Tomorrow is my FIRST BIRTHDAY! How did that happen so fast? I suppose our lives are action packed, and the last year has been a really big year for this family. I was born, Mom got a new job, Preston turned 4... a bunch of other stuff happened, too.
Mom and I stayed home today, because I'm sick. I've had a cold that started a few days ago, and Mom wanted to make sure that I am better for my party this weekend, so we took it easy today. I am feeling better; I took a really good nap. Mom took the opportunity to bake some cakes for my birthday (yes, plural cakes - one to smash and one to share). It's a good thing she decided to bake during the day, because it took ALL day.
Even though Preston and I are a lot alike, the bigger I easier it is to see how much we are different. By now Preston was walking everywhere, and I only take steps for Daddy. We also like different foods and different sippy cups. Preston had a few words, and I just love to scream. At one year old we both love similar things: cats, cars, books, cheerios, etc. The best part of being the second child is that Mom and Dad are far less strict with me. They let me have oreos and Lucky Charms, and I get away with all sorts of things because they blame Preston whenever I scream. It's the sweet life.
Like I mentioned I still crawl all over the place, only taking steps when encouraged. So tonight Mom too my clothes off and let me crawl around nakedeedee while she got my bath ready. When I heard the water in the bath tub I crawled into the bathroom. But when I get to the tile floor in the bathroom I don't like how cold it feels on my knees, so I switch to a bear crawl! Mom thinks it's really silly, but I just call it problem solving!
Event though I don't walk much independently, I'm figuring out ways to get around; I suppose you could say that I'm lazy. I push chairs around the kitchen and hold onto grownups as they walk around the house.
Today Mom was doing the dishes and putting them in the dishwasher. Normally I like to help by taking everything back out of the dishwasher, but today I decided to help by closing the dishwasher. I lifted the lid all the way up. She was done with dishes whether she thought she was or not. Can you imagine what it will be like in a few months when both Preston and I rule this house?
From Preston:
Lukey and I had a fun weekend. Gigi and Grandpa came to stay with us on Saturday, because Mom and Dad had a busy day of rehearsals, and then they went to see Grandma's costumes in the high school musical. Gigi and I tried to play in the snow, but it was too deep. Our boots kept sinking in to it.
Then on Sunday we went to church so Mom could do the children's message, and I sat quietly all the way through the whole service! Lukey had to go to the nursery because he was shrieking too much. He does that a lot.
After church Lorna and John stopped by for a little bit on their way home. I showed them my bunk bed and my fishies and all the cool stuff that I have. John has a yellow car, which is awesome, but then I showed him all of MY yellow stuff, just so that he knew who was boss around here.
On Monday I went on a field trip! I LOVE field trips. I get to go on the school bus with all my friends, usually do something cool once we get to where we are going, and then come back again on the bus! How awesome is that? This time we went to a show at the high school which was all about Curious George. Curious George put himself in a box and tried to mail himself! I don' remember what happened after that, but that part was really funny! Lukey missed me at school while I was gone, but then I came back.
From Mommy:
I'm mad at the blog, because that last post was 5 times longer than it is and the internet ate the rest of it. I don't remember most of what I wrote, which is a bummer. But I suppose the centiment is that Luke's birthday, I think, will feel like the start of spring for me. Which is really special. Even though we still have snow on the ground and may get a little more before it is truly spring, this week of Luke's birthday has been a welcome glimpse of pleasant weather to come. And the LONG winter doesn't feel quite so long anymore. I think I wrote about all the horrible weather last week and how the driving was so bad several days in a row. It's mostly stuff I don't want to remember anyway!!
Tonight, as usual, we were all hanging out in Preston's room for bedtime. We have really let bedtime get away from us lately, but that's a story for a different time. John was throwing Lukey into the air, which Luke thinks is hysterical. Preston wanted to be thrown into the air, even though he's too big. And I was sitting in a corner just watching the horseplay unfold. All I could think the whole time is "this is what Daddies are really for." It's so fun to now have 2 boys that can rough house with their dad. Luke is still kind of little to be rough with, but he wants to be right in the action! Nothing is slowing him down. Of course I wanted the kids to go to bed, so that I can have some grown up time, but I just couldn't bring myself to break up the fun.