December 31, 2010

Wow, it's been a long time since I've visited this blog. Sadly. Life has been extremely busy, with graduate school and Eric now co-owning a bar. Luka has grown tremendously since I've stopped writing... and I'm sorry that I have not been capturing and documenting all his quirky comments and actions. He's funny! I'd like to get back in the swing of writing about us... so I hope I still have somewhat of an audience.

Luka loves to wake up in the morning and say "Hiiiii, Hi Mama". That's pretty much how I wake up... him on my pillow, nose to nose, saying "Hi Mama"... I'll stir for awhile and when I finally open my eyes and say something, he asks "time to wake up?! Okay!". He loves starting a new day.

He also likes to ask, "Are you happy?". It's the funniest thing. He usually asks it when he's happy.

He also sings all the time. He sings the "Fireman Sam" song, "Hurry Hurry Drive the Fire Truck", "Slippery Fish", "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". He learns these at school.

Luka has a major obsession with cars, trucks, emergency vehicles, etc. That's the ONLY thing he plays with. He makes driving noises, and talks as if there are several characters. I've been buying him the Pixar Cars, Lightning McQueen, Mack, Mater Grater, and the like... he loves those cars (and of course they're pricier than the regular hot wheel or matchbook ones).

He loves his school in Eugene. His friends are Oliver, Amelia, Jack, Marley, Keenan, etc... Over the summer he went to a different school... he misses those kids. But Eugene has been working out for us. He's pretty good about living in two cities.

I promise to keep up, and post pictures and videos. I'm sure I've already forgotten many hilarious episodes... like today, Luka spilling his entire hot chocolate at B&N, and us leaving instead of telling someone, because it was one of those days... or like a couple days ago when we were in the Jacksonville MOSH planetarium with Nana and Poppy, and the lady was explaining the show... and Luka pipes up a number of times (loudly) saying "Oh, Okay!" and "Alright!"... people turned and looked at him with big smiles.

Or how he likes to cup my face with his hands when I'm not 100% listening to him, and he says "Listen to my words, Mom" (something he picked up from school. Or just now as he is begging for an "Ice cream Jo-Jo, Mama" because I had earlier promised one to him. (And of course smarty pants doesn't forget anything!) He's funny!