Dear Luke-

Summer is flying by and we are having so much fun! It's going a little too fast and I hope it slows down because soon enough daddy will be going back to work and all the fun will be gone! You are having a blast being home with daddy every day by yourself since mommy is working an extra day per week. 4 days a week is too much to be away from you and I am looking forward to 3 days a week again in August. We have been swimming, traveling, and visiting family so much! We have had weddings, baby blessings, and missionary farewells the last couple of months on both sides of the family, so we are lucky to get to live close enough to attend important things! You are a little swimmer already. I guess that's what you get when you live in 110 degree heat and have to get in the pool every day to survive! You can swim all by yourself with floaties on :)

You are talking SO much and are as busy as ever. You are all boy and love to wrestle with daddy, jump off furniture, color on the walls, and scream as you run in circles around the house. We wouldn't have it any other way. You are still my sweet boy and give me kisses and say "Yuv you."

You are obsessed with spiderman right now. You can say "spider" but for some reason you call spiderman, "Bite-ber-man." You point him out wherever you see him, and we even thought about taking you to the movie that just came out. We didn't because you are still a little too busy to sit for an extended amount of time.

You love Disney movies and I feel like a bad mom because you watch them a lot. We are trying to cut back but it just makes you so happy and how can we resist you when you come up to us holding the case and say, "(Daddy) or (Mommy) I want thisss..." in the sweetest voice. Your favorites this week are Wall-E, Tangled, and Bugs Life, and Princess and the Frog. (You love princesses...oops.)

You are still not the best eater and I think it's because you don't feel like you have time to sit and eat a meal. You would rather take a bite, then run around, then take a bite, etc, etc. You have days where you will eat 2 bowls of oatmeal, a full PB & J, and then whatever we are having for dinner (without being picky at all.) But then other days you get by with some fruit snacks and a cheese taquito. Hopefully you start eating a more consistent diet so I can keep up with you. ;)

You still go to bed at 7:30 ish and sleep until 7:00 ish in your big boy bed. It is heaven. We are thinking about taking on the next "big boy" step, potty training. We figure with daddy home with you all day, it is a great time to try. So after our trip to California in a week and a half, we will try!

You REALLY love babies and are around them a lot. You have two new baby cousins, and mommy and daddy have some friends who just had babies as well. You love giving kisses and holding them, but you sometimes think they like to play a little bit more rough than they do. So we have to keep a close eye on you!

We love you little buddy. You make us laugh every day and watching you learn and grow is our greatest joy in life.

Love, Mom