Luke's Noises

Luke was going crazy when I moved my feet in front of him

and

Luke singing along with Dad- so great!

Our Little Caterpillar

Pool time

At the pool Luke enjoys...

Hanging out with Dad
Splashing

Practicing his swimming skills

Then drying off with mom!

6 months

As soon as Luke turned 6 months he started doing all kinds of new stuff all within one week! He got TWO teeth at the same time, learned how to roll over from his back to his stomach (so now he rolls all over the place- including in his bed when he doesn't want to go to sleep), he learned how to sit up by holding himself up with his arms, and he started actually eating a little baby food instead of spitting it all out!

My current favorite picture...

And he's still stylin'

And still incredibly CUTE!

St. George

For those of you who haven't seen all of these pictures on everyone else's blogs here is a short recap of our awesome trip to St. George!

I was able to be there for the sealing of the cutest boy to this perfect family!
Some of the siblings- we missed Jason, Trevor, and Lindsay!

This is how Luke felt by the end of all this traveling...
As fun as it was to travel the country for a month pretty much by myself with an infant, we are certainly glad to be back home for awhile and not have to live out of a suitcase or go through airport security for the 9th time!

California

Next up on the travel log was California. Luke and I flew there for a few days to visit with Melissa and the fam before I drove with her to St. George.

This is probably my favorite pic of the whole trip... Hayden was a little unsure of holding Luke at first (and apparently Luke was too)! It cracks me up!

Uncle MattNathan loved Luke!

Hayden was sure to show me his sweet moves...

I guess I didn't get a picture of Melissa!!

D.C.

Back in April Nathan had a work conference in D.C. so we went early to visit Emily and Tyler and see the sights!
Here is a (large) sampling of what we did there, they are just in order of our trip....

National Cathedral

Arlington National Cemetery

Mount Vernon

Emily was sweet enough to wait in line for us for an hour to get into the house while we walked around the grounds, and then watch Luke while we took the tour inside! Thanks again Em!

Jefferson Memorial

Air and Space Museum

Future President... already sleeping on the job

Library of Congress

And the illegal picture Nathan took of the actual library

We had mastered the Metro by the end of this trip!

Other fun things not pictured: walking around Georgetown, lots of delicious food, hanging out at Emily and Tyler's, National Museum of American History, Holocaust Museum, and so many more fun times! Thanks for letting us visit guys!
p.s. this isn't even a quarter of the pictures we have from this trip!