Lucas' Mickey Party (2nd Birthday)

As we all know, Lucas loves Mickey Mouse so we decided to plan a Mickey party for his 2nd birthday. This year his birthday fell on a Thursday so I took a half day on Thursday and took off Friday. Thursday afternoon, we celebrated with a party at Lucas' school.

1st Birthday at School versus 2nd Birthday at School:


Lucas' Kitchen he got on the night of his birthday:


As always, parties are a bit overwhelming on the kids. He was not in a great mood for most of the time.
He was given so many nice things from our family and friends. We are very greatful for everyone who came and celebrated with us.

The party on Saturday:


Josh's mom made the cupcakes and cake:


The aftermath of the food (I took this pic pretty much when the party was coming to an end).
We had a lot of mickey themed food that I did not seem to get a picture of.

Lucas - 2 Years Old!!!!!

Seriously, I know I have started out a lot of a posts asking the same question but really, where has the time gone?

I got busy and missed the 23 months post so I am making sure not too late on this one. I really need to start scheduling some time on my calendar to make sure I keep up with this blog. I am going to write a separate post on the birthday festivities and keep this one to what he has been up to these days.

I plan to have some nice photos taken of him but we ran out of time:


(please excuse the cell phone photo)

Lucas @ 2:
-Has recently started adding more two word phrases to his vocabulary saying things like "NO CO!" for "No Cody" and "My MA Mouse" for "My Mickey Mouse"
-Uses the word "MINE" a lot when we have something he wants
-Is still obsessed with Mickey, Cho Chos, trucks, buses and anything with wheels
-Smiles the second he sees one of us walk in the room to pick him up from school
-Favorites foods are currently quesadillas and pizza (anything with carbs and cheese)
-Is still very picky and doesn't have a huge interest in food...but gets very cranky when he is hungry
-Loves to give hugs - he is so sweet and loving when he wants to be
-Has a lot of tantrums over milk and how he wants more of it
-Loves his dog so much and gives him a hug every night before he goes to bed and says "Bye CO!"
-Still loves to be outside and run freely
-Enjoys dancing to Mickey Mouse clubhouse music
-Weighs 26.5 pounds (we just went the doc today)
-Is a bit on the short side (like his momma)being only in the 3rd percentile but the doctor says it is possible he could have a growth spurt
-Is a healthy and happy (and strong willed little boy)

We are blessed.

Lucas - 22nd Months

Well, I have missed the last few monthly posts. Life has been crazy busy!

Lucas is growing by the second! He will be be 2 in just 2 short months.










@ 22 Months:
-Has recently started saying phrases like "what is that?" or "where's da (dad)"
-Mickey Mouse has become an obsession - Daddy bought Lucas a Mickey stuffed animal a couple weeks ago and he goes to bed every night with him
-Loves to dance and sing and clap
-Still loves being outside
-Daycare calls him "drama king" because he throws fits every time he has to come inside from the play ground
-Favorite game is pretend he is leaving. He grabs his play keys, gives us kisses and hugs and tells us bye. Then he drives off on his car. It is soooooo sweet!
-Loves construction sites and always points at the big machines when we walk or drive by
-Moves to the 2 year old room at daycare/school in September
-Loves to pretend to cook with the play kitchen at school
-Tells all his classmates good bye each day when it is time to go home
-Is still so snuggly and sweet even with all his wild boy ways

July 4th in OCMD

We went up to Ocean City, Maryland for a long 4 day weekend for the 4th of July weekend. Dave and my mom were already up there so we just tagged along for the end of their vacation. We had a great time getting away for a few days. Lucas was terrified of the water and not a big fan of the sand. Since Josh and I are major beach lovers, we are hoping this is just a phase. Here is a bunch of pics from the weekend.











Lucas was terrified of the sand for most of the time we were there... He refused to step off the towels which were under our tent....



Then he got brave after several hours...



Hugs with my little man:



Lunch at @ Coconuts on the beach:



A yummy drink for mommy:



Daddy & Lucas on the 4th at Macky's on the bay:
(PS - We didn't make it to the fireworks because someone was ready for bed)



The beautiful sunset:


The next night on the boardwalk:








Someone wanted to run on the boardwalk and not be held:


Dinner at a pizza place on the boardwalk:

19 Months

This kid is 19 months! I decided to give up on using the stickers for months 19-24. The last couple months were a struggle trying to get the stickers on his shirt. Here are a few pics I took on Mother's Day (1 day after he turned 19 months).

Lucas got his first haircut just days after the 18 month pics were taken last month. He was definitely looking like a hippie kid before I finally braved getting his haircut. I should have probably written a separate post on that ordeal. Let's just say that it was pretty traumatizing. It will be Daddy's turn to take him next time. You hear that, Josh? :-)

Monaco & France

As I mentioned in this post, Josh and I traveled to Monaco and France last month. We had a good time but the trip did have a few set backs... First, our flight was delayed out of Reagan which made us miss our direct flight to Nice, France. We were re-routed to Atlanta and just barely made a flight to Amsterdam. From Amsterdam, we then flew to Nice. Once we arrived in Nice, we realized we had no luggage (we got in the next day about 6-7 hours later than we would have if we had made our original flight). We arrived at our hotel in Monte Carlo (which is about 30 minutes from Nice) around 4 or 5pm and had a Welcome Reception we were supposed to attend at 7pm. We had no clothes to wear (except I had packed an extra sundress in my carry on). Josh had to find a store to get something to wear. Thank goodness we were able to find a store that was reasonably priced considering almost every store in Monte Carlo is extremely high end (think Gucci, Prada, etc). Once our luggage arrived (nearly 24 hours later) we were able to start enjoying the trip. We definitely enjoyed hanging out with some fun people from Xerox and their spouses. Our favorite part of Monaco was the food (since it borders France and Italy they have a combination of fantastic cuisine). Overall, Monaco isn't a place we would return to though. It is very stuffy and expensive. Our last day/night of the trip we moved to a hotel in Nice, France. This was by far our very favorite part of the trip. We wish we would have extended a few more nights in Nice. However, at the time we booked we were nervous to be away from Lucas for that long. Nice was so beautiful and such an amazing place to people watch. The food was also fantastic. I would definitely recommend Nice to anyone! So beautiful! Anyways, that was a quick recap of our trip.

Our 2nd night (once the luggage arrived)


Monaco


Monaco


San Remo, Italy (a 30 minute drive from Monaco)


San Remo, Italy


Xerox Gala


Nice, France


Check out the rest of our photos on Shutterfly.

Lucas-18 Months

Lucas is officially 1.5.... Which means in 6 months I will have a 2 year old! Seriously, where is the time going?

The monthly photos are getting more and more difficult since Lucas refuses to wear the sticker on his chest while I take his photo. He is much more interested in crumpling the sticker up and getting back to playing with his cars.



He refused to give me a smile....



And wanted his chair moved back in front of the TV where he could hold the Apple TV remote...


@ 18 Months:

-Weighs a little over 22 pounds
-Is obsessed with playing outside and throws tantrums when he has to come in the house
-Has lots of tantrums in general when he doesn't get what he wants
-Has morphed from being perfect in restaurants to not wanting to sit still
-Loves to do everything himself and is very confident of his abilities but has no sense (The other day I was letting him go down the stairs on his belly feet first like we always do when he tried to stand up and walk down on his own. I couldn't catch him in time and this resulted in 2 large bumps and bleeding and a trip to the pediatrician. Thank goodness he is okay.)
-Thinks Cody is the coolest thing in his world

And that is all I can think of for now. :-)