10k.

The whole family came out to support Rafa at the finish line. They helped me with Luke (thanks), and sat by the fountains to wait. It was a pretty warm day for April in Utah.


One of Rafa's friends from church, and also a running friend, Munro, came to see him at the finish line. We joke that his beautiful daughter could be Luke's future girlfriend.

Rafa got to carry Luke across the finish line.