Its Fall and we’ve been very busy since the last post. First, Mor Mor has now come to visit twice, once around Labor Day and second just last week. Also in September, I braved a solo flight to Georgia with Lucas. I was heading down to see the Dawgs play South Carolina (a heartbreaking loss as it turns out) and decided to bring Lucas so he could see my grandparents. Mor Mor met us at the airport and took Lucas down to LaGrange while I went to Athens. Apparently he had a blast with Mimi, Great Grandpa, Aunt Clarice and Mor Mor. I know it was special and despite the extreme DIFFICULTY at keeping him still during the flights, it was worth it. We also went to West Virginia for a weekend and had a blast with Rose Mary. The weather was great and she had many trucks and toys for Lucas to play with… it was Lucas’s first trip there and it was really special.
Meanwhile Lucas keeps growing by leaps and bounds. Just in the month between visits, Mor Mor could not believe how much he looks like a kid rather than a baby. He is SO tall and his face is starting to lengthen (he still has those cheeks thankfully). He understands so much… if you say go get your shoes or let’s go eat or where is your truck he will always respond appropriately. His daycare provider said that she gives Lucas a cup and says, Go take this to Nolan, and another to someone else and someone else. She said he never gets it wrong and always gives it to the right child. He now knows where his belly, foot, and teeth are. But beware, if you ask him where his belly is he will insist on seeing yours as well, no matter where you are. Our days are filled with much of the same routine: get up, go get a treat (teets as Lucas says) for Tucker, eat breakfast, go outside and play, usually play with the neighbors, eat lunch, get a treat for Tucker, take a nap, go outside, usually play with the neighbors, come inside to eat dinner, go get a treat for Tucker, play chase with us all around the house, bath, chase all around his room with Tucker, and finally bed. Sprinkled in between are reading his books about trucks and airplanes and helicopters. I’ll have to create a separate post just to cover his new obsession with trucks and airplanes and helicopters.
Lucas has also really begun talking in earnest now. His words are as follows:
Treat (teet), teeth (tees), cheese (chees), Mama, Dada, Go, Tucker (Uh-ka), all done (ah dah), Diddle diddle (I know, its not technically a word but this is what he calls all large motorized vehicles like trucks and buses), hot (haaa – said over and over with mouth wide and hands spread out), shoes (shooz), Isaac (Iiiiiisaaaac, our neighbor’s son and Lucas’s BFF), agua (babua), squirrel (quirrel), apple (aahhhpple), night night (ni ni), baby (bee bee), and helicopter (codacopta).
Yes, that last one was helicopter…. it makes no sense and no one else can tell that is what he is saying, but I’m telling you the boy says helicopter. Did I mention his obsession? He is also so adorable about our neighbor’s son Isaac. Every time we go by his house he says Iiiiii saaaaac and wants to play with him constantly. They both get so excited to see one another. They will hug, kiss, and of course push and smack each other too. The other day we were at the park and Isaac fell down and started crying. Lucas ran to him looking so concerned. He patted Isaac’s mom’s leg since she was holding Isaac and she ended up comforting Lucas along with Isaac. It was adorable. We are so lucky to live in this neighborhood… there are so many kids and almost every evening you can find a big group of us outside playing in the yard and the street.
We have alot of fun times coming up, including Lucas’s 18 month doctors appointment (I can’t believe it), a visit from Tom’s cousins and Gram, and Halloween. We are working hard on his costume, last year’s Luke Skywalker is tough to beat. I’ll be sure to post pictures soon after. In the meantime, enjoy catching up on pictures and videos!

The beach is tiring stuff

Mama that is ticklish!

Woah, what is that??

A diddle diddle!

Let me tell you...

What's in your pocket Great Grandpa?

Say what?

Blowing bubbles with Rose Mary

Love Tucker

Getting chilly!

Best friend Isaac

"I'm sorry I hit you buddy"

"Dude, no need for kissing!"

New table just my size from Mor Mor

Fall fun

Rosie and Shana

Punkin Patch

Family fun on the farm

Hayride pulled by a TRACTOR

Here moo cow!

I love almond butter!

Sweet boy