Change

Things are changing so much right now. Change is good... right? I mean, people are moving on and progressing, it's a good thing. I don't mind change in theory, but when it actually happens it's really hard for me. You think I'd be used to it. Provo is the home of everything unstable and temporary and I've been here for 8 years. But I'm not used to it. I'm a creature of habit. I do the same things every day. I have a morning and a night time routine that I follow pretty much every day. And now that we have Lucas my life is even less spontaneous. I've gotten very used to how things have been for the last year.

Now everything is changing. Some of the best friends I've ever had in a ward are moving. One of those girls is Carlie, and I'm really going to miss doing crafts and game nights with her. My older sister Julie bought a house, which is fantastic, and she will still be in Utah, but she's going to live 20 minutes away instead of 2 minutes away. I'm worried we won't see each other as often as we have been. Will chick flick Wednesday's continue? Will Lucas still be comfortable enough with her to do this?

And to top it all off, my sister Sheri is moving. She's lived right underneath me for almost two years, the last year we both had babies and spent many hours together every week. Whenever I was bored I always knew I could go down the stairs and hang out with her. I'm really going to miss having her here, going on walks, sitting in the grass. I hate change! Today was Lucas and Dallin's last day of living next door to each other. They celebrated by playing together.

Good bye last year. We will miss you.

Thwarted

Since everyone was disappointed by the lack of "lots of pictures" in my last post, I was going to take a ton of pictures of Lucas yesterday and make a "Day in the Life of Lucas George" post. I was thwarted! Lucas has been running a high fever since Sunday morning and we have no idea why. Up until yesterday this hadn't affected him much, aside from being a little more fussy and a little more tired. Yesterday started off being so normal. We woke up. I love his sleepy face.

Had some breakfast. Much happier.

Called some friends.

Went for a drive. He likes to sit on it backwards sometimes and I think it's so funny.

Watched some cartoons, he loves the Simpson's and Family Guy. He will seriously sit and watch an entire episode. I don't know how that happened but it drives me crazy.

Had some more breakfast.

And then we went to exercise. Here he is flexing his muscles for you... not really, I put that headband on him and he freaked out and he's just trying to get it off.

And all of this before 10 am. We have very busy mornings. Then Lucas went down for his nap... and slept for 20 minutes. He usually takes a 2 1/2 hour nap. He was so tired but he just wouldn't sleep. We had been giving him medicine to keep his fever down, but it just wasn't cutting it yesterday. He pretty much had a temp between 101 and 103 all day yesterday. And looked like this for the rest of the day.

So that's when the pictures pretty much stopped. He was SO mad. It was a rough day. After a lot of walks and effort, I got him to sleep for about an hour total in the afternoon so he was a little happier but still grumpy. I made some cookies to pass out to some people in the ward and because Lucas was so grumpy, when he grabbed one off the cooling rack while I wasn't looking, I totally let him eat the whole thing.

Hey, he stopped fussing for a whole 20 minutes. I'm only human. He loved that cookie.

Lots of Pictures

My memory card on my camera is full. I don't think that has ever happened. Usually we back up the pictures before I take enough to fill up the camera. Now don't get me wrong, I save the pictures on a regular basis on my own computer. By "back up" I mean save them in 20 different places, including the external hard drive in our fireproof safe. Ryan is such a fretful nerd. Anyway, I have taken 732 pictures in the last 6 months, for an average of 122 pictures taken every month. Considering I took barely over 300 the first year Ryan and I were married (and only 5 pictures one of those months), I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Lucas has greatly increased the number of pictures I take. I can't help it, though. He's so cute. Here he is playing outside in the sun.

And speaking of playing outside in the sun, we have been doing this a lot lately. I think winter is finally over. Provo has a tendency to slip back into winter for months and snow on us randomly, but it's been steadily warm and sunny for a while now and I think spring is here to stay.... just in time for the hot, hot summer. Better get my pool pass quick!

Sushi Night

For my sister Sarah's bridal shower, we decided to just have a small party with us sisters and she had a separate one with her other friends earlier. We decided it would be fun to have a sushi night. We were right! We made California Rolls. Here are the ingredients.


Then we started making the rolls.


Julie was an expert roller.

Don't they look so pretty.

Then Sarah got her present. No peeking Nate!

And then we sat and enjoyed the yummy sushi rolls. They were so good. We had to put Lucas in the Pack N Play so he wouldn't attack the food. He was very jealous.

We had so much fun and the sushi was so yummy and easy to make that I think this will become a more frequent activity. Next time we're going to branch out and try making more exotic sushi.

Breakfast?

This is what I had for breakfast today. It looks like whipped cream but it's plain yogurt, with lightly sweetened strawberries... oh, and of course I didn't substitute for the pound cake cause that's just too yummy. Healthy? I say yes!

New Adventure

Ryan got called to be the second counselor in the bishopric today. I always thought that this would be such a scary calling, for me and for Ryan - but mostly for Ryan. I always thought that we would never be able to, or want to have a calling like this. But when we got called in to visit with the Stake President and he extended the calling, both Ryan and I felt good about it. We did not feel afraid or overwhelmed. That's not to say that Ryan is not slightly intimidated by his calling, but I think that the Lord prepares us for the things that he asks us to do, and so he helped Ryan and I feel ready and able to accept this calling. I'm excited for this new phase in our life and I know that the Lord will help us through it. Plus, Ryan looks so handsome in a suit and now he has to wear one every week. And when I was a little girl I remember sitting with my Dad on the stand when he was in the bishopric, and I'm excited for Lucas to have that opportunity. He's going to have so much fun climbing up the stairs to get to daddy. And hopefully his parents will grow from this opportunity and have fun as well.

It is just a beautiful today! I love days like this where everything seems to go smoothly and we're all happy. Lucas and I enjoyed a yummy lunch.

Tilapia and wild rice. I know I've said it before but my baby is such a good eater.

Then we went outside to enjoy the beautiful weather. We decided to play with Lucas's hair today. It looks ridiculous. Look how long it's gotten, though.

We crawled around on the grass. Lucas decided it hurt his knees, so instead of finally figuring out how to walk, he decided to crawl on his hands and feet. He looked ridiculous.

We love being outside!!

Bubbles

Lucas got bubbles in his Easter basket, so when it was a warm and beautiful day today, we decided to go outside and play with the bubbles. Lucas thought it was so much fun. Mostly he just likes being outside. He's very excited for the summer.

I Know I'm Biased But...

I think our baby is a genius. He constantly amazes us with how smart he is and how fast he picks up on things. He has gotten really good at figuring out how shapes go together. For instance he likes to put lids back on things, fit shapes into their corresponding holes, and stacking the rings on his toy. Oh, and he figured out that his finger fits perfectly up his nose. He's gotten really good at imitating us, making faces, and talking up a storm (even though we're not really sure what he's saying yet). His most recent discovery is figuring out how to play with his magnet fishing thing. He was so proud of himself.

Here's a short video of him fishing so you can see the huge smile he gets when he catches a fish.

On top of being a genius, he's gotten really cuddly lately and I love it. He likes to give hugs, and he loves to crawl up on top of stuff like blankets and stuffed animals and cuddle with it. I think it's so dang cute!

Snow on Easter

Look what I found on Easter Morning.

The Easter Bunny brought more than just snow, though. Here's Lucas's first Easter basket. Thanks to both his grandmas he got more than just baby food.

Lucas thought it was the coolest thing he's ever seen.

I couldn't get him to look up long enough to take a picture, but I got a bunch of pictures of him staring at everything.

It's kind of a tradition in my family to get breakfast foods in your Easter basket so Lucas got to eat his mango baby food for breakfast, and I drank yummy peach mango fruit juice with my breakfast.

Then we spent a wonderful day watching conference and remembering what Easter is really all about. After that we went over to my grandparent's house in the evening. We had an egg hunt. Lucas was a pro.

It was fun spending time with family.

And cuddling with daddy.

We hope you all had a happy Easter.