Ahpatee, Ahpatee, oh Ahpatee!

There is a commercial for these Dell mini's and they are singing the Lollipop song. You know the song..."Lollipop, lollipop, oh lollipop!" Well when Lukas hears this song he bops up and down and starts singing "Ahpatee, ahpatee, oh ahpatee!" It makes us laugh every time! Watching him learn is such a neat experience. Even if you don't know what he is saying at first. It doesn't take too long to figure out what he is trying to communicate.

Children

There is a blog I started reading. http://ryansutter.com/blog/ I stumbled onto it the other day. I used to be a big Bachelorette and Bachelor show watcher. I feel it's gotten sad the last few years so I stopped watching it. Well this gentleman and his wife were on this show. I saw a link on Yahoo that said they had another baby so naturally I googled his name and he has a blog. There is a Parenting entry in his blog that I really liked a lot. He speaks about how he was reading an article that took a poll and 90% of all parents think that children decreased the couples happiness.. He thought that was a little high and I do agree with him. He said in his blog "Anyone who has kids knows that they are hard work. What in life worth a damn isn’t?". I totally agree with his comment. Children are a tremendous amount of work. They depend on you for everything at first, and as they grow you teach them to be their own person it gets better and worse. I feel this with Lukas growing and learning and since he has become a toddler I feel it's even more work. However, when I say work it's a good kind of work. The kind that makes you feel like a million bucks! When you look into your child's eyes and you see how content and happy they are I think their happiness makes you happy too! I think that poll was wrong.

Ouch!

Lukas is learning new words everyday. He copies almost everything I say. Ouch is the new one. If he is getting tickled or I am changing him he is saying "ouch!" to me. I know it doesn't hurt him, but it's actually pretty funny! He has picked up "holy cow", "oh my gosh", "where is it", and "what is it". It seems like he picks up a new word or phrase everyday. His copying things has even got funnier. Daisy our Jack Russell Terrier will cough or grunt for air sometimes when her trecia collapses she will starting making the noise and Lukas will run in. He says "DAISY, oah oah oah and he makes the same noise Daisy does over and over. It's cute. Daisy is ok it's a normal thing for it to happen. No harm.

August is flying by too fast

It seems like we were literally waiting for summer to get here and now it's almost done. Lukas has been really fun this summer. Trying new things and becoming his own little person. He likes to play in the sprinkler, ride on this little bus outside, play with cars, and most of all climb everything. His taste buds have changed too. He isn't as picky as he used to be in the beginning of summer. He will eat anything with noodles in them. Pizza and chicken are some of his favorites and we found out he likes green tea. Watching him grow into his own little person has been a bitter sweet feeling. I am so excited and happy for him when he learns something new or does something new, but at the same time it makes me sad. He is moving further away from that baby stage and it makes me a little sad. I wish I could bottle up those baby moments, because I already miss them. He is a fun little boy to hang out with, and I know it will get even better! The future holds so many possibilities for him. Can't wait to see more "Lukas" as he grows and learns new things.

Teething and more teething

I believe Lukas is teething again. I know this because his drool production has increased and I don't think he is sleeping as soundly at night as he was. The last few days at daycare he eats breakfast and goes right back to sleep for a morning nap. Also the other day he was walking around making a new noise with his mouth. Well now that he has so much extra drool he can make this really cool crazy noise with his mouth. It usually leads to him getting everything wet and I have to change his shirt. It's that much drool! He has one more tooth to get before he starts getting his 1 year old molars. Since he is behind on teething...he might be getting them together. Although...I really hope not!

Lazy days of summer?

I must say since Lukas has been born...there are no per say "lazy" days. They call these last days of summer lazy days. I don't know who came up with that term. When you work full time and are chasing a toddler when you aren't at work there is no "lazy" about it. Of course I would not change it for the world either. I love my baby boy and husband. They keep me happy and busy. Next summer I might not get so involved in summer sports. Between my husband and I we play 3 days a week. Tuesday through Thursday we are on the go either playing softball or kickball. In a few weeks my husband starts Football and in about a month we start volleyball. However at least those are for the fall and winter. Softball and Kickball will be done shortly. Summer seems to be slipping away from us. I can't believe how fast time goes since we have had Lukas. It feels like blinks in time.