Snow Day!

Well, after our spring-like weather, which brought forth our daffodils, it is snowing today. Even on the coast, which is really strange looking to me (snow on a beach?!). These pictures are from when it had just started this morning; by now, an hour later, it is accumulating on the ground. Very pretty, but odd for spring break here.

Lucas takes his first steps

According to daycare, Lucas took his first real steps today (no hands!). We haven't been able to get him to do it with us yet, in his zeal to get to me (he is very attached, and entering the separation anxiety phase on top of that), he'll consider taking a real step but then just drop down and crawl instead, because it's faster. But he is crawling and cruising like a champ, and also is walking around very well with his push toys:



To play the video, click on the > arrow twice (once to activate the control, and a second time to start "play").

We can't wait to see his hands-free walking for ourselves!

Belated Easter Post #2

After dyeing eggs Saturday morning, Josh put the eggs in his basket to leave out for the Easter Bunny Saturday night. He was very eager to get to bed, so "the bunny" (as he said) could come hide the eggs for us. We awoke Sunday morning to find our dyed eggs hidden, along with several hidden plastic eggs of candy, and our baskets re-filled with even more treats!

Josh was proud of his "Josh" egg.

We really enjoyed the easter egg hunt. It was rainy (hey, at least we got nice weather on Saturday), so the hunt was inside, but for a 3-year-old it was plenty!

Belated Easter Post #1

On the Saturday before Easter, the weather was gorgeous here, and we headed to the zoo for the "Rabbit Romp." Here are Josh and Lucas meeting a bunny:


Observe the beautiful sunny weather:


And now, meeting THE bunny:

Josh was so excited that he shook hands with the Easter Bunny!

You can barely see it in his little hand, but here Lucas is enjoying a lollipop from Josh's successful egg hunt on the zoo concert lawn. Much like the popsicle, we offered him a taste, and he loved it and would not give it back. He ate the whole thing.

Little Lucas

Lucas turned 9 months old on Tuesday and went in for his check up. After starting life at a squarely average 50th percentile for weight, he has gradually decreased, to 25th, then 15th at 6 months, and only 5th percentile at 7 months. Well, he is now off the chart completely. Zero percentile. He is not comparable in size to even one percent of other 9-month-olds. He is my little peanut.
He did finally start to get a tooth on Monday, just in time to beat the 9-month deadline Josh met. Of course, we still cannot actually see a tooth, even now at the end of the week, but I can definitely feel a cutting edge in there, so it's coming.
John is using our camera in his 7th grade classroom, and the computer gave a warning sign when I tried to upload video, so I am without any kind of photographic representation to give you at this time. Will be forthcoming when I am able! I have some cute footage of Lucas I want to post.
Until then, if anyone has any connections in Major League Baseball, get us some human growth hormone, it looks like we're going to need it!

(to any feds surveilling my blog, that was a joke, not a solicitation.) (One never knows these days.)