First 29th Birthday

So yesterday was my birthday and so many people wished me a happy day that I truly felt the love. It started with a wonderful nights sleep, thank you Lucas, and me forgetting that it was my birthday until Ryan gave me a hug and said happy birthday. Even with all the sleep I'm still tired though. No more sleeping in.

I have Jenna for the first half of the day and she is wonderful, cute, cooing and smiling. What a good present Jenna, thanks. My son on the other hand is in an ok mood. He wakes up from his morning nap a little early so he's only doing ok. No problem. My wonderful Mother brings me a yummy lunch which we try to enjoy, but my son is just not having it. We are about ready to go on a walk when I realize that the only place my keys can be is locked in the trunk of our car with the stroller. Lucky we didn't go though because Lucas has the biggest poop I've ever seen him take. I'm so glad we moved up to size 3 diapers. After this he is in a wonderful mood. He is smiling and laughing and all around super happy. I love my little man!

I talk to some well wishers on the phone and then it is time for dinner. We had planned on going out with friends, but I was a little gun shy. We went out the night before with my friends from work and every little peep Lucas made sounded like a dinosaur roar. I ended up in the car nursing him watching some guy on his smoke break. You can see why I wanted to eat in.

We got take out and by the time it was all ready and picked up it had gotten to be 7 at night. Before I had a kid I wouldn't have thought anything of being out and about this late (can't believe I just called 7 late!), but now that is bed time. We eat, my wonderful best friend Natalie made me cupcakes, and then Lucas is done for the day.

We decide to tubby the kids together and Lucas loved it! He was so happy to sit up in a big tub and splash all over. We finally get him home and he is so wired, he can't fall to sleep. After an hour of screaming, from Lucas and me, he finally drifts off. I'm so tired by this point that I'm ready for bed. The day ends with Ryan singing me Happy Birthday in bed as I drift off to sleep. Not at all like the birthdays I used to have, but then again nothing is like it used to be. I still wouldn't trade it at all.

Lucas loves his highchair

Funny baby moments

Jenna and Lucas got to tubby together. Lucas loves his tubs, but he was even more excited to have company in the tub. Always the social butterfly even when naked.

Whenever Jenna is having her bottle Lucas insists on having one to play with also. Just like the paci he won't use it for what it's supposed to be used for it is just a toy.

Say what?

They are in the exact same outfits, boy and girl version.

Fall Break

I love that Ryan gets fall break. I does make me feel like we are about 20 years old again. Of course this time it was not all bikini parties and drinking games. This time it was fun grown up things like fixing the door, winterizing the yard and painting the heating manifolds. Who says being a grown up isn't fun? Besides making Ryan slave away in the house and yard, we found time to do some fun things. We hung out with the Levies and tried to carve pumpkins, which is impossible to do with two little kids. Jen and I went to Layton to visit our cousin Cortney and her adorable new baby and attempt to craft. We visited Jonny in his dorm with my Mom and David. Side note: so glad I don't live in dorm rooms anymore. We walked around Silver Lake with my Dad and Jan. It was a super fun pretty typical family outing. The bees kept attacking us while we tried to eat our picnic and Lucas refused to be happy unless he was being carried, so my Dad got to push around an empty stroller. So all in all it was a super fun week. The best part though was getting Lucas to sleep through the night. It is so wonderful to get consecutive hours of sleep. I now feel like I could be on a special team in the army that never sleeps and has to keep following the enemy. Motherhood is such useful training for so many careers.

I'm such a dope and only took the camera with me one day. At least I have pics of that day though.

Jan and Lucas trying to fight off the bees at lunch.

Lucas looking mighty guilty trying to steal Dad's sandwich.

Hanging out at Dad's after the adventure in the great outdoors.

First Meal

So Lucas has been watching us eat every bite lately. He has been so interested in food. He watches me feed Jenna with envy. I decided to try and give him a little rice cereal just for fun. He loved it! Of course he already wants to start feeding himself.

Pro by 3

Maybe it's just because I'm his Mom, but I think my son is really good at playing catch.

Trifecta

Well, it finally happened yesterday. I got all three from Lucas. You knew the day would come, but I'd held it off for almost five months. Yesterday I lost that battle. First the spit up. Nothing new there, happens multiple times every day. That's what burp rags were invented for. Then came the pee. Not my favorite but that's the risk I take carrying him to his tub from the bedroom and maybe stopping a little too long to look at his cute tushie in the mirror. No problem it's mostly water anyway. But of course it had to be the poop day too. A few nights ago we had the pooping in the tub incident. That was not fun since it involved re cleaning and then scrubbing the tub. Last night it happened innocently enough while I was burping him. I checked to see if it had leaked out the top, all clear I thought I'd dodged a bullet. Then I pick him up to change him and it's leaked out the legs. What's that you say, "did it stop there?" No it went through all layers of clothing and onto the skin. It's not fair to have to wash out his clothes and mine. I think I officially get to be in the mom club now, right? Do they give you oxiclean at the welcoming meeting?

State Fair

As some of you might know we love to go to the state fair. It is so wonderful. The people watching, the food, the people watching, the big yellow slide and did I mention the people watching? Such fun. Usually our cousin Cort brings the kids, but she was busy this year having another kid. Plus we were missing my Mom and brothers, busy doing something not as fun as the fair. Luckily my friend Natalie and her husband Joey could come and they brought along Lucas' girlfriend Jenna. Joey didn't get off work for a while so Ryan and Lucas were the only boys, which meant they had to go through all the craft displays with us. What good sports. We were poor this year so we only did one ride on the big yellow slide and shared a funnel cake. I can still taste the goodness. Enjoy the pictures below. I can't believe it's a whole year until the fair comes again. Sigh. Also, one more fun tid-bit. I can now add the UT state fair park to my list of places I've fed Lucas. It's really a traveling show.

Lucas is ready to go.

Just the girls and Lucas.

Jenny and Natalie loved the piglets. I really think they tried to steal one. I'm serious, when we were leaving Jenny had a lump in her shirt that was squealing.

This is what my husband chooses to eat when given the choice of all the fair food. Is that not the grossest thing you've ever seen? He might as well get it at the fair because he sure isn't getting it at home. I may have made him brush his teeth before he got a kiss.

I love my sister. We are two crazy apples in a bushel of awesome.