Disneyland tomorrow!

I am taking Lucas to Disneyland for his first time tomorrow, so I can vicariously enjoy it through him :) Susan is coming along, and Iris, her husband and their son are meeting us there. She is buying my ticket as a gift. :)
I think it's a fitting time to reward Lucas, because this past month that Daddy has been gone, Lucas has matured so much. He has been having his Chex cereal with milk and eating with a spoon all by himself. This morning he went peepee in the potty. And tonight after I gave him some grapes, he threw the trash in the freaking trash...I don't know how he knew, but he crumbled up his bag, opened the cabinet under the sink, pushed his trash in the bin (which is sometimes hard to do because it's almost as tall as the cabinet) and he shut the door like that was that...didn't look for acknowledgment, or try to play with it. Just did it from observing us. So adorable!
He has his whiney moments when he doesn't get his way, but he also has been so affectionate..Comes over to me and says "mommy mommy" and hugs me or lays on me. Melts my heart. I know he misses daddy and I keep telling him "daddy's coming home friday!" But I know he is thinking I am lying about him coming home 'soon' because we've been saying 'soon' for a while. I guess I should show him the calendar and let him cross off the days---maybe we'll do that next time he leaves in January :)


Speaking of milestones, Olivia has been walking a little bit more each day! She is so cute when she is playing nicely with her toys. Grandma and Grandpa took Lucas on their morning walk, so Olivia had a chance to play without being trampled, or having toys taken from her. She loved being in this $10 Ikea tent alone with her toys, since when Lucas is home, he is like a hamster in a ball in the tent, and rolls it around into things. He's a boy :) Olivia is going to have lots of fun with grandma and grandpa tomorrow, since she is staying home; too hard to handle both of them without Johnny!

btw, these photos were taken with my new Droid phone John bought me. I haven't had a cell phone since I was a USPS employee, and I feel so outdated..I don't know how to use 80% of the stuff on it...but John likes to be able to text, email, call etc every chance he gets. He is really 'homesick' and misses being able to come home to us in our Williamsburg house. Pretty soon we will all be together again, for good! John interviews with Duke Energy on wednesday--good luck honey! And then flies from North Carolina to California on friday yay!!!

But in the meantime, yay for Disneyland tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!