March Madness

To all of our wonderful & supportive family and friends:

This has been a crazy start to the year for our family- first with Alex's surgery, busy new callings, out-of-town visits from family, and the list goes on! We want to say thank you for all of your patience, love, and constant support. The blog is something I really enjoy doing, but it's amazing how an hour-alone- is scarce to come by! :) The little man is fast asleep, so I am sneaking in the time now and hope to bring all readers up to date on our little family!

The center of our family & the light of our lives, sweet Lucas, continues to grow and gain his independence faster than we can keep up. He crawls at amazing speeds everywhere around the house; can stand up on his own and walk along the walls and cabinets; and even took his first step-without any help or support-just yesterday!!! He is so, so close and we can't wait for him to connect all the dots and start taking more and more steps on his own. Even more developed than his mobility though is his ... motormouth!! LOL! He talks, nonstop, from morning til night! He points his little index fingers up at the sky and the ceiling and will tell us one story after another. (See the video below for a sneak peek!) He LOVES his veggies-green beans, sweet potatoes, creamed corn-you name it! Goldfish and granola bars are his new favorite snacks, and he's just adorable to watch as he chomps away with his 8 tiny baby teeth. Bathtime remains his FAVORITE part of the day! If he hears the shower or tub running, he starts grunting and babbling, and you know he's expecting it to be for him! Haha :) He loves spending time with his cousins & all his extended family. It's neat to see the different ways he responds to each one of them- with some, he's very playful and loves to giggle and talk their ears off. With others, he's very bashful and shy :) He looooves the ladies & they love him! Every time we're at a restaurant somewhere, he just bats his eyes and shows his sweet dimples, and they just adore him! He knows primary songs like, "Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree" and he'll even do the popcorn popping motion with us. He loves "Patty Cake" and "Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam"; we're trying to begin teaching him to fold his arms, but he's not quite ready for that yet :) All in all, he is an angel and a blessing & our miracle baby and we're so thankful he's in our family!

(Video of Lucas babblin away...)

I mentioned earlier that with some family members he loves to be playful- well his Auntie Lo is one of 'em! He loves to get on her shoulders & wrestle with her hair! He'll wind it up real tights around his wrists and both him & Lo just laugh all day!

Recently my older sister came for a weekend visit & we had a BLAST! Alex watched the babies, and I was able to have a girls night out with my sisters. We went to dinner & then bowling, and laughed until our cheeks hurt. It makes me excited for Lucas to have a sibling someday!

While my sister was in town, my Dad came by for dinner and we played Guitar Hero & Spoons all night. Lucas loves his 'Grandpa Time' and hangin out with his cousin Ethan. Family visits always go by waay to fast, so we make the best out of the time we have :)

We look forward to another year of love, family, and new experiences! Thank you to you all for coming along the ride with us! We love you!