Sea World 3/10/09

Tuesday we went to Sea World with our friends Veronica and Charlie. We met them in the '08 play group. Charlie is about 6 weeks younger than Luke (and a couple inches taller!)

The kiddos had a great time being independent and walking/running all over.

They played in the tide pool - touching starfish and a sea cucumber.

They joined a sea turtle for his lunch.

Luke "tickled" the fish again.

The dolphins were so friendly. They swam right up to where we were standing.

Luke tried so hard to touch one - I thought he might wind up going for a swim!

We lucked out and walked by the sea lions at feeding time. It was very exciting to feed the sea lions snacks (raw, frozen fish anyone?).

Veronica and Charlie in Shark Encounter.

Luke is FAMOUS!

Check out Luke on the front of this newsletter. Michelle submitted it to her publisher's kids' department. They wanted pictures of kids excited about reading. That's my boy!

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Sea World 2

One funny thing Luke started doing was "tickling" the fish when they swam over to the window.  This video is dark but if you listen carefully, you an hear him saying "tickle tickle" to the fish as they swim by.  Such a character!  P.S. We were literally the only group in this exhibit for about 10 minutes.  Our own private Sea World!

Sea World

On Wednesday, we took Luke to Sea World for the first time. He LOVED it! Luckily the park was almost empty, so he was able to walk from exhibit to exhibit (strollers are great for storing everything BUT the child) and get up front and personal with the creatures.

Our first stop was the otter exhibit. An otter was floating right next to the glass - very cool.

After that we went over to the dolphins. They were so close! Luke was enjoying the dolphins so much that we decided to go to the Dolphin Show. When we left the exhibit, he was so sad. He kept running back. I think he thought we were going home!

The Dolphin Show was fun, but it was a little too long to ask Luke to sit still. He was ready to move on by the time it was over.

We hit a bunch more of the exhibits after lunch - he especially enjoyed the penguins, the "ice wall" and the walrus.

After a snack (yum, churros), we looked at a couple more exhibits and then headed home. Our little guy passed out in the car very quickly. He'd been such a trooper with no naps all day.

Enjoy the photos!

Cambria, January 2009

Here are some photos from our trip to Cambria, CA over the new year holiday. Thanks to Matt for the great photos!

One Year Old

This is a little late, but oh well...

At his 12 month appointment, Luke was 30 inches, 22 lbs., 4 oz.

Word List

I read in a parenting newsletter yesterday that 16 month olds know about 7 words. Here is Luke's current word tally (in no particular order):

wa-wa or agua
ball
dog
turtle
car
go-go
up
banana
apple
juice
apple juice
dat?
milk
bye bye
bye bye poo (we flush it, what can I say?)
fish
badger
gorilla
home
Oscar
cat/kitty cat
ma-ma
da-da
Bubba
nana
more
cracker
bee(s)
busy bee(s)
eyes
ears
nose
knee
teeth
night-night
book
guitar
bubble
no
purple
moon
star
bird


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