3 years

Birthday boy making funny faces!

Seriously!?! We have a 3 year old??? How on earth did that happen so fast? There are days with I look at Lucas and I see my newborn baby and then there are moments when I see a little grown up sitting there. I can’t believe how much he has changed and how his personality has become so distinct. He is to the point where he is having full conversations with people and even telling jokes. His favorite currently being the quote from the Lion King about “what’s a motto”. As you can see from his stats he is growing… very quickly. He is our big little dude for sure. It is getting to the point where I can’t carry him around for more than a few minutes because he is so long and heavy. He gets mistaken for a kindergartener more times than I want to admit.

Stats:

Height – 3’4 ½” – 96^th percentile

Weight – 43lbs – 99^th percentile

Surgery on his ears

Likes:

Superheroes – I’m pretty sure he knows more superheroes and more about them that I ever did before he was born.

Fruit – I think if we would let him just eat fruit all day long he would, it is always his favorite part of his meal.

Coloring – Whether it is with actual crayons or on an iPad or phone, this kid cannot get enough of coloring.

Games – He loves games, he got Candy Land for Christmas and Hi Ho Cherri-o for his birthday and he asks daily if we can play one of his games.

His friends – pretty much everyone he knows is his friend, and he gets so excited when they come over or we get to go see them.

Our goofball!

Dislikes:

Bedtime – He is still struggling with sleeping, he gets “afraid” of the cars outside the house. We use a white noise machine but he still gets freaked out most nights.

Mama leaving – We have had a lot of crazy things happen in our lives lately and has made it so I am not around as much, whether it was from recovering from surgery or working… and he does not like it a bit.

Water on his head – This one is a new one; he doesn’t like baths as much anymore because he can’t stand having water poured on his head.

 

He throws the best fits!

A lot has changed for Lucas since he was 2. This past year he finally got tubes put in to help with his ear infections, which has made a HUGE difference in his life. Minus one yucky bug that the whole family got he hasn’t gotten sick at all since his surgery. He also has gotten glasses since our last update. I noticed that he was doing funny things with his left eye when he was trying to focus on something. So we took him to see an eye doctor and he wasn’t using his left eye to see. So now he has the cutest little glasses and has to patch every so often to strengthen his eye. The doctor is hopeful that he will grow out of his glasses when he gets older.  Oh, we have also broken free of the pacifier! I'd like to take credit for that, but Vinnie was amazing and got him to finally give it up for good!

He loved going to the store and "talking" to Santa.