Catching Up with some Holiday pics!!

Hope everyone had a wonderful year. We have had an eventful one ourselves. It has been fun watching lil Lucas grow. He, I am sure like any baby, is a handful. With all the ups and downs, we enjoyed every minute. Here are a couple of pics from Halloween and a bit more from Christmas. We wish everyone wonderful blessings, and hope to see you very soon.

Lucas & Santa

Our neighborhood sponsored a visit with Santa earlier this month. It was perfect as we didn't have to wait in a long line. The event turned out to be a family affair as Lucas was not interested or willing to sit on Santa's lap. I had to sit on Santa's lap and hold Lucas. Lucas was still not interested and kept reaching for Sam, so Sam had to join us too. The picture was snapped and you can tell Lucas was not enjoying it at all. Too funny! At least we didn't have to wait in line for hours and Luke's meeting with Santa ended quickly enough!!

Lucas eating lunch or sleeping?

I took this video a while back but just figured out how to get the video from my phone to the computer. I know, I'm a slow learner, but eventually I'll get it. Anyway, I think he's changed alot in the past 1.5 months since this video was taken but it's just too cute not to share. He must have played hard that morning....

We've been busy!

We've been busy over the past two months. Lucas has had some fun moments: spaghetti fed by himself, college color day with Mom, vacuuming for mom, playing hide & seek in Max's kennel, and hanging out with Dad. In October, we went to the FW zoo and attempted the pumpkin patch but the weather rained us out. Maybe we'll get that in before the pumpkins are gone. We traveled to Port Neches for my 20 year class reunion. Lucas went to his first volleyball game to watch the Rock-A-Noos and headed over to the stadium for his first friday night lights football game. Unfortunately, we didn't make it to the end of the game because Lucas was too tired. Lucas got to spend his first night away from mom and dad with his cousins Cade and Cale. Aunt Nancy said he had a great time dancing to music and playing with his big cousins.

So far, we haven't been able to get a picture of Lucas in his Halloween costume because he cries/screams whenever we try to get him in it. It might be time to try a different costume! This weekend we'll be carving our pumpkin, attempting the pumpkin patch, and try to go trick or treating to a few houses. It'll be a wonderful weekend. It Lucas cooperates, we'll post pics of Halloween soon!

Can you say "buh - buhl" ?

At a friends birthday party, Lucas started saying bubble when he saw the bubble machine going. We are so excited we had to catch it on video since this is his first 2 syllable word--unless you want to count, UH-OH.

Later, unprompted he did "tickle, tickle, tickle, to Lori. All this brings us lots of laughs. This is such a fun age! He laughs hysterically when one of the dogs tries to give him "kisses." He is really into playing with his blocks, going down the slide by himself, and climbing into the tall chairs at the kitchen island. He's also becoming interested in buckles and snaps, his shoes, and the best part--he loves putting his things away (usually!) Lets hope that sticks around!

Hope you enjoy the video as much as we did.

Gym Time

This summer Lucas has taken a weekly gym class. It's so exciting to see him get to play on all the equipment. We have found this is the perfect place to let him explore because everything is padded, and he LOVES to climb. They took pictures today so I thought I would share.

One of Lucas' favorite...parallel bars.

We do a mommy/baby roll.
I hug him tight and we roll down a ramp.

Lesson learned

Mistake #1--never put your child to bed without shorts/pants over his diaper.
Mistake #2--don't make your child wait in his crib after he wakes from a nap

Yesterday, Lucas woke up from his nap. I was busy so he had to wait a few minutes before I could get to him. I quickly realized my mistakes when I saw he had smeared poop all over his crib, all over himself, all over his books and toys, and then picked it up and thrown it on the floor. Needless to say, I learned my lesson the hard way. We were 30 minutes away from leaving for his doctor's appointment so I turned into supermom mode. He got a bath and fed and I got his room cleaned and deodorized and left on time for the appointment. I think I was in so much shock I didn't really get mad. I know better for next time.

Lucky for you, no pictures, I just wanted to record the memory.