Decorating

It has been very exciting to be able to decorate a room exactly how we wanted it for Corina, since when Lukas was born we were squeezing him into our apartment. Lukas helped as much as we dared let him, and has enjoyed helping prepare everything for Corina. It's so much fun to hear him talk about all the things he's going to do with her and teach her when she's born. I do hope he's not too disappointed that for the first month or two she won't be much more than a noodle.

Before



Lukas is cleaning a dirty spot on the carpet.



Happy Daddy working on his daughter's room.



Very happy big brother because he's about to PAINT! We tried to let him paint in just his diaper, but he insisted he needed clothes.





Lukas helping Papa find the right tools for putting the furniture together.



Papa and Daddy working on the furniture.



After







It's kind of dark, but this is video of Lukas painting. :)

Family Day

Today (3-16-10) Eric took off work so we could have a family day before Corina arrives. We debated about doing several things, and finally decided on simply having a Lukas oriented day. So we started off the day with donuts. Lukas accompanied Daddy to the donut shop to make sure the right ones were bought. Then we got ready and went to the park. The weather today wasn't the best for playing outside since it was cloudy, windy, and barely 50 degrees when we went. Aside from the fact that we were all shivering when we left the park, we had a lot of fun. After freezing at the park, we went to Ci Ci's for a yummy pizza lunch. Lukas was able to eat his favorite Mac anc Cheese and Alfredo pizzas with the added bonus of lemonade to drink. After he ate Eric and he went to "play" the video games in the back. To play these games Lukas watches the intro movie screen and moves the controller. One of these days he'll realize that this isn't actually playing it, but I'm certainly not going to tell him. :) He did spend a quarter to get a prize from one of the prize machines. He got a bouncy ball. After naptime, we went to run an errand, eat dinner, and play trains at Barnes & Noble. All in all it was a very fun day! I'm really glad we took a day to make it all about Lukas before Corina arrives and there's a family fruit basket turn over.







Eric is not the reason this rope is on the ground. It is always like that.





I did manage to get myself in a picture.



Feeding the ducks and seagulls.

Results

Sorry about the lack of updating on our experiment. The experiment went just as planned! The dinosaur did in fact grow quite large. Lukas watched it pretty intently for the first day, and when not much happened he kind of gave up the watch. The day after he did ask after its progress, but that was about it. Finally by the time 48 hours had passed (and the dinosaur was as big as it was going to get) we checked it and took it out. He was very excited that it had gotten so big, and he immediately put another dinosaur in the water to grow. :)

Experiment

We started an experiment this morning. For Christmas Lukas got a package of dinosaurs that grow in water. The instructions indicate it takes approximately 48 hours for them to grow to 6 times their normal size after being placed in water. When removed from water they supposedly shrink back down, so you can do it again later. Lukas was very excited to start the experiment, however he got bored with it when nothing happened in the first 30 minutes.

He stared at it for a little over 5 minutes waiting for it to do something.





This is the dinosaur inside the water.



Hopefully in a couple of days this experiment will have a successful update.

Happy Valentines Day!

Eric you are my amazing helper, friend, lover, confidant, and Daddy to our son (and soon daughter). I'm amazed every time I think of how God placed us together. We are so different, but wonderfully similar. You find all my weaknesses and fill them to make me more complete than I could ever be alone. I love watching you with our son, and I can't wait to see you with our daughter. You are a wonderful and caring Daddy, and I wouldn't want anyone else to be in that position. You are truly my other half. Thank you for loving me the way you do. I am blessed and honored to be your wife.

I love you!!!

February 11, 2010 - A Historic Snow Day

This past Thursday it started snowing about 4am, and didn't stop until about midnight. We got between 8 and 10 inches of snow! Yes, that's a big range but I lost track after a while. Unfortunately, Lukas was in a week of staying "indoors, out of the elements, and out of school" (those were the exact words of the pulmonologist) so he didn't get to enjoy the snow to the fullest. We did go outside for about 15 min because how can you deprive a kid of playing in snow?! There was much crying when we made him come inside, but that was cleared up by getting to take a bath.

Thursday morning....







Friday morning....







Lukas was putting his hands out to catch the snow flakes before we let him outside in it.



Playing in the snow!!











The breathing treatment that has been a HUGE (and constant) part of about the past month.

Happenings Around the Swayne House

These pictures represent what we've (okay, what Lukas) been up to the past few weeks. When I looked at all the pictures, I realized that he was in the same pj's in most of them even though they weren't all taken on the same day.

Playing his "computer" games.



Decorating and playing in his castle.





This picture was taken to show all the animals that he sleeps with on his bed. And if they are not all in the right position, he will not go to sleep until it's corrected.



Playing in a box.



Watching movies on Daddy's computer.



Reading before bedtime.



Daddy became a lounge chair, and Lukas was very comfortable.



Playing Mr. Potato Head.



A great way to start the day...playing by the fire.



About half these pictures were taken while he was sick with RSV.