Walking

Luke has always liked to stand. He has never wanted to be on his stomach. He doesn't crawl.... but what he does really well is walk. His first offical steps were on December 18th when he was 8-1/2 months old.

Video - Luke’s First Offical Steps

At just 18 pounds and standing barely 27 inches tall Luke is built for speed.

His main area for walking is the living room where we have carpet to soften the falls. He walks from toy to toy. He also scoots along the furniture. Sometimes he ventures into the kitchen. This presents a little more of a "danger" or "adventure" factor because of the hard wood floors. But.... it is usually no big deal. He has very good control in starting, stopping, standing, and starting again. He does pretty well and has only suffered one major bump on the head.

Video - Luke walking at 9-1/2 months

Luke can't pull himself up. Therefore, he gets frustrated a lot because he knows he can walk he just can't get up.

Regardless.....It's time to baby-proof.

ps....
When I get time to post I try to catch up with current events. I have 3 more new postings below. Also Luke is still very adept at maneuvering his walker, check out the video.

Video - Stoller Antics

Expressions

First Christmas

Luke had a great first Christmas. He had 3 of them: Christmas Eve (with Alyssa's family), Christmas Day (with my family), and Christmas during the week (up at my aunt and uncles house in the Twin Cities).

Luke didn’t really get into opening presents. He liked trying to chew big boxes and eating his new toys. We had a great time with our families and enjoyed being with them for an extended period of time.


Among some of his gifts were a hand-made quilt from Aunt Jackie, a piano and bike trailer from Grandpa and Grandma Krause, a radio flyer, blocks, and activity table from the Nana and Papa Unger.

Luke's Friends

At our church we are part of a Life group. This group consists of people similar in age and at about the same time in life. It is a great network of encouragement and support. This year in this group there have been 10 babies born. Luke was number 3 in the group. There are a few older kids (about 2 years old) as well.

Check out all of Luke's friends and their mothers. Somehow everyone was looking at the camera except Luke - he was more concerned about trying to walk.