Early December

Ben and I went out for the evening to his company's Christmas Party. Lucas stayed at my parent's house while we went out and then came back for a family sleepover!





Lucas got to celebrate his mommy's birthday! I got to have two great dinners. One at the Ninja in Cumming with the Wheelers and the other at Provinos with the Schroeders. When we are eating sushi, Lucas loves to play with the chopsticks!




Luke has been losing his hair and what remains is just hilarious!!













We spend a lot of our days playing and sometimes Lucas just wants to crash out before his naptime. Lately, his favorite activities during the day are playing with soft blocks, watching Baby Einstein videos, laying on his play mat, and giggling with his Laugh and Learn Bunny.










We can't stop laughing at all of Lucas' faces! He is trying out all sorts of new looks and mouth movements. I really think he does it sometimes just to hear us laugh!






One of his favorite faces is to suck in his bottom lip and then make it pop!






In December we hosted one of the last small group dinners. Our small group has now ended and half of the group is moving on to find a group with couples who are also parents. Ben and I would like to find a group that deals with both marriage and parenting issues.




Uncle Taylor came home from UGA to celebrate his 23rd Birthday! The whole family went to Cazadores for the celebration.

Little Lucas really likes his Uncle Taylor!




Grandma just couldn't wait to get her hands on her little boy.

It is sometimes surreal to think that one day Lucas will be turning 23 too! If Cazadores is still open, I'm sure we will celebrate their too!

Playing Around

We had such a busy month in November!

Uncle Taylor came home from Athens and he and Lucas watched the Georgia game together.
Lucas loves to sit around naked, but when it's cold he still enjoys hanging out in his chair and robe!

I think we have a movie star in our midst, because he just loves the camera! Look at that face! Don't you think he's destined for the camera!







On Election Day, MiMi and Aunt Brooke stopped by to help me out when Lucas would not stop crying!

We tried everything, but sometimes I think he just gets tired of the same person all day! I mean, look how excited Aunt Brooke is with him!



One of our favorite things to do during the day is to go out side and lay around on the blanket. Luke loves to look up at the sky and feel all the leaves on the ground.





Lucas loves his "Mr. Nubby" that he got from Pops when he was born. He kisses, hugs and pulls on him all the time!







Here is our little monkey playing around with the camera again!









We spent the entire morning laying around the house in different rooms and on different blankets to get these cute pictures!





Lucas loves to play on our bed with the sheets!





Here he is looking at his Daddy before he goes off to work.








Right now his eyes are blue with green coming in around the center.







Lucas already thinks he is a big boy and likes to sit up on the couch and stand on his daddy.









Lucas loves his bath time.

Once again, he can't stop looking at the camera!



He is so funny standing in front of the mirror looking at himself! We have to do this every day before the bath!




We had a Small Group Thanksgiving over at Dana's house. The babies got to join us this time. Lucas is still not sure about all the noise when we go out!

Thanksgiving x2

Busy Thanksgiving!

We had such a busy Thanksgiving season around here!

We all worked together to make Lucas' first Thanksgiving t-shirt. He didn't seem to mind because he slept through most of it!







We went over to Ben's parent's house for a pre-Thanksgiving dinner. Lucas wasn't feeling very well and spent most of the time upset and crying in his daddy's arms.




On Thanksgiving Day we were brave and went over to Winder, GA for dinner at my Uncle Sonny and Aunt Janet's house. Lucas has never traveled that far (for those who don't know, it has taken him a while to like car rides). He did great until I had to stop by Krispy Kreme to get donuts and woke him up. We won't be making that stop again!




Lucas did great meeting my family for the first time. There was a lot of noise and he was passed around to everyone so they could cuddle with him.

In the end, GiGi was there to hold him and show him off!