The Pumpkin Patch

Also known as a parking lot full of pumpkins...but it did the trick. We went to Myers Pumpkin Patch with Lukas on Saturday. Really, I just wanted some pictures of the kid with some pumpkins to make up for my lack of holiday cheer last year. There really were just so few picture-y moments that I recorded last year. I think I was tired and depressed and all...but now I'm trying to make up for it this year.

Lukie had fun, which is all that matters. Though we did learn that he hates vests...

...but looks adorable in them.

It's a hatred that extends to all things coat-like right now. Just in time for winter! Yay!

But he had a blast running around the pumpkin patch, picking out weird squashes, playing on the toys they had in the toddler area, and squirming every time I tried to take a picture with him.

His new thing is grabbing anything sticking out of the ground and yelling like he is proclaiming this land for Queen and Country.

Then, we went to Tusculum College's Homecoming parade. If you're wondering what abject terror in the face of a marching band looks like, this is it...

That didn't go so well. I was smart enough to walk away with him before the firetruck came along. In his defense, he was tired and took a 2-hour nap right afterward.

In other news, Daddy is finishing up Lukie's discovery tower. Pretty soon, he'll be able to extend his mess-making to the kitchen counters. Yay, again!

15 Months Old!!

Well, on the 3rd. He was 15 months old on the 3rd.

I told myself I didn't need to do his monthly pictures anymore, but I did decide to do them every 3 months still. Hopefully, I'll remember to do them throughout his childhood. It would be fun someday to look at all these pictures and watch him grown.

The only problem with trying to take pictures of a 15-month-old?

Well, you get the point. I think we'll go with this one-- it's one of maybe 3 photos that weren't blurry or ridiculous.

Lukie had his 15-month check-up last week and he had to get shots. I HATE it when he gets shots, and the older he gets, the more he hates it, too. Thank goodness we're still nursing and I can just feed him right away and stop the crying.

"Little" man weighs 28.2 oz., has a 19 3/4" head circumference, and is 32 1/2" tall. That puts him in the 99th percentile for weight, the 99th percentile for head circumference, and the 91st percentile for height (some calculators put him closer to the 90th for weight, but you get the idea).

He's, like....a big guy.


Oh, and he still only has two teeth. Whatever, Lukie. All in your own time, I guess. :)

So much blog...

You guys. I have so much blog to share. I think the only way to share the 47 (47!) pictures and not have you read some kind of novel of our lives is to just upload them all and caption them so you know what we're up to. I've got a couple posts waiting in the wings that feature, like, stories and stuff...but for right now, I have to share photos for the various and sundry family members who want to see pictures of this kid.

Post-bath evening shirt-free hangout time.

Probably the next morning. This guy loves his tractor...and sometimes we walk in the room to find him actually standing, on his two feet, on the seat. So it's a deathtrap, but he just LOVES it so much...

Teaching important woodwork-y lessons.

Post-play Muppet coma.

Yup. You're seeing that correctly. And if it wasn't so cute, I wouldn't post it, but apparently, if the photo is cute enough, I have no shame.

Papa Bob and Moki (Grandma Vickie) got us a new lawnmower. Well, they got Lukie a new lawnmower.

This kid's morning hair. I just CAN'T with it.

Yeah. He's putting keys in the door. We're in trouble.

Daddy was using the air compressor out on the porch. Lukas thought it was utterly fascinating, and not a just a little fun.

Our new friend, the finger toothbrush. Every night was dissolving into a complete meltdown when I was trying to brush his 2 teeth, so I got this bad boy. He doesn't LOVE it, but he doesn't HATE it, and I think it actually must feel good when I massage his gums where the next teeth are coming in. By the way, the doctor said today that his next teeth are really close. Lukas had his 15-month check-up and he weighs 28 lbs and 2 oz. He's a massive little man.

We took a trip to Knoxville this last weekend and Lukas was fascinated by the fountain near the Farmer's Market. The trip went really well!

Post-trip wasn't that great, though. Little man came down with a cold and coughed most of Saturday night and Sunday. At my wit's end, I ran to the store and got some baby Vick's Vaporub and put it on his feet to sleep last night...and I don't know if it was the Vick's or the new footie pajamas he was wearing, but Lukas SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST NIGHT!!! He napped from 5:30-6:30 yesterday, then slept from 9:00-5:45, nursed, then went back down until 8:00 a.m.

Hallelujah! Let's just see if it EVER happens again.

That's my stool from when I was a little kiddo. He likes to sit on things (no seriously, like everything he can find to sit on, he parks his rear end on it), so we got this out and he liked sitting on it to watch the Muppets.

And then we played outside all afternoon and drank cider. It was a pretty great day, even if this was a bit of a sick day. He still had fun and I finally got some good fall shots of him. 

That's it, folks. I got some new toys that will hopefully make posting on the blog a little easier from here on out, so until next time, WHICH WILL BE MUCH SOONER, I PROMISE!