Happy Birthday Luke - in Sept.

 Luke turned one on September 8th.  How has it already been a year??  He is such a cutie, and he's grown up so much through the year.  I guess that's an obvious statement, haha.  But really, he was our hardest baby by far.  Whether that was his personality or just the stage of life we are in, he was hard.  He barely learned to sleep this summer.  Before that he'd go to bed at around 11 pm, and be up a few times through the night, and wake at 7.  Then he'd take one, MAYBE 2 half hour naps.  Very hard.  He was also sick with a constant cough and congestion for about 4 months.  That just added stress to my life, and it made it harder for him to sleep too.  BUT - he's gotten so much easier.  He's still a busy boy, and still doesn't sleep as much as I'd like, but at least he goes to bed at a decent hour, and he takes a 2 hour- usually- nap each day. 
He really is so much fun.  He can be feisty when he doesn't get what he wants, or if his brother or sisters take something that he wants.  He loves to tease and laugh with them too.  He started walking around his birthday.  He'd been cruising for a while, but he really took off about a week or two before his birthday.
This boy has rhythm.  Whenever he hears music, even if it's just as we're driving in the car he starts bobbing his head to the beat.  He dances with the music too.  I just love it.  He and Rebecca play really well together.  She likes to take care of him.  Hayden also loves sharing a room with him, unless he's crying too much at night.  A lot of times Luke will wake up at the same time as Hayden, and Hayden just takes him out of his crib and they go play together in the living room for a bit, and let me rest a little longer.  Ah, such great boys.  He's kind of a picky eater.  He mainly just likes his milk, chicken nuggets, and macaroni and cheese.  We're trying to branch out(:  He's such a fun boy, and we just love him.  He's added so much to our family.  Happy Birthday Luke!!