graham crackers and luaus

There is not tons of breaking news in the Shepherd fam this week. However, there a couple of pictures to share. The first is of Lewis, ready for a Hawaiian luau thanks to his Aunt Monica. The second shows Lewis just after eating his first graham cracker. He's had several of them this week and seems to like them, but can't quite get all of the cracker in his mouth. Whoever invented bibs, especially the plastic ones, was a brilliant person. Mealtimes are sure to get messier as Lewis takes further interest in his spoon. He grabs it at almost every meal now for at least a couple of bites. He gets sooo excited when he puts it in his own mouth.

Lewis is exploring various sounds right now, such as "guh" and "buh." Mama may come out as "bubba" for a while, which is kind of scary in the south, but we always have hope for progress in the vocabulary arena! "Dad" has turned into "God" for the time being, which is rather interesting. :)

Physically, he loves standing, but only seems to figure out how to pull up on people. We put him in front of furniture and he just doesn't get that he can use that to pull himself up. He's weighing in at over 21 lbs. now on our home scale. Big boy!