2 year check up for Lucas!

Nightly Story time- rare shot of Lucas listening to the story

Wow. So this is just a tad, and by a tad I mean a whole month late.  We got Lucas' 2 year check up on March 6th and I have failed to divulge the details! Well, hey, at least you expect that from me by now!

MMM Oreo's!

So here are the stats:
Age: 2 years
Weight: 30 lbs - 73% (becoming a chunk!)
Height: 36 inches - 91% (yep that's our tall boy!)
Head.......49 cm - 58% (getting smaller! LOL)
Our boy is the long, lean(ish) thing he has been from day one, and his big ol' head is getting much more proportionate to his body. On the charts, at 2 years, they start averaging kids by their BMI (Body Mass Index); an old, antiquated system, that I highly contest. However, Lucas is in the 42%ile, which means he is in no danger of hitting their obesity scales any time soon. Whew...cuz we were, you know, "worried" about that (bleeding sarcasm out of my pores right now). His partially blocked tear duct is opening up as he is getting older, and the pediatric ophthalmologist says that we most likely will not be facing surgery, that hey should grow out of it completely around 3 years (thank the good lord!). We have a 90% looming surgery though for a little hernia, but there is no urgency on that. It will happen sometime between now and 4 years old. Its not drastic, and a fairly common surgery. Keep your fingers crossed and prayers sent up for that.

The boy doesn't talk too, too much, but he is gaining more words by the day, repeating things (yeah, that's good and bad....mostly good though) and strings two and three words together.  He is rough and tumble, a real boy's boy.  He is gets these fists and says "hi-ya!" I wonder where he learned that?....  He loves to go "high" which means, "dad throw me in the air as high as you can!" and gives us all a work out.  He is so different from Elijah in that way. Elijah never liked to go "high". This boy is neither timid nor shy. He loves people and he loves babies (too bad he most likely wont have a baby anything anytime soon, if at all). He has started singing a lot lately, and its so cute. I will try to capture that on video one day soon and get it posted up here.

He is fun, loving and our our little cuddle bug- man I love that! He LOVES to snuggle and loves to jump in his brothers bed, before Elijah gets there, in hopes that he will have a snuggle pal if only for 5 seconds...Elijah kicks him out pretty fast.  I'll snuggle with him anytime though.  He also loves to dance! We have dance parties in the kitchen or their bedroom every once in a while, and this boy and get down and groove to the music!

The only thing he needs to work on is his listening habits.  He is stubborn and ornery. Where I could tell Elijah to "stop" or "come here please" at this age, Lucas tunes us out. Unless you get VERY stern, you get complete disobedience.  Good lord we have our work cut out for us.

We love this boy so much. We love his personality, his cuddles and his CURLY blonde hair.  He is such a joy and we all, including Elijah, love him very much.  I can't wait to see what the next year will bring in this vibrant boy.

Cute Pictures for your Saturday

Just some cute pictures from the past couple of weeks to hold you over until I can get another post up.

Snuggle Buggles

Elijah is not my snuggly kid and Lucas definitely is!  When its bed time in the De Mers household, and I call "bedtime!" Lucas makes a B-line for Elijah's bed and jumps right in laughing the whole time, while Elijah comes running after him laughing and saying "get out of my bed!". It so cute, because the reality is 1. Lucas is doing it to torment Elijah and 2. He really does want to snuggle, but Elijah will have none of it.  

The other night though Elijah said to Lucas "what to come snuggle in my bed for a few minutes?" and of course Lucas didn't have to take a second thought, he jumped right in.  Here's the snuggling boys on that very night.  Heart melting right now....though they were a little rambunctious it was still cute.

Happy Birthday Lucas, You're 2!

I know most of you have been waiting, in anticipation for this post.  I spent hours (but not late nights like Elijah's birthday last year!) prepping for this great CIRCUS Party.  Katie counted 17 kids and there was about 1.5 adults per kid, so you do the math (because I can't) = a lot of people and VERY fun.

We had:
- Can Toss
- Tatoos
- Duck Fishing (Hit until the kids realized that they couldn't actually get any ducks...faulty makeshift system I made)
- Coloring Table with "Circus Fun" coloring pages
- Popcorn Machine (I cheated, I didn't have time to work on the recipe, so I threw in microwave popcorn)
- Pin the Nose on the Clown
- Sweets Bar filled with : Red Vines, Cotton Candy, Fruit Snacks, Bunny Crackers, Twinkies, Circus Cookies of course! Clown Noses and WIPES!
- Food Table with hot dogs, hot links and corn dogs and you can't forget snacks and pretzels at the circus!
- and the BIG HIT....The Jumpy House! Worth every single penny!

Good shot of the bounce house...and Aaron

I wish I had gotten more pictures, but I was busy playing host and really forgot to take pictures before the party started so you are lucky I remembered early on and got some in!  Our birthday boy really like the duck pond, so you will see he had three outfit changes (actually now that I have all the pictures in here, I realize that I didn't get one of him in his original outfit! It was so cute too with three little circus animals on it :(  )


I have to say one last thing.  The chance of rain on Wednesday was 20% and ONLY in Benicia, not in any other surrounding town. By Thursday the chance of rain was up to 50% and all cities in the area were expecting some rain. I called every person to see if they would be able to make it Sunday instead of Saturday and they ALL said yes. I called the jumpy house place and they said- whatever you want to do is fine.  I really preferred Saturday, so Aaron and I looked at the TRUSTY weatherunderground.com to see the hourly forecast and it said 7-8% chance of rain until 2pm and then 50+% chance from 2pm on.  Our party was scheduled from 11-1, so I said "Let's chance it. I think we have a good shot."  And would you know- it was B-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l all morning, and when 2:00 hit and the party had dissipated, the rain came, subtly and blew by. Every other city got thunder and lightning, torrential down pours and I think even hail, but we were spared.  Go figure.

The Details!

Sweets table, the sign says "Happy Birthday Lucas!" and was made by my coworker!!!!

Our popcorn machine. It stands about 3.5 feet tall.

Homemade popcorn bags, from paper lunch sacks and white ground contact paper

Non-functional Pinwheels made from a kit. Non-functional like I said, but cute all the same

Details: "Circus Fun" Banner, Cotton Candy bag seals, Drink/can wrapping labels

Cotton Candy bags

Coloring Sheets

The sign reads "DRINKS:"

Pin the Nose on the Clown - Elijah

Lucas' giant cupcake....which he didn't eat, he got a little one.

Party Cupcakes - talk about stain city....hahah

Little circus tent and Circus Fun Banner I made

The Circus Act! 

Aunt Katie and Elijah with their clown noses

Elijah and Lizzie - serious clowns

Birthday Boy Lucas and his Green Cupcake Face! - Outfit #3- Au Natural

McKenna- Erin K's little girl (18 mo) and just a DOLL!!!!

Party goers enjoying their cupcakes (Logan, Emma, Amara, Haven)

The Other Luke (Belongs to Cousin Nicole - yes she got three red heads and I got none and she is 1/4 Indonesian...genetics are a crap shoot!)

Clowns on their cars (Amara, Cohen, McKenna and Jackson)

Colette- our friend Andrew and Cassandra's little girl 20 months

The Birthday boy in outfit #2 I think

Some of the kids eating their colorful (VERY) cupcakes. Left to Right: Cohen (Erin T's), Justice (Joslyn), Logan (cousin Nicole), Emma (Erin T), Amara (cousin Rachael), Haven (Joslyn), and Elijah half in the picture ;)

Lizzie, Lucas and Jackson (Elijah's best bud)

Someone cute little boy enjoying his RED cupcake- of course it's red!

Luke (cousin Nicole), Jack (Brother Paul), Natalie (cousin Rachael)- all 2013 babies @ the coloring table

The Finale:

The boys watching the jumpy house go up! DARLING!