Children's Museum

It has been so fun to have my sis Ashley and her family in town. I was so sad that we got sick last week and didn't get to see them. We had such great things planned and instead I got to sit around puking and changing horribly smelly diapers. Luckily we're all better and we got to do some of the things we'd planned. We all met up at the Children's Discovery Museum. It was a little bit much for Lucas, but Chloe had a great time. My cousin brought her kids and we didn't even see them because they were off having so much fun. It was super fun and exciting to see all of the fun things we will get to do with Lucas as he gets bigger.

My super cute boys!

Ryan with his other son.....or my cousins kid that looks just like Ryan.

Lucas rocked the rock climbing wall. (Pun intended) He was totally hanging on and I caught him at the last minute.

What good lookin ladies hanging out at the museum.

They had these bubbles that Lucas loved, but I'm a little weary of. They wouldn't pop, ever. I walked around with bubbles stuck to me for the rest of the afternoon. It just doesn't seem right.

Jen's new apartment.

Tubby Time

We finally got a floor mat for out tub so Lucas can take big kid tubbys. He loves them. The first night we tubbyed him like this his eyes were super red from all the water he splashed into them. You have to close your eyes son.

Helmet

So, my cousin Cortney got her wish and Lucas got a helmet. It's officially called a head molding helmet. My poor son had a super flat head so now he has to wear a helmet to round it out. In the grand scheme of things it's not that big of a deal. It's only a few months of his life and now he can shave his head when he's older and not be made fun of. I was not at all excited for him to get it though. I really thought everyone would think that I just left my son in his bed all the time. It turns out that no one knows what the helmet is all about. Most people will just stare, but a few will ask why he has to wear a helmet. I've been trying to think of something funny to say back to them. (He's going to space/football camp next week and he's just getting ready) I'm sure something will come to me. Also, we got a white helmet so we can decorate it however we want. I'll keep you updated on the decorating ideas.

Luckily this was only the first ten minutes or so.....he got used to it really quickly.

Solid Food

We started Lucas on solid food. I was so excited to get him started, but then I realized that it's actually more work. It turns out it was easier to just carry the food around with me. Luckily he's been enjoying almost everything we've given him. I've been making his food since that is something that I really want to do. I have to admit that it's not too hard, but it does take a little time. He loves sweet potatoes, squash and bananas. He hates avocado. I know it's a sin to hate avocado in our family, but I will try them again on him soon. He will learn to love them!


Here I am feeding Lucas the homemade sweet potatoes. Notice that I'm still in my comfy clothes with my hair pulled back. There is only so much I can do in a day, either he eats or I have my hair fixed. I'm glad I chose to feed my child.

The idea is to make a lot ahead of time and freeze them in ice cube trays. It makes for interesting colored ice cubes and limited freezer space.

Halloween

I've been so excited for Halloween. I've actually been more excited for every holiday, because with my age and ever present gray hairs comes wisdom, and that wisdom is this: holidays are more fun with kids. It's true, if Ryan and I were in our young bloated always drunk rock star youth we wouldn't think this way. But since we are not big partyers, we look forward to the little ones running around in their super cute costumes. I may have been so excited I bought my sons costume in August. He just looked so cute as a dinosaur/dragon, we're not really sure which it is. Since the weather was so bad, we made it to about 3 houses and then the kids were done, or maybe I was just done. I loathe the cold weather.

Look at my cute little dino/dragon.

Cousins

The dressed up gang at Papa and Nana's house