"More Rice"

Probably my favorite video of Luke at the moment! Such a cute phrase - and the way he looks so proud of being able to say it is just precious!

Animal Books

This is pretty typical of when we go through this farm animals book library my parents got Luke. He finally has something to say for almost every book (the bunnies are still pretty uninteresting, although we actually see bunny rabbits occasionally near the bushes outside of our building!). Pretty cute, if I do say so myself!

Luke in a Cute Hat

Luke had been wearing his hat for a few minutes this one afternoon and seemed comfortable in it, so when we went to his room for a moment, I secretly set up the camera on the side table to try to get a video of him wearing his hat. The moment he comes into the room, he sees the camera and starts talking about it. Amazingly enough, he didn't quickly take off his hat, which is what he usually does when he sees the camera while he's wearing one, but just made me admit that I did in fact turn the camera on - then he was cool. :P I also got footage of him catching a little ball, but mostly this video is to celebrate the cuteness that is Luke in a hat!

Talking in his Cup

Here, Luke is being silly with his empty water cup. He also does some talking. I don't know what he's saying at the time, but now I know that when he was saying "eye" and pointing to the camera, he was talking about the "light" on the camera. :)

Saying "Wheel"

Luke just learned how to say "wheel" here, and I think it sounds so CUTE!

Birthday Stickers

I finally found a good time to let Luke play with these fun construction truck stickers that came in his birthday card from his Uncle Andrew & Aunt Heidi. He enjoyed taking them off of the sheet and sticking them wherever - usually NOT on the card, where there's this whole blank space for him to work with. He even put them on his motorcycle!

Catching the Ball

Quick clip of Luke catching the ball - this is all I could get without him noticing the camera and freaking out. :(

First Time Ice Skating

Luke needed to be held up the entire time he was on the ice, but he seemed to enjoy it for the most part. :)

Riding the Dune Buggy

Luke's riding the dune buggy ride outside of the miniature golf place at Lake Tahoe. Now that he's had that experience, he's constantly wanting to "ride" all of the cars/tractors/motorcycles/any vehicle that are in his books. :)

Pushing the Stroller

While we were on vacation, we took a little hike to a place where you can see fish swimming underwater. On the way back to the car, we let Luke walk some, and he decided he wanted to push the stroller. Since it was the little umbrella stroller, he did a pretty good job - needs to work on his steering a bit, though. :)

Race Track II

Here's a second race track video showing how he figured out how to play with it all by himself. He likes to put the cars on the wrong color track and say his silly "nooooooo", then move them to the track they match. It's not on the video, but he now also likes to purposely put a car on the wrong color track, then come along with the car of the right color and push the wrong car off with it! Silly boy.

Maloney Names

Here's a shout out to our Maloney family - Luke is attempting to say your names! Very fun! He also rocks to one of his songs (literally), and I cut out some of that since it was just more of the same - you get the idea. ;)

Using Scissors!

Luke has been interested in my cross-stitching scissors for awhile, but has never been allowed to play with them. This day, I realized he might actually be old enough to be somewhat responsible with them in the right environment, so we had his first "scissors craft". He still needs two hands to open the scissors, but really enjoys the thrill of the cut!

Race Track

We rationed out when Luke's new birthday presents first got played with so that the fun would last more than one day. :P This is a fun little race track that Grandpa & Grandma Hughes got for him - I think he likes it!

More Bike Riding

We went out again to play with Luke's bicycle that Sunday, and the lighting in this other location was much better than our first ride. So, I got more video and pictures here. :)

Fourth of July Slide

Just thought this was cute of Luke doing the slide in the Hughes' backyard all by himself.

First Ride on his Bicycle

New Bicycle!

We didn't have time to give Luke his new bicycle on his actual birthday, so the next morning, we got it ready with a rolling camera, and caught his first reactions on video. Unfortunately, it was not as dramatic and enthusiastic as I was hoping for, but I could still tell he really liked it. :)

Happy Birthday, Luke!

First Time at the Beach

We took Luke to the beach for his 2nd Birthday, and he LOVED it!!! He enjoyed the sand, but he REALLY liked the water! He would have stayed out there a lot longer if we didn't make him get out occasionally to warm back up (even though it's So Cal - the ocean water here is still cold!). The first part of this video is his first time in the water. The second part is where Nathan is teaching him to "chase the waves". :)

Birthday Toys

We let Luke open a few gifts the morning of his birthday before heading to the beach. Among those gifts & cards was this stuffed cow from his Uncle Andrew & Aunt Heidi and a bus book from us. He was happily carrying them around for a while after that - very cute!