19 months

I feel like as time goes on, I am getting later and later in the month for these posts. It seems that it's hard to find the time to get this done! But this has become my 'baby book' in a way, so if anything I keep doing it to remember these little times. It doesn't have to be exact, I guess :)

Little Man is doing great these days! 

• We had our first bad illness last week. RSV. No fun. It's a really bad cold that involved lots of mucous :( We had to do breathing treatments and lots of saline with suctioning. But we are all better now! Too bad he also got his first double ear infection at the end of this, so we have yet another doctor follow up tomorrow.
• This kid is demanding. He knows what he wants, and he wants it now! There's a lot of small tempertantrums just because he wants something he can't have or wants it faster than I can do it.  He's also pretty stubborn (who does he get that from?!?), so that can make these little melt downs even more fun.
• He still LOVES cars, trucks, bikes, buses, etc. basically anything transportation. He can now say 'big truck'- getting descriptive!
• He loves to throw things- even things that shouldn't be thrown. We're constantly having to make sure he's not hurting anyone or being too destructive with that arm of his.
• The biggest word he can say is 'umbrella'. Pretty impressive! 
• He still loves to be around other people. He is definitely a little politician. He's got everyone around him convinced he's perfect at all times :) I don't try and steer them wrong, but it's kind of funny.
• Daylight savings time messed us up a bit (why oh why do we do that?!?), but Luke is a great night time sleeper. Down by 7:30 and will sleep until 6:30/7 in the morning. He naps after lunch which can be anytime from 11:15-1, just depends on what we're doing, and he usually sleeps for about 1.5 hours.
•  He is a very good helper. He likes to help do laundry, put up dishes, or just fetch things from around the house. He enjoys sweeping, but I wish he was better at it.
• He always wants 'up'. On the bed, on the couch, on the counter- wherever he can get a better view.
• He loves a walk in his stroller. We have a nice 45 minute route we do.
• He still loves school! He sleeps well and is always happy to go and when I pick him up. His teachers are very sweet, as well. That's been a very good experience.
• Everyday there's a new word- I can't even think of what they are to list here. But his vocabulary continues to grow, and it's slowly getting easier to communicate with him.
• We have had an issue with him throwing his food at dinner (only meal he does this-odd), so he did spend his first minute in time out. I don't think he got it, so I'm trying other things right now, and last night there were only 3 carrots on the floor!
 

This kid is really just overall very happy and laid back. He's just fun to be around :)

Halloween

This year, halloween was very fun! We're not totally there to completely go all in with the holiday, but we made huge strides this year for sure :)

First off was Trunk or Treat at the church. People decorate their trunks and the kids go around the parking lot 'trick or treating'. They also had hot dogs, cotton candy, bounce houses, cake walks, and a hay maze. 

This particular evening, we tried to get Luke to put on his costume, but he threw a huge tantrum and basically tried to tear it off his body. So.. we went with plan B. Trey's parents had given Luke some overalls before he was even born, and we hadn't had a chance to pull them out yet, so we figured we'd put those on him and he could be a rancher. He was much happier in normal clothes, and we had a great time at the event.

About to hit up the vehicles. I think I'm more excited than he is.

Luke's very first time to trick or treat. He did a great job! Notice how we had him take his horse- made his costume a little more believable, don't you think?

After getting his candy, he sat right down to see what he had. We had to prompt him to keep going :)

Cutest little rancher out there.

Luke and Daddy. The bounce houses had a 30 minute line. No thank you.

Oh yes! There was also a fire engine there. Luke would have sat there all day if we let him.

 

 

Then actual Halloween came around, and I wasn't very excited because he'd had melt down #1 about his costume on Saturday and then melt down #2 about the overalls on Monday for a playgroup Halloween party. At this point, I was over Halloween and just ready to throw in the towel.

But, then our sweet neighbor told me she had something special for Luke that night, so we did what any good parent would do- we bribed him. Yep, we gave Luke chocolate to get into his original costume and go next door to get his treat. It worked and he ended up having a great time!

Isn't he the cutest cow?!? I'm so glad he finally put the costume on :)

Walking over to Rosie's

We knocked and then he pretty much invited himself in.

Leaving with his loot- animal crackers and a puppy dog.

Just a cow and his dog.

Since he was doing so great, we walked across the street to the Bell's to show off his cuteness!

Luke with Grandma and Grandad.

Luke with mom and dad.

Even though Halloween started off a little questionable, it turned out really well. It turned into a week long affair: Trunk or treat, Moms group Halloween party, trick or treating, and a trip with our square one play group to the arboretum to cap off the Halloween season.

It was a great time, and I can't wait for next year!