The Hartman's: July 2009

Well, once again, I am behind on posting. So, I will try and do a quick catch up! Luke has sooo much personality these days - - happy, sad, mad, impatient, silly, mischevious, shy, flirty, etc. He's getting to be such a big boy. He is technically 8 mts and 3 weeks old today and since I can't remember exactly what he was doing/saying 3 weeks ago, I'll just update you on what he is doing currently. He says "da da, ba ba, na na, and yes sometimes ma ma." He is trying to pull up on everything - which is causing more tumbles and falls, but he loves it! He is very mobile on his belly, but it's not technically a "crawl" yet. Sometimes he waves bye bye and sometimes he will clap his hands, but never when I want him to. :) He has 3 bottom teeth and a lot more on the way up top - he has been teething like crazy. He's working on his finger foods and using a sippy cup. Let's see...what else am I forgetting??? Oh! He now has enough hair that when he wakes up he has bed head!! It makes me laugh every time. I will have to get a photo of it soon. He is just growing up so fast and so many new things are happening every month - It's exciting and challenging. We've definitely started baby proofing the house in preparation!!

Luke at 8 Months Old - Celebrating the 4th!

What is this thing??

With mommy at his first trip to the zoo.

Mommy and Luke getting up close and personal with the giraffe.

Daddy pretending to be a giraffe. (He was apparently feeling left out of the above photo-op)

Hartman's Mountain Zebra - Who knew??

On Father's Day with 4 generations of Hartman's :)

Luke in his baseball outfit - He is telling his Uncle Rob and Uncle Randy, "I'm ready for a Reds game!!"

"I don't really like for my hat to be on for very long...or at all."

Here again are Danny and Luke on Danny's 1st Father's Day. Danny is an amazing dad and does a phenomenal job balancing work and family. Luke loves spending time with him and just thinks he is the funniest person ever! Danny is going to have one busy schedule this year and we are going to miss him not being around as often. We love you daddy!!

P.S. Kate, this is the little outfit he borrowed from Sam, isn't it precious?

To the three people who actually read my blog: I thought I better hurry up and post something before Luke turns 8 months old (which is in one week! He is getting sooo big!!). So much has happened this past month...I could literally post 100 photos, but don't worry, I won't. We are enjoying our new house and feel as if we will have a project to work on every weekend for the next year :) Having a house is fun, but it takes a lot of time and hard work to make it feel like your home. Here are just a few photos of the past month (out of order of course).