Life is for those who LIVE!!!

At 8 months old Luke is: Luke weighs Luke is 28 inches long wears size 4 diapers wears size 12 months clothing still has NO teeth!!! takes 2 naps a day eats food 3 times a day.  We have fed him grapes, mandarin oranges, red pears, green beans, avocado, steamed carrots, steamed zucchini and squash, steamed potatoes, steamed broccoli, chicken, pork, noodles He loves his food! Eating some Green Beans! He LOVES his electronic table He is starting to do chin ups on the furniture, gets his knees under his body and stands up! When he gets excited or mad he makes this face and holds his fists up and screams.  We call them fists of fury when he's mad.  fists of fury!!! Luke can give high fives! He is starting to use his walker a lot now!  he wants to be a big boy running around but he doesn't really like to crawl. He likes to eat his toes when he gets bored

Luke is seven months old!  Well seven and a half months old by now.  I'm a little behind the ball on this one.  I haven't even taken his progression pictures!  At seven months old Luke: weighs 20 lbs 7 oz is 27 1/2 inches long is in 12 months clothing wears size 4 diapers Luke is still toothless!  Lots of Drool but no teeth yet! Luke can sit up on his own now and reach for toys without falling over. Look at all those muscles! Luke loves his bath time fun!  He loves bath time!   Luke mostly eats pureed foods at meal times but we are trying to start feeding him actual fruits and vegetables.  He is still trying to figure out how to feed himself.     Luke loves sucking on his toes nom nom nom He is starting to try crawling.  It is pretty slow going right now but i'm sure he will pick up soon.  Sometimes he has to put his head down to help him crawl because his brains weigh too much  ;

One month ago today around this very same time I got a phone call that shattered my world into tiny fragments of pieces.  Since then I've been trying to pick up the pieces.  I have shadowy memories of that night.  I remember seeing my phone ring and I was putting dishes in the dish washer so I  missed the call.  I called right back and as soon as he picked up the phone I KNEW that she was gone.  I don't recall what was said exactly.  I just know I yelled out no and started immediately sobbing.  I kept crying for a long while and all I kept thinking and saying was why and no.  Monosyllabic words.  It was all I could do to function.  Richie said later on that as soon as he heard the first sound he just knew she was gone too.  he said nothing else would cause me to make those sounds.  Somehow tickets were purchased to fly back home and I sat in a daze.  I barely slept at all that night.  The next day I would randomly burst into tears every other hour or so.  My eyes were so red an