H a L L o W e e N 2009

Luke turned 10 months on Halloween! I was going to dress him as Handy Manny, but Dave and some friends thought Luke would look really cute as a Garden Gnome. So here he is, our little garden gnome! My mom made his costume. He was really good with wearing the hat and beard all night at our Trunk or Treat! He was so interested in all the people that he forgot all about his hat! We had a great night, hot dogs, cotton candy, and more candy!!

I let Luke have half a piece of an orange tootsie roll, he got so hyper! He was giggling and walking and crawling everywhere. He did not go to bed that night until 11 pm. No more candy until he is a lot older!! lol!

For work on Thursday Oct. 29, we had to dress up for Halloween. All the costumes had to be biker themed, so here we are! We decided to wear them to the Trunk or Teat on Halloween! No one recognized Dave until they heard his voice. He grew his goatee out for 4 weeks. The next morning he shaved it all off.

Daddy and Luke

Mommy and Luke

The family!

Luke and Conor's Playdate

Today Luke had a play date with his friend Conor. Conor is 11 days older than Luke. They had so much fun!! They shared snacks, wrestled over toys, and had fun climbing on the furniture. Luke was so tired when we left, he took a 2 hour nap. Conor's mom is Chrissy, she went to high school with my sister and I went to high school with her brother. We had so much fun today, Thank you Chrissy and Conor!!

Luke at 9 months

Our little boy is growing so fast. I can not believe he is 9 months. He makes each and every day so much brighter. I love every moment that I get to be with him. I am only working 2 days a week (mon and wed) doing hygiene, which has been so nice!!

-Luke is 27 inches tall and 17.7 lbs.

- Luke is walking everywhere so long as he can have at least one hand on something, if he does not have something to hold onto he plops down and crawls. He has been doing this for the past 2 1/2 months.

- He has 3 teeth, his 2 lower centrals and his upper left lateral, he is our little jack-o-lantern, so cute!

- He knows how to say mama and dada clear. He talks all the time with his baby talk, he loves to sing in Primary with the children and in Sacrament, the only bad thing is that he is often the loudest, at first I thought is was so funny, but now I have to slip out to the hallway because he distracts all the kids. I was released as Primary Secretary 2 months ago and now teach the CTR 6 class. All the kids love Luke and fight over who gets to sit by him.

- He is a good eater, he loves his sweet potatoes and all fruits, he eats salad like a champ, he loves to eat whatever his mommy and daddy are eating. Cheerioes have been a fun snack he is so cute picking them up with his fingers.

-I put baby signing time and baby einstein on for Luke, but he wants nothing to do with them. He does not like to watch tv. He would much rather be exploring or figuring out how things work. He likes the music and will start dancing and shaking his tush but that is it.

Having fun this Summer!!

Luke is now 6 months old. He is so fun!! I can not get enough of his big smiles and cute laughter. He is almost crawling, he can do the army crawl very well. He loves to walk holding your hands. He loves people and especially other children.

He is sporting his first pair of "Chucks" thanks to cousin Gage, We love them!! We get so many compliments.

Luke loves to go swimming he gets so mad when you take him out of the water.

I thought he just looked so cute in this picture, he had a very full diaper. We were over at our friends house (the Coronado's) for the 4th of July. We had a great time, we barbecued and then did some fire works. Luke did not like the loud whistling fountains, but he did like the lights.

We had our Jolley Family Reunion June 21st-24th up at a huge cabin in Paragonah Utah. We had so much fun! We brought 4-wheelers, we sot skeet with 12 and 20 guage sot guns, horseshoes, water balloon launcher and great food! There were a total of 22 of us. Luke was so happy to see grandma and grandpa Jolley, this was the fist time since the day he was born. We miss seeing them! Hopefully one day soon they will be able to move closer.
After we got back from the reunion I left the next day to fly up to Washington to see my Grandma, aunts, uncles, and cousins. I miss not having my grandma closer, but thanks to Allegiant airlines we found a great deal. I was able to have some delicious Washington cherries. I brought some home for Dave. We had a great time! I am so glad we were able yo visit you Melanie, thanks for the cherries! So now we are back in Vegas sweating like crazy with this horrible 106+ temp.