One Big Joke

For now, I have to wear what my parents make me wear, and most of the time I don't understand why they take a ton of pictures and laugh hysterically.  It makes me laugh...I'm starting to realize it's at my own expense.  Examples:

If I were really a gangster, I wouldn't have a gorilla on my shirt!

They call me Lil' Milks.   There is not justifying it.

I didn't know it at the time because I was only 2 days old...but when my Dad told me that he was my father, he was wearing a strange black mask...

Photobomb by Cinder.

Ok, If the neighborhood kids get a look at this picture..I will be laughed off the block!  Matching hat Mom?  So uncool...

Use your imagination...I have a feeling this will be blackmail in my future.  I would have worked out a little more...

Why all the ridiculous hats?

Ok guys...the name Luke!  I will never live this down...

Yes, that is me...being swallowed by a huge sleeping bag...You would.

I can't grow a mustache yet...way to rub it in!!

Are they mocking me?  Thanks Grandpa for not participating...

And again..more hats..why?  I don't even have a choice in the matter.

Ok, you got me on this one...pretty funny.

They put me in this shark robe after bath time.  I can't even walk yet!

Really Dad?  Really?

Ok, I have to admit, this is cool.

Haven't they ever heard of napkins?  They knew that my motor skills were lacking.  They did this on purpose.

I'm not wearing pants...

I was so young and naive.  Guess what I found out...none of my friends are real.

They didn't tell me to make a silly face!

Look how frustrated I was and they thought it was funny!

A Japanese kimono?  Do I look Japanese to you?

Dad...there is a whale shark behind me.  Poor parenting...

What am I to you?  Live bait?

I was throwing up and Mom decided to take a picture of it.  Gross and sad.

Dad wanted to pretend we were mannequins.  People were walking by to point and gawk at us.  I had nightmares.

The nightmares were about the killer gigantic naan that I had to stand next to.

Just put me in a bucket...no big deal.  I'm not mobile.  YET!

Enough with the hats already..

All I can say is...Payback is a Beach.

I want to be all over the place!

But I just can't get there yet.  I pull up on everything, I don't sit...I stand.  They lowered my crib mattress so that I couldn't escape.  I will walk around while holding on to stuff...like my playpen, my crib, my walker or my Mommy. 


I am learning to say Bye Bye..I still haven't waved yet, but I will soon. 
Sometimes, I will play peek-a-boo with Mommy.  I pull the blanket over my head, wait for a minute, while everyone looks for me...then pull it down.  Mom squeals so loud that I think the neighbors can hear her. 

I am eating everything!!  I pick stuff up and eat it.  Tomorrow, I am having lentil stew with potatoes, carrots and zucchini for lunch.  Yumm!  I also love my morning oatmeal and fruit.  Dinner is usually chicken and veggies...I really hated chicken when I first tried it...but now I love it!  I'm a carnivore!

I know what 'Cinder' means..it's my dog!  Everytime they ask me where she is, I look for her.  Mom and Dad think I'm so smart!  I have a funny personality.  Everytime I see a bottle, or it's time to read a book, I recline back and put both of my hands behind my head...to lounge and enjoy!  I can even have my bottle with one hand and lounge with the other.

I'm not always a sweet darling perfect child...sometimes I scream, but not very often.

 My faces are always different.  Sometimes I do something crazy just to surprise everyone.

 I was a giraffe for my first Halloween.  I got a lot of attention.

 Look how big I am!  Did you see?  Did you see?  I'm big now, and proud of myself.

Guess how old I am.  8 months old!

Stander

I pull up on stuff now.  It just came to me...one day I was just lying in my crib like a caged animal and got this great idea to grab the rails and see what would happen.  My huge baby muscles took over and then I was standing up.  I don't know if Mom was really excited or really scared when she saw me.

Now she seems to worried everytime she gets me up from my nap.  Oh well...doesn't she know I don't want to be caged up in my crib?  Geez...I'm not going to run away.  Yet...

Cape Zampa

There is a beautiful place near us called Cape Zampa.  There is a big white lighthouse.  It's almost as big as me.

Summertime

Summertime, and the livin's easy.
That's right.  It's the beach, the pool and back to the beach...with a little crib in between.

My first pool day was on Kadena Air Base.  I had a brand new hat on...It was huge.

Here we are at Awase Beach.

We met our friends at the pool on White Beach.  It was a hot day...so I took all my clothes off, naturally.

Don't worry, I still have my soft baby skin thanks to Mama always lathering me with baby sunscreen.  Whew...I certainly don't want wrinkles!

My feet are fat

I'm a little self conscious about my feet...what do you think?

 

7 days old...

 

  

7 months old...it got fatter

Beach Day

Living in Okinawa has its perks.  The beaches!!  I love hanging out at the beach...it's so fun.  There is so much to look at!  I love being in the water.  My Mom's best friend is my aunt Alicia.  She got us an awesome sunshade to protect my Dad and I from getting sunburned on our bald heads.
Best part of the day:  When Mommy ran out of the water because she saw a school of jellyfish.
Worst part of the day:  When I had to put my clothes on.
I sat around naked the whole time!
They BBQed hot dogs and hamburgers, and they made our kayak into a catamaran and tried to run it with a weedeater.  haha...it went slower than I can walk, and I can't even walk yet!

 Cinder is fun to watch in the car..she makes faces at me...

 lightweight...

Daddy was making me laugh..he is SO funny.