8 months

This 8th month with Lucas has been full of pint-sized adventures.  Lucas has changed so much in the past month and I see his personality and fun-loving spirit starting to explode out of him.  He gets so excited at the smallest things, and it makes me stop and smile.  For example...one of the BEST little adventures of the day is carrying Lucas up the stairs for the night.  Usually he's a bit cranky since between 7 and 8 is the witching hour at our house.  He's tired and ready for bed, but something about walking up those stairs and seeing that crazy dog of ours bound up the stairs in front of us and wait for us at the top makes Lucas crack up laughing...every.single.time.  He giggles and flashes those 2 teeth and his big dimples, and I love it.

We had to lower the crib mattress because little mister has discovered how to do this:

Yikes.

Another big adventure that we have discovered is the ability to crawl.  Oh Lord help us all!  Including the puppy.  Lucas targets Lexi and bee-lines it for her.  (But I think Lexi secretly loves it.)

With the ability to crawl comes the ability to escape.  Especially when it comes to diaper changes.  Whew.  The second we lay Lucas down to get his little butt changed, he tries to flip himself over and take off.  It scares me to death when he tries to kamakazi himself off of the changing table, so I changed him on the floor a few days ago and then this happened:

Yes.  That is his bare little butt on my living room rug as he attempts to escape a diaper change.

In other news, the boy still loves to eat.  He's still a fast and efficient nurser, and downs some solid foods like a teenage boy.  His favorites now include sweet potatoes (still his fave), oatmeal, applesauce, carrots, green beans, peas, and CHEERIOS!  The boy loves cheerios.  If you plop him in his high chair and pour some cheerios onto the tray, he is in heaven.  He is pretty good about not shoving handfuls into his mouth yet, but sometimes we have to slow him down.  He squeals with delight and even knows to pick them up out of the little trough at the bottom of his bib.  So stinking cute.

This month, we voted!  18 more years little buddy, and you can have your own sticker instead of stealing mine.

I still am trying to indoctrinate Lucas to be a Tarheel fan.  UNC and NC State played each other in football, and we had a little 'house divided' thing happening around here.

Uncle Jon and Aunt K were in town the weekend of the game!

Little boys and big toys!

Lucas still loves to swing. Even when it's too sunny to see :)

And just for fun, Brandon loves making Lucas have crazy hair after bath time.  It's really pretty funny, especially when he wakes up the next morning looking like a wild man.

Faster than a speeding bullet!  Wild man in his walker.

Sweet boy, we love seeing you learn and have your own little adventures.  I do believe that one day you will realize that your toys are more fun than Lexi's bone or the TV remote or the computer charger cord.  One day.  When you get your mind set on something, you go for it with every ounce of effort and energy your little body can muster!  That is a good thing.  Use that wisely as you grow.  For now, we see that determination in you when you march those chunky legs across the house in your walker to try to grab my plant or the trash bag in the trash can...but you will learn. Until then, have fun!  And have all the adventures your little self can handle.