He knows his family member’s names… he doesn’t really SAY them all but you can ask him, “Who is Nana?”  He knows.  He knows who Aunt Missy is.  He knows who Linda his nanny is…  It’s amazing watching him learn and grow.  Sometimes I just want to stop time and just enjoy it because the days turn to weeks and so forth.  Just imagine — I only have 16 more years with my son living under our roof.  Seems surreal at times at how fast time flies.

I spent quite a bit of time during the first year of his life worrying about various things as I tend to do (sleep deprivation is torture).  It’s amazing how the worries I had then are gone.  Children take so much time and energy and teach us more than we ever thought we would learn.  They teach us things about ourselves.  I wonder about a sibling for Lucas and their relationship hoping for a good one.  Most siblings I know have good relationships or at least not fractured.  That’s my hope for Lucas!  I wonder about birth order with him… will he feel like I did growing up?  Will he be motivated by not disappointing?  It’s a decent motivation but has its issues.  I can’t imagine talking Jeff into three children, so I won’t be wondering about the middle child, etc…

We had Thanksgiving here!  We’ve all spent a lot of 2009 dieting so needless to say we kept with the theme.  OK, I taste splenda!  We had a turkey (not fried, boooo!), cornbread, cranberry salad, green beans, carrots, dressing, and so forth.  We ended it with a pumpkin pie and had some grape salad, too.  At least the girls got out that night to catch New Moon at the theater, and I had some movie theater popcorn to sort of make up for the weight watchers recipes.  *laugh*  Since that day, I’ve been making up for it though.  I have to reel myself back into the watching what I eat mentality.  So tough.  Easy to eat like I used to… hard to get back on track.

I put the tree up last weekend while Lucas napped and Jeff met a friend at the Titan’s game.  Thought I’d share some pictures!