One More Month...

Just one more month until I no longer have a baby in the house.

You are eleven months old now Lucas! It really doesn't seem possible that we will be celebrating your first birthday next month.



You've experienced quite a lot in your 10th month...a complete upheaval of your life...your first Christmas...a cross country trip...a new house...being without your daddy for a month (and let's not talk about the upcoming year he'll be gone!)...and you still only have two teeth! What's up with that? I thought for sure you would have popped some more through by now!

You had your first encounter with stairs and you mastered climbing up them in no time flat. Of course you don't know how to come back down yet, but you sure do enjoy climbing up!

You have such a personality! You walk around like you own the place and that you can do whatever you want to do and you're entitled to whatever you want when you want it! And of course you mostly want what your sister has! You become so determined to take things out of her hand. One night you really wanted the crayons she was using; so we gave you one, but you weren't content...you wanted the one Kayla had. After trying to grab it a few times she was nice enough to say "here Lucas" and give it to you. She picked up another crayon. You put both crayons in one hand and immediately went after the third crayon she had! Then you had the nerve to get upset when she wouldn't give you that one too!

How did you learn to throw little fits? Where did you get that from? You certainly didn't learn it from Kayla! You'll "throw" yourself on the ground and roll around because you're mad about something; right now it's cute enough to chuckle at you...but I just hope these fits don't escalate!

Let's talk about diaper changes ok? They have to be done; sorry but you're just not going to get away with not ever having your diaper changed. Oh how you fight me on that! You twist, squirm, arch your back...basically do whatever you can do to not make it easy to change your diaper. Sorry we have to take a few minutes out of your fun time to stop and change your diaper!

Your sleeping habits have greatly improved. You're now sleeping 11-12 hrs a night (it used to be about 9). Having you sleep in until about 730 is nice, so thank you very much! I think you're making up for all the nights you didn't sleep well! Your nap schedule seems to have settled into a 2-hr nap in the late morning and a 40-min nap in the afternoon.



You will usually wave at us when we tell you "hi" or "bye." We also think you are calling "Kayla" during the day...although coincidentally it comes out sounding more like "Kelly". I think you started saying "kitty" too. You just love your aunt Kelly's cat! You get so excited to see Tiger, you start squealing and flapping your arms and screeching. Surprisingly enough you're pretty gentle when you pet Tiger too.

We found out you've got a little jealous streak in you. You don't seem to like it when I pay attention to or hold Kayla. How dare I have someone else in my lap! One night we were playing on the floor (your favorite game seems to be chasing us around and crawling all over us) when I picked you up with my legs to do an "airplane" pose. After I put you down you went off to grab a toy or something and then Kayla wanted a turn. You did not like it when you turned around and I had her up in the air! You came "running" back to me fussing and frowning and obviously upset. You're going to have to learn to share me you know :)

You are so inquisitive and watch everything everyone does. I can almost see your mind working to figure things out. You surprise me with the things you pick up too. You had one of Kayla's toy brushes and when I saw you put it up to your head I thought it was just a fluke. The next morning we were in the bathroom and you pulled my brush out of the cabinet and put it to your head and appeared to be brushing your hair! (I thought babies usually mimicked talking on the phone or something like that first; not brushing your hair!) I guess that's what happens when there are 4 other females in the house! You will now hug dolls and stuffed animals and it's the cutest thing to see. Then there was the time I was trying to clip your toenails and you kept trying to grab the clippers. When I finally managed to finish I handed them to you. As soon as they were in your hands you reached down to your toes with them!

You like to dance now and I really should capture that on tape. You're adorable bobbing side to side and bending your knees. You're just so funny...you're such a character and we could sit and watch you all day and you would keep us entertained!

Happy 11 months baby boy!