18 months update

It's hard to believe Luke is already 18 months old.  He had his check-up last week and the latest stats are: 2'9" tall (75% ), 26 lbs (50 %) & head circumference of over 20 inches (off the charts...that's our Mangum noggin'!).  The weight may be a little sketchy.  For the first time ever in all my visits to the pediatrician, Luke refused to get to the scale, throwing a ginormous fit, screaming, arching, kicking....you get the picture.  It was so bad, the doctor came in the room because he thought someone was hurt.  This from my normally easygoing, chill-out kid.  So the only other alternative was for me to go in the hallway and stand on the big scale with him, & then weigh me without him.  Lovely.  Of course, as soon as I sat him down & I stood on the scale, he took off streaking down the hall, looking back at me laughing.  Such a goof.

Luke loves to play with legos and blocks.  He is always climbing into or on top of things, like the table or on the keys of the piano, trying to get on top of the piano.  His favorite time of day is usually when his brothers & sister come home from school.  But Luke's absolute favorite thing to do is cook.  He loves to get the pots and pans out, complete with a spoon and hot pad & go to town.  Luke only says a few words right now, but it is fitting that one of them is "hot" & he will always point to the stove when I am cooking, wave his hand & say "hot, hot".

Luke thinks he is so big, just like his brothers. He loves to color like Hayley & read books like Jake. He is great at cleaning things up & always wants to be in the middle of the action. He hates to be left behind. Luke is always the first one to the door after family prayer in the morning because he knows it is time to leave for school & he wants to make sure he isn't left behind. A couple of weeks ago Michael was going camping. We opened the door to go load up the car & Luke grabbed the sleeping bag and carried it all the way out to the car, very determined to be a part of the action.

One of the best parts about being 18 months old is being able to go into the nursery at church - woohoo!  One of his favorite things there is playing with the bubbles & watching him try to blow the bubbles is hilarious.  I got a lot of soapy kisses on Sunday! 

We love you sweet Luke!