Plymouth Orchard.

My MOPS group visited the Plymouth Orchard last week. Luke had a tough tonight that night before and needed to take his nap during the scheduled visit. We decided to just go on our own after lunch. Luke LOVES attention--here a group of ladies were "noticing" him and he was eating it up! I think Luke would prefer to stay the only child!
Here Luke is trodding through the pastures of the petting farm!
What's the first pumpkin Luke wants to touch in the pumpkin patch??? Of course...the opened, moldy one! He's all boy!
I'm not sure why this picture is sideways...but here Luke is excited about going to the Orchard!
After playing with the open pumpkin, Luke decided the dirty pebbles going through his fingers sounded like much more fun.

Harvest Party

Luke went to his First Halloween Party on Friday before Halloween. He was the only kiddo who would keep his costume on but I think that's because he didn't realize he had it on :). The party was "controlled chaos" with all the kiddos. Luke did not really particpate in the trick-or-treating nor the games...he enjoyed the cupcake though. A few moms (and g-mas) hid in closets/pantries so the kids could go trick-or-treating.
In the midst of all the chaos, I found Luke "taste testing" other's sippy cups. Little stinker!
Here the kids played "pin the face on the pumpkin". We thought it would be challenging enough without the blind fold :).
Here is an attempted group pictures. A few moms were not there but this was the best we could do. In summary, 1 firefighter, 2 lions, 1 pooh, 1 lobster, 1 dragon, 1 Red Power Ranger, and 1 Pumpkin were present!

Murder Mystery

Yep. If you don't recognize the stud on my arm--that's my hubbie! Thankfully, that was just a wig!
Eeek! White is the WORSE color on me!!! I am soooo pale--NEED TAN!

Our very good friend, Jerry, hosted his annual Murder Mystery Party in Terre Haute, Indiana. Jerry does such a great job hosting--this year was a 70s theme. Fondue, great music and TAB made a statement at the party!! It's so much fun to get together with such old friends--good time was had by all.

Mackinac Island

The sunset was beautiful. In the distance you can see Mackinaw Bridge. It connects the upper and lower penisulas of Michigan. Pretty nifty.

We went on a horse/buggy ride around Mackinac. The ride began right during Luke's nap time which made me mega-nervous. Luke NEVER falls asleep in Jer or I's arms...what a horse/buggy and Grandpa can do!
Our first horsie ride!
According to our tour guide, National Geographic labeled this as the most beautiful site in Michigan. I would have to agree.

Mackinac Island

My parents, Luke and I made a quick trip up to Mackinac Is.. Mackinac is located between the lower and upper penisula of Michigan. It was gorgeous. We hit the perfect weekend...mid-60s, pure sunshine and the leaves were at their peak in color. This was my first time in upper Michigan and it's gorgeous. We had a great trip!

This was Luke's first time in a hotel room. Him and I were roomates! Let's say, we had a little party of our own around 4 am.
My dad and I took a bike trip around the island (no cars are allowed on the island). It was so gorgeous! Here's a sample of what we saw.
Another view on our bike ride.
Dad and I being silly! Like my glasses?!? I do!
Luke has the room key in one hand and the survey of the hotel in the other. What a ham!

Chicago

Over Labor Day weekend we visited friends who live in Chicago. They live downtown near Wrigley Field. We had a blast and Luke loves company--especially when we are visiting! Check out some pictures.

Here we are standing infront of a large bean that showed our reflection. It was pretty cool.

Here is Luke and Madeline Nelson. They are pretty cute together!

Okay, Madeline is super cute. She actually fell asleep in this position.

Jeremy and Luke infront of Wrigley Field. Super fun place to live. Lots happening and everyone is the same age--right out of college/beginning families. Super fun.

The Nelsons brought us to the Millenium Park downtown. They had this neat water fall that kids were playing in...Luke wanted to sit down and crawl but I did not want his hands on the dirty cement. He liked it!

FINALLY!!!!

Jeremy and I are so proud to FINALLY announce that Luke is walking consistently by himself. I tried recently to expose him to several friends his age for him to observe them walking. People would say to me, "wow, he's a fast crawler" and I would say, "yes, because he should be walking". He's walking in twos...left, right stop, left, right, stop. He gets so excited when he reaches the other side of the room. He's so happy with his new found talent. His officialy walk-date is August 28, 2006 (he turned 15 mos on August 24)

Who can sleep sitting up?

Jeremy found Luke sitting up while sleeping and you can see he's dead asleep. Jeremy got it on camera as well--I can't wait for Luke's wedding to show off all these pics!

Isn't he a doll? I have had a few people in stores come up to Luke and say, "You're so cute, you could be a girl!". I'm not sure if that's a compliment...I just give a half smile and we go along our way. :).

Luke A. Hardymon, DDS

Okay, so I have more proof concerning my predication made when I was 6 months pregnant with Luke. For your memory, I had a dentist appointment when Luke was 6 months in utero and during the whole appointment, he was moving everywhere especially when the loud instruments where going. He loved it--I just knew he was smiling.

Now I have more proof. Luke absolutely loves brushing his teeth. He likes to do it himself and he loves when you do it. He actually gets pretty upset when he's brushed for 10 minutes and we say that's enough. He loves it.

Fever

Last week, before our company for the weekend came, Luke came down with a pretty high temperature (102.5). He never really came down with a cold from it but I definitely think something was in his system. Anyway, when I picked him up from his nap, he was burning up so I stripped him down to his diaper to stay cool. After a long nap, he wanted to go back to sleep with his bear for another 2 hours! Thankfully, we had a great weekend with our company and nothing serious came of this.

Naked Time!

Here, Luke does not like to be lotioned down...which we do after each bath. He's seeing where he can escape!
Here Luke is checking out the bath tub. Look at those tight buns!
He's escaping!!!!!

Enough buns pictures. I want him to talk to me when he gets older! :)

Cruising--with some help...

Luke loves his walker! He loves getting around and turns to me to grunt when he bumps into a wall.
Here Luke is trying to scare me to give him the camera. It didn't work but I liked seeing all of his teeth!
Darn shoe!
I want the lense cap...I want the lense cap...

First Hair Cut

Luke is not too crazy about this! He starts out with Dad and says "no way!"

So then mom tries and we get through it. I was scared of the claws of the hairdresser as I am sure Luke was too!
We took a final picture but Luke is snarling and I look possesed so I decided not to post it! Here is Luke riding the pony afterwards so you can kind of see the final product. He wasn't crazy about the pony either--he had a tough day!

Swim Lessons

Here are some pictures of Luke at swim lessons. Jeremy had July 3rd off so he got into the water with Luke. Luke loves the water.