11 months!

This has been a very busy month. We went to the Preacher's Jubilee at Welcome and I had to take you to the nursery both nights. There were lots of babies and you loved playing with them. Unfortunately, one of them had Hand, Foot, Mouth and we did not know it and you got it. It was Mama and Daddy's 6 year anniversary and we went out for the first time by ourselves without you. We missed you soo much! It made it even harder to leave because I could tell you were not feeling well before we left. Grandma and Grandpa kept you and they said you started running a fever. We had to take you to the doctor the next morning and your fever was 103! You did not eat well the entire week. You had blisters on your feet...one was really big and looked painful. Mama and Grandma actually caught it from you too! After you started feeling better, the following week, you got the croup. You sounded so bad when you coughed and off to the doctor we went again. Fortunately, you did not run a fever, and we some Albuterol treatments, you felt better in a couple of days. Hopefully, you will stay well!!


The blister you had on your foot! 

Mama and Daddy before we went out for the first time by ourselves.

What a good looking man you have for a Daddy!

You have really taken off with your walking and walk more than you crawl now. You are soo cute doing it!. You wore your first pair of tennis shoes to cousin Levi's gender reveal party. We are so excited that you are going to have a boy cousin so close in age!

After you started feeling better, you are have been eating really well. You have actually ate meals with no baby food at night. You have made a meal with chicken and dumplings and grilled chicken with broccoli and cheese. We are trying to transition you to only a sippy cup, but you love your milk in your bottle. I am thinking about just doing it cold turkey, but we will see. You still have a few weeks...the goal is to be transitioned at 1 year. Things that melt Daddy and Mama's heart this month are you wonderful kisses. We can say "Give Daddy/Mama a kiss" and you do it so well. You also love to point and will sit in my lap and point while we read a book and talk like you are telling me what it is. You love to clap and make the funniest faces! You also like to throw and roll a ball back and forth. We are teaching you the word "no" and you are doing fairly well with it. You love to go towards the fire place and we tell you "no" and you will usually come back towards us. If we say, "Where's the ball?" you will go find a ball in the room and bring it to us. I think you are going to be like Uncle Colby and love vacuum cleaners.Your face lights up every time I turn it on. You are starting to show "stranger danger" when we are in different places with different people now. You are wearing size 12-18 month clothes, size 4 shoes, size 4 diaper. You are eating yogurt for breakfast, oatmeal/fruit for lunch, and a lot of what mama and Daddy eats for supper. You love cheerios this month and eat those with a snack.

 Just being silly. You love to open the Tupperware cabinet and pull out this. It is your favorite. 

In the nursery at church

 

Being silly taking your 11 month pictures.

Posing with Daddy in your Clemson jersey.

I cannot believe I am planning your 1 year birthday next month! Time is going by so fast!You bring so much joy to our lives! Happy 11 months Lucas!

Pawley's Island

We had so much fun at our first week long vacation to the beach. Although we went to Daytona when you were younger, this is the first time we went to the beach and you could actually enjoy it and you LOVED it. You absolutely loved the sand, loved the ocean, and splashing in the waves with mama and daddy. You tried to eat the sand and all of the sticks in the sand and crawled toward the ocean every time we went out. I could not believe that you kept your hat on the entire time but you did! I was afraid that little bald head would get burned. While on vacation, you took your first steps, ate scallops for the first time, and ate chocolate ice cream for the first time. You got to swim in a big swimming pool for the first time too!

This was the first day that we went out. You were hanging onto the umbrella.

Just throwing around sand.

After you took a bite of sand....

Eating at Angelo's for the first time. It is one of mama and daddy's and grandma and grandpa's favorite places to eat. You loved the cheese ravoli.

The second day on the beach.

Eating a little more sand.

Swimming in your float in the pool.

Riding a dinosaur with Daddy at Broadway at the Beach. We ate at Johnny Rocket's for dinner and you had some fries. Later that evening, Daddy and I saw you eating something and quickly panicked. It turned out to just be a fry that you had saved from Johnny Rockets. : )

Before heading out to eat.

Being silly with mama.

Waiting for Daddy to get chocolate ice cream!

Your first taste of chocolate icecream.

Climbing on mama's chair.

Taking over mama's chair.

Daddy wanted to bury you in the sand. You broke free within seconds.

We went out to eat with mama's best friend and her family at California Dreaming. You and Elliott are the same size even though she is 6 months older than her! We had so much fun and we love getting together with them every chance we get. I love your crocs that grandma bought!

This was by far the best vacation that we have been on and it was soo hard to go back to work after being with you for over a week for mama and daddy! You started playing peek a boo with your blanket for the first time on the way home from the beach and it was soo cute. You are such a joy to us and we are so glad God gave you to us. You were so good on vacation and have made parenting so easy for us.

10 months!

Lucas, I just thought that last month was a major milestone month, but I think this month may have topped it! It is so amazing to watch you grow and learn. You are babbling even more and mine and Daddy's favorite word for you to say is "ooookay." At least that is what it sounds like you say. You actually took your first steps this month while we were on vacation at the beach. I was sooo happy that Daddy and I were both there to see them. Daddy was practicing with you and then he let you go and you took 3 steps! You are beginning to eat lots of regular food now. You love french fries, chicken, scallops, turkey, mac and cheese, broccoli and cheese. You also love your water ice cold. You will drink breast milk warm or cold. You love to be outside and we try to go on walks or I give you a bath in your swimming pool and much as possible. Summer will be over soon and we will not be able to enjoy as many days outside. Uncle Colby and Aunt Ashley got married and we love talking walks up to their house and seeing Bailey. You absolutely love dogs. You are still wearing 12 and 18 month clothes and are in a size 4 diapers. You are crawling everywhere and crawl up the steps now at church. You also love being around other children and babies. At the wedding rehearsal dinner, you had so much fun talking with one of Aunt Ashely's little cousins that was  around your age. We are excited that Uncle Lee and Aunt Kacie will be having a little cousin for you to play with in January!
You hate being in your car seat now. It is a struggle just to put you in. I think you hate being confined now that you are so mobile. You are so funny and just love to laugh. You laugh all of the time and we love it. You have mastered walking with the walker now that you have taken your first steps. You also love the refrigerator. Every time I open the door, you speed crawl and take out the soy sauce bottle. You also love to crawl with something in your mouth. Daddy says you are just multitasking. Here are a few pics from the month:

Happy 10 months!!

You standing by yourself.  I am in love with your beautiful blue eyes!

In the car at camp meeting. You did not make it sitting outside for long, so we had to listen to the preacher from the car. You decided you wanted to practice driving until church was over.

Eating a Nutri Grain Bar

 

With grandpa and uncle colby at his wedding rehearsal dinner.

Resting up before we went to the rehearsal dinner.

With mama and daddy after the rehearsal dinner.

Unfortunately, I do not have any pictures from the actual wedding....you had a melt down after the ceremony during the pictures. You did okay during the wedding when Daddy took you down the aisle. Cousin Nikki had to take you out during the ceremony. When it was time for pictures, you were tired and cried longer and harder than you have every cried since you have been born. All of the pictures with Uncle Colby and Aunt Ashley you are crying. I think you were just mad because you were passed around because mama and daddy were in the wedding and you were just tired. You went to sleep immediately on the ride to the reception. I felt so bad for you! We love you! Happy 10 months!