Lucas counting

Lucas got on this stage and started counting. Right before he had done it perfectly all the way to 13. I think his little counting voice is so cute!

Funny thing

The other day I was tickling and wrestling around with Lucas. He was laughing so hard and yelled out, "Daddy, help me!" I told him that Ryan was not home and that there was no one else to help him. He looked at the picture of Jesus in our living room and said, "Jesus, help me!" It was so funny! What a funny kid!

New Year

We celebrated New Year's Eve with Ryan's brother and his family. We were heading home to put Lucas to bed before midnight, so we had a countdown to bring in 2013. Lucas loved this.

 

He got to play Angry Birds at a friend's house

 

 

We got quite a bit of thick snow the other day so Lucas and I went in the backyard to build a fort. He really likes playing in the snow. Every time we get out of the car he says "Play in the snow!"

 



 

 

 

 

 

Lucas loves to pretend that he is asleep. So he went in the fort and laid down and pretended that he was sleeping.

Lucas has been learning exponentially lately, especially with his communication. He also likes to pretend different things. He will pretend he is asleep or he is a cat. And he likes to put Ducky down to sleep and then he will go check on him. After awhile he will saying, "Ducky wake up!"

Some funny things that he has said lately:
After taking the Christmas decorations down, there was a nail in the wall. He spotted it and turned to Ryan and said, "Hammer, please."
I was cutting up some broccoli for dinner. Lucas pushed the stool up and grabbed the broccoli and said "Knife, please." I am glad he is so polite!
He always says thank you, but doesn't grasp "You're welcome." When we say thank you, he says thank you back.
If he bumps into me or something like that he says, "Sorry." He will even say "Sorry" to Ducky. "Sorry, Ducky!"
One night he grabbed Ryan's keys, wallet, and phone. He came into the room I was in and said, "Bye," and gave me a thumbs up. I asked where he was going. "Abby's (his 8 year old cousin)."
Last week his cousins came over and babysat him. The next morning around 5 I heard him talking in his sleep, "Abby, Abby, Abby, Abby!"
He was sitting on the stairs while I got his shoes on. He had a baseball hat on and I asked him to give me a kiss. The brim of the hat hit me when he was going in for the kiss. He said, "Sorry," took off the hat and leaned in for another kiss.
Every night before going to be we read books and then kneel down to say prayers. He has been learning how to say his prayers and will repeat what we say. He always whispers when saying prayers. We tell him to talk louder and he will keep whispering, but make his mouth bigger. After we say prayers he knows that it is bedtime, so he asks "More prayers." How can we say no to that? We usually give in, but only for 1 or 2 more prayers.

Ducky

While I brush Lucas' teeth, Ryan usually goes into Lucas' room and hides Ducky. He loves to go in his room and find what Ducky is doing. This was the other night and Lucas thought it was really funny that Ducky was wearing his tie:

 

Then he tried to put him back up

Lucas is really into hiding. He says "hide it" when he hears the garage door open and knows that Ryan is coming in. He usually hides under a blanket on the couch and thinks it is hilarious. He is a pretty good hider until he starts giggling. He also likes to hide in our bed. What a silly boy!

Fun things about Lucas

Our Olympic Flag is hanging up and this is our "Future Olympian"

I wanted to post a few funny things that Lucas has been doing lately:

1) Even though Lucas is too big, he loves to sleep in the ends of his crib either curled up or in an L-shape.

2) He likes to pick up any phone and says "hello." It is really cute

3) The other day Ryan was taking a shower, Lucas opened the door, opened the cupboard and pulled out some of the stuff in it and then climbed in the cupboard and shut the door and peeked out when Ryan got out of the shower. He usually opens the cupboard and pulls out some of his bath toys and puts them in the shower so we can use them.

4) He loves playing with his cousins. He loves being at Grandma and Grandpa's house with all the cousins and going down the slide.

5) He has started doing a really weird dance that we are calling the broken chicken wing because he puts his ear to his shoulder and holds his arm up.

6) We went to a store and he immediately climbed in the wagon and wanted me to pull him around. When we got inside he climbed on this bike and I pushed him around in it. It was nice because then he didn't run away.

7) He still loves going to the library and knows immediately what he wants to do

8) He loves to boss us around and tell us to sit. He says sit really well, but a couple of weeks ago he started saying something like sit in the car. We aren't sure what he was wanting to say, but he added an "h" in the middle of sit, so it sounded like a swear word. He kept saying it over and over. We tried not to laugh because we didn't want him to keep saying it, but it was really funny. He hasn't said it lately, so that is good.

21 months!



 21 months and such a happy little boy! He is really turning into a big boy/toddler.

Here are some new things that he is saying now:
"Did it!" when he takes off his shoes, closes the garage door, buckles himself, blows bubbles in the tub, etc.
"Hot" for everything above freezing
"Dad!" when Ryan comes home from work he will run and give him a big hug
"Yes" "No" combined with nodding and shaking his head
"Dog" whenever he sees a dog on tv or in real life
"Me" all day long!
"Sit" He is pretty bossy in telling us where to go and where to sit
"Nose" "Eyes"
"Side" when he wants to go outside
"Church"
"Truck"
"Out" "Down" when he wants to get down from his high chair or carseat
I am sure that there are more things, I just can't think of them all right now. He is learning new things everyday.

He recently learned how to do "knuckles." He likes giving people high fives and now he really likes knuckles. We went into a store the other day and there was a man giving stickers to kids. He was really excited about the sticker and the man asked if he could get a high five. Lucas did it and then I told Lucas to give him knuckes. He was really happy to do it and gave the man knucklles and a big smile. On the way out we saw the man again and Lucas wanted to give him knuckes again. He did and then he kept his "knuckles" up and tried to find anyone else to give knuckles to. He saw an old lady and tried to reach out to her, but she didn't see him. It was really funny.

Lucas is a good helper. He tries to help when I do laundry. And he also will pick up his toys and put them in his baskets. I hope he stays that way! He loves to hold our hands or tug on our clothes to bring us to where he wants to go. He is a bossy little boy! He loves seeing dogs, cats, birds, and other animals. He loves pointing up to airplanes or helicopters when he hears them.

He is a happy, fun loving little boy. He brings so much joy to our family!

18 months old!

This was after his shot, I usually take it before, but the doctor was too quick today

Weight: 22.4 lbs..........9%

Height: 33 inches.........72%

Head Circ: 18 inches....6%

This little guy is 18 months old. He is getting so big. We went to the doctor today and he really does not like the nurse. I guess he knows that she is mean and gives him shots. He likes the doctor though. He is healthy and doing really well. He had to get one shot today and was really sad about it. But there are no more shots for him for quite awhile so that is good.

He is not talking yet. The other day the pantry was open and he was pointing at it. I was trying to figure out what he wanted and he was saying something. When I finally picked up the juice I realized that is what he said. The next day Ryan was trying to get him to say it and he said it. So I guess that juice is his first word. He will shake his head for no and lately has been nodding his head and saying "SSSS" for yes(ssss). It is pretty good. For not being able to talk he does communicate pretty well with us. He points to some of his body parts like head, hair, nose, toes, tummy, eyes when we say those things. He is climbing all over. He can know get onto our tall chairs and the coffee table and can almost get onto the couch. He has started loving to watch Sesame street. He likes Elmo. He has recently gone to one nap a day. I was kind of not wanting that, but it has turned out to be pretty good because he sleeps in later now and most days sleeps longer in the afternoon. Lucas has 16 teeth now and loves getting his teeth brushed. After he drinks his milk at night I say to him "Time to brush your teeth" and he runs to the bathroom and makes faces in the mirror as I give him his fluoride and brush his teeth.

Lucas is a very happy boy. Now that it is spring (finally!) we go on walks and go to the park and he loves being outside. He gets so sad when we have to go inside. He loves looking at birds and dogs. He thinks dogs are the best thing ever. And he likes to chase after the birds.