Tuesday, August 21, 2012
a crib gathering, book reading, french toast inspiring day.
lucas woke up from his nap, caleb heard him and dashed to greet him....this is what i found when i came in the room....and then both boys standing up smiling at me. love them.
caleb reading lady bug's lesson
caleb loves reading, especially certain books....so as you can imagine we've read several of them...hundreds of times....this means he has most of them memorized....here is a lil clip of that (I didn't catch him at the beginning but he always makes sure he 'starts at the beginning with the title' which i think is just so cute. he also says blue for each animal and then changes it up to the correct color at the end of each page...i just love watching his love of books continue to grow!)...
some of his favorite books include: eric carle's the very busy spider, mr. seahorse, brown bear. brown bear what do you see?, polar bear, polar bear what do you see?, panda bear, panda bear what do you see?; some others include a collection of animal books, butterfly's bath, ladybug's lesson, frog's friends (i am amazed at how much he remembers from what we read together), and now he really enjoys saying his prayers....he has most of hail mary, our father, and glory be memorized. it is the sweetest thing to hear him pray! and sing alleluia most of the day. i am loving this age right now. he's so verbal and just spouts out the most hilarious things!
doesn't this baked french toast look delish? pioneer woman is to thank. This is my birthday breakfast inspiration for Lucas on saturday...along with some yum cupcakes for his birthday dessert and some bbq. I've been craving this french toast since I saw the picture last week! Now I have a great excuse to make it :)
Happy Tuesday!
Monday, August 20, 2012
pictures and a letter.
my sister so kindly let me use her camera to snap a few pictures of the boys this weekend. I wanted some moments captured as Lucas turned one. I can't believe how fast this year has gone. Gosh I love them. And I love their daddy. So please excuse my sappy moment at the end.
to my sweet boys. I hope you'll always know and feel our love. Each day and each moment, you both bring so much joy and laughter and love in our lives. I hope you'll always care for one another, protect each other, and be the very best of friends; just as you care for and love one another now. Your brother bond will continue to grow and I pray we can nurture it. Your daddy and I love you more than words can say.
Love,
Mama
1st birthday celebrations part one.
the birthday celebrations began on Saturday for lucas. it was a perfectly sweet day celebrating with family for his first birthday. more celebration will continue on his actual birthday with dave's family this weekend. we ate. we cup caked. we laughed. and we enjoyed this little man and the celebration of his first year! we love you lucas gregory.
soaking up this very 'last' week of your very first year of life as i remember that a year ago I was carrying you in my belly! I can't believe how fast time has gone. We love you Lucas!
Friday, August 17, 2012
Happy Friday!
play time.
A friday post never gets old for me :) the weekend is here. We'll be starting the birthday celebrations for Lucas this weekend with my family and then next weekend on his actual birthday with dave's family. My heart hurts a little that we've already reached his first birthday. His first year really went by so fast. happy, happy friday!!!
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
to my littlest man.
my sweet lucas,
how is it possible that you'll be one in just a matter of days? this year...it went too fast. each day that ended put a heaviness in my soul knowing the day was over and you were one day older. not that i don't rejoice with each day and your learning and growing, but oh lucas, it is hard to bottle up each moment with you knowing all i have left is memories. i pinch myself thinking wasn't it just yesterday you gave your first, beautiful cry to the world. didn't we just hold you in our arms for the very first time? your sleepy newborn days, they were yesterday. your little toes, your nose, your hands, they are chunkier now. but wasn't it just yesterday they were so small. your first year of life seems to have passed by with such sweet and happy memories. i wish we could re-live every single day all over again. these days with you and caleb, they are so very precious to me. you bring such joy, such peace, such happiness to our life. you are such a sweet baby and i can hardly believe you will soon be a toddler. i love you and your brother so much. to the moon and back little man.
love, mama.
brother bugs and brother loves.
phases and changes.
brother boys. love them.
we are entering a new 'brother phase' it started with lucas' crawling. he's into everything now and that includes big brother's stuff-all the time. poor caleb, can't catch a break. i feel as though i spend most my day helping the boys find the words (mostly caleb at this point) to work through a disagreement.
here's what it sounds like/looks like (although i'm sure most can imagine)
lucas-speedster crawl beeline for caleb's toy (that caleb is oh so nicely engrossed in and playing with)
caleb- usually 'no lucas that's mine!" or he moves away or he slams lucas to the floor.
it is nice when words are used or body is moved....the slamming to the floor, hitting, face grab (in the not so friendly way) those need intervention.
so while sometimes i laugh (of course so they can't see me) or smile inside at how these brother boys are learning every day how to negotiate and learn strategies and spend time with another (often times buggin' brother) i also sometimes have to let out a sigh...and pray nap time comes soon.
there are so many sweet moments.
caleb singing to lucas and lucas clapping his hands to the beat and laughing
the first greet of the morning. caleb's excited chatter to lucas. lucas' smiles and laughter and kisses and hugs
stories read together. tickles. chatter. laughter.
there are so many of these moments. caleb is so gentle and loving-most of the time :)
but lately there have been a lot of squabbles. it is tiring. but they are learning, everyday.
we're in a new brother boy phase. i know this is just the beginning. lucas will be walking soon and then he'll really be in caleb's business.
i just have to laugh and think about how it was growing up, how i had two little sisters following me around everywhere. it had to get annoying (although to be honest, i don't really remember the annoying as much as i remember the loving), I know caleb gets annoyed, but oh how he loves his little brother. I know God hand picked these two brother boys of mine for each other. And oh how I love them so.
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