The Ophthalmologist

On the 22nd of February we went on a family outing to Danville. Danville is where the main Geisinger Medical Facility is located. It is about an hour and half from State College. Lucas had an appointment with the Ophthalmologist, Tom Wilson. He was highly recommended by our pediatrition. Lucas has had blocked tears ducts since he was born. It doesn't cause any damage, but he always had these booger eyes, and sometimes when he woke up his eyes were glued shut. Since making the appointment one of his eyes had improved, but his left eye was still blocked, though it seemed to have also improved. Anyway, we went to the Ophthalmologist, he told us that they can do surgery, but they would like Lucas to wait till he was at least a year old. He also told us that we could massage the duct and see if that would unclog it. He demonstrated on Craig how to massage, and then he did it to Lucas. After doing this the doctor said, that he heard a pop and thought that he might have unblocked it. We have not had any more problems with his eyes since, and they are now clean and clear. Now you can see Lucas big, beautiful brown eyes!

Valentine's Day

For Valentine's Day Lucas wore a shirt given to him by his grandma, that said, "Love Monkey". We also received a package in the mail and he was so interested in what was in the box that he just about fell into the box. Craig and I also gave him a book called, "Hugs, Hugs", he of course was more interested in eating the book rather than looking at it.

Uh-Oh!

Lucas is climbing the stairs, like a mad man! Every chance he gets he heads for the stairs. He will stand at the bottom of the stairs wait for you to look at him and then he smiles, his mischievous smile and starts to go up the stairs. Unfortunately he does not know how to go down the stairs, were still working on it.

Standing

Lucas is now pulling himself up, with the assistance of furniture and anything else he can use, and standing. He loves to crawl under the kitchen table and stand against the kitchen chairs. The other day he was under the table, standing against the kitchen chair, he noticed a cheerio left on the floor and he was trying to reach for it, but wasn't wanting to let go of the chair. He looked pretty funny, as he was trying to do both at the same time. I went for the camera, but when I got back, Lucas was crawling away and the cheerio was gone.

The Box!

After Christmas, Lucas now had toys lots and lots of toys. Toys that made noises and moved. What was Lucas favorite toy? A folded up cardboard box, he would crawl into the office, play and eat the box, it would keep him entertained for several minutes!

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.