Week 52 - 2018

Getting dressed to go out in the snow is an ordeal if your name is Lucas.

He needed to calm himself with his binky afterwards. 

Bingham sib game night (at least the ones in town).

Luc didn't want to go to bed. He stayed up and watched the Fred Rogers documentary with us (with sunglasses on??).

Waiting for dinner and playing with markers.

Sad, sick baby "playing" Mario with an unplugged controller.

He has been wearing this fireman's hat nonstop.

Stealing papa's shoes + a few other accessories.

He climbed on my lap and literally stole the Wii U out of my hands.

Stealing mama's slippers this time.

Wii wheels on both feet?

Christmas snuggles.

 

Family picture on Christmas morning. We did our best.

Opening presents.

Checking out his new train set with papa.

Bingham grandparents on Christmas Eve.

At the escape room we did with the Bingham side on Christmas Eve.

Belle was cut off :( but most of the rest of the gang.

Christmas Eve dinner with my beautiful sister.

Dancing with (or rather... for) Luc.

He insisted that everyone join in. The blurry arm is a dancing grandpa.

This week:
- We enjoyed lots of time with family celebrating the season. Luc had a ton of fun with aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents.
- We all came down with a cold after Christmas. We spent the rest of the week snuggled inside playing Mario Kart.

Week 51 - 2018

Ready to eat ALL THE HAM.

Christmas presents! Grandma and Grandpa Woodbury bought him a fireman hat. He hasn't taken it off since.

Opening a really great book with papa.

Just a cool kid watching TV. In December. Wearing only sunglasses.

Wearing Aunt Amy's shoes.

Finally got an infusion of my new medication.

CT contrast number 1.

CT contrast number 2.

A baby covered in stickers.

He asked me to swaddle all his toys.

This week was primarily a marathon of medical appointments. I went to get a CT scan done and was given the wrong contrast to drink (womp womp). I had to wait 48 hours and then try again. I also got an infusion of Stelara in the middle there and had some blood draws. Sigh. It was a frustrating, exhausting, and painful week.

This week:
- Lucas was a very patient and well-behaved baby. He spent lots of time with Nana and Grandpa B while I dealt with doctors. I can't remember a whole lot else to write down. It was generally a bad week.
- Things improved drastically on Saturday when we spent the day with family to kick off our Christmas celebrations. We saw Mary Poppins Returns with the Binghams Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon we went over to the Woodburys. We ate an amazing dinner, the grandkids opened presents, and we did the traditional "Lights Out" evening of Christmas stories and carols.

Week 50 - 2018

Tom took Luc upstairs for a bath and jammies. He came back down to say goodnight dressed like this.

Sharing a breakfast sandwich with mom.

"Whale!" Watching Blue Planet.

Snuggling on the floor playing "sleep". Aka my favorite game.

Luc drags all the pillows off the couches and fake snores in the heap.

Tantrum. He pried open my mouth and sobbed when there weren't any cookies in there (???). And then he threw himself to the floor and army crawled around the room begging for cookies.

Snuggling with papa in the evening.

Lining up his animals.

Double cell phones.

Trying out a rocking horse for the first time.

This week:
- Luc composed his first song. He bangs on the piano and yells "KNEES KNEES KNEEEEEES". This lovely song is performed multiple times a day.
- Luc's tantrums have advanced to a whole new level. This week he screamed (literally screamed) for an hour. Why, you ask? Because he asked me to pour a glass of milk for him. And I poured him a glass of milk. ...yeah.
- Luc has been developing funny little mannerisms. If you ask him a question, he says, "Ummmm. Uhhhhh."
- He has started spotting heart shapes and pointing them out to us.
- New words: jab (jam), jib (gym), and friends. I always ask him if he's excited to go see his "friends" when I drop him at the gym daycare. When I picked him up one day, he pointed around the room telling me "friend, friend, friend".

Week 49 - 2018

Playing with Nana 

Lucas with a big line of his toys. 

A comfy spot to watch Elmo.

Dino wearing Luc's shoes (at Luc's request).

Lunchtime. He kept biting his apple slices into shapes to show me. "C! Shark! Elephant!"

 

Happy boy in a tent. 

To keep Luc entertained, we set up his mini tent in the living room for a few days this week.

I also picked up these fridge magnets. 

Shark!

Luc decided to pose with the Megalodon.

More sharks!

This week:
- We spent a lot of time at home. It's been pretty cold outside, I'm still not feeling up to doing a whole lot, and we've been without a car during the day. We've had to get creative with activities.
- Luc brought me his Rex toy one day along with a pair of his shoes and asked for my help. I put the shoes on the dino and he spent the next hour making Rex do all kinds of "Luc" things. Walking, hopping, sitting in the high chair, etc.
- One of Luc's favorite shows lately has been Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. He has learned most of the characters' names - Minnie, Duck, "Nowse" (Mickey Mouse), and Pete. He is weirdly obsessed with Pete and laughs and claps whenever he comes on screen.
- If Luc sees a brush of any kind he thinks he should use it to brush his teeth. This week I have had to stop him from using a hairbrush, a vacuum attachment, and a toilet brush on his teeth. So beware.
- Luc is FINALLY consistently saying hi! and buh-bye! He has known has for a while but would save the words for special occasions.
- Luc has learned to say the words "sad" and "cry". He will pick up one of his toys and say "saaad". The he says "cryyyy" and runs to the tissue box. He dabs the toy's face with the tissue and gives it hugs and kisses.
- Our bird Artoo died this past week. Tom buried her in the mountains on a very snowy day. Luc has been asking for her and was very confused when I put her cage away. :( We'll miss you, little bird.