16 months

Lukas reached 16 months last week.  What a fun stage this is!

His language skills are growing and says several words including dog, cat, ball, up, and even a few in Spanish such as aqua.  In addition to his verbal skills, his signing is really taking off.  Lukas signs more, water, milk, all done, and please on a regular basis.  Also, Lukas no longer simply walks - he runs around trying to keep up with (or away from) big brother.  He is still a bit clumsy on his feet though and he can often be found face-planted on the ground.  We try to keep in mind that some of that is likely attributed to big brother antics, when we are not looking.

Lukas is getting quite the personality.  He can be very animated and at other times stubborn.  He likes to use his fork and spoon by himself and shrieks if we try to help.  We are loving seeing how his demeanor changes over time!!  He is certainly keeping us guessing.

Christmas Parade

Yippee for small town parades!  Front row spots with lots of opportunity to grab candy.

 Then afterwards, everyone scrambles to see the tree lighting.  Love all the people and festive lights!

Marrowstone continued

On Saturday we woke up to a dusting of snow on the ground.  It was so beautiful!

However, the wind was so fierce outside that it forced us indoors all day. 

We kept the boys entertained with reading,

 

lots of toys, 

and a little technology time.