**Catching Up** - Our Mini Vacation in April

 At the very beginning of Matt's time off of work Lucas developed a major yeast infection as a secondary infection caused from an ear infection! He was miserable. We got him into the urgent care and then spent an entire afternoon at Target waiting on his prescriptions. Then it was off to dinner with Great-Grandpa Gary, Great-Grandma Sharon, Grandpa Rod and Grandma Cyndi at Scornavacca's Pizza! We were stuffed and then went back to Grandpa Rod and Grandma Cyndi's house to watch the rest of the NFL Draft.

The next day we went to Zombie Burger for lunch. Lucas really liked their peanut butter and banana shake! Daddy got a BBQ meat sandwich and Mommy got a biscuits and gravy breakfast sandwich.

 

Afterwards we spent the afternoon at the Science Center! Lucas really enjoyed the lights and sounds. He also liked playing with the other kiddos that were there. Oh and there was a T-Rex named Sue!!

 

Watching the other kiddos dig for dinosaur bones!

Here are pictures of Lucas's first time riding an escalator

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Lucas LOVES lights! 

Daddy & Lucas exploring the cave!

                               We saw a turtle and a beaver!

  Mommy and Lucas had fun pretending to broadcast the weather in front of the green screen! 

Then we went and let him play!

Pushing in his hand!
I'm not sure who had more fun doing this, him or mommy & daddy!

Playing his favorite "game"--Peek-a-boo in the tunnel :)

Playing in the "house" 

Funny faces while he played!

After the Science Center we walked around Gray's Lake even though Lucas was sleeping!

The next day we went to HuHot for lunch because Daddy and Lucas love their noodles. 

Then we went shopping and got Lucas some new jammies! 

He wanted to try on some hats. Such a cool dude, huh?

After shopping we went to see Grandma Audrey and Grandpa Jim! Auntie Katharyne showed up just in time to take some pictures of him playing in Grandpa Jim's van. He looks like such a big boy in these pictures! Where did our little baby go?

Then he had some fun in the swing in the back yard!

Then it was time for Miss Macie's 4th birthday party. 

We went and swam, ate some pizza and watch her open her presents. 

When Lukey got tired we took him back to Grandma Audrey and Grandpa Jim's house for a bath, bottle and bedtime. Balee likes to lay on pillows even if little Lucas is laying on it first!

The next day, Grandpa Jim was running in a half marathon. We all went down to Drake to cheer him on as he finished his race.  

SO PROUD!! :)

Dunn Family and Uncle Justin post race!

After the race Grandpa Jim needed some carbs so we found ourselves out to eat at Olive Garden! 

In the picture below Lucas and Grandpa Jim were playing Peek-a-boo!  

After lunch we went to Nonna and Papa's house and spent some quality time with Leah and Easton while daddy went golfing! It was a gorgeous day. They had fun chasing bubbles and sharing toys.

Then later that night Lucas got to partake in his first fire pit of this summer! Aunt Kimmy, Uncle Chris, Jacoby and Jonah were such great hosts. The boys had a lot of fun playing together and swinging. 

Lucas enjoying the fire pit with Mommy

The next day Mommy, Daddy, Lucas and Nonna went shopping. Mommy got some new sandals & tennis shoes for this summer. Lucas was pretty sleepy while we shopped.

Sleeping on Daddy while Mommy & Nonna shopped

Then it was time to head home! 

What a great mini vacation!! Cannot wait for our next one :)

Hope you have had a great Spring!

With love, 

Matthew, Heather and Lucas

Lukey, Lukey Lukey!!

This blog entry is just showing Lucas off! He has figured out a lot of things by himself over the last few weeks! Here are just a few that I have caught on camera :P

Daddy and the other Verizon employee's were switching this light off remotely

He likes to get into his lego wagon

He likes to Facetime.. especially with Jaba!

He LOVES dirt! He's not afraid to get right down in it!

Playing peek-a-boo everywhere!

He's still small enough to fit inside of the cupboards

He likes to be able to feed himself!

He loves mirrors and makes a kinds of silly faces in them!

He enjoyed carrying the ball around the basketball court

Trying to dribble like daddy

Help mom, I'm stuck in the net!

We enjoy going swimming at the Rec Center now that he knows he can touch

He figured out the hard way that the concrete does bite 

Toilet paper

is fun

See mom, I can make it into a bunch of little pieces too!

Trying on his life jacket

He can show you where his belly button is

He broke the iPad Mini on Auntie's watch.. but it's fixed now!

I love him to pieces! So grateful to be able to share in all of his development milestones and teach him something new everyday! He definitely is worth all of the messes :)

**Catching up** - Easter Weekend Fun!

This year for Easter we drove to Des Moines.   

We did an indoor Easter Egg hunt at Nonna and Papa's house with Easton and Macie the weekend before Easter. Lucas wasn't very fond of searching for the eggs. Instead, he just wanted me to open up all of the wrapped candy for him. Luckily, Nonna got him some healthy snacks too!

The Easter Bunny brought him a basket of goodies to Grandma Audrey & Grandpa Jim's house. 

Aunt Katharyne helped him open everything and read him his new stories. 

The next morning, Lucas and I went to the Catholic church with Nonna, Papa & Anyi. Then we went to the Methodist church with Daddy, Grandma Audrey and Grandpa Jim.

After church we got to see Great-Uncle Jay, Aunt Lori and cousin Grant. It was great getting to see them! They were very impressed with Lucas's vocabulary and signs! Aunt Lori said she wishes she would have had a child like Lucas, one who entertains himself. Grant was constantly on the go running around. Lucas does that too but just not as fast ;)

Then it was lunch time. I am glad that we were hungry because we went to Chips for their special Easter Buffet. Lucas spent the greater part of our time there playing with a straw and trying to pinch one end and suck the pop out of the other. Thanks to Grandma Cyndi this is his new favorite thing to do now every time we go out to eat. Here is a picture of him chip-munking food!

Lucas with his Great-Grandpa Gary and Great-Grandma Sharon! They got an Easter basket at their house for him from the Easter Bunny too! He enjoyed tearing through everything and found the candy right away! Grandpa Rod and Grandma Cyndi had a basket from the Easter Bunny too! He got a kite, t-shirt, sidewalk chalk, and of course more candy!!

Lucas with Grandpa Rod and Grandma Cyndi

Lucas with his Great-Uncle Travis, Aunt Kerri and cousin Hunter

Lucas with his Great-Uncle Brad, Aunt Joan and cousin Hope

Then we hurried to Bass Pro with Grandpa Rod and Grandma Cyndi to meet the Easter Bunny! We made it just in time. Lucas didn't like that mommy walked away to get just a picture of the two of them, but we did end up with a pretty decent picture right before he completely threw a fit! 

After seeing the Easter Bunny we went and looked at the fish. He didn't seem too interested so we ventured over to the boats. He loved running around on them and pretending he was driving them. Grandpa Rod cannot wait to get him out on the lake this summer! It should be pretty fun!

Afterwards, we went to Nonna and Papa's for dinner! We spent some quality time with them before we headed back to Fort Dodge!

 Even though Easter was almost a month ago, we hope you all had a great time and remembered what the true meaning of Easter is all about! Jesus has risen~Hallelujah!

With love, 

Matthew, Heather and Lucas