11 Months & WALKING!!!!

3 days before Luke turned 11 months, he started WALKING!!!! We all knew it would happen before the 1 year mark, and it sure did. He loves it and sure has taken off quickly.
Luke's really been into legos lately, even though they are for age 2+, I don't think he can choke on a huge, large, hard piece of plastic. His bedtime routine has stayed consistent with going to bed at 7:30 and wakes up around 7am. Naps around 2.5 hours (between 2 naps) in the day. He eats everything we do and has yet to turn away something we offer him, which is GREAT! We have been blessed with a good eater!!!
I started incorporating whole milk this past week, so he's in the weaning process! His big 1st Birthday is in the works, so lots of photos to come next month!

For the next kid...

I know I'm going to complain about breastfeeding whenever our next kid comes around, so this is for me (or should I say Tyler) to remind me why it's truly the best!

Breastfeeding:
1. The best milk for my baby that provides all of the nutrients/antibodies he needs. God designed the milk to change with your babies needs, HE is so unique.
2. It's FREE!!!! Convenient, perfect temperature ALL the time and FREE!!!! I stay at home, so saving $20+/week in formula is a must!
3. Bonding time with my baby. I'm what he needs and I love that. Time with just him that no body else gets, sure....sounds selfish, but I did carry him in my wound for 9 months! haha.
4. Did I mention convenient? It's ready whenever baby needs it. Anywhere. Anytime.
5. The one week Luke was sick and only wanted bottles made for a messy/stressful week. Bottles/pumping creates SO many dirty dishes. YUCK!
6. It was soothing for baby, thus creating bedtime routine or naps to go smoothly because he was ultimately comforted with warm/fresh milk.

The hard parts....Establishing the demand at first, but pain goes away quickly. It takes a selfless love for your baby to be all that he/she needs for the first year, which at times got frustrating. God quickly reminded me that HE gave me this baby to nurture and provide for, the least I could do is get over my "I just want out of the house attitude" and take care of my baby daily!

I've been blessed to provide what Luke needed for his first year of life and I pray this can be the case in the future. 

10 Months

A few days after 9 months and the last post...
-Luke started saying MOMMA!!!! It's beautiful music to my ears!
-Also, he started giving big open mouth kisses. Slobbery, wet and so LOVEABLE!!! He is so sweet!
-Babbled dog, dog, dog
-Walked really fast using the push toy for the first time. No practice, just took off.

In the past weeks...
-He waves Bye-Bye (to dad mainly)
-Gives high-fives (to dad, of course!)


Still one of his favorite things to do is read books and he even flips the page! We have been spoiled with his great eating routines and him sleeping close to 12 hours in the night and about 2 1/2 hours of naps during the day.

We takes lots of walks and as of about 2 months ago, we put him in the jogging stroller and run about 3x a week to prep for our first 5K! Yep, Tyler & I running in a 5K! This is something I never imagined us doing, but thus far we have enjoyed it and look forward to racing at HCC in October.

Youth Group/Tyler's job keeps us crazy busy at times...We love the kids and it's so cool to help serve the Lord in ways that grow our faith more than we can ever imagine. To God be the Glory!