Third Person: 10 Months

Lukas is 10 months old and if I only had one word to describe him, it would be BUSY. Since figuring out the whole crawling thing a few weeks ago that boy has kept us absolutely, positively, round-the-clock on watch for whatever he is currently getting in to. Of course it seems like more work with the second one since there is indeed another small person to pay attention to, but I'm also on Choking Terror Watch 24/7. Genevieve is as mindful as I could expect an almost 4 year old to be regarding picking up doll accessories/tea party accessories/board games/puzzzles/etc, but that doesn't exactly make me feel at ease with Wild Bill underfoot.

One casualty of this stage which I had forgotten about is bathing. As in, when do I get to? And as in, I am now back to washing the kids separately which just takes foreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever. Lately Lukas spends 100% of his time in the tub trying to stand up over the edge or crawling to reach the faucet. LUKAS, THIS IS NOT SAFE! But do you listen to me? No. So back to short, separate baths for the time being which is a shame because it means I'm missing out on moments like this:

you have no idea the risk i took in stepping away from the edge of the tub for 2 seconds

But the kids are still having fun playing together, even if there's not much water involved. Genevieve figured out the other day that she can easily hop into the crib, which Lukie just found to be hysterical.

We've also been spending lots of time outside. I put Luke on the slide for the first time the other day. Round 1 - apprehensive at best. Round 2 - he was already leaning forward for me to catch him. He also found it hilarious to crawl back and forth in the eagle's nest area and watch me sprint from side to side. Clever boy.

chillaxin at the park

am i coming or going? you'll never know, mom

taking turns

yep, this bar is about 2" from the edge of the play set. cue mommy-stroke

Speaking of strokes, this boy is taking years off of our lives with all of the stuff he's getting into. And let me tell ya the easy going demeanor of a couple months ago was a distant memory this last month. Little Boo Boo has found his voice and if he's being removed from whatever he's doing (or alternately trying to be distracted with something he wants nothing to do with) you best prepare yourself for a toy-flinging limp-noodle kamikaze baby. But in a really cute way.

he uses the corner of the second step as a teether. both safe and delicious.

and he got up on the trampoline how?

shiny and obscenely noisy? i'm in

can i touch this?

weird, i can't hear you saying "no no, lukie"

So this post is a little late because I had to work all last weekend. But we capped it off with a fun night at the EG park for fireworks. Our 4th of July festivities were cancelled due to the oppressive heat so the show was on last Sunday night. It was the first consecutive 15 minutes that Lukas has been still in the last month.