Busy summer!

So a lot has happened this spring/summer! Lucas has gotten to do a lot of fun things now that he is a toddler. His obsession still remains to be cars and anything having to do with them. I have tried to take him as many new places as I could muster up this summer to keep things interesting.

April began with my brother Andrew getting married in Arizona. Lucas got to go on his first airplane ride and I got a much needed vacation! The wedding was beautiful and we are so happy for them.

In May our good friends moved away to Utah so for a couple of days my friend Em and her son Landon had a weekend sleepover to say goodbye we will definitely miss them!

June came around and our lease was up so we decided to move to a bigger place and had my brother and his wife Tomi join us. This has worked out great with Andrew joining the Navy and her being here without him it has been a tremendous help! Lucas was happy to have his own room which we of course decorated with cars and fun colors. Because of our move and Lucas being ready we also used this as a good time to completely ditch the bottle cold turkey. Luckily it went very well.

We also went to the Washington County fair for his third time (counting in-utero) Lucas of course loved the animals and he got to sit on a mini tractor after his cousin finished the kid-sized tractor pull. Lucas also had his first pony-ride and he loved it so much I couldn't resist going to the fair again the next day and he rode the ponies twice more! We have lots of pictures with smiles galore!

July took us to Big Truck Day which of course Lucas had a hayday with. Trucks, tractors and lots of things to see. It was a very very hot day and I could feel the tops of my feet burning in the sun but it was worth the look on his face when he got to sit inside some of the trucks!

Also in July we had a great 4th of July visiting with my family as well as Jeff's older brother and family. Lucas is 6 weeks younger then his cousin on Jeff's side and so its always cute to see them together although we got there so late this year they didnt get much time together but he did have a blast watching fireworks with Daddy. At my family's event we had a good-bye party for my brother andrew and steven. Andrew was leaving for Navy bootcamp and Steven was headed out for the Navy as well it was nice to spend some time with them before they left.

Recently we decided to start making the transition to a big boy bed. We of course found Lucas a car bed which unfortunately was not green (his favorite) but he loves it still. We are still working on getting to sleep at night as he likes to walk out of his room but he's getting better. It has become a little easier since my mom made him this beautiful elaborate quilt made of fabric featuring the Cars movie Mater and all. Once he masters that we will be on our way to starting potty training. Luckily we bought him a frog potty which he already loves (and asks) to use and hopefully we can transition that to a serious thing more then just as a fun thing for him......

We have definitely had a busy summer with the family coming and going and moving around! Now that school has started and we edge closer to Lucas's second birthday its sad to officially see the baby stage end but it has been so much fun to watch him learn and grow!