Post Halloween and Vegas

So we survived Halloween...barely. We have an awesome group of friends and they all really know how to have fun. Friday night we had a pumkin carving party at Luke & Alyssa's. Luke got to play with his good friends Aurora, Boston, & Brayden. These kids are starting to actually play together and not just next to each other doing their own thing. Its so much fun to watch! Luke was really a big time partier that night and stayed up until we got in the car at 11pm!

The next night was the annual Halloween party at Ryan & Loralyn's. Wow did we have fun. We left at 12pm and only because my child was the only one still awake and I felt like a bad mom!

Sunday we had a little block party/pot luck and then took the kids trick or treating. It took Luke all of about 2 houses to get the hang of it. He kept trying to walk into people's houses. He loved the decorations and all the little dogs that were hanging out in driveways helping their owners pass out candy.

Friday we are leaving for Vegas. Totally bummed and excited all at the same time. I just dont want to leave Luke. If only he could come with us it would be the best trip!! Ryan and Loralyn are coming with us and that is going to be a lot of fun!

I will put up halloween pics later.

Pooping in the potty!

Well our doctor told us to try Luke on the potty at 18 months. Since his 18 month birthday is just a few days away I bought a little potty chair for him. I really wanted to just get one that goes on the seat but he is afraid of the toilet so I just got the seat. Luke loves it. Thinks its very cool. We just got it yesterday and so not really ready to completely potty train but I noticed he is more aware of when he pees recently so I decided to let him run around naked (his favorite thing to do) and just "watch" him closely. Well I am the biggest dork because there he was naked on his seat looking so cute so I went to grab my camera and when I got it I noticed the battery was dead so I went to get the charger and set it up and the next thing I know I hear something in my room and walk in to find him standing in next to my bed peeing! After breakfast I tried again and this time I caught him in time and put him on the potty and he peed! We made a huge deal out of it and gave him a treat for peeing in there! We had a really busy day but when we got home that evening he had a full 8 oz of milk and I thought perfect we will try it again. Sure enough within 10 minutes I noticed a little drop of pee coming out and I put him on his seat he finished peeing and went poop! I could hardly believe. I was freaking out telling him how awesome he was and I was proud of him and clapping and he looked at me like I was crazy! Don't think we are going to go full force with the potty training right now. He is still very young and doesn't quite get it yet but this is a big step in the right direction. I was afraid he was going to be one of those kids who is 3 and not potty trained yet. With Jay & I going on vacation soon and then the holidays after that we will probably wait until after the first of the year to really go for it unless of course he decides he wants to.

On a side note he is starting to talk a lot now. His new sentence is I can see it or I see it which means he wants to see something. Took me a couple of days to figure out what he was talking about because he kept saying I can see it and I had no clue what the heck he was seeing but it all made sense yesterday when we were at a friends house and they had a fish on the dresser and I had picked him up to show him and then later he said mom I can see it and raised his arms so I would pick him up and show him. It also sounds like he says I can't do it a lot but we are not really sure. He said cheese yesterday but I missed it. Seems like every day he gets a new word.

When he drinks his milk at night I let him watch a show on Nick Jr. Usually its Yo Gabba Gabba since that is his favorite and if I say Yo Gabba Gabba is on he runs to his chair or the couch waiting for me to turn it on. On Nick Jr. the shows are only about 20 minutes or so and then after they have a cartoon moose come on an do puzzles and songs and stuff. He loves Moose. Last night I was washing dishes while he was drinking him milk watching tv. I look over at him and he is bouncing in his chair. Then I hear Moose on tv said step 2 is clapping and Luke starts to clap. Step 3 is turn around so Luke gets up and spins and then the do all the steps over again and he does them. Seriously when did he get so big! He is getting much better at listening to directions and if he does go in time out he actually stays put until we tell him.

Well we are off to a busy weekend. Saturday: I work, we have 3 birthday parties stacked up after that. Sunday: Bates Nut Farm for Pumpkin Patch (which is about an hour away from us) and then a birthday party at 5. Seriously between the 4 Bday parties this weekend and then we have a birthday dinner for my BFF Loralyn on Tuesday then her actual party on Friday we are just on this birthday party train which continues from last month where we had 4!

Pictures

I just realized I haven't put any new pictures up in a long time. I have nothing special to share just a few random pics since September

Eating an ice cream cone backwards

Just love this face!

He has sunscreen all over his face but he doesn't care

This was after my bunco night. He passed out in our bed and was so cute as I was trying to put his jammies on.

Passed out with the bottle

Drinking some milk laying on the floor. He is very silly!

A few weeks ago we had the pleasure of having Boston spend the day with us. Luke had so much fun! For some reason he does this a lot in photos

The boys playing swords

See he is doing it again.

What little cuties!

Showing off his head injury. He was skateboarding with our neighbor Ben. Well Luke thought he could skateboard himself and this is what happened.

Fun times

So we had an awesome weekend last weekend! Friday night was my monthly girls Bunco night. Luke and Jason got to play at the neighbors until bunco was over. Saturday we headed over to Ryan and Loralyn's for game night with all our friends. That was so much fun but with two toddler boys it was a lot of work! Boston and Luke actually got into a fight. They normally get along great but they started fighting over a toy and pushed eachother. Sunday was our next door neighbors kids birthday party. The party was for Ben (10) and Kayla (5). Luke loves Ben so much. Ben pushes him around in Luke's little car, or on a scooter, bike, or skateboard. Kayla loves Luke and pretends he is her little doll! They had a birthday party at the pool and the kids have so much fun. Ben is at the age where he is really into clothes and shopping and he mentioned to me that he really liked Tilly's so we got him a gift card to Tilly's and his face was pretty priceless! He was so happy and can't wait to go shopping! After the party we ran home for a bit and let Luke nap for an hour then we headed down to our neighbor Susie's house for dinner. They have family in from out of town and so we all hung out and had some fun! By Monday morning I was exhausted. I could barely stay awake.

By Tuesday I had started feeling less exhausted and that is good because I have officially given up caffeine again. If you don't know I had not had caffeine in about 2 years but all of a sudden the last few months seems like we are getting busier and busier and I am getting less and less sleep and I started drinking coffee. Now that we are getting a little more serious about having another baby I figure I better cut down on caffeine now so I don't have to do it while I'm tired and not feeling well from being pregnant. Speaking of being pregnant I have 3 pregnant friends right now and could possibly have 2 more pregnant friends within the next couple months. Talk about a lot of new babies!!

A couple of weeks ago I entered a text message contest for a store in Old Town called Hotlicks, which is a hot sauce store. They have nothing but lots and lots of different hot sauces. Well the prize was hot sauce for a year (2 bottles per month so 24 bottles total) and I won!! I got the call yesterday and am super duper excited. I mean really its not as awesome as say winning diapers or gas for a year but its still fun!

This weekend is shaping up to be pretty fun. Saturday we have Ryan's 30th birthday party. All the boys (big boys not baby boys) are going to play laser tag Saturday morning while us girls hang out and do our own thing and then the boys will join us and they are having Pizza and Beer. I'm excited but now that Ryan is 30 makes me sad because I know its my turn next :(

Awesome weekend

So we ended up having an awesome weekend! Luke was great the whole weekend and we got lots of family time in! I worked on Saturday so while I worked Luke and Jason walked down to the taco shop and got themselves a late breakfast. Jason sent me a picture on my phone of Luke in the restaurant in his Pj's and it was so cute!! Saturday night Lindsay came over for Chicken Taco soup and salad. It was so nice to hear about her very super adventurous trip to Alaska. All I can say is NO THANK YOU! I am not up for camping in the middle of absolutely no where for 5 days. I don't want to camp anywhere for 5 days!

Sunday we went up to San Clemente to meet up with our neighbors who were camping. They were camping at the beach and had an awesome little camping spot and had at least 8 trailers there with lots of people (and lots and lots of kids!). It was overcast but nice and we walked down to the beach and Luke had a blast. The water was cold but Luke didn't mind. He likes to just stand there and wait for the waves to come. It is so awesome to see the excitement on his little face. After playing in the water he played in the sand for awhile. Lets just say he had sand everywhere! When we got back from the beach he played with all the other kids and just had a blast. We drove home that night to sleep in our own beds and since Luke only got a 1 hour nap on the way up he slept really good that night! I myself went to bed before 10pm which hasn't happened in months and we got to sleep in until 6:45! It was awesome.

Monday we just spent the whole day at home. I got a nap in while Luke napped and then we had an early dinner, bath and then headed out to play with the neighbor kids. The kids right next door to us are awesome with Luke and push him around on bikes and in his police car. He is really spoiled rotten!

Its a short week for me (only 2 days!) and we have a busy weekend ahead us but all fun stuff!

Doctor's visit

We took Luke to the doctors for a check up and shots yesterday. He weighed in at 21lbs 10oz and 31 inches tall(he has gained 1lb 10oz and grown 2 inches since his 12 month check up). The doctor said he is perfect! Not too thin and definitely not chubby. I always think he is a little chubby especially when I see him next to Aurora and Boston but the doctor made it clear he was not chubby and a little on the too small side but said since he is smaller boned and short like me he was fine. He got his shots and was fine after that. We then picked up dinner and went to a really cool park and played in the grass. Luke's favorite new thing is playing baseball. He has this little ball that sits on a tee (but its really small and not like a real tee) and hits it with the bat. He is a little obsessed actually. Its pretty cute. He hits it then says again and does it all again.

The doctor did mention that he likes to start trying to put them on the potty at 18months. I am not sure if we will do that or not. A potty training guide a friend gave me said optimal time she has found was 22 months which seems a little more likely so I guess we will wait and see where he is in the next 2 months and see if we should give it a go or wait for a few more months. He also would like to have the bottle and pacifier gone at 18 months. We are down to 1 bottle per day in the morning and I don't know how we are going to get it away from him. He is not the most pleasant child in the morning until after his bottle. I don't blame him either because I am not pleasant at all in the morning. I try to not be irritated but Jason just smiling at me or saying anything at all irritates me. This morning he got up and just the sound of him peeing irritated me! I need help. The pacifier is going to be difficult too. He only gets it in his bed and its not like he is sucking on it all night long but the doctor was concerned about his teeth so we will work on not using it. I may wait until after our Vegas trip.

Speaking of Vegas we are now going twice in November. The first time we are going with Ryan and Loralyn for 2 nights no babies! I'm soooooooooo sad and don't want to leave Luke but it will be good to get away before we start trying for another baby. The second time is for an accounting meeting and we will take Luke with us and Luke and I will hang all day alone while Jay does his meetings. It will be fun just to get away and Luke loved the hotel last time so even if we spend all our time there it will be good. I have some friends and family there I would like to try and see also!

By the way if you can't tell by my new background I am very much looking forward to Fall. I love summer and we have had a fantastic one but I love fall and getting ready for Halloween and all the other fun stuff!

Luke started signing bath to me the other night. I mean seriously I have not done that sign in probably 6 months and only really did it a few times. I have no idea how he remembered it but he did and now he does it all the time. I got him out of his high chair after he was done with dinner and he started doing it and running down the hall. Unfortunately Jason and I were not done with dinner and that did not make Luke happy! Finally when we were done I said ok ready for your bath and he starts doing the sign for bath and heading towards the bathroom. It is so cute! Then we got out the sign language book since we know he can do them and pick them up pretty quickly so I did the sign for brush teeth and the kid got so excited he started signing it and ran to the bathroom. He gets very giddy when he knows he gets to brush his teeth (I really hope that lasts but I'm sure it will become a chore to get him to brush someday). He lets me use the finger brush for about 30 seconds and then I let him go to town with his Elmo toothbrush. Its not so fun after about 5 minutes and you need him to go to bed. Once you take away the toothbrush you need to be prepared for a huge tantrum!

Luke has also started picking his nose. Its cute for about 2 seconds then its just gross! He is also starting to talk a tiny bit more. The sitter told me he said thank you to her the yesterday. I know he has repeated me when I tell him to say thank you several times but he said it all on his own this time! He was repeating Jason last night and Jason kept saying I love you over and over and Luke would say it back. He has also somehow picked up how to cover your mouth if you cough. So funny I watched him do it several times one day. He is like a sponge and its a little scary! We are participating in some training for a speech therapist from Kaiser. We go on Friday and while they are working with Luke they are going to be talking to me about how I can help him learn at home. No Luke does not have a problem with speech or learning that we know of but its just something fun we got invited to do and sounds really neat so we are taking part. Can't wait to do it! They did ask me all the things he does so if there was anything he was behind in we could work on it. The one thing that concerns me is that he does not point. His pediatrician asked us at the 12 month visit if he is pointing to things and I said no and he kind of gave a weird look and said well I guess since he walks and otherwise acts pretty normal its fine. Well when she asked me if he pointed I said no and she said oh perfect we will work on that. Pointing would make like a little easier because he will want something out of the toy box and if it is stuck (because the toy box is a wreck and there are way too many toys in there) he just stands there screaming so you are literally pulling every thing out until he gets what he wants. Hopefully he can learn by the time we go to the pediatrician on September 3!