Luke's biggest adventure of week 3 was his first trip out of the house besides Church or the doctor. Kim and I took him with us to the Seaton's house (some friends from church) for a July 4th cookout with our young families group. We of course had to dress Luke fittingly for the event in a patriotic baby outfit. We had a very patriotic baby outfit that we had gotten as a shower gift. It was designated as fitting a 0-3 month child, but obviously they intended more of 3 months that 0 months. But... we dressed him in it anyway. And he looked quite dapper in it, even if it was a little too big. He behaved quite well at the Seaton's house. He slept most of the time and enjoyed all the wives taking their turn at holding him. The way home on the other hand... was a different story. It is maybe a ten minute drive from the Seaton's house to ours. About 3 minutes into the drive Luke decided that he was hungry and decided to make that opinion known. For the remainder of the trip, he would scream until his throat would dry out, take about a 5 second break and resume his screaming. Obviously Dad was ready to get him home. Unfortunately, Trolley Road (the road our house is on) is the best place to view Summerville's Town Fireworks display - so there were plenty of pedestrians to complicate things further. But we made it home, Luke got his meal, and no pedestrians were run over. So all in all, it ended up quite a successful outing. You may be thinking that this is a much delayed post in that July 4th was over a week ago. To my defense, you can still see/hear fireworks blowing up nightly - South Carolinians love blowing stuff up - so it doesn't seem like that long ago to us.
Also on Sunday, Luke attended his second Church service and again did quite well, sleeping the entire service. He was presented with a Baby Bible from our congregation, something they do for all new babies. The elder presenting the Bible mistakingly called him Matthew Luke Kirby (it was printed right in the Bible though). I think the teenagers in the youth group were much more upset about the slip-up than either Kim or me. Luke didn't seem to care at all. Speaking of babies and church, Luke should have plenty of friends to play with as he grows up. David Henniger, our associate minister, and his wife Caryn today found out that they will be having a boy in December. By the time they have their baby, that will be at least 5 boys born in our congregation in 2006, so we're excited about that.
Remember to check out the photosite for more pictures of Luke. There's even a few pictures of other people, but lets be honest, they're not why you're here. This week, Luke's cousins, Grace and Amelia, are coming to visit, so soon there should be plenty of pictures of babies almost as cute as Luke.
