Letters For Lucas

Wonders, Mishaps, Blunders and Joy.. commentary on my life as a mom in the form of letters to my son

Making Memories

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Please tell me I’m not the only one in denial about it being November! Mid-November at that. WTH?

How is it even possible that Thanksgiving is a week away?

I can’t seem to get my brain wrapped around retailers promoting Christmas.

Christmas?!

Where did this year go?

After record heat for weeks, it is FINALLY boot season in Southern California!

My poor neglected blog has been a ghost town for days. All I have posted lately are letters for my weekly Letters For You series.

I’m never at a loss for ideas and have dozens of drafts started and should be working on my Thanksgiving gratitude posts and year-end round ups, but I’m not writing anything here.

Instead, I’ve been pouring my heart into articles for SheKnows, a new job that I am truly grateful to have. I am really proud of today’s post, Thanksgiving traditions to start now. I have also been…

basking in the glow of the Mumford & Sons concert my husband and I attended last Saturday night and…

celebrating three years of my Mommy & Me play group and two years of my husband and his partner opening EC on PCH and…

counting down to see Breaking Dawn Part 2 with my sister at midnight on Thursday and…

gearing up for a family vacation to Vancouver!

We leave in less than four days and my To Do list is beyond scary. I know it will all get done somehow and between now and boarding that airplane, I am going to make sure there will be moments to stop and savor like this:

 

Linking up with Galit (These Little Waves) and Alison’s (Writing, Wishing) monthly link up, Memories Captured.

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Last Tuesday

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Chances are Lucas won’t remember the details of last Tuesday, but they will stay with me.

I woke up with a wicked sore throat and we tearfully bid his Daddy farewell for five days as he headed off to Pennsylvania for a car event.

We went to his swim lessons and I captured him on video swimming the entire length of the “big” pool earning him a promotion to the next level and a visit to the treasure chest. He excitedly chose a little rubber ducky, which has been a permanent fixture in the bathtub ever since. 

We shared a turkey sandwich at Subway and then stopped at the super market for Kleenex, green tea, OJ and wine (for good measure, of course).

By the time we headed home, I was worn out and wanted to do nothing but lie down. I asked him if he would take a nap with me and as usual his response was, I’m not laying down, I’m not resting, I don’t need a nap.

Sigh.

I collapsed on the couch and put Scooby Doo on TV. Before the episode was over, Lucas got up and headed towards his bedroom. After a few minutes I crept down the hall to see what he was up to and this is what I found:

It suddenly didn’t matter that he wouldn’t take a nap.

I love this boy and we both love books!

Linking up with Galit (These Little Waves), Alison (Mama Wants This) and Tracy’s (Sellabit Mum) monthly link up, Memories Captured.

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A Month To Remember

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If you follow me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram then you know I had a pretty awesome week last week.

Not only was it Mother’s Day, but after nagging (I HATE that word, by the way) my husband for us to do something different for a change, we definitely fulfilled that wish. To his credit, Todd is a great sport, up for just about anything and was as excited as I was about all of our fun activities.

This week was perfect; we had a fun play date, went to a Food Truck Fare, sweated my butt off trampoline jumping, celebrated a dear friend’s birthday at an Indian restaurant we have both been wanting to try and went out on a Duffy boat, but my favorite activity (apart from the Mother’s Day breakfast I shared with Lucas at his school on Friday) was originally a gift for Todd.

For his 40th birthday in December, I gave him 40 days of gifts (one per day) leading up to his big day and one of those gifts was a 90 minute Segway tour.

Due to scheduling conflicts and babysitter issues we hadn’t been able to book it until last week. Let me tell you, it was worth the wait! I had the goofy smile you see on my face below the entire time. Segways are super easy to use, can go anywhere and are a lot of fun.

If you have never been on a Segway, are the least bit interested and there is a place in your town that gives tours, I HIGHLY recommend it!

May is going to be a month to remember…. more details to come.

Linking up with Galit (These Little Waves) and Alison’s (Mama Wants This) monthly link up, Memories Captured.

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Spring Break 2012

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Today I’m missing my little side kick, but I am proud to report I we survived Spring Break!

In the beginning there was worry and dread. Lots of dread and then, I made a list! I outlined each day and before I knew it I was actually excited about Lucas being on Spring Break! 

The days were long, I’m not going to lie, but we had so much fun together.

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There was a trip to the aquarium, a birthday party, a play date, ice cream, scooter time, a much needed hair cut, plenty of park time and we started swim lessons!

There were also at least 20 rounds of the game Cars & Trucks cards, pizza and macaroni and cheese lunches, a couple of afternoons with no naps that we filled with crayons, paint and multiple viewings of Rio. Oh, and there was one afternoon spent with a babysitter so Mommy could get her yoga on.

All in all the week went by super fast and we didn’t even get to everything on my list, but the memories of our time together and Lucas’ first Spring Break will last a lifetime. 

Linking up with Galit (These Little Waves) and Alison’s (Mama Wants This) monthly link up, Memories Captured.

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We Made It!

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As women, I don’t think we are ever more vulnerable (sensitive, wacky, hormonal, crazed or sleep deprived) than when we are pregnant or new mothers.

I wrote a post today for Smart Mom Style about my favorite newborn/baby gear and in doing so, I went through hundreds dozens of photos I have of Lucas as a newborn and in an instant, I was transported back to those early days of being unsure of myself and scared out of my wits. Nine months of preparation turned out to be no preparation at all.

Look at him, he fit in a basket! 

So tiny and fragile. I thought I would break him in half every time I changed his diaper. And those cries like bird calls were so foreign to me. So desperate. I cried too. I question my every decision and my ability to care for this little creature.

Both of us were brand new, me in my role and hm to the world. Both of us so uncertain of what was ahead of us.

The only constant was love.

And trust.

Lots of trust.

Now those early days make me smile with pride. We made it! 

I would go back in a heartbeat, knowing what I know now, of course, but I am also loving exactly where we are today…

Always trusting,

always loving.

Lucas, one month old - Photo by Stephanie Ann Photography

Linking up with Galit (These Little Waves) and Alison’s (Mama Wants This) monthly link up, Memories Captured.

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A Hundred Hearts

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Lucas is 2 1/2 years old today and they were right. I was warned. Everyone that said it goes by fast. By it, of course, I mean childhood…. mine, yours and especially our children’s.

One minute it was just Todd and I and the next we became a family by bringing home our newborn son. Fast forward in lightening speed time, we began celebrating all of his amazing milestones and he soon turned one and then two and now attends preschool, sleeps in a twin bed, lives on macaroni ‘n cheese and has begun asking us all sorts of inquisitive questions about the world around him.

Right before our eyes Lucas has turned into a little person… a wonderful, thoughtful, strong-willed, energetic little person.

I constantly search for the pause button and desperately try my best to stay present so that I don’t miss a moment of his childhood.

I want to remember these days of sweet innocence and discovery forever.

A hundred hearts would be too few
To carry all my love for you.
– Author Unknown

Linking up with Galit (These Little Waves) and Alison’s (Mama Wants This) Memories Captured.


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