dinner-time antics

I had to post a clip of what dinnertime is like around our house for everyone to enjoy. One night last week we had chicken fettucine alfredo. Typically Lucas eats before we do since he is ready for dinner before we really have a chance to get anything cooked. We eat later and will put him back in his highchair if he seems interested in a "second course" :)

He definitely has got the hang of eating long noodles as you can see!

I think it was more of a game for him then anything else, but entertaining to us all none-the-less! He brings so much fun to our kitchen table, you never know what you are going to get! Sometimes he eats everything in sight, other times he picks at his food and fusses about anything and everything. The doctor warned us a few weeks ago that that is the typical toddler eating routine :) So we have adjusted accordingly and are just happy with whatever seems to keep Lucas happy!

Dinner time is much more than eating though. Here recently that seems to be when Lucas likes to show off his new verbal abilities! He is such a little sponge already, I think we are going to have a chatterbox on our hands. He now says, da-da, ma-ma, dog, cat, look, see, what, down, and added fish yesterday :) Of course all of these are baby words mind you so fish is really "ish" :) A few weeks ago we were outside playing and then I brought him in while Todd was doing yard work. He crawled over to the door, stood up and banged on the glass yelling "da-da!!" :)

He also likes to point to everything he is talking about or when he wants something, which helps us decipher what he is trying to say. It is nice to see that all of the talking and describing that we have been doing together is paying off!

Another funny story was from dinner the other night- we were trying very hard to keep the pups in the family room so Lucas wouldn't feed them any of his dinner (yeah, that part isn't so fun). Todd had to keep directing them to go back in and lay down by saying "down" pretty firmly....Well Lucas thought that was just the funniest thing and followed suit. He started saying "Dow" pretty loudly over, and over, chuckling in between. Brought on no doubt because we were laughing at his reaction ;)

At school everyday he learns baby signs and they have "circle time" and learning times where they teach him different objects, pictures, etc. so he gets alot of it there too. Over the last few weeks he has also started mimicking us quite a bit. Sometimes its enunciating words, sometimes it's actions or noises. My new favorite is the "little Indian" when we open our mouths and make noises while you tap your mouth with your hand (like Indians do), he follows right along! We'll have to get video of that one too :)

His personality is definitely coming out and we are enjoying every moment of it. We are really lucky to be this little guys' mommy and daddy!!! These are some pictures of Lucas exploring after breakfast last week on one of our sick days :) I'll post some more later about our adventures last weekend.