a Snowy tues-Day

papa took the day off yesterday so that we could have a snow day!

we decided to head up to Wrightwood and boooy was it nice! it wasn't crowded either, afterall, everyone was at work/school! the drive was nice except when we got close- lukey bear was sooo tired and he couldn't fall asleep so he was super cranky!

when we got there we put him on the snow, but he wasn't sure what to make of it...

then he was happy and clapped...
instead of buyin "real" toys we brought our own.... a boogie board & tub!
papa went down the little hill with lukey, but mama was too afraid to take lukey on her own because it was pretty fast... there they go...
papa can't wait to take him surfing in the water, as opposed to the snow!

clapping lukey and mama

who can resist this face:

see, it was fasssst!

we also brought lukeys old tub-- it didn't work so well...

one more time!

oh papa- it's not a surfboard or water!

papa and lukey bear

the beautiful scenery around us...

the papa, luke luke and the mama.... all tired out from a fun snow day!

yay for family fun!

luke's car vrrroooooommmm!

lukey got this hand-me-down toy and LOVED it! it also converts so that he can walk with it!

the 9 months with the Lukey Bear...

i've mentioned a few blogs ago that Lukey bear is growing so much... and he is! i loved the 6 month stage, but i must say- i love this 8-9 month stage even more cuz he's learning to be even more independent and even more adventurous and curious of his surroundings.

he crawls EVERYWHERE. if you call him he'll come to you. if you crawl on the ground and call him he'll play follow-the-leader and sometimes he even leads.

he pulls himself up to a standing position and sometimes he even stands on his own without holding for a few seconds. the other day he wanted to clap and he let go of the coffe table and clapped while standing without holding on to anything.

and he loves to clap. he claps when you sing, when he sings, when he's happy, while he's playing, and even when he gets up from a nap- he starts clapping!

he also very good at doing that little pincer grab- with his forefinger and thumb. i love watching him pick up the cheerios one by one and put it in his mouth.

he loves loves the non-toys like tupperware, the vertical blinds,the door stopper, the remote and the phone, etc. the last two he's not allowed to play with cuz there bigboy toys. lately he's been experimenting with the door- opening it and closing it. and he cried when he closed it and he was in his room by himself and mama was on the other side. he's also learning to open drawers. oy!

he loves to bangs on things like a drum.

he loves to play the guitar by himself or with mama or papa and he absolutely loves when you play him a song- he starts to bounce/jump, sing and clap his hands.

he loves to give open mouth kisses- i guess he still has to learn to pucker up and keep them lips together. he also like to blow raspberries- on your belly if you let him!

he loves when you read to him but these are his favorite books like Brown Bear, his tiny bear Bible, his story bible or his "God Knows All About Me" book.

he loves his cheerios and puffs, but lately his been picky about his foods- not so much liking the green bean with rice as much as he used to. he eats some plain mashed potatoes, mac n cheese and spaghetti- stage 3 baby food still. he goes to the dr tomorrow so we'll see what advice she has for his meals!

the other day he crawled under his exersaucer and couldnt get out and he cried!

he loves riding on the pony!

he also loves to play ball. he'lll roll it back to you or he'll chase it around the room. he also chase any other toy around the room.

he loves to push his little toy shopping cart around- it kinda acts like his little walker.

he FINALLY has his first tooth coming in! you can feel the tops of it on his gums. i guess that's part of the reason why he's being waking up in the middle of the night- he's in pain!

being home has been great so far! keeping busy with auntie and the little cousins, Mops and Moms Club, storytimes, and just playing at home or at the park!

a lovey day

lovey day(s) started on Thursday with my Moms Club valentines party. I didn't take any pix of the moms and the kids- i'm still new there and didn't wanna bust out my camera, but i did get a pix of some of the treats lukey got and the welcome bag for me...

then on the eve of the Lovey Day Lukey-bear and papa brought me a rose, a card, and a gigantic bar of my favorite chocolate... On the officially Lovey Day we weren't really planning on doing anything, but we did get a chance to play while Grandma Mia watched the Luke....

we got to skate!

I wanted to skate here:

but then i saw this post:

so instead of breaking the law, we skated across the huge empty parking lot and still had lots of fun being silly!

what a lovey day!
i loved spending time with the papa and skating around. i'm very thankful for him and for my lukey bear and most of all for the sweet baby Jesus who blesses us always!

i'll save you!

this morning i put lukey in the exersaucer while i went to grab my bagel out of the toaster oven and here's what i found.....

i guess elmo went overboard and he wanted to save him!

oh lukey bear!

lukey bear!

i just wanted to share some pictures of lukey bear!

here he is under the stool. he was crawling around chasing his ball and it rolled under it and then he propped himself up and started to eat it!

here he is with his cousin tay just lounging around...
he likes to do this new thing- he discovered he can twist his tongue and put on one side...

music and singing make the lukey bear soooo happy...

it makes him clap and dance and put his arms up!

i love him!