Feb 24- How is it possible?! Luke is 4.5 weeks away from turning one! :O I feel like things are changing every single day so it was important to write some funny stories and remember all of the funny things he is up to these days!
He has been able to pull himself up to standing position for some time, but now is really getting more and more confident in his walking each day. One week he didn't understand at all the point of the toy walker was. When we placed his hands on it and encouraged him to start walking, he just leaned forward to play with the front of it.. Now when he is in the right mood, he takes off!! Before he understood the concept of walking in with the walker, he was holding on to the back of his little race car and walking with the help of that. He can stand up and balance for 10-15 seconds. Though he still isn't crawling, he has figured out how to scoot himself around. Like crawling where he has one knee on the floor, and will push off with the other foot.. He also will try to stand up, but then becomes afraid and starts walking around in bear crawl position! It's so cute.
He is so interactive, it's amazing! We love to follow and copy his movements, and then other times he loves to follow and imitate us! He loves to blow tons of spit bubbles, babble all sorts of sounds, it seems like he genuinely understands mama/papa. He also figured out how to wave recently and it is the cutest!! He is starting to have more and more opinions about eating time and will start to lift up his plate when he is finished eating. He is also getting cheeky with Mel, and will hold his hand to the side of his chair to give her a little tease and then shove it in his mouth. Other times, if it's something he doesn't like, like broccoli he gives her a treat. He still loves almost all of the different foods we give him. He has now completed his first 100 ingredients!! I had fun trying to add variety to give him the opportunity to reach 100 and can't wait to keep going! We tried the grain Bulgur, and made a bulgur pilaf which was really tasty, though a mess to clean from him! It is kinda similar to quinoa. In the future I will add it into chilly and definitely hoping to try more recipes with it! It has also been a fun challenge to make things sugar free for Luke but still taste good for Joel and I. It's amazing to think about the "chef" I have become, especially thinking back on my hamburger helper days and my obsession with the blue box of mac and cheese.. I wish I had spent more time cooking with my mom and grandma when I was growing up.
He still has no teeth but both Joel and I got our teeth in late so we aren't surprised with that. He loves to watch us vacuum or watch the robot vacuum. He does little dances when he hears music, or sometimes twerks while he is in a bear crawl position.
March 2- He has taken a few steps on his own now when he was too distracted to realize he wasn't holding on to something. He likes to put his mouth on the front window and then make his way over to the TV, but sometimes he just can't wait to get there and has taken those few little steps. I imagine it won't be long now, but now that he has perfected his little scoot, maybe he will take more time to walk. Long gone are the days where I can leave him in his room playing with some toys while I make my breakfast. Now he leaves his toys to come and find me for his breakfast! I will try to start feeding him three meals a day to help him transition to eating a full day of meals and snacks at one. It's seems a bit overwhelming, even though he is just eating what we eat, I need to start adjusting my cooking sizes to accommodate for all three of us and plenty of leftovers. Depending on the meal, he can also get pretty messy despite his long sleeved bib.
I can't believe that I am shopping for shoes and thinking about his first birthday already... I know I say it like a broken record, but seriously where does the time go?
After Christmas Portugal got really bad as far as covid cases go and we had a semi lock down (kids still going to school) which wasn't helping the numbers, so then we went back to a full on lock down like last year. Numbers were crazy, Portugal was worst in the world for some time, and finally things are calming down. We still can't do anything or go anywhere besides the supermarket but I hope.... we will be able to make that trip across the pond very very soon.
We enjoyed some extra time with Joel in February as he had to take his unused holidays from last year. We hoped to spend some time in Algarve but due to the intense lock down we couldn't go. Joel did some projects, and I taught some extra classes.
Here are some recent photos to enjoy! :)
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