Elvira

I got my hair colored last night and it is sooooo dark. I called my hair lady(who is amazing and I love her) and she squeezed me in last night. We always mix up some concoction and the last time I LOVED the color. I thought that was what it would look like. She put me under the dryer, which we don't normally do, so I don't know if that cooked it more or what. When I got home last night, Billy was like"it looks dark" and I thought it was just because it was wet. Holy crap! It is waaaaaayyyyyy darker then I thought. I looks ok, just an adjustment. I have had it dark like this before and I know it will fade quickly, but holy smoke! So if you see me over the holiday weekend, I am not going goth or anything, just a hair color situation. Have a great day! I hope Lucas will know who I am...lol.

Suprise!

My husband, being the spontaneous person that he is, decided to surprise me with a family trip to Mexico two days after Christmas! Seven days+10 month old baby=ARE U INSANE!, I mean "thank you honey, how sweet! I think it is really sweet that he planned it(he never plans anything, gotta start somewhere right?:) , I just am being a practical mom and am stressing over it already. We are going with his brother and wife and their two daughters, so we are going to help each other out with the kids, but I think I will need a vacation from the vacation. All these things keep running through my mind, "what is he going to eat?", "how will I pack all his food and toys?", "what if he gets sick?".. I know, I know, I am worrying to much, I need to just deal with it and have fun....right? The anxiety is fading and I feel safe in knowing that I have a wonderful husband that is a great father and is really a hands on dad. Lucas loves the outdoors and the ocean. I know that he will have a blast! We had to go to the PO and get his passport, how cute is that? He smiled so big for the camera, I can't wait to see that one.
My mom is coming in tomorrow and is watching Lucas on Friday. I am going to Branson with work. Doing some shopping and just hanging out with my friends. It will be nice to get some x-mas shopping done and just have a break. I will miss my little buddy though!

Fast friends

Lucas and Blu have become fast friends over food. As most of you who know my doggie Blu, she is a chow hound and will eat anything you throw her way. Now that Lucas is self feeding, alot of food ends up on the floor. This is free game for Blu and it saves me time from sweeping up the floor. Blu is my little Hoover picker-upper!

Just hanging out this weekend. Cold and nasty here today. Billy is starting his paint gun thing today and Lucas and I are hanging out and catching up on laundry. Happy Saturday!

The Elmo fiasco

Uh..Yeah, Blu and Elmo had some words! The new Elmo Live(talks, tells stories and sings) and Blu(my needy little brown pooch) had a little misunderstanding the other day. In a rush to grab some toys the other morning I forgot to latch the basement gate and the dogs had a hay day on Lucas's play mat and his toys. Elmo seemed to get the worst of the deal! Lucas loves Elmo and every time we play him, Blu just looks at it like"you have to be kidding me!". She gets this gleam in her eye like she wants to rip its head off! Well I guess she seized the opportunity and GAME ON! I was pretty mad at first, but I kind of laugh when I think of what that was like. I can just see the red fur flying and Blu just having grand ol' time. With a little glue and a band aid, Elmo is back in business, but Blue still wants to settle the score!

Cast mishaps, snotty nose and lack of sleep=one hell of a weekend!

This picture is awesome, this is his new face he makes. Anything he sees that he likes or if you act surprised and excited, he makes this expression. This is after his surgery and he had to have his foot elevated to keep the swelling down. We read lots of books and just snuggled. He did good with the cast for the first day, but managed to get the splint off Friday night after dinner. We had to take him to the doctor Saturday morning and have them re-splint it. By the time we left the office and went to the grocery store, he was wiggling his way out of that one. We decided that we would just wrap it the best we could and just forget the splint. He seems to be doing good with that and he doesn't seem to be in any pain. He has a cold and that seems to be a bigger deal right now then his foot. He was up ALOT at night over the weekend. He is really congested and just not sleeping well, which means that I am not sleeping well. It made for a crabby little boy and a crabby mommy. I started getting emotional and just felt like a bad mom all around. It was a challenge and I hope he gets to feeling better and sleeping better too.

He did awesome!

This has to be the cutest damn picture. He looks so big! He was finally coming out of the anesthesia and was munching on a cracker. Isn't that the cutest little cast. This will be quite the challenge for the next week.

This is him taking a wagon ride while we waited for the anesthesiologist. He got so excited when the nurse brought it. We know what he is getting for Christmas. We took some laps around the hall and he was checking out everything and everyone. Everyone just loved him and wanted to pinch his little cheeks.

This is Lucas before his surgery, happy as can be. Pretty amazing really since it is only 6 am and he hasn't had his bottle yet. He was so interested in what everybody was doing.

Surgery went smoothly and he came out of anesthesia very well. Got some tears and fussiness for only about 20minutes. We got some juice down and then were able to get the I.V. out. We are home resting and cuddling in bed for the day. As I write this he is laying next to be snoring like his daddy:)

Surgery is on:}

Lucas's surgery is a go for tomorrow! I am relieved to be getting this over with, but I am so nervous about him getting put under general anesthesia. I know that they do it all the time, but I just get so worried about it. It will be the longest hour of my life and I am going to be a nervous wreck. The hardest part for Lucas will be him not getting his bottle in the morning. We have to be at the hospital at 5:30 and his surgery isn't until 7:30. He is going to be a crabby boy!
How is everyone feeling about the election? I am just so relieved that it is over and I don't have to listen to the commercials anymore.

Bumps and bruises

Lucas got his first goose egg on his forehead. He did a header into his toybox and made some serious contact with one of his toys. Ma Ma Nancy felt horrible and said that it just happened so fast. He is so curious, always wanted to stand and check everything out. I didn't freak out, it is just the first of many bumps and bruises he will get.

His surgery is still on for Thursday...maybe. The nurse called me yesterday saying that the dr. had a death in the family and that they needed to reschedule. She then called back before the end of the day saying the it is still on and that the dr should be able to be there in the morning and that services where in the afternoon. I hope we can just get it done! If not we have to wait until Dec.11th, that is two days before my moms family celebrates x-mas and I really don't want to travel with him after the surgery. Cross your fingers.

I like this one better:)

I love this picture, it was at the halloween party and he just woke up from the car ride. All the kids where running around playing and he was just zoned out. A little sensory overload! He looks so tired! I said Batman was tired from staying up all night fighting crime.

More pics and weekend updates

Here is a picture of Lucas with Uncle Josh and Aunt Shell. We drove up to Decatur for Aunt Shell and baby Kendall's baby shower Saturday. He was a hit at the shower and at Shell's brothers surprise 30th party. He is waving at the camera, this is a new thing. Everyone could not believe what a good baby he is and how awesome it is that he keeps the hat on. I love that hat!!! He looked so handsome, dressing this boy is so much fun!

Today we got home at 11 and Lucas and daddy played outside while I picked up and started laundry. We then left daddy home to do yard work and went to Jodie's Holiday Hullabloo(spelling a little sketchy) and got started on some x-mas shopping. There was some really cool stuff and yummy cookies from the Cake Girls. We went for a family walk with the dogs and grilled out on the grill. I can't believe how nice the weather has been, you would have never guess that it is the first on November. We had Lucas in the swing outside and we were playing ball with the dogs, he has never laughed so hard. He thought that was hilarious! He really loves being outside, he is really going to miss it this winter. I will just bundle the little bugger up then, I can't wait for him to play in the snow!

Batman..fighting crime!

Here is our little Batman! We had a busy Halloween, we started out at my office to show the girls at work, then Stroller Strides class and over to one of the moms house for a costume party for the kids. There was some cute costumes, my favorite was a little Tinkerbell. She is five months old and was so cute with her little wings on. He was a little crabby, he missed his morning nap, but he loved being around the other kids. We went over to Aunt Nicki's and Uncle Jamie's and ate some dinner and went treating with there family and another family(friends of theirs). Lucas was a little confused as to why we were walking around at night, but he loved going up to the doors with dad. Everyone got a kick out of Billy taking him up there, they were like "here's some candy for daddy". I think Billy had more fun then Lucas!