A day without the boy

It feels weird to enjoy a nice meal out where I don't feed anyone but myself. What we took for granted two years ago is now a luxury nowadays. This past weekend, the husband and I took a mini trip to Napa to celebrate our baby moon #2, upcoming anniversary, Christmas, my birthday... just everything in one. It was great to spend a day without the kid, even though we missed him like crazy (Mommy missed Lukey more than Daddy though). However, it doesn't seem like homeboy missed his parents much.

Look at how much fun he's having with his grandma. Does that look like a boy who misses his parents? I think not!

So what exactly did we do in 24 hours? Eat... watch Food Network... eat. Yeah, the things non-parents take for granted is a luxury to us parents now. We spent most of our time in Yountville and enjoyed TK to the fullest. Husband wanted to try Addendum and I just wanted some Bouchon (macarons to be exact). We both left happy. 

After our smorgasbord, we came home and went back to regular life as parents with this adorable cutie. Yup, that's our boy and we love him so (naughty and all). Wouldn't trade this mischievous guy for anything.

THUMP!

Good news! Homeboy is now sleeping in his big boy bed in his big boy room. Oh how my baby has grown in the past 1.5 years. (On all the forums I read, you're suppose to transfer them over 2-3 months before baby is born so that they're used to it.) 

Anyway, we heard a loud thump last night when we were watching t.v. We ran upstairs and quietly opened homeboy's door. And this is what we saw...

Most mothers would be worried... what did I do instead? I LOL-ed! Yup, that's Lucas' mother! (btw this happened 3x last night)

Now I have to get the baby room ready...

Christmas at the Row

After months of writing down Santana Row's "Mommy and Me" on my calendar, we finally made the trek out to check out this event. It turns out homeboy enjoyed playing with the chess pieces the most. He even refused to go home (that's a first!).

You see the Batman jacket he's wearing? Well, it turns out that homeboy has quite the opinion now regarding what jacket he wears out. I had to fight him to not put on his red Spiderman jacket. A red shirt and red jacket just don't mix well. Well, at least we know he likes superheroes (Daddy is happy). He also has an opinion about what shoes he wears too... oh brother...

And yes, you aren't imaging things... it's December and we're still in T-shirt weather. Oh California weather... can't complain.

Almost 1 1/2 years old...!!!

The terrible two's are a terrible thing. How do I know? Lil homeboy decided to test this out the week of Thanksgiving with constant crying/whining when he doesn't get his way and major attitude. Luckily, it was just a short phase, or else Mommy would've gone crazy!

Excuse me for being biased, but I truly believe my boy is a smart one. He knows all his Brown Bear animals, Sesame Street characters, as well as random things in his books. Forget the Star Wars room, he's all about Sesame Street. If only he was into it during his first birthday... perhaps his second birthday will be a recycled Sesame Street theme.


 A boy can never have too many Cookies!


Homie loves going to Barnes & Noble. He runs right to the Sesame Street section.


He also loves books in general. Home, library, book store, whatever.
(Not complaining about his new hobby.)

However, his daily lets-take-everything-out-of-Mommy's-purse hobby is something to complain about.
(Speaking of complaints, SkipHop's quality really sucks.)

And that's month 17...
(Say hello to Mr. Crazy Eyes)

Big Boy Room!

Mommy has started her third trimester, which means... time's a-ticking! Luckily, we were able to put together 90% of Lukey's big boy room over Thanksgiving break. No surprise, it's a CUTE Star Wars themed room (for the most part). It's a shame he doesn't really appreciate it yet. He still only has a love for Elmo and Cookie Monster, but that's a bit too kiddy for Mommy's liking in the long run.

 Mommy had a little obsession with putting "Lucas"/"Luke" EVERYWHERE!

 I think this area gets organized/cleaned at least 3x/day.

 Lucas really enjoys reading "Brown Bear" in his big boy room.

 Thank you etsy and Photoshop!

 Star Wars ABCs

 Took Daddy's "cute" SW toys and used it as decoration.

Thank you etsy and Photoshop once again!

My Little Man

16 months old... he's all grown up now!

It's been a while since we've visited 婆婆's grave. The last time we were there, Lucas wasn't walking OR even standing on his own yet.

I explained to him who 婆婆 is (Mommy's Mommy) and what happened to her, as well as how she was able to see him during his first month of life and where she is now. While explaining it to him, he kept pointing at her and when we left, we both waved bye bye. Hopefully he'll get it one day.

We went on a mother-son date to Chik-Fil-A today and the little man was great! He devoured his chicken strip and some fries and even shared his apple juice with Mommy!

We also went to the Great Mall and Mommy went a bit crazy at Naartjie (That's the best store ever! The material is awesome!). Lucas helped Mommy pick some clothes out for his little sister. For everyone who thinks that Mommy is a big spender, look at the receipt! Mommy is actually a great bargain shopper... thank you very much.

"Fun" @ UCD

Over a decade ago, Mommy met Daddy on the UC Davis campus. The rest was history... 

Okay, that was a lie. They never met on campus. 

This past weekend we made our first trip together to visit Davis again after years and years of being away. To be honest, it was quite boring there!

Lucas is walking around the empty MU, trying to find the bowling alley.

Where is that wretched alley?!

Daddy helped and we stumbled upon a closed Shields Library instead.

Mommy also helped as Lucas found his way into an Egghead's ear!

Okay, UCD isn't that boring after all...