Wow, I have been really bad about keeping up with the blogs to document Luke's milestones. Alot has happened in that last 5 months.

We discovered Luke had food allergies and were admitted to the hospital while traveling to Mississippi when Luke was about 6 months. Luke is allergic to milk, whey, peanuts, and egg whites so trying new foods has gone slower than normal. We are hoping that he will grow out of the allergies by the age of 3. We check ingredients on every label and must even be careful about kissing him when we have just had milk. Luke is now eating finger foods like fruits, veggies, fish sticks, chicken nuggets, and pasta. I think his favorites are chicken nuggets, blueberries, and peas. Luke started crawling on the same trip and has not slowed down since.

Luke celebrated his first Halloween as a tiger at my school Pumpkin Fest and then we went to a Halloween party at aunt Kris and uncle Rob's where we were all pirates. Luke was adorable.
Thanksgiving was celebrated in Brownwood and San Angelo. I have decided that Luke sleeping in his pack-n-play is no longer just like home. Luke enjoyed multiple Christmas celebrations including lots of clothes and new toys. He loved playing with the Christmas paper, the boxes and looking at the lights. Once again I decided Luke sleeping in his pack-n-play was not at all like home. :)

9 month check up Luke was 20. 9 lbs and 30 inches long.

At 10 1/2 months Luke started walking and now walks more than he crawls. Luke is into everything and is very stubborn. :) Luke also says a few words now "go, goc (dog), dada, mama" and loves to imitate sounds. He also has 6 teeth (4 on top and 2 on bottom) and we are still working on teaching him not to bite.

Luke has been sick off and on with an ear infection, tonsillitis, a cold and currently has RSV. You would never know he was sick if it weren't for the coughing and wheezing because he has not slowed down one bit.

Luke's likes: terrorizing the dogs, splashing in the bath tub, looking out the window and babbling, trying to play with electrical outlets, playing ball, climbing, clapping, dancing, pointing to everything

Luke's dislikes: changing clothes, having his face washed, being told "no", not being able to see what mom/dad is doing when cooking

Cute things Luke does: laughs if you laugh, tries to walk faster if he knows you are "chasing" him, pouts when told "no", starts clapping if he sees or hears someone clap on TV, tries to make you laugh my imitating silly movements/sounds that you do ( puts objects on his head or makes a monkey sound)