Easter 2010

Sorry for the late post. Only a few pics here but I thought I'd share them anyway.

Vavo and Vavoo were here for Luke's easter, and we all dyed eggs the day before and then Luke went to go hunt them in the morning! It was Luke's first time dying eggs (and Nai's too)! Not sure if we took video of the egg hunt but I'll see if I can post that too if we did. Enjoy!

Easter 2010

Shapes

Took this video today of Luke. There's an iPhone application I have on my phone that he really enjoys playing.

Luke's Vocabulary

Here's a quick update with some of the words Luke (sort of) knows and how he says them.

- Luke says "Please" ("peez") and "thank you" ("dankoo") and knows the difference between the two. For example, if he wants some food, and you ask "What do you say?" He'll say "peez!" If you give it to him and say "What do you say?" He'll say "dankoo!" And he's even getting to the point where he'll say it on his own.
- When Luke messes up or does something on accident, he'll say "Oops! Sorry!"
- Luke knows the names of lots of fruits ("foot"). He knows strawberries ("saw-beez"), bananas ("nana"), apples ("ah-poos"), mangoes ("man-gones") and oranges ("onge").
- Luke knows other foods as well. Bread ("bed"), chicken ("teekin"), rice ("wass"), milk ("meeuk"), water ("wa-uh") and juice ("deuce").
- Luke tells us when he's hungry ("hun-gee") and when he wants to eat ("eat").
- Luke knows trains ("choo-choo") and always wants to watch them go by our apartment. He knows cars ("caw"), bikes ("bike") and trees ("chee").
- Luke knows the alphabet song. According to him, it goes like this...
"A B D D E F D... K Ky K K K K K... Koo Ah S, Y and Z... Now I now I A D D, K K K K K K K. Yay!!!"
- Luke knows how say grace. He folds his hands and waits for me to say the prayer, then makes the sign of the cross at the end and says "Amen!"
- Luke lets us know when he farted ("uh-oh... faw-ted!") but doesn't know the difference between "poo poo" and "pee pee" yet.
- Luke knows how to count to 10, but for some reason gets stuck on the number 3. If you don't tell him what comes after 2, he won't figure it out. Instead he'll say "1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2..."
- Luke knows what the TV is ("tee-pee") and knows how to turn it on and watch Nick Jr.
- Luke has trouble pronouncing any word with an "L" in it. He'll just leave it out. This includes his own name ("Oook").
- Luke knows clothes: shirt ("sert"), diaper ("die-poo"), pants ("pass"), socks ("sock"), shoes ("choo"), jacket ("da-ket"), even crocs ("koks").
- Luke says "ah-sight" when he wants to go outside.

Snow in Austin!

A while back it snowed in Austin for one day! It was Luke's first time seeing snow. Nai got a bit of it on video while I was at work... Enjoy!

Wild Basin

A week after Luke's birthday we went to a nearby park called Wild Basin. It was a beautiful day out, and Luke had a blast! Here's some pictures of the trip.

Wild Basin

Luke's 2nd Birthday

February 14th was Valentine's Day, Chinese New Year, and most importantly, Luke's 2nd birthday! He's been a very good boy so we got him a nice big chocolate cake and took some video. Enjoy!

Heddo?

The other day I called home because I was going to be working late. No one picked up, but a few minutes later I got a call from Nai's cell phone.

"Hello?" I answered.

"Heddo?" It was Luke. Nai must have handed him the phone. Luke is learning to talk; Nai has been trying to get Luke to talk to me on the phone whenever I call. When he's on the phone he says "Heddo?" a lot, since that's one of the only words he knows.

"Hi Luke."

"Dad dad." Luke also always thinks that I'm the one on the phone. He will say "Dad" and "Heddo?" no matter what.

After a few more minutes of saying "Heddo?" back and forth, I finally told him, "Okay, give the phone to Mommy now." Silence. "Hello?"

"Heddo?"

"Give the phone to Mommy."

I hear some rustling on the other end, and then Nai's sleepy, tired voice. "Luke? Who are you talking to on the phone?"

Nai was sleeping. Luke was the one who called me back, and he gave the phone to Nai afterward.

Yoshi's Island

Maybe we should have called him Baby Mario...

Tiger Face

For the past month or so, Luke has been making a strange face whenever he gets really excited. Nai calls it the "Tiger Face"... He squinches his nose and gets this really fierce smile, all the while breathing in and out really loud!

It's been really hard for us to capture any video or pictures while he's doing it, because it only lasts for a few seconds and then he's done. Here's a picture I managed to take on Thanksgiving, and while it's a little blurry and he was finishing up, you might be able to get the idea:

Stand in the Place Where You Live...

I'll let the picture speak for itself...

Tree Lights and Sparks

On the Friday before Thanksgiving, the family went out to the local mall (The Domain) where Macy's was having their second annual tree lighting festival! There was lots of music and there was also a special guest: Jordin Sparks, one of the winners from American Idol (Okay, I didn't care that much, but Nai did)!

It was a pretty chilly night and the music was a bit loud but Luke didn't seem to mind. Here are some pics from the night:






We were able to get pretty close to see Jordin Sparks. Nai was excited!


The tree is lit! Fireworks go off! Looks great!!!

Thanksgiving

Here are some pics of Luke's first Thanksgiving. Hope you all enjoy! He's doing really good (I'll have more posts soon to follow)!







Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving (the food was great, by the way)! :)

Allergies

A week ago or so Luke had a fever. It didn't last very long, but shortly after it left we started seeing a big red rash all over his skin.



We decided to call the doctor and Nai took him to get looked at. The doctor assured us he was fine and just had an allergic reaction to something. The problem is, we're not sure what it could possibly be, because he was eating the same foods we had been giving him for quite a while. It might have possibly been from some orange juice we let him sip one day, so we're avoiding giving him any more citrus stuff.

Anyway, after giving him a little bit of medicine the rash seems to have gone away. Luckily for him he didn't seem to be bothered by it.

Stuffed

Here's a picture of Luke after he's had a big meal.



He's normally very active, but after a full meal he takes it easy for a few minutes before moving around again. Look at that big belly! What a couch potato!

The Playpen is "Deeper" Now

Luke has now grown to the point where we had to bring the floor of the playpen down to keep him from climbing out. Beforehand, the playpen's floor was "raised" to halfway up the playpen, but now Luke can pull himself up onto his knees and peek out over the edge. Once we saw him doing it last night, that's when I decided the playpen mattress needed to be dropped down to the bottom. We will probably need to do the same soon for his crib, as soon as he learns how to stand up in there.

In related news, if you stand him up and lean him against something (say, the crib's railing), he will hold onto it and keep himself upright. His legs are shaky the entire time, but he can hold himself up!

In feeding news, he's now graduated to the "3rd stage" baby foods. He likes almost all of his foods. Notice how I said "almost" all of his foods. He absolutely HATES green beans.

:Þ

Luke learned how to do this earlier in the week (pic taken this morning):



So now he sticks out his tongue frequently. If you start doing the same, he thinks it's funny.

Luke & Jeremy

In case anyone missed it when we were at Tim's wedding, here is Luke playing with his cousin Jeremy. Luke loved it!

Daddy's Sense of Humor?

Luke likes fart sounds.

Nintendo Fanboy

Red-Faced

Nai went to get Luke one morning, only to discover that his face looked like this:



Apparently he had been sleeping on his belly and his face rubbed against the crib. Thankfully the redness went away during the day, but it freaked out Nai a little bit. :)