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We just got back from a 19 day trip to the Midwest , which only partially explains why I haven't posted for a long time. I did consider posting from my in law's house, which plan was canceled when I managed to crash my Mother-in-law's computer (using Mozilla , I think. Fortunately, no harm was done!). For your amusement, here is our schedule: fly to Indianapolis , stay in a "suite" which was one big room with a knee wall fly to M enomonie , WI , then drive to Hudson , then back to Menomonie to sleep. This was the first time we have ever driven anywhere and had all 3 kids asleep in the back of the car. Luke fell asleep about 10 minutes before we got home (it's a 45 minute drive)---he kept being woken up by the bumping of the car over the breaks between sections of concrete. on Sunday , drive to white bear lake, sleep in the "grand lodge and water park " hotel near the Mall of America. This actually was a suite, but had a balcony right over the...

Since one of the reasons for writing this blog is to keep Luke's babyhood from slipping away unrecorded, here are some things I already know about him, even though he's only 4 months old: He likes facing forward when you carry him. If you have him facing over your shoulder, he will leap out of your arms (practically) to get facing forward. He prefers being carried to being strolled. He prefers not to sleep or take long naps (although I suspect that if he were a first child, he would be fine with taking a 2 hour nap in the morning and one in the afternoon. His sisters don't give him much of a chance, though). He loves to stand and jump and walk. He talks almost as much as his sisters. If anyone comes and talks to him, he will smile and coo and be very cute. This is especially true for young blonde girls (I think they remind him of his sisters). He is really an attention sinkhole, though. He does not like loud noises, or bathwater that is too hot. He will chew on anything...