Rec Center

We went swimming yesterday at the Rec Center. Luke loved it. We will need to go on a regular basis now. When we were in the lazy river I held him on his tummy and he just kicked and splashed the entire time. He kept pushing me away and wanted to be on his own. I guess he thinks he can swim! We had to borrow Iz's tube so he would be contained, but he tried to crawl out of that. Bump took him down the big tube slide. He laughed and kicked the entire way down, but then got scared when they landed. Luke wouldn't crawl in the kids pool and Iz would crawl out. They played from a distance!

Huge and Yummy Mistake

I made a huge mistake today. I was eating a Blow Pop (not that unusual) and poor Luke fell and hit his head. When I picked him up I felt bad and wanted to instantly make it better. Not thinking I popped the sucker into his mouth. He has never quit crying so fast! I then realized what a stupid mistake and tried to take the sucker away. He would not relinquish it. My friend at work was just telling me this week that Luke won't like vegetables if he gets hooked on sugar first. Do you think it's too late?!?! Not only that, but suckers are the messiest candy to start with. Kids do not understand suckers. They keep their little mouths open while the sticky slobber just runs. We both needed a bath when he was done.

Crawling

Luke is finally crawling. We didn't think he would ever crawl. Since December he has just rolled everywhere. Luke is so much happier now that he is crawling. He has been so frustrated lately, laying on his tummy and just crying and grunting at his toys. It amazes me how he became mobile over night and can now get into everything. Our house is not ready for this. The other day he was playing by a door stop at our house and figured out how to pull off the white cap. It went right in the mouth. We will now be gluing them on!

Whenever we are at home I let Luke wear a onsie and a pair of BabyLegs. He hates to be in clothes and this is good compromise. Clothes are so restraining to a little guy on the move!!!

Cookie Monster

The other night I baked a cookie and shared it with Luke. When the cookie was gone he threw a fit so I handed him the plate so he could see it was gone. The little Cookie Monster took the plate from me and started to lick it. I guess they were really good!

Little Boy

I feel like Luke has become a Little Boy overnight. He has two tiny teeth that have popped through. Luckily, he didn't seem affected. Luke also wants to eat whatever we are eating and wants to feed himself. We had spaghetti the other night and I decided to give in and let him be happy at dinner. We had a nice orange bath afterwards. Love this little guy!!!

Happy Birthday Tom!

My brother Thomas is 15. I can't believe he'll be driving next year. We celebrated his birthday by going to the Cheesecake Factory! Always a good choice. Luke loved the bananas and bread they brought him. However, after he got a taste of cheesecake he wanted nothing to do with his dinner. We love Thomas, especially Luke. He can make Luke laugh and giggle and loves to spend time with him. We love you Tom!!!

A Little Sun Please!

Last week we were lucky enough to go on a Caribbean cruise with Mark's family! Yes, sad to say we were one of those t-shirt families. Don't we look cute though?!?! There were quite a few of us and we had Luke so it was a really fun trip, but not terribly relaxing. We didn't have good luck with weather. It rained most of the days, but we still enjoyed it!!!

Luke had a blast on the cruise. He was quite popular with all of the waiters. A lot of them knew him by name and would make fun animals out of napkins for him! It was hard to get a picture each night with him by the towel animals because he just wanted to destroy them. He did get sick one night and threw up almost the entire night. I spent the next day in the laundry room. Luke ate way too much junk food on the cruise. He was constantly getting tastes of ice cream from his cousins. Luke also discovered his love for sand. The child ate a couple handfuls of sand at each beach. Yum!!!

Our first stop was Grand Cayman. We went on a tour of the city and then to a beach. Mark loved our tour guide. He was from Jamaica and said Ya Man after each sentence. We went to a turtle farm. I thought it was pretty cool to hold the turtles, but Mark and Luke showed no interest.

Isla Rotan was our second stop. It's an island off of Honduras. Sadly it rained the entire day. Rotan is a beautiful place and I definitely want to go back when it's sunny! We braved the rain and still swam in the ocean. Luke was not a fan of the lifejacket.

Belize was just as rainy as Rotan. We decided to bag the beach and go to Altun Ha. The ruins were amazing. It was beautiful because it's right in the middle of a rain forest. When you hiked to the top all you could see was rain forest.

Finally we found a day of sun in Cozumel. It was an amazing day at the beach. There is nothing I love better than a sunny Mexican beach, eating salsa and chips and drinking Mexican Coke!!! The snorkeling was great, it felt like I was in an aquarium. We buried Luke in the sand and swam the entire day!

We had a fabulous time in the Caribbean. Thanks so much to Grandpa and Grandma Nuttall and Enrique and Tracy!!! Can't wait to go again!!!