VICTORY!

I haven't done a post in a little while, so I thought I would tell a little bit about what we have been doing. A while ago, we went on a date with some of our friends, Heidi and Weston. My niece, Kylee, babysat Lucas for us, and we went to dinner. And then we came home, put Lucas to bed, and then Heidi and Weston brought their WII over. We had so much fun, its not that often that we get to go out without Lucas, so it was fun. Matt and I boxed against each other. Let me just say this, I killed him! I don't win games against him very often, actually it is pretty rare. So, yes, I am bragging! But to be fair, we also bowled, and Matt almost got a strike every time. He beat everyone in bowling. But, I want to continue bragging about winning! I know some wouldn't believe it, so I posted a video, its a couple minutes long, and it doesn't actually show me winning, but it gets the job done. It is my proof that I won. :)

As far as Lucas goes, he is into everything, of course, like toddlers are. He can say "gapapa" (Grandpa), "Hi", "byebye", "Baby", "mom", "dad", "woof", (this one I am not sure, sometimes it sounds like it, other times it doesn't) "cracker", "Thank you" (but that's very rare), "bease" (Please; and again, its rare). Lucas can sign, more, thank you, please, he can give kisses, blow kisses, and he can give fives. One of his favorite things to do is play games with us by making noises with his mouth. He will make weird noises, and expect us to do the same, once we do, he laughs and laughs and does it again, and again, and again, and again...you get the idea. Lucas loves to dance. I turn music on while I am cleaning, and he runs to one room, and dances, then runs to another room, and does the same thing, again, and again, and again....:) Matt still doesn't know what he thinks of his little boy dancing, but I love it. Here is a video of his other favorite game that he LOVES when daddy plays it. He could spend all day playing on our bed with Dad. It wears Matt out. Ignore the unmade bed; when your little kid just pulls blankets off, it feels pretty pointless to make it. And he have to push blankets out of the way for this game.

I know it is a little late, but what a wonderful Christmas! I love Christmas, but I have to say, it is a million times more fun when you have a kid. I was so excited for Lucas to open his presents. I know he is still young, so he doesn't really get it yet, but it was fun. In the morning, we came up the stairs with the Jingle-Bell Rope. This is one of my favorite traditions from growing up. All of my siblings and I would sleep in the same room, and play games all night long. Then when we would wake up, we would sing Christmas Carols, until my parents woke up. Once they got up, they would bring the Jingle-Bell Rope, and we would line up, youngest to oldest, and hold on. We would have to close our eyes, and my mom would take us through the house on a maze, while we would continue singing (more like screaming). Then she would tell us to open our eyes, and all of our presents would be there. So, this year, I made a Jingle-Bell Rope. And I knew Lucas wouldn't get it, but I was excited. So Matt helped Lucas up the stairs and I led the rope. When we got into the room, Lucas was more interested in the Dog rather than the new toys. When he finally looked over, I got a look, but no picture, of his eyes. They were so wide! Once he got a hold of his toys, he wouldn't touch the wrapped presents, so Matt and I opened them for him. It was so fun!






By the way, I just wanted to thank everyone for your help on my last post, we appreciate the calls, emails, texts, and comments. They helped! I think he is off of the Binky now. Today he found my hidden stash of Binky's (the ones that he wouldn't take before and one of the ones that he loved). I watched him ready to grab it at anytime, and he put each one in his mouth and then he took it out, threw it, and would pick up another one. Once he had tried all of them, he moved on to the next toy! It was a very exciting moment for me! He still cries sometimes, but I think it is the fact that he doesn't want to go to sleep, he just wants to play, not that he wants the Binky. So, Lucas is officially off of the Binky!! Thank you everyone!