Fun with Lucas

I know I do slides a lot, but every time I update the blog, I have tons of pictures, so its easier for me this way. These are just some of the fun and crazy things Lucas is into these days. Well, lets be honest, Lucas and Matt. Together they took out the glass in our coffee-table, and played in the hole. Lucas had so much fun, and so did Matt. :) Lucas was also sick a little while ago, he had a fever of 106.3!! I got really nervous, and got him all wet with cold water, and gave him medicine right away, luckily it went down pretty quick. But a few days later, he woke up with a roseola rash ALL over his body! It was so sad looking. It's funny how things like that affect the parents so much. You hate to see your baby hurt or sad. We love Lucas so very much, he is such a fun (wild at times) kid.

Looking for gold?

We have been teaching Lucas the names of his body parts. We used to teach him his 'belly', but that kind of backfired. Lucas would try to lift my shirt, and say belly, but it usually came out "baby." No I am not pregnant, but people were starting to ask. So, now we refer to it as "tummy." He is so cute, he always tries to lift his shirt and slap his tummy. He loves it! Lucas also knows his ears, eyes, and nose. But....again, it has backfired. Lucas walks around the house like this:

I think he's figured out where his nose is, what do you think?

Finally updated! :)

So, here is a slide show of some of the things we have been up to. Well...really, it is what Lucas has been up to. Lucas is a wild man, he definitely has a mind of his own, and sometimes it drives me nuts! If anyone has good suggestions of books about disciplining toddlers, please let me know. Right now we are doing time-out, but hes not getting it. He just gets right up and starts playing, and when I put him back down, he hits me. I don't know if he is meaning to hit; when he cries he waves his arms around, but it usually hits us. Anyway... I am up for suggestions since I have no idea what I am doing. Now for my explanations for the pictures:

Potty training. Wow. I never thought I would be trying to potty train a 15 month old. But I read this book about early potty training, it was really neat. And so I started training Lucas. He has gone in the potty about 10+ times. But now it is getting very hard. In the mornings I babysit 1-3 extra kids (depending on the day). Lucas has a hard time just sitting there while the other kids run around. So...I have decided to put off training for another 2-3 months. At that point, I won't be babysitting as much. And then maybe it will be easier for Lucas to sit still. I don't want to force him to sit on the potty, the book said that if you make them, it won't be a happy experience for them, and they won't want to do it again. So, hopefully soon we will get it going. I really want him to be potty trained.

Stickers on the face. I went to a doctors appt. (no I am not pregnant) and I left Lucas with a friend and her two kids. When I got back, this is what I found, stickers covering his face. I guess that's what happens when you leave your kid with a 3 year old and 18 month old. The funny part, the kids weren't the ones who did it, it was my friend. :)

Lucas discovered how to rip paper, what fun for Mommy. One day I was ironing and Lucas found a paper towel and ripped it into a million pieces. Next thing I know, Lucas is putting the scraps on one of the bar stools and dragging them around the house. It was like he was giving it a ride. The best part was that he was just laughing the whole time, he thought he was so funny!

The other pictures are pretty self explanatory, Lucas chillin' out watching Baby Einstein, asking for muffins, feeding Daddy, eating lunch off the floor, and playing in his baby swing that he found. This kid is so funny. Like I said totally wild, it is such a work out to keep up with him. But I love it! He is so much fun!!

I hope that everyone is happy now that I have updated the blog. Oh also, forgive me for my music choices this time. But, I am going through kind of a weird phase with music, Matt keeps teasing me about it. :)

Free!!

So I know I haven't done a post in a long time- but my heck life gets busy sometimes!! Matt had SO much homework last week, Lucas and I probably only saw him like 2-3 hours the whole week. and when we saw him, he was usually on the computer working of homework. And when he wasn't home, I was too crazy chasing Lucas. And this week is a little better, but still, I can't wait for school to be out! Well, I promise I will post more later, but for now, this is pretty cool so I figured it would work:)

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Happy ANNIVERSARY to us!

Tomorrow is our anniversary, 3 years! I cannot believe it has been three years. I feel so incredibly lucky to have Matt as my husband. Matthew and I are so happy, I can't see my life any other way. Matt and I were engaged on Nov. 9, 2005. Then we were married on Feb. 3, 2006. Emily and Jared (my sister and brother in law) were married Feb. 1, 2006, and then we had a double reception on the 3rd. It was so much fun to be able to share that with her. Happy anniversary to you guys! This is a slide show of some our engagements, bridals and wedding pictures. Our wedding was just beautiful, my mom went crazy! Since it was a double wedding I guess she decided to go all out. We really had a fairy tale wedding. Thank you Mom and Dad, and thank you Mom and Dad Andreason. We love you!

Matt, I can't believe it has been three years, it has gone by so fast. I feel so blessed that you are in my life. You are the man I have always dreamed about marrying, and the husband I have always wanted. Thank you so much for all you do for me and Lucas. Thank you for loving me, and choosing to spend forever with me. I love you!

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!