Surprise, Surprise...

The Creason Family has an announcement to make...

We are so excited to be adding Baby #3 to our family!!  This came as a little bit of a surprise to us.  Mark and I were very open to a third but we didn't see it happening so soon.  As most of you know we had a hard time getting pregnant with Lucas so we thought we had plenty of time.  For some reason I just had this feeling that it was time to be open for another.  After Andrew, I didn't even entertain the idea of a second until Andrew was close to 2.  After Lucas was born I really just felt this tug at my heart that another baby was in our future.  I never thought it would happen right away!!!  The night I had a positive test I just had to laugh.  It just made me realize that I am not in control of this situation and God has a bigger and better plan than I could ever dream up!  We are so thankful to be given this blessing.

Andrew is so excited!  He loves to talk about the baby and tell people that there is another baby in Mommy's belly.  Lucas has no idea what is going on :)  We are all so excited.  This pregnancy has been different from the first two.  I don't know if it is because it is #3 and so close to Lucas or because it's a girl.  We will see come January!

Happy 1st Birthday Lucas!!

My baby is 1!!!  It is so crazy how fast his first year has flown by.  I haven't even updated my blog in two months! This blog post might be a little long, but I promise lots of pictures too!!

I love all of his expressions!

Lucas is such a blessing to this family.  We waited for so long to be blessed with a second child and I thank God everyday that he hand picked Lucas for our family in His perfect time!! 

Lucas is still growing like crazy.  At his one year appointment he weighed 26lbs 10oz (98th percentile) and he was 32 1/4 in (>98th percentile)!  I always think it is funny when they use the > symbol.  Lucas is just a big boy and I love every single ounce of him!  He is currently wearing 18-24 month clothes and size 4 diapers.  He moved to drinking whole milk a couple weeks before he turned one.  He switched over with no issues.  He eats all table food and we haven't really come across anything he doesn't like.  Some of his favorites are Cheerios, chicken nuggets from Chick-Fil-A, and green beans. 

Enjoying some Chick-Fil-A nuggets

Cheerios!!

Since his 10 month post we also found out that Lucas has a problem swallowing.  He had to have a swallow study done.  A swallow study is when he drinks his bottle with barium during an x-ray and the radiologist can see where the food goes.  During this swallow study we found out that he actually has been aspirating his formula.  The scary part is some of the times he aspirated he didn't even choke or cough.  We were suspicious something was wrong because at about 9 months he started choking on his bottles and would wake up at night with a bad cough.  Now we have to thicken all liquids he drinks.  This has added some extra frustration with feeding and weaning from the bottle.  He has to use straw sippy cups because of this too.  He is now drinking from a straw with no problem!!  He is pretty much weaned from the bottle, but still takes a night time bottle.  He would probably take a sippy cup then, but we just haven't tried it.  He is supposed to grow out of this problem, but the doctors can't give me any kind of time frame. We will just have to keep repeating the swallow study until he is cleared.  

During the swallow study

Drinking from a straw like a big boy

Other big news for Lucas is that he now is officially walking!!!  He just started in the last week or so.  Right now he is about half and half walking and crawling.  It is so cute to watch him figure it all out.  Andrew is so funny too because he gets so excited every time Lucas hits a new developmental milestone!  Lucas is so physical.  He loves to push things around the house like stools, chairs, large toys, and really anything that he can physically move.  I am pretty sure he could start his own moving company.  He can also climb the stairs and loves to do it, but don't worry we have the stairs gated and we only let him do it supervised.  I think he just wants to keep up with his big brother.

Lucas is such a lover!!  His face lights up every time he sees Andrew, Mommy, or Daddy.  He loves people in general and will let most people hold him.  He is becoming less and less of a cuddler.  He will always cuddle at night before bed in the rocking chair.  He is going through a phase where he cries when we first lay him down to sleep.  He just wants someone to hold him :(  Sometimes I will hold him and rock with him for a while even though it is not helping the situation.  He is still an amazing sleeper and sleeps from about 8:30-8:00 and still takes 2 naps most days.

Playing with Alissa at the Children's Museum

Hanging out with my BFF Patrick in the church nursery

Spending some more time at the Children's Museum with my other BFF Carter

He only has a few words right now, but seems to understand what I say.  He says Dada and yes all of the time.  I finally figured out that he calls me Nana (sounds like Mama but with an N) and he very rarely says Mama.  He sometimes says all done and more.  He still loves music and loves to dance.  He loves books.  He loves going in the playroom with Andrew now.  They will sit in there and destroy it everyday.  Andrew and Lucas can't get enough of each other and I am sure this bond will only grow as they get older.  My heart melts watching them together!

They make me smile everyday

Love them!!

For Lucas's first birthday we decided to do a baseball theme.  We had a few friends over and our family to celebrate.  Lucas seemed to have fun being passed around and playing with his little buddies.  He was so funny to watch with his cake.  He first knocked the entire cake off his high chair but it was still in one piece so I put it back up there.  He wasn't very interested in the cake at all.  He played with it a little and ate a few bites, but wasn't very impressed.  I couldn't believe it because I thought he would love it.  It is always so nice to have family in town and friends here to help celebrate. 

Playing with Patrick

Trying to figure this whole cake thing out

Not too sure about this

Present time 

Checking out his new toy

Spending good time with Dylan and Tyler

We had his one year pictures taken yesterday so hopefully those will be coming soon.  It is sad to say goodbye to the baby days, but I love watching Lucas grow and watching his little personality take shape.  Time is going to fly by with or without me, so everyday I take time to slow down and appreciate the phase we are in.  I try to really enjoy everyday with them even when it feels busy and hectic.  There will be a day when the house is quiet and I will long for a busy frustrating day.  I love being a Mommy to these boys and thank God for them everyday!!  

Happy Birthday to my sweet baby boy Lucas!!!  I love you so much!!