Fall Camping

I love camping in the fall. This weekend we went to O'Bannon Woods for a weekend of Halloween camping. It was chilly, so Lucas had to stay bundled up as you can tell in the pics. Daddy and Lucas carved his first pumpkin.



We decorated our campsite with a pirate ship complete with a plank for walking up to the treasure chest filled with candy. We were camping with the Blankenbergers and Koesters and we all dressed up as pirates, even Lucas. We went trick or treating from site to site until Lucas's bucket was filled with candy.


On Sunday things had finally dried out from the Friday rain so we were able to let Lucas have some fun in the leaves. We had a great time and we are sad to put the camper away until next year. We added a slideshow to share all our fun times.

First Trip to the Zoo

Saturday we finally made our first trip to the zoo. We had the best time!! It's Boo at the Zoo this weekend in the evenings so there were lots of pumpkins and Halloween decorations. At first Lucas was not sure what to think and he was still waking up from the nap he took in the car on the way there. But mid-way through he started getting very excited. He watched all the animals very intently and loved the giant turtles, hippo, monkeys, giraffes, pot belly pigs, otters and zebras. He even started pointing out the animals to us before we had pointed them out to him. He loves to crawl through tunnels so he especially enjoyed the tunnel where he could see the otters swimming at him. There is a slide show of our trip to the right. Just click on it to enlarge.

9 months old

Lucas turned 9 months old this week. He is crawling all over the place and pulls up on just about anything. He loves going outside to play with his friend Jacob (neighbor). He is waving and giving fives when he is in the mood. His little personality is just getting bigger and bigger everyday. He has learned what NO! means but doesn't always listen :)

Lucas is still loving his books we read Brown Bear at least 5 times a day. Bath time is also one of his favorite times of day. We have moved to the big boy tub because the splashing was getting out of control.

Busy Weekend

Daddy wasn't feeling well this weekend, so there was plenty of Mommy and Lucas time. On Saturday morning we played outside and then Saturday afternoon Lucas and I went wedding dress shopping with Aunt Amber. Lucas is going to be the ring bearer in her and Uncle Nathan's wedding next summer. He had a definite opinion on which dress he liked he really didn't pay much attention until she put on his favorite and then I couldn't keep him away from her. Just check out The Wedding blog linked to below.

Sunday morning we ventured out to the grocery and Sunday afternoon we played in the living and watched the football games and NASCAR race. Now that Lucas can crawl he is into everything. We are working on the word No and I've decided he has selective hearing like his Dad. Lucas can just tune me out and just keeping on doing whatever he is doing without even acknowledging Mommy's voice. He found the doorstops and they are a big hit as you can see in the video. An hour later he figured out how to take them off the wall. He is also all over the TV cabinet and can turn the big screen on and off. I put a lock on the TV cabinet upstairs and he decided to show me by just taking the lock off. He is keeping us busy :)

9 month check up

Lucas had his 9 month check up this morning. (It was a little early because his doctor is getting ready to go on maternity leave.) He loves the paper on the exam table as you can see in the pic. He flirts with the nurses and doctor until they give him a shot and then he isn't nearly as pleasant. He got his flu shot today, just one so not so bad. He weighed in at 20 lbs (50%) and 27 in tall (10%) So we are short and stocky. She said everything else looked great and he is doing well.