Luke Vinson Knight was born the morning of January 2, 2002. His delivery was fairly straight-forward and easy compared to his older brother Tyson. We went into the hospital at about 3 in the morning. His grandma Jewel came over to stay with Tyson while we were gone. Luke was born that morning at about 8am. For Luke we had Doctor Kerry Lawrence who is a woman and who both Amy and I like a lot better than the first doctor we used. She let me help deliver Luke and cut the cord. It was fun.
Luke had even more thick dark hair than Tyson. He looked like a little monkey and had his first haircut at 3 months old. He was almost the exact same size as Tyson at 6 lbs, 15 oz. I think we started in the nickname of Baby Luke the first day he was born and it stuck until he was about 4 or 5. His brother Tyson started just calling him "Bay-buh" when he was probably around 2 years old and still to this day calls him "bay-buh." Every once in a while Luke complains about the nickname, but for the most part seems to be ok with it. Tyson is the only one who still uses it and for some reason it seems to fit. Other nick names we have had for him include Lukey Duke, Uka-Luka, Dooty (Lacy's version), Super Duke and a few others.
We dressed Luke up as Elvis for his first Halloween and he loved dressing up in costumes ever since. Some of his favorites have been Superman, Batman and Buzz Lightyear.
He walked at about 12 months and has always had a surprisingly big vocabulary. Sometimes after spending time with Grandma Jewel he would use the word "wonderful" a lot. He is careful at choosing his words and is very polite. All of his teachers love him. He is not shy when talking to adults for some reason, but is also respectful so I think this helps.
Luke loves to draw and color. He uses a lot of colors and is very creative. I have taken him to a few art museums and the other day he made about 4 or 5 pictures and wanted to hang them around the house so it could look like an art museum.
Sometimes Luke would rather stay home and play in his own little imaginary world then go and play with his friends. He's not shy to just say ,"No. I don't want to play with you today." When his friends come over sometimes. They understand I guess because they keep coming back. He loves to get spooked out and wants to hear scary stories and watch goosebumps on T.V.
Luke loves to wear his hair in different styles and likes to dress up for church in a jacket and Tie. Whenever there is a holiday he wants us to get the decorations out 2 months before the Holiday and helps put them out. He also loves to hang with his dad and go to BYU games with him. He has been in gymnastics, karate, T-ball and coachpitch and wll start playing soccer soon.
