Hot Stuff!

July 6-11

Sunday after the Fourth of July, we spent the day recovering and getting ready for the week. Lucas took some time away from walking around to show off his musical talents with my old recorder. He can't quite figure out that you are supposed to blow into it, so he uses it mainly as a chewing toy or a drumstick!

Our newest skill we are working on is walking with shoes on. The first video is him a little confused about why there are shoes on his feet and the second one is Lucas getting away from us and saying his classic "Mmm-Hmmm!"





That afternoon, the Wheeler's came over and brought some yummy pizza from Sidney's. Lucas enjoyed a pizza covered with veggies and he LOVED it!














After dinner, Ben and Pops checked out some vacation homes in Destin for our trip in August. I am so excited and can't wait to watch Lucas play at the beach! Anyway, back to our fun filled night...while the boys were busy, Lucas showed off his toned, muscular 10 month old body!

After the chiropractor on Monday, Lucas and I headed to the grocery store to get our week's fruits and veggies and the food for our Mom's group.

Tuesday, Sam and Olivia, and Sindy and Selena came over for lunch. We missed Lindsi and Jackson, but she was on vacation so we will forgive her. Before lunch, the babies played with a bunch of our toys and watched a little Baby Einstein. For lunch the adults ate a pasta salad while Olivia and Lucas enjoyed any food they could throw! Our dogs were very happy to clean up after them though. While Sam was out of the room, Lucas tried hard to teach Olivia a bad habit of throwing her cup, I hope she didn't catch on though. We still thank Olivia for teaching Lucas the art of spitting!

After such a hearty feast, Selena voiced her opinion about all the noise Lucas and Olivia was making, and the two trouble-makers decided to get a little crazy. I wish I could have captured the tackle from Olivia, but here is the video right after. Even though Lucas got body slammed by a girl, he still wanted to kiss her!


Wednesday we went down to Grandma and Pop-Pop's house for dinner because Daddy was doing a presentation in Roswell and it was easier to eat down there. We went to eat one of Lucas' favorite meals, Mexican! He absolutely loves cheese, tortillas, quacamole, and beans.

Thursday was a very busy day for us because I had to go out and about to get ready for Dana's baby shower on Saturday. Since it is so hard to get a bunch done with Lucas getting into everything, MiMi came along to help. We started out at Target where Lucas and I enjoyed some lunch before Penny got there. While I was shopping Lucas got to get out of the shopping cart and walk around a bit. He loves getting into all sorts of trouble while out of the cart. He even tried to take off with another boy his age by pushing his stroller away! After Target we headed to Kohl's to get a dress. Lucas discovered how much fun a dressing room can be by crawling around and trying to get under the doors.

Friday was another busy day for us. Ben and I had to go to court to finish up some of Ben's stuff so Lucas got to hang out at an office for awhile. MiMi arrived shortly after we left to entertain him. We were hoping to finish up before lunch, but no such luck. So, MiMi and Lucas joined us for lunch before we had to go back and they headed to our house. After court, Lucas and I had to go over to Jeni's house to help decorate for the shower on Saturday. He got to experience his first balloon POP and did pretty well until we all made a fuss about it, then he lost it.

Saturday was a monumental day in our family-my parents finally MOVED into their new house. We are all so excited for them and we can't wait to see it decorated! However, with them moving, I was going to have to figure out a way to bring Lucas to the baby shower with me because everyone was helping my parents move. But I didn't worry long because GiGi came to the rescue. Thanks GiGi! She was more than thrilled to get to spend an entire day with Lucas! From what I heard, they had a blast. He made her put on Ben's shoe, they went for a walk and even checked out our apple tree (which he likes to look at everyday now!).

All of the girls from my old small group hosted Dana's beautiful shower. She looked great and we can't wait to meet the new little guy!