Halloween on the Mile...

...Lucas celebrated his first Halloween on the Mile with his friends Astou, Yaya and Oskar. I only put on the dracula outfit on Lucas for a very short time as it is unseasonably warm for this time of year in South Florida. Rather than walk up and down the Miracle Mile trick or treating, since the babies are so little...AND the mommies are not interested in extra candy lying around the house, we sat ourselves down outside Pasha's and watched all of the unique costumes march on by.

Little swimmers...

...Lukey had his first pool party today at Marie and Stephanie's house in the Grove today. It was a looong day because afterwords we went to the Mile for the Halloween extravaganza. Lucas was a little timid and didn't know quite what to make of the pool when I first put him in...but after about five minutes or so he completely warmed up to it, as you can see by this picture. I dragged him around the water helping him to "swim" as we went around and said hi to the other babies. The weather was perfect and the pool was heated. It was wonderful! Lucas wore his Iplay swim diapers for the first time.

First musical experience...

...Pop Goes the Orchestra at the New World Symphony on Lincoln Rd in Sobe. Lucas and I went with Chiara/Sofia, Amy/Oskar, Anne/Liam and Melissa/Dylan. We had a great time and were seated only six rows from the front. I think that Lucas really enjoyed himself and he didn't get upset although it was really loud. On the contrary, he was seated on my lap and kept staring and staring at the orchestra. It was only the final 15 minutes that he fell asleep. The next kids concert, Peter and the Wolf, is in March. Until then, I am planning lots of other activities with the "Mercy Moms." We are thinking of going to the beach with the little ones. Lucas visited the beach for the first time when Lucy, Andres's aunt, was in town. He loved the breeze and the warm air and was perfectly happy for two entire hours. Pretty much after that he had a bit of a meltdown! We were also planning on going to Fairchild Gardens and the Kids Museum since it is free the last Thursday of each month.

Amazing progress with night time sleeping...

...and other major milestones! September 15th was the first night that little Lukey slept from 8pm - 5am (9 straight hours.) Andres and I could hardly believe it. We were ecstatic. This was followed by two more days of the same which has since turned into over a week of unbelievably good sleeping... speckled with the occasional 3:30am wake-up. As you can see from the picture, Lucas has also learned to hold on to a sippy cup with two hands and even drinks water out of the straw! Of course I need to put a bib on him because he spills water all down his front...or maybe it's drool. He is a BIG TIME drooler these days. As far as turning over is concerned, he has been turning from his belly to his back for the past month and a half. Now, however, he squirms like a little snake from back to front to back. He also goes to sleep for naps (still in our arms as he's being bounced) with a noise that sounds not quite like crying and not quite like talking. Lucas is also laughing up a storm these days and had a great time playing with Daddy during bath time tonight. He continues to be a very social kid and really enjoys hanging with other babies. This week at Itsy Bitsy Yoga he was talking REALLY loudly and during the yoga move where we chant "I LOOOOVEE YOOUUU" a few of the mommies said that it sounded like Lucas had said I love you back. Ha, ha!