christmas at two

Playing with Tim's BatCave.  (I just love his little feet!)

Luke likes the snow as long as it's only on his feet.  The problem is that he hates winter clothing: boots, hats, warm coats, and gloves.  Fortunately, Colorado provides a nice combination of fresh snow followed by warm weather.  He's wearing tennis shoes and has been trying to walk in the deepest snow possible.  In this photo, he is squinting from the bright sun and snow, but he's also trying to get loose so he can kick his way through a drift just out of the shot.  When we finished our walk and got back to the car his pants and shoes were soaked through, but his skin was warm.  Phew.

a boy in a box

Too cute.

farm animals

Luke added ‘ig’ and ‘shee’ to his farm animal words.  We tried to get video of him saying all four.  He wanted to watch the video, and as he set the figures on Paul’s leg in the video, he said their names both on the video and live.  Wanting to see video of himself is new.

halloween

The holiday was a bit lost on Luke, but he was happy to join us and did get the only sweet that he likes - suckers!

 He wore the hat for a total of less than three minutes, so no complaining about the fact that he's not looking at the camera.  He made me wear the hat, trying to put it on my head any time I took it off.

 Luke is obsessed with shutting doors which was perfect because we knocked on a lot of doors.

 He was ill in the night last night, so his matching bottoms are in the washer instead of on him.

He still likes the camera

counting

Every time we turn the camera on, he under performs.  When the camera is out of sight, he's Mr. Eloquent.  You'll have to take this for now and trust us when we say that he did it better just before and just after this.

another cook in the family

To quote Paul, Buzz took a minute off from saving the universe to cook a pancake.  This is the first time that he's tried cooking, but he's obviously been watching because he knew exactly what to do with the bowl, badder and spatula.  I'm so pleased to have another cook in the family!

a taste for rocks

We were always thankful that Luke didn't put things in his mouth.  Tim was a nightmare about putting anything and everything he touched in his mouth from birth until well past two.  Not Luke.  We put away all the little toys that Tim had when Luke was born, but discovered by six months that we needn't have worried.  He just wasn't interested.  Little did we know that this was an indication or possibly the cause of an eating disorder that we are only now getting diagnosed and treated.  My understanding is that he has sort of the opposite of an oral fixation.  Although the specialist told us otherwise, we suspect that being tongue-tied had something to do with it.  Today, four days after the operation to free his tongue, he put four small stones in his mouth while on our hike to Horsetooth Falls.  He did it deliberately and almost systematically, AND he explored those stones with his tongue and teeth.   Along with this, he put Paul's finger in his mouth just before bed time and explored it with his teeth and tongue.  We're willing to loose a couple fingers to overzealous biting if  he'll continue this.  Um, maybe not.  We're trying to be cautiously optimistic, but mostly we're over the moon.

bubbles

Luke loves bubbles.  He will chase them and pop them, but his favorite thing to do is stand in the middle of as large a group as you can produce. With Tim around, that doesn't happen very often.  As you can see from Luke's smile, this was one of those rare times when he felt surrounded (many of already popped).  He has yet to learn how to blow, but I'm sure that's not long in coming.

play time

Luke enjoys playing alone in his room.

some pointing

Luke remains happily mute, but he has started to point at things.   He doesn't point when he sees something or wants something, but he will point when I ask him where something is, sometimes.  He also has a very distinct sound for yes and will occasionally shake his head for no.

a bit tired after a long walk with daddy at dixon reservoir

walking with daddy and tim at dixon reservoir

playing around the house

making faces for the camer

a few favorite toys right now are tim's monster truck and shoes

go, go, go

It's still cold here,  but warm enough for little boys to play outside.  Luke has recently discovered the fun of this 'dinosaur'.  The comb on its head lights up and, when pushed, a song plays.  For a year, he's been happy with that function and nothing else.  But when spring made a brief visit last week, we took it outside and he discovered the joy of pushing and riding it along with songs and lights.   He likes to push or ride-and-push (the back section can be put together to make a seat) it from our driveway over to our neighbor's driveway. 

He loves it so much that he's developed a sense for determining when the door from the house to the garage is open.  Sometimes it doesn't close firmly and he can pull it open or I leave it open when I'm taking out the trash or bringing things in from the car.  When I can't find him in the house, I know to look in the garage and he'll be there sitting on his dinosaur and waiting for the big garage door to open so he can go, go, go.

two years old

Luke's birthday was a low-key affair: no balloons, no cake, no wrapped gifts.  Well sort of.  We had balloons still from Tim's birthday - not interested.  We had cake from Tim's birthday - not interested.  And while he loved all his gifts, he completely ignores anything wrapped in a package or put in a bag.  Methinks 2 will be the last such birthday.

curls

01/01/2012

I love Luke's curls, but they are fleeting.  If I tease them up after a bath, they will stay like this until bed time.  By morning they are flat against his head.