Luc whose talking

Luc's language skills are continuing to improve. He's learning new words and phrases almost daily from Diane and I and also from his favorite videos and TV shows. And speaking of TV shows, Jeopardy continues to be his favorite show. In fact, a couple weeks ago we were out driving and Luc suddenly realized that we might not get home in time for that evening's episode. This caused an immediate panic and he started calling out: Jeopardy, Daddy! Jeopardy, Daddy! I assured him we would be home in time but he continued saying it until it blended into a new, single word: JeoparDaddy! Now JeoparDaddy has become his favorite way of addressing me, especially when he feels it's something extra important :)

In addition to making up new words, Luc is also getting good at taking phrases he's learned at daycare and using them at home. Now if Daddy or Mommy do something he doesn't approve of he'll say something like No! Go sit down. Or Timeout Chair! Sometimes his timing is a little off though like the other evening (it was a week night) and out of the blue he came up to me and said Hi Daddy, how's your weekend? Needless to say, the process has its speed bumps which often proof to be humorous.

Saturday we had our first trip of the year to the Philadelphia Zoo. We got a family pass this year so we plan on making this a regular outing. Plus when you get a family pass they allow you in to member's only events like evening or morning viewings when they are either waking up and feeding or putting to bed the animals. But most importantly, Luc just seems to really like seeing all the different animals and birds up close. He is able to identify many of them too. And the children's zoo within the larger zoo is nice also. There's one photo in the new photo set of him on a tractor in the children's zoo.

Summer is nearly upon us and we're making our travel plans now. We hope we can visit some of you and if we do I think you will be surprised to see how big Luc is getting. When I look back at his photos from last year at this time he seems so small. I guess it shouldn't be surprising to me, I mean I know kids grow, but still seeing it happen right before your eyes is amazing. And seeing the development in his personality is even more amazing. Its like you can see him thinking things through as they happen and then handling them better the next time. For example, he has a small train set with cars that connect with magnets. When he first got it this past Christmas it would frustrate him when he couldn't get the cars to connect because he didn't understand they would only connect one way. So we would show him that they would connect once you turned them around and now he has caught on to that and instead of getting frustrated at them not connecting he just says turn around and flips them to the correct orientation and the connection is made and presto! Progress!

Some miscellaneous stuff: besides loving Jeopardy, Luc also loves Pixar movies like Cars and Toy Story. We literally watch at least one of those two movies every day and he never gets tired of them. He loves pretzels too. His first pretzel was an Auntie Anne's at the mall and he's been hooked ever since. At home he helps us make SuperPretzels in the microwave. His favorite cereal is Corn Pops and he's acquiring a taste for apples and cheese (separately, not together) as long as they are chopped or sliced into small portions. He likes YouTube videos of trains, especially of trains crashing into cars or trucks. Then he goes to his own train set and crashes his train into a toy car or truck. His favorite toy is either Mack or McQueen, the truck and race car from Cars.

Anyway, that's it for now. Sorry these posts are getting further and further apart. It's not always so easy to find the time to write them. But know we're all doing well and Luc is growing into a great little kid. He laughs a lot, loves to run on the playground, loves to dance and sing and is becoming more and more affectionate and engaging. And of course, he continues to be a good looking kid too. In fact, when I went for my dentist appointment today my dentist Veronica, who had just seen Luc a couple weeks earlier, said to me I want to tell you that your son is the most beautiful child, boy or girl, that I have ever seen. He is really something, just gorgeous! I told her I had to agree :)

Enjoy the photos.