Unloading the Dishwasher!

Lucas had been helping me unload the dishwasher, he is really helpful. I have definitely become more efficient and quicker at unloading the dishes when Lucas is helping. Efficient because I know to unload the knifes and forks first, then everything on the lower level, and quick because the quicker I am the less I have to rewash. He is super cute when he is helping; he talks, babbles, and bangs the silverware, and he makes sure that the silverware is extra clean (sticks it in his mouth).

Sneaky little boy!

Today I was letting Lucas wander around and play, while I cleaned up the breakfast mess and did some dishes. I could hear him talking away, and then a few moments later, I could no longer hear him. My first thought was, "my child has once again climbed the stairs and is upstairs wandering around", so I went for the stairs. When I turned the corner before heading up the stairs there was Lucas, munching on two pretzel rods, one for each hand. He had got into the diaper bag, and got to the bag of pretzels. The bag must have been opened, because I don't think he has acquired that skill yet. So besides breakfast, Lucas also had an after breakfast snack of two pretzel rods.

Spring Break!

Craig had a whole week off from school, but still had research and work that needed to be done, since he had been playing in Hawaii the week before, so we were not able to do much, but did do some playing. We went on a little family outing to Hershey. Lucas had his nine month pictures taken. For the first time since we have been getting his pictures taken, he actually smiled and looked at the camera, he was quite charming. Next we went over to the Hershey outlets, to get clothes for Lucas for next fall and winter. We had time to spare, so we went over to Hershey's chocolate world where we took Lucas on the ride with the talking cows, that explain how Hershey's chocolate is made. Lucas loved this, the ride has flashing lights and moving objects, and as previously mentioned cows that talk and sing. It was a wonderful day that was completely dedicated to Lucas.
Lucas had his first Thanksgiving dinner in March. We bought a turkey in November and needed to cook it, to make room in our freezer for Corn-beef and Ham. Lucas really enjoyed this, he had Turkey, mashed potatoes, and green beans.
To end our Spring Break we were going to head to the Washington Temple with the youth in our stake, however, it was raining and raining, and yes while I am typing this it is still raining, that is Pennsylvania for you, with spring and summer comes rain, rain, and more rain. Anyway, we thought that it wouldn't be very pleasant for Lucas, so Craig went and Lucas and I stayed home. I ended up taking Lucas to the library to pick up a book, and we ended up getting some books for Lucas. I put him down and let him wander around, in the play area they had, and he loved it, he played with the trains, the magnet letters, and watched the kids. He had a blast and we will definitely be going back.

Lucas Growing

Here are a couple videos of Lucas doing it all, crawling, pulling himself up, and babbling. He's getting so much bigger (and still stinkin' cute!)

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.