All About Lucas!

It's been awhile since I've just done a post just about our little guy. He's growing and learning so much everyday and I want to take a moment to document what he's been up to lately.

I'm sure everyone says this about their own child, but Lucas is so smart! I can't even make a list of everything he says now because he talks so much! Whatever Shane or I say to him, he tries to repeat and pretty much nails it- in his own little way! He calls all of our family members, our dogs and all the kids I watch by name. Grandma's are "Maama" and Grandpa's are "Papa". He knows what most of the animals say but instead of calling them by name he will usually make the sound they make. (Like a cow is a "moo" and a bear or a lion is a "rawr"). I think the only animals he actually calls by name is a kitty and a puppy. Probably my favorite things he says are "pease", "kank yu" and "sawy". (For those of you who don't speak 1 year old, that's please, thank you and sorry.) I love that Lucas is learning his manners and how to be polite! Another favorite of mine is whenever he's looking for something he says "where are you" but all together and drug out like"weawareeyouu". And he's just recently starting telling us "lub you" (love you) when we leave or go to bed.

He's still a mommy's boy (for the most part) and wants to rub/tickle my arm when he's getting sleepy. He also doesn't like when Shane gets too close to me and will push him away and say "moose" (move). Don't get me wrong, he loves his daddy but he's not about to share his mom! :)

A few of his favorite things at this age are: cars, balls, tools and books. We gave him a collection of Dr. Seuss books for Christmas and those are his current favorite. He is obsessed with climbing up and down stairs, flushing the toilet and "keenin" (cleaning). He loves to eat apples, string cheese, ice, popsicles, "sikle" and fruit snacks, "nak". When we feed him a meal, the only way to get him to eat all of it is to say "Don't eat this, it's Mommy's." Then he smiles at me, says "K" and devours whatever is in front of him. When I ask him where my food went, he laughs and we do it all over again until his food is gone. It takes awhile to feed him, but at least it makes him eat. And if he's eating something and you tell him to chew good he'll look at you and start chomping his food to show you he is. Quite the smart aleck...

Here are some funny things that he's done lately (that I don't want to forget)...

• If someone asks a question starting with who (like who wants... or who is... or who did/does...) Lucas usually answers by raising his hand and saying (more like yelling) "ME"! Over the holiday his cousins were in town and while they were playing at our house Shane asked "Who wants a swirly?" and Lucas says "Surwee? ME" and threw his hand in the air! Not sure what he thought a swirly was but he was pretty excited about getting one!


• If I catch Lucas doing something naughty I always ask him why he did whatever it was he wasn't suppossed to be doing. Anyway- the other day we were eating M&Ms and he kept feeding them to me. Well, I had a mouthful already and he was trying to force another in between my lips and when I told him to eat it he got mad and threw it across the room. I turned my head to look at him and he lifted his arms in a shrugging position and said "Why?" He beat me to it this time and all I could do was laugh! (I didn't realize I did it so often.)

I love being this little guys mommy! :)