the concrete world of a kid

Driving…

…and eating.

talking!

Lucas is definitely talking now. Some words:

• home / “haumm”
• banana / “banana” or “nana”
• bottle / “buhbuh”
• hold me / “up ee”
• please / “eeeees”
• thank you / “gnk gnk”
• binkie / “nee nee”
• blankie / “ahnk gnk”

The gutteral sounding things make more sense when you hear them in person. He seems to like to talk in the back of his throat, for whatever reason.

sick sick sick

First the kids were sick (Thursday). Now, my husband is sick (Saturday). I think I’m next. Let’s hope not.

In other news, Lucas has learned all of the following since Tuesday (when we arrived home from Texas):

• climb out of his pack & play (makes bedtime that much more interesting)
• reach the thermostat (which contains mercury, so I just purchased a guard on Amazon earlier today)
• open all the doors in the apartment (except the door to the outside, which has a safety lock on it)
• how to slide our plexiglass bookcase guards up and down (thankfully, he can’t get them all the way up & out)

This kid is way too smart.

Houston, we have standing

When she gets up in the morning, she can now peek over the edge of the playpen and make noise until we notice her. It’s wicked cute.