The sign of true adulthood.

We have finally gotten rid of our love sack. 

A Boy's Best Friend

Probably Luke's favorite part of the whole trip was Uncle John's dog Nina. (sorry beloved family members) Right from the get-go Luke followed her around, pulled her hair, tried to put his hands in her mouth, and let her lick his face and hands. Nina put up with it all with sweet complacency.

not sure what happened to the sound...

Wedding Bells

While on our recent travels, Luke got to attend his first wedding! We ate, we danced, Luke sported his first faux-hawk, crawled under the family table at the luncheon, entertained the waiting room at the temple, and fell asleep on grandma before the night was through.

 Congratulations to Ashlee and Kurt! We love you guys!

Family Fun

A week ago or so we returned from a two-week trip back west to visit some family. Luke had a blast getting to know how great-grandparents, his first cousins once removed, and his great-aunts and -uncles. First we stopped in Idaho to see my family...

great-grandma Whitt...

first seeing great-grandpa Whitt in his evil hat...

grandma, great-grandpa and said evil hat, and great-grandma...

Truman and McKay...

and grandma and Uncle Dallin.

then met Ken in Utah to visit his. (Grandma Jacquie, we really didn't do a very good job of getting pictures of you guys with Luke. Just means we will have to visit again soon!)

one of the many games of croquet with great-grandma Jacquie, grandpa Cal, uncle John, and Nina...

Oakley...

Chase...

and great-grandma Lucille.

Here's to future fun with family, and hopefully sooner rather than later! 

Nine Months

Since Luke turns ten months in a few days, I thought I had better get this out.

 Little Luke keeps growing and growing! At his nine-month appointment he was weighing in at 21.5 pounds (65%) and 29.5 inches (91%) and was admired as very cute and curious. He is still a magnet for strangers, who can't help but comment on his a) big cheeks and b) spiky hair, usually in that order. He also receives plenty of compliments on his adorable smile, hilarious laugh, and beautiful blues. I don't even bother trying to look good anymore--Luke always steals the show.

Luke is now crawling everywhere and standing up on everything, with a textbook crawl and a fearless recklessness for the edges of couches and beds. He has eight (that's right, eight) teeth, four on top and four on bottom, which he hates to have brushed or inspected, but which he uses to eat lots of solid food. Oatmeal is still his least favorite, as far as we can tell, with avocado and banana holding strong as his first choices. Luke has started to show a little stranger anxiety and has been slightly more clingy to mom, but is still pretty friendly and mellow, for which we are very grateful.

And, after all, cuteness covers any multitude of sins. :)