The 4th of July (aka Luke's 10 month birthday)

Isn't summer awesome?  After a couple weeks of some questionable summer weather, this past week was just one amazing summer day after another, and we took advantage of it!  Having a three day weekend makes for such a great break from work.  I highly recommend it!

Saturday we vacationed at home.  Matt and I hit the pool as soon as Luke went down for his morning nap.  We all soaked up the rays for several hours before going for a walk in Open Lands.  It was very relaxing and fun to have a day to ourselves at home.

On Sunday we went to WI to hang out with the family for the day.  Another beautiful day of sunshine compelled us to visit the local watering hole, Fox Lake.  Sunday evening we were lucky enough to go the the US Bank fireworks party in downtown Milwaukee.  Unlimited food and drink, fun music, and the fantastic fireworks display made the evening very enjoyable to say the least!  Luke wasn't scared of the fireworks at all, like we thought he may be.  He watched them and squealed and smiled with enjoyment.  By the end of the hour long fireworks display we had snuggled him into his stroller and he viewed the show with tons of smiles, before drifting off to sleep just before the grand finale!

On Monday morning we went home from Mom and Dad's in WI straight away to prepare for the 4th of July barbecue we were hosting.  Matt's Aunt Diane and Uncle Garry, Uncle Mike, Grammy & Boyd and Donna and Emil all came over for the party.  My parents and Grandma came down too:)  We had a lot of fun together.  We had so much fun in the sun all weekend that by Monday night we all were pooped!  Matt and I watched the Lake Forest fireworks from our backyard, and I couldn't keep my eyes open. 

Luke has been walking up a storm.  He can walk pretty long distances now, and can get up and start walking from a seated position (we used to have to stage him).  Take a look!

He still prefers to crawl, especially when he's tired of "performing" for us, like in this case:

Luke's 10 month at-home stats are as follows:

Length: 29 inches

Weight: 20.5 lbs

Cuteness:  110%

Wearing my hand made sweater from Jeannine