Happy Thanksgiving!

Bryan, Lucas and I (and Baxter and Buddy) would like to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving! It's hard to believe that one year ago today we closed on our house. This Thanksgiving weekend should be much more relaxing and for that we are thankful. Just for fun, check out Lucas' pictures from last Thanksgiving. I cannot believe that he was not even crawling last year at this time. Oh how they grow. As for this picture, I imagine he is going to be pretty mad about it one day, but I love it!!!!

Partridge Creek Tree Lighting

Last Saturday night we went to the Christmas Tree Lighting at Partridge Creek Mall. It's an outdoor mall near us and they have lots of cool Christmas lights around the holidays. We had never been to the tree lighting before, so we thought we would check it out. What a mess!!!!! It was so crowded. We barely found a parking spot and only got one because I chased some people down and found out where they were parked so I could stand in their spot. Craziness. Once we got in, we got some free hot chocolate and wandered around. It was cool to see all the trees being lit up and I think Lucas enjoyed it, but I do not think we will be attending next year. We spent more time trying to park and trying to get out of the parking lot than we did at the event!

Just Being Cute

I don't really have much to say about these pictures. I just felt like Lucas was looking extra cute over the weekend and wanted to take some pictures.

I don't think I ever posted Lucas' 18 month stats, so here they are:
Weight: 26lbs
Height: 31"
As always, the height (and probably weight) is more of an estimate due to the non-scientific method of measuring they use. What else is new with Lucas you ask? Well, here are some updates:
-He has a large vocabulary and says probably 30 words. Some are only understandable by us, but it still counts. I would consider his favorite words to be "purple", "more" and "up". I hear all of those non-stop. Everything is purple. Everything! He has also been stringing together crazy sentences of nothing. It is hysterical.
-We aren't sure it he is right or left handed yet and likes to color, paint and hold a fork with both hands.
-Lucas still loves to eat and can pack away food at an amazing rate. Just when you think he's done, he comes back for more.
-He gives hugs, kisses (he even makes the sound) and eskimo kisses. Sometimes he even squeezes the person he is hugging, which is even better than a normal Lucas hug.
-He loves watching Elmo and Yo Gabba Gabba.
-Buddy and Baxter are his best friends. He loves when they chase him around and cracks up when he plays tug of war with them.
I am sure I am forgetting some things, but these are the main ones!

Helping Daddy

Bryan has been spending a great deal of time outside getting our Christmas lights ready. Luckily it has been nice out (well nice for Michigan), so Lucas and I have been able to go outside and check out what's going on. Lucas was so interested in the ladder and wanted to climb up it. Bryan took him up a few rungs, but it wasn't enough for him. He yelled "more" and "up" when Bryan started climbing back down. I hope that when he's old enough, he still helps to help his Dad out.

Our neighbors have had their Christmas lights on for about a week now and they have been telling Bryan to turn his on so that they can check them out. Now, we may decorate early, but we do stick by the lights on only after Thanksgiving rule. I always thought this was the rule that everyone sticks to, but it seems like everyone is turning lights on sooner and sooner these days. And, it seems that no one in our neighborhood hangs up lights themselves. Nope, everyone pays someone. We still believe that we will have the best lights on the blocks and it will mean even more because we(*) did it ourselves!

*By "we", I mean Bryan. I know no one would ever believe I was out there hanging up lights.*

Jumping on the Bed!

Well, the mattress really. We are finally going to start refinishing the bedroom set I told you about a while back and the first step was actually getting the bed to our house. I thought Lucas might like to jump around on the mattress and boy, was I right. He went crazy when I showed him how you could bounce around on it. He really like to run around the mattress and then throw himself on it. I cracked up the entire time we were playing.

And yes, he is wearing Christmas pajamas. They are actually from last year (they must have been on super clearance because they are so big and would never have fit him last year), but I have been in a Christmas mood and decided to start the holiday season early. I think they are super cute and Lucas seemed to like them as well!

A Boy Meets his Hero.

A local restaurant near our house has character nights every Monday. Although they have had some good characters in the past, we had never gone to check it out. After visiting Disney World and seeing Lucas interact with the characters there, we knew we had to take him. As luck would have it, Elmo was the character scheduled to be there. As we all know, Lucas loves Elmo (or "Melmo" as L calls him). Just as predicted, he went wild for Elmo. This Elmo was a bit on the odd looking side, but Lucas did not care. He would not stop hugging Elmo and we had to pull him away so that other kids could see him. Hopefully they will have some other good characters soon. I know L is looking forward to going back and so are we!

Day 6 - The End

There was nothing exciting about our last day at Disney World. Our last night was a little exciting however, as Lucas woke up at about midnight, screaming his head off. I had to take him outside and walk him around so that we didn't wake up our neighbors. It seems that he just wanted a snack though. After some milk and fruit snacks, he pointed at his crib and was ready to sleep again. He then slept until his normal time! We got up, got ready and headed to breakfast. Only this time we had to take all of our luggage with us because it was our last day there. Lucas happily munched on some Nilla Wafers while we waited for the Magical Express to take us to the airport. Lucas was not in the best of mood when we arrived at the airport and was not too pleased that he was stuck in his stroller. He wanted nothing more than to walk around, but the airport was jam packed and he does not listen, so that was out of the question.

Lucas napped a bit on the plan, watched his dvd and played with some toys. Another good flight for Lucas! The most exciting part of the trip home was when we stopped to pick up Baxter and Buddy from their "resort". Lucas was SO excited to see them and give the boys tons of hugs. He was also very excited to see all of his toys and could not decide which one he wanted to play with first. It was funny to watch him try and decide!