Going down the Stairs

Luke has finally mastered the skill of going down the stairs all by himself! He has to hold onto the railing, but really enjoys being independent. This video was taken when he was still pretty new at it, so I'm a lot more nervous being farther away from him in this video than I am now. Now, I can comfortably be 4 or 5 steps down from him, and I rarely need to hold out my hand to "spot" him. :)

Playing the Violin

Whenever I tried to get a video of Luke playing his toy violin that my parents got him for his birthday, he would whine and stop playing with it. So, when I heard him playing with it in the other room, I snuck up and sat it on the counter next to me - he had no clue that it was there. :) Now, the violin is usually in his playpen and I often hear him playing with it when he's in there during playpen time. :)

Running!

I believe Luke is on a sugar-high right now from some of Nathan's birthday cake! I got out the camera because when he would emerge from our bedroom and run past the filing cabinet, he would be looking sideways at us as he ran straight ahead - because he knew we would be watching him. Unfortunately, he wouldn't do that for the camera. Oh well - it's still amazingly cute to watch him running and happy!

Rocks

Just some "backyard" cuteness - showing me his rocks and saying the word "two" - at this point, he has a month to learn that word and how to hold up his two fingers when someone asks how old he is!

Guitar

Here's Luke inspecting Nathan's new guitar that he got for his birthday/Father's Day. :)