I love this kid!

I haven't posted a video of Lucas recently. Here he is for all you long distance friends and family. You can tell he is a little miffed at me because I paused Elmo's World in order to film him. Life is rough!

Happy 2nd Birthday, Dylan!

This summer 8 of Lucas' friends are turning two. Only one of those friends is a girl! We are very lucky that Lucas has so many little buddies his age. Lucas is the youngest, with a September birthday. Everyone else is late June through August. We spent Sunday afternoon celebrating Dylan's 2nd Birthday.

Alexis and Lucas

Lucas hitting the pinata

Gathering all the goodies with Mommy

Dylan wasn't really diggin' his party

You might have an eating disorder if....

you fall asleep with your hand in the bag of Cheetos

and have orange lips.

Swimming with Papa

It has been so HOT here. Today we went swimming with Papa and Lucas did a great job. I'm so glad he loves the water.

The Goose Egg

We made it 21 months before Lucas' first trip to the ER. Poor kid. While at a friends house today Lucas began wandering toward the driveway and an extension cord that was on the ground. As I was walking toward him to stop him he started to run and did a face plant right onto the concrete. He didn't even get his hands down in time. He had an INSTANT hematoma the size of a half dollar. I have never seen anything like it. Fortunately, it only scratched the surface of his skin so he wasn't bleeding "out" too. We tried to put ice on it, but that just seemed to make him more upset. Even with a popsicle and Elmo on TV he wouldn't let us touch it. My friend is a physicians assistant so that was lucky! I called the pediatrician and they said to take Lucas to the ER in case a CT needed to be done. I drove him there and Brian met me. We sat and waited for over an hour and a half, but it was worth the wait because we ended up seeing the husband of one of my other friends. It was nice to have him because he has kids Lucas' age and I knew I could trust what he was telling us. Lucas checked out just fine. No concussion or anything. He didn't even need the CT done. We were reading books and practicing all our animal names and sounds while waiting on the doctor. Fortunately it looks like he didn't knock anything loose! He napped fine, woke up fine and has been acting normal all day. He may not have actually needed the ER, but I needed it for peace of mind! Better to be safe than sorry, especially when its my baby! I tried to get some pictures, but they really don't do it justice. It looks so much better now then it did earlier today.

Here you can see the bruise and little scratches

If you look close you can see the swelling around the actual bruise


The swelling from the side, look how far it sticks out! Poor guy!

The Sesame Street Stare

Lucas loves to watch Sesame Street, more specifically Elmo's World. I don't know what it is about Elmo, but Lucas is obsessed!!! No other TV show compares to Sesame St. He constantly asks for Elmo and if we didn't have a DVR I don't think we would survive! It is the ONLY thing he will watch. I guess it could be worse. Here is how he looks when he watches Sesame Street.

Father's Day 2009...a little late!

We spent Father's Day at Aunt Sue and Uncle John's lake cottage. Lucas had so much fun. It was a perfect lake day. Daddy caught a baby turtle, Mimi and Papa took him on a paddle boat ride and he slept through his first speedboat ride. We love the lake!

Good Friends, Good Times

Lucas and I went to see Steph and Will on Tuesday. Here is our day in a nutshell...

We climbed

We Bounced

We Kicked Up Our Feet

We Hugged

We Kissed

We Tackled Freddie

What a great day! Thanks, Steph & Will!

Elmo Splash Pad

I bought this Elmo Splash Pad at the end of last summer. It was on clearance for $1!!! Lucas really likes it and hopefully the weather will stay warm and we can start using it more often.

An afternoon at the pool will do this to ya...

Thanks, Mimi and Papa for taking Lucas to the pool this afternoon so Mommy and Daddy could rest after another long night in the ER. (Mommy is feeling much better today and will be meeting with a surgeon on the 23rd to discuss possible surgery for her Crohns. We will keep everyone updated!)

This is how I roll...

Bubble Mower

Lucas is obsessed with mowing the lawn. He loves to watch Brian mow, running from window to window watching him and saying "Daddy Grass" over and over. I finally bought him his own bubble mower and he LOVES it. Here he is doing work!

Potawatomi Zoo

We went to the Potawatomi Zoo on Saturday afternoon. Here are some snapshots...

Almost Face to Face with the Tiger

Warning: Turtles Bite!


Mommy and Lucas

Mommy, Lucas and the "burdie."

Lucas had so much fun brushing the goats

Looking at the "Bo Bish" (Gold Fish)

I heart my "Mama"

Lucas loves his "mama," which is what he calls his great grandma. Here they are singing in Hungarian today. He is so cute when he sings along with her. They adore each other.