15 Months!

Lucas, you continue to amaze me! You are able to do so many things and you are growing up so fast. I cannot remember what life was without you. You are so sweet and you bring so much joy to mama and daddy's life! We went to the doctor this month for your 15 month check up. Your stats were:

                Weight: 23.31 lbs (57.51%)                  

Length: 32.25 inches (84.44%)

Head Circumference: 18.23 in (34.02%)

 You are wearing size 18-24 month clothes now and still size 4 diapers. You are eating great and eat most things. You are starting to eat carrots and sweet potatoes again. Your favorites are still green beans and broccoli...and of course you love any kind of chicken. You also love turkey deli meat! You love to dance/jump, laugh, brush your teeth, read books, and take a bath. Your favorite thing to do is to go outside and run straight to the woods.

You are all toddler now. Running, climbing, eating, talking....you are now longer a baby : (. You still love to cuddle which is a huge plus though. I cannot even begin to start to name all of the words you say now because you say so many! You are putting two words together now too! You are so sweet and polite and say "up please" when you want up. We went to the Zoo for the first time to see the Christmas lights at the zoo in Columbia. I took a half day off of work on a Friday and Daddy got home early. We stopped at Chik-Fil-A (one of your favorite places to eat). I have to order you your own kids meal now! You love the grilled chicken nuggets, cinnamon applesauce, and milk. You also love to eat daddy's fries. You really enjoyed seeing all of the animals at the zoo and we had such a fun night! You got a toy that glowed in the dark and mama and daddy had fresh caramel popcorn and hot chocolate. You met another little boy your age and waved really liked having someone your age. Then, it was time to pack up and head back home. We stopped at Daddy's favorite restaurant (Zesto's) and you had a chicken leg. 

We decided to take your care instead of your stroller so that you could see more of the animals. It was a hit and we will do that more often!

They had fake snow falling in some of the areas and you loved it! I hope it snows some this year so that you can see real snow!

We also talked Daddy into getting a real Christmas tree this year. We had a fun trip planned to go to NC to pick and cut down our own tree and make a really fun day of it. However, you got really sick with the croup. You woke up around 4:00 at night with a horrible cough and I gave you an albuterol treatment. Daddy, Grandma, and I took your to the doctor the next morning as soon as it opened. You were still coughing pretty badly. They cough your a mixture of epinephrine, albuterol breathing treatment and a progesterone shot! I had to take you back ~4 hours later for the same breathing treatment. Thankfully, after all of those meds and prayers, you were feeling much better. I stayed out of work with you the next day and you were feeling much better. However, the next day, I woke up with the same thing you had and we were not able to go to NC to get our tree. Uncle Colby and Aunt Ashley were so sweet and just picked us up one from Lowes and brought it to us. We had fun decorating it that night as a family. We played Christmas music and I baked sugar cookies. You loved your first sugar cookie with cold milk. We were so thankful you were feeling better.

So glad you are feeling better!

14 Months!

Lucas, you are a talking machine. You have added many words to your vocabulary! You are now saying mommy and daddy/dada consistently. You say apple and bible beautifully. You also say pop and bubbles, bye-bye, all done, I'll get it, eeww, up, teeth...and a few more that I cannot think of right now. You understand a lot of things and are able to get most of your toys/stuffed animals when daddy and I ask you to get one of them. You are wearing size 18-24 month clothes now and still size 4 diapers. You are eating great and eat most things. You used to love carrots and sweet potatoes, but you are not a fan at this time. Your favorites are green beans and broccoli...and of course you love any kind of chicken. You love to dance/jump, laugh, brush your teeth, read books, and take a bath. Your favorite thing to do is to go outside! You are so sweet and have watched me water blueberry bushes..and one day you got the pail I used to water the bushes by yourself and went to the backyard to water them without me saying anything. So smart!

The church surprised us with a trip to Gatlinburg, TN for pastor's appreciation month and it was wonderful! You had a great time! We went to Ripley's aquarium the first full day and you loved it. You wanted to run around and show daddy and me everything. You especially loved the penguins. That night we ate at The Alamo and it was really good. You ate salmon and broccoli. Every morning we went down for a full breakfast. You mostly ate toast (which is your absolute favorite breakfast food) and eggs, yogurt. We stayed in a hotel with an indoor heated pool and we went swimming the next day. We bought you a float and you did not want to leave. We had planned on walking outside on main street of Gatlinburg but you were ready for a nap. I do not think you particularly liked being bundled up, but you looked so cute!

You looked like such a big boy in this picture before we went out to eat at the hotel!

We went shopping at the outlets and you had to play in the icecream truck.

We were planning on leaving Saturday morning but they were calling for lots of snow, so we left late Friday night. It actually worked out pretty well because you just slept the whole way. We were planning on stopping at a pumpkin patch on the way home, but we were not able to go this year. We will go next year and let you pick out your own pumpkin.

 

You had your second Thanksgiving this year, but it was the first one that you could eat at! You loved everything from the turkey, dressing, mac and cheese to the cranberry sauce!

Aunt Kacie had a birthday party and it was at Dempsey's Pizza in Clinton. You loved playing on all of the games after we ate.

Unfortunately, you got sick later that weak with the croup and you were pitiful. You woke up at 11:30 and did not go back to sleep until 4:30. I gave you an albuterol tx, but it really did not help and then I gave you Tylenol and you were able to rest some. Grandma, Daddy, and I took you to the doctor as soon as it opened the next morning. You had to have breathing treatments and a steroid shot. We had to take you back that afternoon for another breathing tx. I took the next day off of work and we were able to play and rest all day and thankfully, you felt a lot better!!

Just being sweet.

Watering the bushes for mama.

  

Wearing your clemson outfit to church the Sunday after they won! You were the cutest Clemson fan I've ever seen.

 

13 Months!

Lucas, I can no longer say, "He just turned one." I have to say you are 13 months old now! You have done a lot of new and fun things this month. Your vocabulary has exploded! You are now saying "mama, dada, hot, up the stairs, bible, bubbles." You love to hold up your hands when we ask where someone or something else and try to say "I don't know." It is pretty cute. And you use the word hot for both hot and cold temperatures. You are pretty much wearing only size 18 months clothes now. You are eating great!! You have not gagged in a really long time. If you do not like something, you just spit it out. You transitioned to whole milk beautifully and drink 24 oz each day from your sippy cup. 7 oz in the morning, 10 during the day, and 7 oz at night. You drink water with your sippy cup the rest of the day.You are wearing size 4 diapers still. You are walking...running...everywhere now! You can follow lots of different 1 step commands (bring me __, throw this in the trash, hand me your milk). You amaze me at how much you know!

You took you first trip to the zoo with the church kids. It was pretty hot that day and you had a melt down (this is only the 2nd one you have ever had...the other one was at Uncle Colby and Aunt Ashley's Wedding). You looked at the monkeys and some of the snakes, then you cried and went to sleep. We are planning on going back at Christmas time so hopefully you will have a better trip! You got a book from the gift shop and you enjoyed it on the way home.

You had your first fried chicken leg and Daddy was so excited. You LOVED it! You actually ate two that night and cried every time I tried to take it out of your mouth!

You went to the dentist for the first time this month and hated it! lol. Poor thing...you just did not like someone trying to get into your mouth. They gave you some stickers and a toothbrush and toothpaste. You have 12 teeth now! 4 of the top front, 4 bottom front, and 2 big molars on both the top and bottom. You have been waking up crying at night because I think they have been hurting you. I try to put orajel in your mouth, but you would just rather drink milk : ). You still LOVE milk, breast or whole!

Getting ready for the Clemson game. You had your game face on! No smiles!

Eating spaghetti for the first time. You loved it! You could not get it in your mouth fast enough!

 

This was a pic a grabbed before we went into the fair. It was your first trip to the fair and we had such a good time. Mama and Daddy usually get sick trying to ride fair rides, but we wanted to ride the merry go round with you. You really liked it and we did not get sick, so it was a winner! We walked around and went to the petting zoo exhibit, and watched the tigers. We also walked around at the exhibit area. We met some friends and you ate your 2nd sucker from Mr. Tommy. We ended the night by visiting the Davis' candy apple stand. You got a candy apple and daddy got his favorite boiled peanuts. It was a fun night!

 We have some fun trips planned next month and mama and daddy cannot wait to take you on them!

12 Month Stats!

We went to the doctor for your 12 month well check this week. You had to get 5 shots and mama and daddy was not looking forward to it but you did great! You did not cry as much as I thought you would. I was going to give you some Tylenol when we got home, but you had already went to sleep and slept a lot the next day. No fever or anything with the shots thankfully!

12 Month Stats:

Weight: 20.56        (36.75 percentile)

     Height:  31 in              (88.08 percentile)

                     Head Circumference:  17.91 in  (32.12 percentile)

You are one tall little boy! This month you have given up crawling and love to walk/run everywhere! You are eating mostly all table food now. I have only given you baby food once or twice in the last week or two because you were sleepy and did not really feel like eating anything else. Otherwise, you have been eating regular oatmeal with whole milk for breakfast, chicken or turkey with veggies for lunch, and a meat with veggies for dinner. You drink ~24 oz of milk a day and eat yogurt, baby gold fish, puffs, and cheerios for snacks.You ate half of a banana this morning and fed it to yourself! You also ate half a piece of wheat toast and fed it to yourself. After you doctor's appointment, we ate a Red Lobster and you loved the salmon and broccoli from my plate...and of course you loved the cheese biscuits..yum! You love to point at everything a tell us what it is...even though we cannot really understand everything you say right now : ). You can say up (up the stairs), uh-oh, mama, daddy. You love to point at the light and to turn light switches on and off. Grandma said you said milk yesterday, but I have not heard it yet.  I have officially stopped pumping and you made the transition to whole milk without any problem. I am still giving you some breastmilk that was frozen, but you love both and I am soo glad! Your favorite toys are balls and sticks. You love to go outside and ride in your car and play in the sandbox. This is going to be a busy month. We are going to the zoo next week for the first time with church, going to the fair, and then going to the mountains to pick apples and a pumpkin. I cannot wait to share all of these memories with you.  You are taking one-two naps a day and go to bed around 8:45 now. You are wearing size 4 diapers, 12-18 month clothes (you are in between...12 months is a little snug and 18 months is a little big). You wear a size 5 shoe. You love to give kisses, high fives, and hugs and I love that. You give the best kisses! Mama and Daddy still look at you in amazement that God gave us this beautiful little boy. We love you so much! I cannot wait to see what adventures the next year holds...I am just so glad that I get to share them with you and your Daddy!

Riding your car around the neighborhood.

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 Playing in the sandbox.

 

 We switched you to a new car seat. It is still facing backwards but it is the next step after the infant seat. You loved it and I know you will like it even more when we turn you around.

New camo pajamas!

You went to your first birthday party for Carson. It was at a place called Twist and Shout and it had a lot of trampolines and bouncy slides. You had so much fun!

You got your face painted for the first time with a tiger paw.

 

After your shots, the nurse gave you your first sucker. It was grape and you loved it!

A 12 month shirt..a little snug! 

Happy first birthday to the most amazing little boy that I know!!! God has great things planned for you! You are special!