This picture has nothing to do with the aviary, it is just a cute picture of Luke eating his Kale one night. He loves to make a mess already.
Here is Luke and Daddy in front of the flamingos.
You can't see the birds in this picture, but they were behind the little fence. Luke loved holding on to the fences and watching the birds.
Just looking at some big, ugly black birds.
We got lucky enough to see the peacock open it's feathers. Luke thought was really cool.
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.
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.
I feel like Luke is changing every day! Isn't this picture with Daddy just precious!
Luke had his first date with Mel Lewis. We shared a yummy dinner at the Spaghetti Factory.
Here I am with Mel, my good friend from work.
Luke looks pretty good in his Winter hat, and jacket that Grandma made for him.
About 3 weeks ago Luke just decided that he could sit up. This makes life a lot easier for us because he can play for longer and not be frustrated laying down all the time. He can sit up for so long. However, sometimes he decides that he is tired of sitting up and will fall down hard, so we have the pillow behind him so he doesn't hit his head.
Doesn't this face just make your heart melt?
Here is Luke in all his chubby glory! He is 6 and 1/2 months old and a wopping 21 pounds! Notice how he lifts his head off the ground whenever he is laying down. He loves doing his crunches.
The other night Luke fell asleep in his little umbrella stroller. I just had to take a picture! Rafa was watching the Superbowl with his friends and pushing Luke around and didn't even know that Luke was sleeping. Luke was happy that the Saints won, even though he wasn't awake to see the end of the game.
This picture is from December when he first decided that he liked sleeping on his tummy. His little butt was up in the air-it was so cute.
Rafa captured these precious pictures a couple of weeks ago. We don't know yet if they are a glimpse into the future, but I guess we will just have to wait and see.
My family got together and went to Gardner's Village the week after Christmas to take family pictures. The formal ones are done, but I have not posted them yet. These are just some informal ones that Rafa took during that day. I'll post the other ones when I get them.
Here is another view of the same setting, but Luke is starting to slip. They were all sitting on a sled, it was so cute!
We just had to get this adorable picture of Luke on the cart.
This picture is for my Mom. She bought this pullover jacket and sewed on the dinosaurs. Luke looks so cute in it!
Christmas was a busy time for us because my parents were in town and we wanted to spend as much time with them as we could. Luke was 5 months old on December 22. I think he enjoyed all the time we got to spend with family.
Luke also got a doggy toy for Christmas. It has a lot of tags and fun things for him to grab on to.
One of my Sixth Grade students made this stocking for Luke. I told her it was so big that Luke would fit in it, so I had to take a picture to show her.
By the end of the day Luke was very tired and he sure let us know how he felt.
Here I am with my Mom and niece Mari.
Luke loves his Grandpa Kingsley. He is always happy in his arms.
