Summer's Over

... and Lucas is 14 months old (whatta man, whatta mighty good man). 

Little homeboy seems to be happier since we moved to a bigger place. He gets to run around more, he gets his own play room (before it's converted into his toddler room), and he has an outdoor area to splash around without getting in trouble (instead of splashing around in the toilet). 

 

 

This month, Lucas finally learned that he can stand on his own without the help of anyone AND he has taken a few mini steps here and there. We're on our way to walking soon... He's also outgrown his Robeez and I've converted him to Crocs. Oh boy, my boy sure is growing up fast!

He also went to his first Giant's game (Star Wars day) on Labor Day as well. We posed with some characters, however, Darth Vader seemed to scare him a bit. I hope he likes the Vader twin sheets I picked out for him for his future toddler bed... 

Excuse me... Lucas has something to share!

Lucas must be really excited about being a big bro... this is the first time in months since he's been so photogenic in pictures. I couldn't get him to sit still in his chair though...

My boy's a total dude!

People often say that boys and girls are different. As a baby, it was hard to tell. Now, as my boy is reaching toddlerhood (is there an exact point to when toddlerhood begins and babyhood ends?), I'm starting to see more and more that he's definitely a dude.

Story #1:

As I'm just lying around on the floor in his room, he "sneaks" up behind me and puts his finger in my crack and then laughs. This has happened multiple times... I don't want to know what he does with his finger afterward. As a responsible mother, I should wash it...

Story #2:

I like to turn around when I'm at a light and see what Luke's doing in the back seat. When I was driving home today, he had his finger up his nose. When I said "Lucas...", he took his finger out of his nose and put it in his mouth. I continued driving and ignored it...

Story #3:

This morning, I heard him clanking on something upstairs. At first I thought it was the file boxes we left in our room. After a while, it finally dawned on me that the clanging was too loud to be boxes. I peeked in our room and noticed that he wasn't there. Then it hit me! He had climbed over our makeshift "stopper" that divided him from the bathroom and was clanging on the toilet seat. When I went in, water had already surrounded his shirt, arms, floor, and seat. Grossed out, I wiped him clean to the best of my ability.

In a future blog, I have to write about what a great kid he is. He is truly a great kid... with quite ze personality. I love him to death!

Don't let this picture fool you, he's a TRUE DUDE and not that innocent!

Jamba Jamba

Homeboy and I were at the mall and I spotted a Jamba Juice at 10:55 today. So what do I do? Two 16 oz $1 Jamba Juice! Although I am promoting sharing with Luke, there are just some things you don't share. 

13 Months...

At 13 months of age, Lucas has gone over to the DARK SIDE!

Homeboy loves to press buttons since he knows either light or noise will result in buttons. That would explain his obsession with playing with light sabers (this makes Daddy extremely happy). He has also gone over to the dark side because he didn't get the memo that the "terrible twos" happens when you're 24 months old, not 12 months. Oh homie... luckily he's a cutie so he still has Mommy wrapped around his little (dirty) fingers.

Peachies

One sunny afternoon after Lukey's nap, I was on my computer and he was crawling around below me. After a while, I noticed that he was being a little too quiet and staying in one place for a little too long. I originally thought that he was playing with empty water bottles. When I looked down, he had grabbed a peach that had fallen on the floor and was eating it while feeding some of his unwanted peach skin to Dot.

When I said "LUCAS...!!!", this was the look he gave me. How can you get mad at a face like that?

Such a good friend...

Pretend Play For One

Who says boys can't pretend play? Luke's having fun running his own one-man show!