10 months

The days are flying by, and so is Luke! He has become quite the speedster crawler, often chasing us as we move about the house, and sometimes we chase after him.

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weekend affairs

…mere’s mom and step-dad came through town, taking mere and luke to a wedding on saturday. overnight, their car was broken into and a few items stolen: GPS system and cell phones…and car jack. yeah, why steal a car jack?  this is the standard-issue car jack that they had to open a panel in the back to remove…didn’t know there was a black market for factory car jacks

…i had my final exam for my saturday class. it’s never encouraging when the prof opens the class with, “well yes, you guys are all just concerned with the exam we are taking at the end of the day…yes, well…it isa difficult one…hmmm…well enough of that, you will have time to see for yourself.” uh, thanks? it was just as difficult as the prof built it up to be…but this is, after all, grad school. the test centered around synthesizing what we had discussed and responding in essay form to case study type situations…the challenge being the length of the exam in the short time allotted.

…luke pulled to a stand on his own!! and mama and papa missed it!! he was on his knees looking out the window as I fed mallory. in the time i turned around and entered the house through the door that is 1 foot away, he stood up. at first i thought nothing of it because we often stand him up at the window and let him hang out there for a bit…but then i realized that i was outside and mere was on the couch on the other side of the room! here are some pics of the after-celebration:

       

Photography

Some now call me a parent…I think of myself more as a fetcher, carrier, and camera operator Since I will be taking a bajillion pictures of lil’ tot, I figured I would have some fun with it and try and take “good” photographs. I’ve read through a couple of tips of taking photographs, and promptly forgotten most of them, but thought I would share some of the touch-ups I’ve done (notice the subjects are not even Luke…for now) I am only using a VERY basic editing program, nothing with too much capability, but it whittles away the moments until the next feeding or diaper changing…

Ascension

 

The Cross

 

Worldview

 

Waterfall

more pics

we posted some new pics

Pictures of Baby Luke

Got a chance to upload some pictures of the grande show. Click here to view them.