First Birthday Party

Lucas went to his first birthday party today. His good friend Preston turned 2! Unfortunately, Lucas looked like this during the whole thing... He missed out on all the fun!

Luckily when we got home Lucas looked in his party bag and found these handsome sunglasses. He LOVED them. He then realized what fun he had missed out on!

He promises to be more animated for Preston's 3rd birthday party next year!

6 weeks stats: 12 lbs 2 oz, 23 inches--94% percentile. I asked our pediatrician if I should be worried about his weight. His response, "Nah, he can go on NutriSystem for Men for the rest of his life. Right now, let him eat!"

We love our Chunky Monkey!

Recipe Book

For a few years I have been wanting to compile all my recipes into one book. Each time I pull out my lone orange folder I have a random assortment of papers with printed off and hand-written recipes usually with spilled ingredients on them. The day finally came... I went to Office Depot, bought my supplies, and voila! I have a recipe book!!

Before:

After:

I typed each recipe with the appropriate title (Breakfast, Side, Salad, Main Dish, Dessert), Printed it, put a sheet protector on to protect from future spills. and filed accordingly.  I plan on typing up all new recipes each month to make sure it remains organized. 

It feels so good to have it finally done! 

Orphan Child

Today I had to go to the Nevada Real Estate Division to renew my dad's license. This is almost as bad as going to the DMV. I decided I should arrive before 8:00 to be first in line. I knew there was know way I could get me and baby ready by 7:00 AM in order to get to the NVRED before 8:00 so instead I went in my "mom" outfit--aka snuggies-- and baby went in his PJ's, because who would I see at the real estate division? WRONGO BONGO! To make matters worse as we are driving Lucas starts SCREAMING. This is so out of character for him so I start singing, reaching back to give him his pacifier, but he wanted nothing. When we arrived I got him out of his seat and could smell #2 immediately. Everyone talks about "blow-outs" but we have yet to experience one until today. It was up the back, down his legs, on his arms, EVERYWHERE! Of course the only outfit I had in my diaper bag is too small, but I had nothing else, so on it went. He looked like a little orphan child with too small of an outfit on...

So, as I said before, I thought, "who will I see at the NVRED"? I walk in and as I turn the corner I see one of my work colleagues who works at another company. I thought about turning around and going home, but I had already made the trip across town so I got the courage and said hello. His response, "Jillian, I didn't recognize you!"I was so embarrassed! Yes, I know you didnt recognize me because I have no make-up on and am sleep deprived. Luckily, his wife had a baby in December as well so he understands the whole "Mom outfit, no make-up, flustered" look.

I have learned my lesson, always make sure your back-up outfit fits...and never assume you won't see anyone in your "mom" outfit!

Did you make it?

If you are viewing this blog you made it!! Here is our new blog... Enjoy!

HELP!

Our blog is in serious need of HELP! I cannot figure out for the life of me how to remove the "Undefined" title! Does anyone in the blogging world know what is going on? All I did was update my template.If we cannot resolve this we will be starting up a new blog because this is ridiculous!Also... in the not so distant future we will be going private... I'll keep you posted.

You convinced me!

I didn't wash my hair today!! It is already 4:02 PM and I am in it for the long haul. Today my hair is in a ponytail and I'm feeling great!

Thank you everyone for your vote of confidence!

How long will it take my hair to regulate/train? Megan- How did you get your hair to last for FIVE days??

My Second Children

Today my second children met Lucas. I got to go pick up Robby and Veronica from school, I haven't seen them since before Lucas was born and seeing them was much overdue! When they got in the car they both said, "It's baby Lucas!" When we arrived home Veronica asked when Lucas was going to wake up, I told her not for awhile so she sighed and started her homework. Both Robby and Veronica were SO excited when he finally decided to wake up. Unfortunately, he was only awake for about 10 minutes for a diaper change and then he fell back asleep. Robby couldn't wait to hold Lucas...

It was so sweet to see Robby and Lucas together. Robby told Lucas he couldn't wait for him to get a little older so he could show him how to play Legos.

In other news we went to Utah this past weekend for my cousin's missionary homecoming and we did not take ONE picture! I am so sad we didn't get any pictures of Lucas with our family in Utah! It was so fun seeing all my cousins, aunts and uncles and hanging out. It is so fun that we are all married (except a few of us) and having kids. Thanks Brown family for a fabulous weekend!!

The Hair Challenge

I naturally have oily hair. I am OCD about being and feeling clean so I HAVE to wash it everyday. I decided that once I was on maternity leave I was going to only wash my hair once every other day to try and train my hair not to be so oily so I would only have to "do" my hair a few times a week. Plus I heard that it is better for your hair and since I knew I would lose a lot of my hair due to post-pregnancy hormones, I figured this might help?

Why did I wait until maternity leave you ask? Because I knew that on the off day that I didn't wash my hair it would look gross, and gross hair + seeing clients = not so good.

Well, today was the first day I didn't wash my hair. I have been putting it off because I was dreading this experiment. I curled it so it would at least look cute....

It is 3:15 PM and I have already showered and washed my hair. Every time my hair got close to my face I could smell it and I knew that by tonight I REALLY wouldn't be able to stand it so I would take a shower before bed and wash it, but then tomorrow I would be in the same predicament, and washing it that soon close together would not be good either.

Has anyone done this before? Does it work, and is it worth the pain of having gross smelling hair for a few weeks?

I thought about doing the "no-poo" idea. I figured since I am probably as extreme as they come I might just have to go to the other extreme to reach my goal... but I'm not sure I am cut out for it.

I have tried baby powder, bumble and bumble hair powder and everything inbetween. Do I just have to "do" my hair everyday? Does anyone out there in the blogging world have some much needed advice?

First Sunday at Church

Today was Lucas' first day at church. Everyone loved him and we made it through all three hours without any major crying. He got a little restless in Relief Society, but all in all he did well. He looked adorable in his Sunday Best.

This afternoon we took a family walk. The best part about living in Las Vegas is our mild winters. I will take the crazy hot summers over snow in the winter ANY day! It was so nice out today...not too hot, not too cold. I feel so badly we haven't taken ANY pictures in the past week. He has changed so much...



Santa got Lucas this darling play-mat for Christmas...he LOVES it! He is starting to focus on the objects and tries to reach for them, it is darling. I also LOVE the PJ's he has on. My Aunt Traci sent us a package filled with these adorable PJ's that are so soft... I LOVE them, and so does Lucas. They are definitely his favorite!

2 Posts in one day! The good news is I post more frequently because I have something other than TV shows to post about... (not that that is bad, however I am very excited for Grey's and Gossip Girl to come back this week!) Unfortunately, this is now a blog just about Lucas and not the everyday doings of drew and jillian!

1 Month Old

I cannot believe our little Lucas is already 1 month old!! This past month has flown by and already he is getting so big. To celebrate Lucas turning 1 month old he slept for 5 1/2 hours, ate for 20 minutes and then went right back down for 4 more hours! Hopefully this means when you turn 1 month you st art sleeping longer!

We love you Lucas!

2000-2009

I realized the past 10 years have been pretty significant! Here is a very long walk down memory lane... (I don't have many pictures from the first 3 years!)

Started high school at CVHS

I wish I had my freshman ID...

Made the Freshman basketball team and went to San Francisco.

Made the Volleyball team, started my Sophomore year of high school, made a countdown to my 16th birthday and the day I got my braces off! On my way to my 16th birthday party at ESPN Zone...

Went to my last year of girls camp...

Had American Cultures field trips and went to every CVHS Basketball game...

Joined the swim team when our 25 year old school finally got a pool...

And went to Senior Prom...

Graduated high school and started at BYU where I met my two best friends
Dated and dated until I found Mr. Right:

Went to Disneyland MANY times..

Got engaged to Mr. Right and left for London three days later...

Married Mr.Right...

Graduated from BYU, moved to Las Vegas and became a Nevada Resident...

Started my first "real" job and moved into a house. Celebrated our 1 year anniversary in San Francisco

Went to the Dominican and had my first Christmas away from "home"...
Found out we were pregnant and having a boy...

Great Grandma Dolly passed away

And the best part of the "00's" was the birth of little Lucas Henry!!Here's to another great 10 years!!!

Baby Shea and Lucas

From the moment we got to California Baby Shea was NOT a fan of Lucas. Whenever Ashley held him she got very upset and wanted Ashley to hold her. But on our last morning in California Baby Shea took a liking to Lucas...she even wanted to hold him! How precious are they?

Lucky Strike!

For New Year's we had a Bruce Family Bowling Tournament! None of us have gone bowling since college (or Junior High in Mom's case) we were a little skeptical on how the night would go... but fun was had by all!

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Showing off our cute shoes...

Cute mom and dad!

The final score....

Yep, that's right... Mom won first place!!!

Afterwards everyone went to their various parties... I went to bed with Lucas. These days I'll pick sleep over just about anything. Maybe I'll party next year... until then, Happy New Year!!