Happy First Birthday!

Luke turned one year old on Sunday!!! We turned his birthday into a three-day celebration. I took the day off on Friday and went to Gymboree with Luke and Suz that morning. He had a lot of fun playing on the slides, chasing balls,

playing with the other 10-16 month olds and “singing” the Gymboree songs. I don’t know who was more exhausted afterward: us or Luke. I actually took a drink of juice out of Luke’s sippy cup afterward. It was quite a workout.

We celebrated Luke’s birthday at our house on Saturday. He received lots of fun new toys, books and clothes and enjoyed his Longhorn birthday cake.

On Sunday morning, Suzanne and I sneaked into Luke’s room and
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prised him by singing “Happy Birthday” to him. He started doing his little dance in the crib as we sang it. We got ready and headed to Red Lobster for a special birthday lunch, then to Sandy’s Shoes for a new pair of Stride Rite shoes (he’s already wearing size 5 shoes) and then over to Terra Toys to look at all the crazy toys, books and dolls.

You can view photos from the birthday party by clicking here.

Luke heads to his one-year check up on Tuesday, so it’ll be interesting to see how much he’s grown since June.

Cute Video of Luke

Here is Luke’s birthday invitation. I think it turned out so cute. Shauna and Jeff made it since they have Photoshop Elements. I can’t believe he is turning one! As you can tell, we went with a Texas Longhorn theme for his first birthday. We decided to keep the party small and just invite family since we don’t have an abundance of space at our house. I know Luke will have many fun birthdays in his future with all of his friends as well as family.

In other news, Luke took his first steps this past weekend! He took about 4 or 5 steps on Sunday on his own. He still prefers to crawl most of the time but I think he will really start walking soon. Also, we joined Gymboree last Friday. I think it will be really good for him. There is so much to do and he really seemed to enjoy all the fun songs and activities.

Click here to see a few recent photos of Luke. Below is my favorite recent picture of Luke with Mark. I think he looks so much like Mark in this picture.

Here is a cute video of Luke laughing at dinner. It is guaranteed to make you smile. You can also view it by clicking here.