Wipe away the tears

Lukas has a way of making you feel happy. I don't know if it's his personality or just him being my baby. Well we found out a few months back that my Grandma has melanoma. She did get it removed, but it has spread since and it scares me. When I found out all I could do is cry. Lukas was right there. He didn't understand what was wrong, but he climbed on my lap and played with his car close to me. Nobody on earth knows how long they have here and I guess I should be thankful my Grandma has had a very satisfying and happy life. The Lord only knows how long she has and Lukas and I are going to make sure we make the most of it. We already try to visit weekly, but I think I will try to do extra little things to show her we love her and appreciate her. She is one of those constants in your life that truly are there for you no matter what. I actually have a lot of family that way. I am very blessed and lucky to have such a great family, grandmother, and little boy. He is the one thing my grandma wanted so badly. She would tell me all the time that she wanted a Great Grandchild, and Chris and I were trying. Lukas took us 2 years to conceive. I am so happy I had him and that they are getting to know each other. Little boys are special and tough I must try to be tough too.

Teething, Growing, or Tuckered

This whole summer I have had Mondays off and it's nice. Lukas and I get to spend some time together and sometimes my husband if he is home on a Monday. Our company has been really slow this summer so we were only working 32 hours a week. I absolutely loved the extra day with my little guy! With our crazy weekends the Mondays I have off have been our only really good quality days together. Yesterday Lukas woke up bright and early (strange for him) he usually sleeps in if I don't get him up for daycare. Well he was acting pretty crabby so I decided to put him back down for a nap. I didn't know if he was going through a sleeping period in his growing spurt or his teeth were bothering him. Well he took a 3 hour nap! When he woke up he was his normal happy self, and I was surprised he slept that long. I knew he wouldn't take an afternoon nap after he took such a long morning nap. Well we did some running and went to visit Great Grandma. We came home he ate an afternoon snack and he grabbed his blanket and started laying on the floor. I picked him up and put him in his crib to see if he might need another nap. To my surprise he did need another nap. He took another hour and a quarter nap! When he woke up he was his happy self again and I was thinking we had probably tuckered him out this weekend with being so busy. He must have been playing some catch up!

Connect 4

There is a game that Lukas plays at Daycare...
it's Connect 4! Except he doesn't connect 4 he just puts all the little pieces in the slots. It's more like put the circles in the slots. It's a great hand eye coordination activity for him. It's neat and a little scary how fast he learns something from other kids! He sees another child do something and Bam he knows it. Crazy crazy crazy! My baby is growing too fast!