Lucas is still picking up new words at a fairly steady pace. I haven't been keeping a complete list but I'd say he's up between 20-30 words now? He figured out that the stove/oven is hot earlier this month so he'll walk up to it, hold up his hand like a stop sign, and say "Hot! Hot! Hot!" over and over. He also used his first phrase by asking me for "More Ice!" We're still working on please and thank you, he occasionally will sign 'please' when prompted but I haven't gotten any successful 'thank you' signs yet. He can't say his name yet but he'll poke at his tummy and smile when you ask him "Whose name is Lucas?" He says "Ohhh" in this deep angry voice -- I think he's trying to say "No," maybe? Usually he just shakes his head. "Yes" is still a "Haha!" plus a grin.
He's also attached to a lovey, his little stuffed Clifford that my mom found him for Christmas. He doesn't want to carry it around all day or anything, but it's so cute to watch him snuggle it up under his chin when he's getting ready to sleep.
We're definitely still struggling with tantrums, although I can tell it's easier when he can communicate what he wants. Mostly we get tantrums when he's being asked to transition in some way. I'm not exactly sure how to deal with it, but I am giving verbal warnings of impending transition since he seems to understand a lot more than he expresses. "Five minutes until we go home, Lucas!" He likes to hit when he's mad, and last week he tried to kick me for the first time.
Size wise, we're just about to bump him up to 3T clothing. He's somewhere in the vicinity of 33-34 pounds, about 35 inches tall right now, and currently wearing 8wide shoes.
I've been having a lot of fun taking him to the zoo, since my mom's group seems to meet exclusively when he's napping these days. He takes one 1-2 hour nap daily around 11:30, which puts us at odds to most other kids his age, but I try to get him to hang out with other toddlers whenever we can. He has a really sweet little heart most of the time when he's interacting with other kids. He loves to share his toys, and will actually clap and smile if another kid comes up and steals toys from him. Lol! My gentle giant. I'm aware he could grow out of this, but it makes my heart happy to see him being so kind.
Brandon and I are doing well. Brandon recently transitioned to a wholly administrative position at work, without any direct reports, which we are hoping will lessen the stress of his workload. I recently made the decision to switch from active to inactive with the California State Bar, which means I can no longer practice law. I'm content with the decision; the pro bono cases I took last year were fine, but it's next to impossible to get any significant amount of work done with Lucas around, and I was unwilling to give up my break during the day while Lucas is napping to do volunteer work. Call me selfish if you will.
Here are a few more photos! Hoping to blog next with a few short reviews of the books I read in January!
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| He's so snuggly after his nap, we love it! |
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| He's really digging dried leaves right now. |
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| Trying out the Car Museum; mostly a bust. Turns out they don't want toddlers crawling inside priceless cars. |
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| Got to watch some cool polar bear antics this week at the zoo. |
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| Being gentle with Carmen the goat. He loved feeding her hay! |
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