Luke's Shoe Fetish

When Luke was born, one of the first things the nurse noticed was how big his feet were, his footprint wouldn't fit in the box on his indentification certificate. Luke's cousin, Parker, came to visit him in the hospital when he was born, and we took a picture of their feet so we could remember just how big they were.

Luke (left) was one day old & Parker (right) was 4 months old

I guess having big feet automatically makes you love shoes. At least that's what has happened in Luke's case. One of the first things Luke asks for in the morning is for me to put on his socks & shoes, which he calls "ka" & "sssha"...he works really hard on saying the "sh" sound and sometimes it sounds like a "z" sound. He has loved wearing shoes since he got his first pair from his Bigg Daddy (Ryan's dad) when he started walking at 10 months old.

Luke at 10 1/2 months showing off his 1st pair of shoes

This is yet another trait he gets from his daddy, I'm not a big fan of socks & tennis shoes, I can't stand for my feet to be hot...so much so that at night I sleep with my feet out of the covers; I know it's weird, but to me it's comfortable. I'm always looking forward to spring when I can start wearing my flip flops which I wear all spring, summer, & most of fall. Ryan, on the other hand, is always wearing socks & shoes even if it's 100 degrees outside; he doesn't own a pair of sandals, flip flops or any kind of open toed shoe.

Over the last couple of weeks, Luke has been putting on my shoes and trying to walk around the house in them. I hope he doesn't like wearing women's shoes, I think it's just that my shoes are more easily accessible to him.

Here he is in in our closet, picking out some of my shoes
And trying them on, notice how he has to pick up his foot to put it in the shoe (slipper)
He likes the slippers, they're easier to keep on than my flip flops
Here he is trying on my flip flops, sorry for the bad filming skills, I'm working on it.

Luke needed some new tennis shoes, because the awesome orange & blue ones (War Eagle!) that he had were not child proof, he could take them off in 5 seconds. Ryan and I were tired of having to put his shoes back on every time we got out of the car. So, yesterday we went to Stride Rite, which was heaven for a little boy who loves shoes.

My plan was to take pictures of him picking up all the shoes & trying them on, but I was afraid the sales lady would think I was crazy or something. We found some cute ones that were on sale, and he very patiently waited for the saleswoman to measure each foot, and then politely held out his foot for her to put on the shoes. I know my description doesn't do it justice, maybe next time I'll be brave enough to actually take a picture. He was so happy in the store he didn't want to leave, and I had to drag him away crying.

Loving his new shoes