Lucas and Steve made the paper!

Steve and Lucas are in the paper for our local Easter Egg hunt!

Sydney is on the move!

Sydney has been doing her backward scoot for a while now but yesterday she crawled for the first time! She crawled for a little bit in our living room and then crawled right out of her room before bedtime. I sent Steve in the cellar to find our baby gates. She's already going after the electrical chords, chairs, and, of course, food.

We're still waiting for a tooth to break through. We had a bit of a scare a few weeks ago when Sydney's daycare called up saying she had a fever and was rubbing behind her ear. Luckily she didn't have an ear infection and the doctor thought it she was just teething.

I've been attempting to potty train Lucas and some days are more successful than others. It all depends on what kind of mood Lucas is in that day. It will be nice having only one kid in diapers but I know a potty trained kid brings along other challenges.

Here are some photos from the past few months:

Sydney is scooting under our desk.
Sydney and papa right before bedtime.


Cousin Kurstin and Lucas at an Easter Bunny breakfast.




Lucas wanted nothing to do with the Easter Bunny so this is the closest he came.

Sydney is enjoying herself at the Ecotarium!

Sydney playing at the Boston Children's Museum.



Lucas takes riding a Bobcat very seriously at the Children's Museum.



Lucas and Josie having fun at the museum.

Updates...Finally

My little girl weighed more than 20 pounds at her 6 month checkup! She keeps popping out her clothes. But, I guess if you had to pop out of clothes the only cute age to do so would be under 5!

Lucas had his third birthday party in January. If you ask him what his favorite part of the day was, I'd bet he's answer "cake!"

He also loved playing with Theo and Eli!

Sydney is sitting up and is starting to put everything into her mouth. I'm trying to keep a close eye on Lucas so one of his "tools or pirates" doesn't end up in Sydney's mouth. I have to admit Lucas is really sweet to his sister. If she is upset I'll ask him to sing or talk to her. I'll come back in the room and he is singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to her. Of course, Syd, is just enamoured by her big brother. I wonder if and when that will change.
Lucas and I have been spending some quality time together by going to a music class. I've been spending so much time with Sydney that often Lucas gets left out. I hired a babysitter to watch Syd while Lucas and I take this class together. He absolutely loves it and I love spending time with my son! Maybe he'll be the next American Idol? Don't you think America would vote for that face?

Birthday and Christmas

We like to do everything in a week in the Pevznamian household. Lucas' birthday is December 22, my birthday is December 24, and, of course, Christmas is December 25. Needless to say the week was crazy. Lucas just expected presents everyday and played non stop for days.

The token Christmas picture taken in front of the tree.

Lucas waiting anxiously for cake!

My 3 year old!

Happy kiddos!

Santa!

This year Lucas is really into Christmas and Santa. Last year when I brought Lucas to see Santa he screamed bloody murder and jumped off Santa's lap. This year was a different story! When the elf unhooked the ribbon to walk down the aisle to see Santa, Lucas tore down the aisle and leaped into Santa's arms. I know I'm a little partial since he's my son, but it was really darn cute. Here's the pic we got from the moment.

After that class picture we got another one....

I can't tell you how many pictures my family has with me making the same expression as Lucas. I guess he was all smiled out after the first picture.

On another note...Sydney has started eating baby food and has rolled over!

Granny

After 99 years my granny passed away a few weeks ago. It was sad to see her go but at least she is with her daughter now.

I have so many memories with granny:

She was the one who taught me to put butter and then jelly on toast. Try it - it's delicous!

When my mom asked her to clean the decanter set, she would drink all the wine in it and then polish it. Sometimes Holly and I would be lucky enough to get a sip.

I always gave her my marshmallow peeps from my Easter basket. I never liked them but my mom always gave them to me and I would just hand them over to granny.

She's always buy a huge tin of flavored popcorn on Christmas Eve. I always devoured the caramel side.

Granny was the one who held me as we both watched my mom die.

She loved when I brought her those nutritious Honey Buns.

I'm grateful I had so many years with her and she was able to meet Sydney and Lucas. Miss you granny.

Thanksgiving

Sydney celebrated her first Thanksgiving with her family in Agawam. I have to admit it was quite fun dressing her in a cute dress, tights, and hair clip. I told Steve I had been waiting my whole life for it! Lucas had a blast destroying my dad's house and playing with his partners in crime, Theo and Eli.

I finally couldn't take waking up every two hours with Sydney so I tried sleep training a few weeks ago. For those of you who are lucky enough not to know about sleep training, it is basically a few days of hell while the baby cries at night. However, the outcome is fantastic because the baby learns how to soothe herself at night and therefore sleeps longer. It took Sydney a few days but now she is doing great. She goes into her crib at 7 and wakes up around 4 for a feeding and then gets up around 6. You may not think waking up at 4 is fantastic but compared to waking up every 2 hours, I'll take it.

Lucas has been continuing his mischievous ways. Steve had to put a lock on the snack cabinet after I found him eating a sleeve of Fig Newtons. A few nights later while I walked out of the baby's room I found Lucas eating a bag of frozen peaches. He had opened the freezer, crawled on a chair, grabbed scissors on the top shelf of our desk, and cut open the bag of peaches. I'm not quite sure if I should feel proud or annoyed.

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