2nd Birthday

Although he had a tonsil flare-up that morning, we proceeded with the birthday party to try and make him feel better. He had a great time playing with his new train table (thanks Nana and Pop) his new John Deere rider (thanks Grandma and Papa) and all his great new toys. By his third birthday we will have to buy a new bigger house to fit all his stuff.

Butterfly house

The butterfly house is a great place with about 2,000 butterflies inside. Its only downfall is that it is 85-90 degrees with about 100% humidity. Its a sauna and butterfly house in one.

Crash landing

They were too cute "catching" eachother at the end of the slide until Keegan's head collided with his. Somehow her head was fine, but Lukas had a big bruise on his head for days. And all this time I thought he was hard-headed :)

Swingset

His girlfriend Keegan came over to play. They had a great time sharing on the swingset.

Circus time

The circus was more of a time for Lukas to play on the bleachers than for him to watch the circus acts. I will admit, they were very boring, but I thought he would be much more into them. I don't picture circus life being very fun for the animals....so I'd rather not go anyway...but for Lukas I wanted to try it. Next year I think we will save about $50 and just do the rides. He loved this big slide!

He wanted to go swimming sooo bad that he put on both his swim trunks to try and convince me. Since we didn't have a pool to go to, we went to the park to play in the water fountain that shoots out of the ground. He was so excited the whole way there. We had the place to ourselves (which excited me) and within about 20 seconds, he wanted to leave. He picked out this whole swim outfit...but wouldn't put a finger in the water. We shoulda just stayed home and played with the car lock.

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He loves his fruit! Wish he loved eating whole meals...but he could want much worse than fruit.

The Girls

The infamous "Wolf Girls" and their Mom

Grandma Wolf's day

Lukas started out at Grandma Wolf's birthday with his funny face, but ended the visit with a very hot and tired face.

He loves playing hide and seek, which usually involves him hiding behind the shower curtain or window curtain, and us 'finding' him. The fact that he hides right infront of us doesn't seem to matter in this game. He has started doing the same between the back door and screen door and in the fridge. Could you spot him?

18 Month Pictures

He did so well at his 18 month pictures! You would never know that he (and I) barely slept the night before, and he cried for about half the car ride to St. Louis because he couldn't sleep. He is such a fun, happy, intelligent little man...who doesn't like to sleep. Thank you Starbucks for keeping Mommy awake!

His poor nose had a tough time with the coffee table :(

Little chef

He LOVES to help cook. He helped make the cookie he is eating. He would put sprinkles on everything if I would let him. We made cupcakes about 2 weeks after making these cookies. I was so impressed with him, cause when the timer went off, and we both ran into the kitchen...while I was grabbing an oven mit...he was opening the drawer to get a spatula! He must have thought that all things you bake need a spatula (like the cookies did) so he grabbed one to get ready. Too smart!!

Growing too fast

He has really started looking and acting like a little boy rather than baby...where did the time go?

Little talker

He loves to talk! Only problem is that most of the time it is in his own language. We think it is a mix of babble and German.

Plotting

He is trying to figure out how to get his way all the time, instead of just 90% of the time.