Snow!!!

When we left State College for Christmas there was no snow....when Craig got back, still no snow...when Lucas and I got back no snow. That all changed the first week of February when it snowed, and boy did it really snow. Anyone who knows me, knows that I am not a big fan of winter. I didn't really mind that we hadn't seen much snow since we have been here. By this time I was ready for Spring not Winter. However, this did give us an opportunity to put Lucas in his snowsuit and let him experience his first winter, with snow. He looked like a big marshmallow! And as you will see from the pictures he decided to take a noise dive into the snow, and quickly realized this was not fun. His cheek got cold and wet.

Lucas and his cousins

Lucas enjoyed hanging with his cousins, if you can call stealing Elise's toys and attacking Eevee as hanging out. He did have lots of fun with them and it was fun to watch them interact with each other.

Christmas Vacation

While we were in Utah Lucas hit several developmental milestones. Three more teeth came in, so it is officially dangerous to put you fingers in his mouth, or as I unfortunately found out let him get near any of your fingers or in my case toes. Lucas also started to crawl, at first it was more of a scoot, with him moving the hands and then booth legs at the same time, but by the time we left Utah he had it down! Lucas has also started pulling himself up onto objects.

Christmas

For Christmas we went home to Utah. This was Lucas first Christmas and we weren't sure how he would react with the presents and all of the people. We thought he would be more interested in eating the wrapping paper, then the actually gift. Though at times, this was the case, he was interested and even helped rip the wrapping paper from the presents.

Updating

Craig has taught me how to blog, I know it is about time. Hopefully we can keep you better informed on Lucas his growth and development and of course all of the funny things he does.

My First Solid Meal (Sort of....)

Lucas had his first solid meal tonight (well, there were solid chunks floating in the milk). He did surprisingly well and ate THE WHOLE BOWL! We weren't expecting him to eat everything on the first try, but considering his heritage (I once put on ~20 lbs. during a single Thanksgiving) we really shouldn't have been surprised. In fact, by the end he was opening his mouth and grunting for more faster than we could get the spoon back to his mouth.

To top things off, Lucas is also getting a tooth, which means he can try and bite the spoon and hold it in his mouth. The tooth has broken the skin, but hasn't penetrated far enough for him to really use it to do much damage. I'm glad to say that the spoon is still in pristine condition, free of tooth marks.

Fall/Halloween

Lucas' first Fall and Halloween. Also some pictures from the Penn State Homecoming Parade (it was cold and I don't think Lucas liked it very much).