Luke: 9 months

Three quarters of a year old . . . how did that happen so fast???

Luke Daniel

is now

9 months

18 lbs, 11 oz and 27.75 in

At 9 months, Luke is finally, consistently sleeping through the night

{7pm to 6 or 7am}  Woo Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thankfully, he is also finally starting to enjoy eating food rather than just nursing.

We have learned that he prefers food with flavor.

His favorites so far are: Mr. Huber's smoked chicken, in the mesh feeder of course,

Mrs. Huber's baked beans and ice cream :-)

As far as baby food goes, he's still not a huge fan but definitely prefers veggies to fruits,

although, thanks to tummy troubles, we did learn that he LOVES prunes ;-)

At 9 months, he is also following in the footsteps of his big siblings

and going straight to the straw sippy cup with water ~ big fan but lazy in that we have to hold it.

At 9 months, Luke is still not too pleased with bottles but will at least take them when he has to.

My guess is that Luke will never be too excited about the bottle,

so it is a good thing he doesn't need them too often!

At 9 months, Luke is a total flirt and ham ~ his little personality is a hoot!

He ADORES his Daddy and lights up the instant he hears his voice or sees him.

The feeling is definitely mutual!

Luke is also a pretty big fan of his big siblings, who still cannot get enough of him.

Alli and Eli "fight" over who gets to sit next to Luke at the table for meals and snacks :-)

Eli now randomly goes up to him, hugs, kisses and says "I love you Lukegoo"

Alli is still the sweetest little mama in the world to her little Lukey!

As for Mommy, I cannot imagine a sweeter little guy ~ I love my little snuggle bug so much!!!

At 9 months, Luke still has only two teeth and no signs that others are coming any time soon,

but he loves to show off his two pearly whites with his many cheesy grins and silly faces.

Luke loves to make silly faces to get others to giggle or interact more ~ so cute!

Still no "tummy off the floor" crawling but Luke has mastered the "army crawl"

and can (and does!) get any place he wants . . . yep, baby proofing is in full swing!

He is a great sitter, if put in the position but hasn't figured out just yet how to get to that position,

though he has gotten close many times so maybe this month.

At 9 months, Luke is into EVERYTHING and loves to examine and explore,

I so wish I knew what was going through his little head sometimes!

For example, during this photo shoot, he became aware of his sticker . . .

The progression was a hoot but he was not happy when I rescued the sticker.

At 9 months, Luke is such a joy to all of us!

We cannot imagine our family without him and we look forward to each new adventure . . .