Luke will be 2 in a few months, so he's at that age when he's learning so many new things and growing and changing that he's constantly surprising and fun to watch. He's also fiesty and obstinate as he develops individuality and seperateness from his brothers. At the same time he's adorable and personable with his blondey blonde hair and blue eyes. He says the sweetest things like tada! and alwighk! (alright) and stupik! and I hake that. Most of his cute phrases are learned from Spencer in Spencerese.
Beginning Thursday, he's been fighting with Spencer. Where they used to play separately they are collaborating and sharing, however, more and more often they are coming to impasse's where they both end up screaming gridlocked together grasping either end of some toy. It's beautiful and exasperating within mere moments of each other. They play and talk together and this morning in church when they bonked heads they took turn kissing each other's heads, then got distracted and kissed each other's faces. It's so sweet to hear Spencer talking to Luke in his high baby voice, when Spencer's voice is already so incredibly high. "You want this train, Lukey?"
Luke's greatest fascination is with balls. He enjoys t-ball, soccer, and catch, but the most of all he loves basketball. He calls all balls basketballs, and when he finally gets one in his hands he says, "hoop?" The other day he fell down on the cement while playing a ball game with Grandma Root, and as he was lifting his head off the pavement he saw the ball he had been chasing and opened his mouth in a wide grin. He had spotted his bouncy ball!
In the morning, Luke tugs and tugs at my fingers with his little hands, "dinnertime dinnertime!" which translates to, "Get up and make me breakfast!" He runs in a little pitter patter rhythm through the house, his head bobbing up and down, happy that he has gotten me to follow him. Throughout the day he thinks of abstract ideas and activites that he likes and brings them up to me, continuously catching me by surprise. Last week he played with his Aunt Sarah and then yesterday he came in my room in the morning and said, "Sawah?" He wanted to know where she was. He also shares a special bond with his Aunt Deana, so this morning when I was on the phone with Aunt McKayla and I asked him to say hello to her, he insisted on talking to Deana instead and yelled, "Deana deana deana!" until I took the phone away. He wasn't mad he was just insisting that it was Deana, hooray! One of his talents is loving people, especially his family. Today at church we were in the hall between classes and Luke saw Thomas walking to his Sunday school class. Luke was so happy he forgot his shyness around strangers and told a man walking by, "Thomas, there! Thomas!" while he pointed. The man was a little confused but fortunately he smiled anyway.
I love you Lukey!
Mommy
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