Toyland

Why do I bother putting the toys away every night??? Because what would Luke have to look forward to the next day if he didn't get to pull e v e r y s i n g l e toy out e v e r y s i n g l e night! He is too funny!!









Are there any more toys in here????


Just about got them all....


Who put all these toys out here that I have to climb over????


Just another day in the life.....


This is exhausting.....

That's our silly boy :)

Our Saturday

Wally decided not to go to his hunting classes this weekend - the weather is just too nice (70 degrees in November...seriously!!) and he doesn't HAVE to go before this year's hunting season. So here is some of what we did today....

Baby-Proofing




Luke took Nala for a walk :)


A little swing time







A little jail time





and music making









Some hang time



and some sliding






Nala patiently waited while we played at the park


and finally, a little light reading before bathtime

Friday Fun II

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Friday Fun I

Lucas very much enjoys pushing furniture (chairs, stools, his high chair) around. He pushed a dining room chair into the living room and couldn't stop crawling underneath it...who needs toys!!!

I will also be posting a video montage of our Friday Fun (because who doesn't love to watch and hear the little guy be silly). We put up a gate to the laundry room. The door doesn't latch shut so he can push it open and can't seem to get enough of Nala's food and water so we try to keep him out - he was quite intrigued by the gate so that is why there is so much video taken in that area.

Enjoy!

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Getting There...

I swear every night Lucas is getting closer and closer to actually walking - it really is amazing to watch. I can't believe it!!!

Here is a pretty good video of him taking some steps. At one point last night, he walked from our dining room table to almost between our couch and loveseat in the living room (you know that distance if you know our house)...it was crazy!!! He really wants to do it and is getting so steady...I just can't believe we 'almost' have a walker!!!

These days...

- Lucas has decided he isn't too fond of pureed baby food anymore and would much rather feed himself. I am ok with this, except when he tosses some (and sometimes a lot) to Nala. He won't always eat off the spoon anymore, and the majority of the food is going to the dog. We are working on this with him, and I keep telling him he needs to eat so he can get big and strong. This leads me to the second "These Days.."

Nala patiently waiting...


- Lucas and Nala are BFF's! If you recall, I had mentioned in a previous post that Luke LOVES Nala...he lights up when he sees her! However, that love wasn't mutual - in fact, we had one small biting incident (Luke was tugging on Nala's hair on her face and she had enough - we are working on petting her nicely). BUT I do believe the love is becoming mutual mostly because Nala is getting a lot of table scraps these days (see above).

Watch how nicely they play together - their favorite is to play tug-of-war with a sock!

- Lucas is far too busy and has far too little patience to sit still for a diaper change or to get dressed. One of his favorite places to be when he was really little was on his changing table. If he was upset, you could usually count on him being happy again once he was laying on the red cover on the changing table. Now he is much happier NOT being on the changing table. He rolls, flips, and squirms when you try to change him. He would much rather sit on the table so he can flip the light switch. I am starting to become a pro at changing and dressing a very squirmy little boy!

- Lucas is soooooo tired in the morning, but heaven forbid he sleep past 6 AM no matter what time he goes to bed. I used to have to wake him up to get ready in the morning, then we went through a short stage of waking during the night, and now we are back to sleeping through the night with no problems, but he is up and happy anytime between 5:30-just before 6 AM. This makes getting ready in the morning a little more hectic! By 6:30 though, when he needs to get changed and dressed (which is a struggle, see above), he is soooooo sleepy. When we sit in the glider and I am giving him his bottle around 6:40, he is nearly falling asleep. Once he finishes, I put his coat on him and we are out the door, and he is SOUND asleep in the car on the way to Punky's. Sometimes he will go down for a morning nap there, but most days he won't anymore. If it is a Friday, I put him right back down after his bottle and he will usually sleep another hour at least. So he is tired, but I guess he just likes that little bit of morning time with me! Of course, I don't mind, but like I said, it just makes getting ready a little more eventful - he is into EVERYTHING!!!!!

- Lucas likes to get pulled around the house in his blue wagon. The wheels don't hold him for long, but he just kicks back and let's Daddy pull him around.

Loungin' in the wagon!






- Lucas is into giving high fives!!



- We like to pretend Lucas is in the circus!




-Lucas is completely standing on his own!




-Lucas is just being his silly self :)






- I am in 1st Birthday Party planning mode. Can you believe it? I am trying not to get too out of hand with it!!! But it IS my baby boy's 1st birthday celebration :)


- We are FINALLY home!!!! We have been out of town the past 3 weekends. I am SO looking forward to staying put until Thanksgiving! Hopefully we can get some more rest and our colds (yes, all 3 of us) will go away, my house will no longer be neglected and finally get a good cleaning, and we can just relax!


That's what's been going on these days!

Working On It

As you can tell from the SUPER SHORT video, we are working on the walking...Lucas stands on his own quite a bit these days and is actually wanting to walk (or so it seems). He will take a step here and there even without our encouragement...meaning, he CHOOSES to attempt to walk rather than take the easy route and just crawl to his destination. We have gotten as many as 4-5 steps at one time from him (of course we can't capture those on video). We will continue to work on it and hopefully each video we post will have a few more steps....go Luke go!!!