Aunt Becky and Uncle Paul's wedding!

Aunt Becky and Uncle Paul got married!! We had a lot of fun getting all dressed up to help them celebrate.

Easter

We went to Iowa for Easter this year to visit Great Grandma & Grandpa Holm. Grandma and Grandpa Krings were there too! We had fun playing with Squirty, taking a walk, and exploring the new house.

We saw the Easter Bunny at the daycare Easter party.

Video of Luke walking

Here is a video of Luke cruising around the couch!

New pictures of Luke

It's been a long time since I've updated! Here are a few highlights of the last month.

Matt and I went to San Diego in March to Gabe and Gaby's wedding - we had a great time! It was a much needed vacation and San Diego was beautiful. Grandma and Grandpa Holthe stayed with Luke while we were gone, and had a fun time.

After that, I had Spring Break! Luke and I stayed home the whole week. It was a wonderful break!

Luke has decided to skip crawling and go straight to cruising. He loves to walk around hanging on the couches, and has started to get brave enough to move onto the end tables.

Last weekend we had Luke's friend Zach and his parents over for dinner. Both boys had a great time playing together! They played so hard that both of them slept all night!

Here are a whole bunch of pictures of Luke:

Pictures of Luke

Time is just flying by for us! Luke is already 8 months old and he is doing lots of new things. He is very ticklish now, and will laugh when we tickle him. He is starting to move from sitting to his tummy, but he still doesn't like being on his tummy much. He is starting to eat real food! He likes graham crackers and cheese.

Our house has been pretty quiet since Christmas. Luke was sick for a couple weeks, but I think we have recovered. We celebrated my birthday on January 27th. Grandma and Grandpa Krings came to help celebrate. We also made a quick trip to Fullerton for the weekend last week. We are looking forward to warmer weather so we can get outside. We have been stuck inside for a long time!

Here are some of the most recent pictures of Luke!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Matt and I both had to go back to work today. We actually have to go back to the "real world"! It was difficult after having 2 weeks off to play and relax.

Our vacation started on December 23rd. We just missed a bad ice storm in Kansas City. We were prepared for a long trip, but found the weather to be great after we left Kansas. We arrived in Fullerton that evening and enjoyed 3 whole days with my family. My Grandma and Grandpa Holm came from Iowa also, so it was a full house! Christmas Eve we ate a wonderful dinner and opened presents. We had a fun time watching Luke eat the wrapping paper! We all got some wonderful gifts.

Friday, December 26th we went on to York where we were able to spend some time with Matt's friend Gabe, who was back from San Diego with his new fiancee, Gaby. Saturday was the Holthe family Christmas. Matt's cousin Debbie and her husband John got to join us this year. We opened presents and played Bingo. We got a lot of nice gifts there, too.

On Sunday night we drove to Lincoln to have dinner with Matt's college roommates and the wives. We had a great time catching up! Our trip to Nebraska came to an end Monday morning as we stuffed our car with all our new stuff and make the trek back to Kansas City.

We enjoyed the whole rest of the week at home as a family! We spent lots of quality time playing with Luke and getting the house ready for him to be mobile. Some of the things Luke started doing this week are: talking a whole lot more, clapping, and blowing.

We "Drank in the New Year" with our neighbors, including 4 babies! The babies drank formula of course! :) They all tried their hardest to make it to midnight. Luke lasted the longest, and went to bed about 11:30. We were very sad to see our vacation end, but had a fantastic 2 weeks visiting friends and family and having some quality family time. Here are some pictures of our break!