Luke is Mobile

About a week ago Luke decided that the scooting period was over and it was time to crawl. We have fantastic video of him alternating between crawling and laughing hysterically at the fact he was crawling. It was one of my favorite things ever to watch. We'll try to get it posted this week because you really do have to see it.

I can't believe how quickly he went from Beginning Crawler to Advanced Crawling Machine. That kid can book it when he wants something, like my cup of water, the remote control, shoes, and anything shiny, all of which he wants to put in his mouth. He also went through this fantastic phase where he wanted to put his thumb on everything. No joke. Here are pictures.

He would crawl around and every time he felt something new, he put his thumb on it. Auntie Mary spent a good 20 minutes walking him around Aunt Toni's house letting him put his thumb on all of her assorted treasures. (While that was happening I was sitting quietly on the couch. Just sitting. Not crawling after Luke, or doing the dishes or laundry, or straightening anything, or even reading a magazine. Just sitting. It was heavenly. Oh wait, I was doing laundry. But not actively at that particular time. So, still, heavenly.) That phase ended abruptly and I miss it. It made me laugh. The best part is that apparently Matt also had a thumb fetish when he was a kid. Weird, right? There's a nod to the Nature vs. Nurture theory.

The biggest changes due to this whole crawling thing include the following: The once-a-week vacuuming and twice-a-week Swiffering that I was getting away with are no longer going to cut it, I have rug burns on my knees (and really, there is no need to make a joke here. Sorry honey.), Luke is finally taking naps again due to wearing himself out with all this crawling (hallelujah!!), he now wakes up crying and crawls around his crib until I release him from his captivity, Luke is now eating 2-3 meals a day because the bottle alone just isn't cutting it anymore (his tummy was growling when he got up this morning!), everything in our house has been lifted up three feet, and finally, Matt and I can't watch any of our shows in the evening while Luke is awake because you cannot watch TV and a crawling baby at the same time. Poor TiVo is about to burst. Even the Office Wedding had to wait. If you needed proof of how much we love our child, there it is.

That's all for now. Here are some recent pics including our visit from Grandma and Grandpa and assorted other shenanigans of late.