Lucas is One!

Our *almost* Christmas baby, celebrated his First Birthday the day after Christmas. Crazy to think how fast the entire year has flown by. It seems like just yesterday that we were bringing little Lu Bug home from the hospital, all snugly and bundled up.

Lucas has been such a joyful addition to our family. It has been so fun to see Lucas' personality develop; he is always offering smiles and has such a pleasant, easygoing disposition. This month, Lucas has begun to pull himself up to a standing position, but still prefers to speed crawl and get into lots of trouble. :) He loves to put things into small containers and is developing some fine motor skills. Lucas continues to be a wonderful eater (despite having only 4 teeth,) and is often the last one eating...he easily eats more than Big Brother. His words include: "Dada," "Mama," and a kitty sound. What an adventure and a privilege to raise two sweet boys...I wonder what next year bring?

Compare: Christian at 1 Year

Colorado Christmas

This Christmas we were blessed with the opportunity to travel home for 12 days. It was so wonderful to be able to take a break from work, school, and the business, and relax and spend time with our families. The plane trips were a little rough, especially with snow delays on the way back to South Carolina, but we survived! Some of our trip highlights included:

• Meeting our new nephew, Hudson (What a cutie!)

• Massages at Copperfalls Spa in Castle Rock (ahhh, fabulous. Thank you Grandpa and Grandma for watching the boys.)
• Seeing "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" in the theatre together (We also saw "Life of Pi" with my parents and my brother, Ryan)
• Hudson Gardens light display

• Snow (The first day it snowed, Steve and Christian shoveled, built a snowman, and took a little sledding venture all within an hour. Of course, Christian hasn't seen snow since he was 15 months old. This was also Lucas' first sight of snow.)

• Annual Cookie Bake day at the R household (So fun to be a part of it this year. We certainly were very busy!)

•  Christmas Eve with the R family

•  Christmas Day with the E family

• Lucas' First Birthday party (Separate post to follow.)
• Starbucks (I had to add that in there. I think we went almost every day.)

And some more fun photos, for good measure. :o)

Such a sweet time with our families, there is no other place we would rather be. And...we are praying that there will be a move this Summer!