Growth

It is 8:40am and I am typing this as Luke sleeps (yes, he is STILL asleep) This is very new territory for us. We are used to being awoken at 6:00, but the past week or so we have seen a change in sleeping patterns. I think he woke up around 4:00 today but I was in a coma and Steve handled him so I should probably be in bed still!

We have all had a busy couple of weeks. Since June we have visited Kansas City, Louisville (thanks for the surprise Steve!), Chicago suburbs and Effingham. We went up north to see family on the 4th, but left early the day of the party b/c rain was covering the entire state of Illinois. With a toddler that wants to run around and play, we just decided to hit the road and stay in a hotel in Effingham since we were meeting a friend on the 5th anyway.

Our 4th of July turned out pretty well. We still got to see lots of family, stayed in a nice hotel, ate a good dinner and went swimming afterwards. There were even fireworks outside of the pool area (it was a wedding party celebrating!).

It is good to be home. We have no real plans for the rest of the summer which also feels good. Steve is getting comfy in his new position and Luke and I are finding adventures close to home. Yesterday we met Gma Susan for some fun at the Herrin library story hour. It was a 'stretch and grow' program which Luke was a little young for, but he enjoyed looking at the other kids and running through the stacks of books.

Lately, Luke likes to:
throw things - he will clean out his playpen very quickly and he is very interested in throwing balls whenever he gets the chance

'get the giggles out' before bed he will get really giggly and it is really fun to laugh and love on him before he reaches for George and signals it is bedtime

do what he wants - he is growing that strong will of a toddler

be outside

climb whatever is available

I tried to get some pictures on here but blogger is malfunctioning...