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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Birthday Fundays

Last week was Grandpa Emil's birthday, but since he and Donna were out of town our celebration was a few days later.  They came up for a nice dinner out and some celebratory pumpkin bread cake afterwards.  Happy Birthday!


Saturday was the day Kristin and I took Grandma Della out for her birthday present - a dinner and show in Chicago.  We had a nice visit at our house with the Lukers before heading down to Chicago to see Mary Poppins the musical.  Afterwards we had a yummy steak dinner at nearby Petterino's.  We had such a fun time!  The hours flew by.  We were talking and talking, we didn't want it to end!   Grandma is such a fun lady, we love you!!


In Luke development news, he went through this phase where he didn't want to get a bath.  He would cry every time and we didn't know why.  Thankfully that passed after a week or so.  Then more recently he went through a phase where he didn't want to go to sleep at night.  He would cry as if he was in physical pain - just horrible sounds coming out of his mouth like he was being stabbed or something - when we set him in his crib.  After the first couple times that we went in there to check on him and saw he was totally fine, we realized he was "testing" us and we were failing.  So after that we let him have his little tantrum cry and then he'd pass out.  I'm happy to report that as of yesterday that little phase also seems to be over.  Knock on wood, he's been going straight to sleep again after his bath and milk.  We're so lucky:)  Other than that, he is slowly migrating to one nap a day.  He has sort of regressed on talking, he barely says the words he already knows much less saying new ones.  Don't worry, he's still a mobility rock star.  He runs all around, and yes, sometimes falls.  Finally, he officially is no longer drinking milk from a bottle, even at night.  The baby book says, "No more baby bottles.  You have a toddler now, if you want bottles in the house, have another baby."  Hmmm, harsh. 

Here are some cute Luke shots from the week.     


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