Time...

Time is really getting away from me lately. Things have been so busy with the start up of summer stuff like softball, kickball, and getting out of the house like grill outs and stuff. I can see why people always say to cherish the time you have. When I think back to last summer...it was so stressful and rewarding. Bringing home our new baby, not sleeping, and learning how to be a parent. Last summer feels like eons ago, but it was just 1 year ago. I am grateful for my healthy baby boy and all the fun memories and great times he has brought us. I just feel like time is getting away from me. I must try my hardest to slow down and cherish this summer, because next year will be completely different. Just like this summer will be way different than last summer. Plenty of good times to come...I just want to freeze time and hug and kiss my little guy. I feel it's going too fast already.

Picky eating...

It seems like over night Lukas has become a picky eater. I brought it up at his doctor appointment on Monday, but she told me that is normal in toddlers. I was surprised. I wasn't aware that toddlers were so picky about what they wanted to eat. He will only eat his baby cereal or baby food sometimes lately or some new foods he will love and hate the next day. Supper has become a challenge. I make him cereal and get some baby veggies and fruit out, but I have started trying to add in some of the Gerber Graduates food choices. He loves those little crunchies...he will eat those anytime. He also loves bread. He loves toast too. Lukas is pretty much a carb lover all ready! The doctor told me he is wide open to try new things now that he is 12 months old, but he wants nothing to do with lots of the food. It can get frustrating, but I guess we just keep offering things up to him and show him we eat this stuff too. After time maybe he will come around and like more things...or I can pray he does anyway!

Birthday Fun!!!

Lukas is now 1 year old!!! His birthday party was the 16th (this last Saturday) and it was so much fun! He took all his naps great that day and he was in an awesome mood for his party. We all ate sloppy joes, meatballs, jello salad, potato salad, and macaroni salad. Then afterward I had made a dinosaur birthday cake and dinosaur cupcakes for all the guests, but for Lukas...he got his own cake! I made a yellow cake with purple and blue polka dots and he enjoyed the frosting way too much! He kept grabbing the dots and eating them and then he finally tried the cake. After cake and ice cream we all went into the living room and opened presents. Fun, fun, fun!!! Lukas got a bunch of great gifts and summer clothes! I just want to thank everyone for being part of his big day and for celebrating my sweet boy! His first birthday was one of the best days of my life!

Caught of Guard

I am so excited for Lukas to turn 1 tomorrow! So totally awesome!!! I am very proud of my little boy and I now know what parents think and feel when they just have so much love they want to burst! I am more excited for his birthday than I have been for anyone's birthday...even my own. We are going to have a dinosaur birthday party for his first birthday. It will be so fun!!! However with all this building excitement I have been a little sad too. My little boy is growing and getting older and I miss him being my little baby that just wanted to be held and cuddled. Those times go way too fast! Don't get me wrong he still wants to be hugged and cuddled, but it's different when they can get up and move away from you. Today at work I got my regular Friday email on Lukas's status for the week. They always sent me 'Your Baby This Week' emails from babycenter.com, but today when I got the email it said 'Your Toddler This Week.' I saw that email and stared at it, when I finally decided to open it I just started crying. I was crying because my baby is getting older and it went way too fast. He is still my baby and he always will be, but I think your children growing up is a bitter sweet realization. So proud and happy for him, and yet sad he is already 1 year old. What a conflicted feeling!

Dog's Water Dish

Lukas has found a brand new toy. The dog's water dish! He loves to put his hands, toys, and anything he gets his little hands on in it. We do tell him "no" and "acky" but he is starting to tune us out. So when he reaches for it lately I clap my hands or snap my fingers, and once he looks at me he pretends he was doing something else. He thinks he is sneaky, but I know and saw what he was going to do! The other night I was getting ready for bed and cleaning up all his toys. I saw that he put my slipper in the dog's water dish. It made me laugh, but I didn't have any slippers to wear. He is such a little stinker! He makes me laugh, kids are so funny! I love being a mommy!

Kaydence's birthday party

Lukas went to his first birthday party. Our friends had their little girl a few weeks before we had Lukas. She turned 1 last week so her birthday party was Saturday. Lukas had so much fun! There were 7 other babies there and he played with all of them just great. We got to eat some munchy things and Lukas loved the meatballs. Those were his favorite. We got to watch Kaydence cover herself in cake, it was so cute! She was pink all over her arms, face, and belly. Lukas was begging for cake from me the whole time she was eating hers. He miss stepped and bonked his head on the corner of the wall. Poor little guy. We played outside, with other babies, and with bubbles. All in all it was a very fun party! It was actually pretty relaxing too...which surprised me. Can't wait for his party!

More Busy

Well with Spring and all the Summer sports starting it's getting really busy lately. We start softball and kickball next week. That will be 3 days out of the week that will be just way too busy. It will all be fun though! Lukas will come out and hang out with the Grandma's or if it's icky out he will stay with one of them. It's also starting to get nicer and nicer out, so I must get him some clothes soon for summer. He has a few outfits, but I know he will need more than that.