Luke Duke
Luke is just over 2 now and more delightful than ever! Walking and now talking{!} have made him much more confident of himself and his ability to fend for himself. He is such a fun-loving little guy and still very dramatic. Gotta love him. Anyway, mostly for the sake of stateside family and friends, I thought I’d do a little update on Luke Duke and what he’s saying and doing these days:
- Luke pretends almost as much as Rebekah, and his favorite game is throwing us a tea party in the bathtub by asking with a cheeky grin, “Mommy? Unt sum? Mommy tea? Hot!”
- Similarly, he {and Beks} like to pretend I’m a baby and insist I cry. Then, they bring me a bottle and burp me by pounding on my back while giggling like crazy.
- Luke is very, very polite. He thanks us for everything including diaper changes and baths.
- Luke loves to point out every thing he knows and is not satisfied until you have affirmed his keen observation. His favorite objects are: airplanes, dogs, kitties, helicopters, birds, birds flying, tea, hot tea, Mommy’s drink, people in pictures, balls, balloons, etc.
- He is starting to complete a lot of phrases/sentences. In fact, on the airplane home from London, he dropped some precious trinket and worriedly said, “I can’t get it.” I’m not kidding. {How many times have I told him this in the car when I’m driving?!}
- My new favorite story- while we were in London last weekend, Rebekah and Luke shared a room. She was on a futon and he was zipped up in his happy tent. At 5:55am, they came tripping in our room. Sleepily, I asked how Luke got up? Bekah said, “I just asked, ‘Hey, Buddy? You wanna get up?’ and he said, ‘Yea!’” So, as we were still trying to convince them that while the British sun was in fact up, it was confused and should be asleep, too, Luke started to give me 5′s. Then, he missed my hand intentionally and said, “Too show!” {=too slow!} I laughed out loud for 2 minutes, I think. If he’s gonna wake me before 6am, then that’s the way to do it.
- Yesterday he wanted some yogurt. I had already put his uneaten container away in the fridge and I had left the spoon in it. While I was getting it back out, he mumbled to himself, “Get shpoon” as he tottered over to the silverware drawer and plucked a spoon with one hand while deftly closing the drawer with the other. When he saw the original spoon still in the container, he said, “Put back” and reversed the process. I was shocked. This is a huge milestone for us.
- A few days ago in Asda, he told the lady at the till, “I’m 2!” I’ve been surprised at his accurate use of “I.”
- I call him our little parrot because he repeats everything he hears.
- Josh and I are tickled by how funny Luke is. Rebekah was so serious for so long and never really laughed until well after 1. Luke giggled at 3 months and has been pretty amusing since. He has a fun sense of humor and seems to draw on physical humor a lot. he must get that from his Aunt Kate.
- A recent development has been hiding in shame. If he feels embarrassed, there’s a good chance he’ll lay down on the ground and not look at you. I try really hard to keep a straight face.
- He also has learned “ouchie” and that you get kisses for them. He’s a fan, of course.
- Luke is starting to eat a bit more variety {tho Nana and Papa didn’t really get to see this!}. He eats chicken nuggets, hotdogs, most fruits, yogurt, raw carrot, egg whites from time to time, toast, and pancakes, though french fries and anything sweet are petitioned for daily {multiple times per day, in fact}.
And, now, for some pictures from the last week {all from our trip to London}:
Wow- airplane!
Look! Another one!
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