Phoenix Trip

We went down to Phoenix at the end of March and now that our camera and computer are friends again, I can post the very few pictures that I took. We spent a lot of time with Hans, Holly, and Kelsie and I got NO pictures. Also, Lucas's favorite part of the water park was the lazy river (we went around no less than 15 times), but I didn't get any pics of that either. This is him running around right before we left.

One of the only pictures of him looking at me

Running....

Running (mid-yell apparently)....

Standing Still (w0w!)

Running...

Running...

Pointing and Yelling. This is a Lucas classic.
(notice the leg) still running....

Daddy caught him. This is an attempt at a smile I believe.

Holding his tongue instead of smiling. At least the head tilt is oh-so-cute.Done running. He's awake and laying in all those pillows. I think we finally wore him out.

That night we went to a costume party for Jared's company. We were Pancho Villa and his mexican dancer girlfriend.

Picture from the party

It was a great weekend and it was so fun to see Hans and Holly and Kelsie. Thanks for all the fun guys!

Puddles in the Backyard

Lucas LOVES to be outside. Especially in the backyard right now when there is trouble to be caused. He got out the other night without his pants on and found a puddle. It made him very happy.

At least he's wearing shoes...

Smartypants found the hose

Crooked jaw thing he does that looks like his face is a little weird. He just likes to do this. He also likes to do an underbite on purpose.

Jared's Recent Project

We have been working on (read: starting from scratch on) our landscaping, and Jared decided that he could figure out and pour the concrete curbing to make a nice border to separate the landscaping from the lawn. Here are some pictures of his accomplishment now that it's finished. (Any color differences are because a few sections are still drying)

The is the second technique that he used that he liked a lot better for making the molds.

When Jared signed up for this job, he thought it would be some nice straight lines to make this border. But if I learned anything while studying landscaping at BYU, it's that flowing, curvy lines look a lot more natural and keep the eye moving through the landscape. There are places for straight lines, but this isn't it. So it was a lot more work than he anticipated.

Recent Lucas Sitings....

Wahoo! Finally some pictures. My camera and computer still aren't getting along, so for the time being we have cell phone pics.

Just finished his very own ice cream sundae. He was in heaven!

Trying to get every last drop of his ice cream.

I came into his room to get him one morning to discover that he had undone a screw on his crib somehow. He was just chilling and playing with it.

He pushed the stool over so he could get to the clean silverware on the counter.

He likes utensils a lot when he eats, but not necessarily to actually use them....

We went down to Phoenix for a weekend and Lucas really liked the king size bed with all of the fluffy blankets and pillows.

Lucas sleeping at the water park in Phoenix.

Lucas was super happy because mommy actually let him play in a fountain!

Trying on swim shorts.

Ketchup.

Looking for his belly button. He has a pudgy tummy, so it's hard for him to find it sometimes.

Eating a breadstick

He just couldn't seem to get enough of this breadstick in his mouth.

He got really tired and just laid down on the floor. For those of you who have seem him in action, you know how rare this is. The boy doesn't know how to sit still.

Drinking from the sprinkler outside. Of course I did what any good mom would do, I didn't stop him, I took his picture.

Picture-less Post

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. My computer had to be wiped clean and then I had to reinstall everything and for some reason Kodak will not download and install properly. Therefore, I have been spending all of my time doing that and other fun technical things to get my computer back on board. But when I do get it fixed, I have pictures (actually only a few, I was bad about taking pictures) of our trip to Phoenix last weekend, plus any other fun things that Lucas has done in the meantime. Hopefully I'll get to it soon!

Another Dancing Video

Hope you all enjoyed the pole dancing video of our sweet little boy.
However, if you found it disturbing in any way, you may want to skip this next video. I tried to post some cute ones for all of you purists out there, but the sound wasn't working on them, so I'll have to mess with it later.
I want you to know a few things before you watch this:
1. We did put him in the bowtie. It was because we were trying to get him to pole dance again wearing only a diaper and bowtie because we thought it would be funny.
2. You can't teach moves like this to a kid this young
3. The angle is funny because I didn't want him to fall off the counter
4. I personally love the squat he does with the little shake and then running his hand up his side. Where does he come up with that?
5. I also feel I should mention that these videos are from a while ago. This one is from November 1, so the pole dancing was probably a week or so before that.
And for now for your viewing pleasure....
The Mirror Act

The things we do

Lucas is going through a phase where he wants to be behind the camera while I take pictures of him so he can see them. Some cameras may allow that, but I have been having a very hard time taking pictures of him lately because of it. That is why you have been seeing a lot of cell phone pictures on the blog lately. He doesn't seem to get that I'm taking his picture on it so he lets me do it.

Ready to go downstairs after getting up in the morning with funky hair

Sorry it's dark again... he is looking at me between his legs and waving

Lining up his goldfish.
We have been counting things for him lately so now he lines them up and points to them and makes a noise that we can only guess is mimicking us saying numbers.

I was trying to get a smile out of him

There's one

He got a new tooth on the bottom this week, but there won't be pics of that for a while because it's still hard to see

We got him some ping pong balls. They are way fun since we have a tile floor.

He picked out his own outfit. He is wearing a light up WallE shirt underneath and then he saw the button down shirt he had worn to church and he wanted to wear it too. He looked way cute and was super proud of himself.

The full ensemble

His church pants are a little big, so he was running around like this all Sunday.

He loves sloppy joes. Ate two WHOLE ones by himself the other day.

Waiting for his second sloppy joe

Washing off his sloppy joe

Showing off that St Patrick's Day spirit

Playing puzzles at the library.

As my mother said, "Desert much?" I found this between my car and the garage door. And yes, it's tumbleweed.

Lucas has taken to climbing lately. He also really likes wearing his tool apron. Hence this picture. The oven was not on, I was standing next to him when he opened it, and it has since been babyproofed (for all of you worriers out there....)

Our flowering cherry tree outside. I love early spring!

Eating breakfast.