Six months old and first time at Lagoon!

As of yesterday our little guy is six months old. I seriously can’t believe he is a half a year old! It’s crazy to think that in another six months he will be a year. Sometimes it makes me sad because he’s growing up so fast, but then he is so much fun right now and he seems to get more fun the older he gets! He is at the cutest age. He is so sweet and just a little guy, but he is SO interested in everything around him and he's learning so much. It’s like he has 10 hands, he grabs for everything and wants to play with it. He will always give us a big smile or laugh. He is a really happy, easy going baby. I think I am luckier than I realize with how easy going he is (well most of the time…we definitely still have the wake ups during the nights and the occasional dramatic moments). He’s just a ton of fun and we couldn’t love him more!

Tuesday was my work company party at Lagoon. We went toward the end of the day because we figured we wouldn't be doing lots of rides this year with Luke. We ended up taking him on a couple. Cory took him on the Puff the Magic Dragon ride. Just watching it, the ride doesn’t look like it goes that fast but Cory said it went faster than he thought once they were on it. He said the whole first time around the track Luke went all stiff and just held his breath. Cory was a little worried he would do that the whole ride! But then after once around he loosened up, he never cried but I don’t think he knew quite what to think! Cory was laughing the whole time around because Luke was being so funny, you could tell Luke wasn't really sure whether to laugh or cry!

Then I took him on the kiddie Tidal Wave ride, I don’t even think he realized he was on a ride for most of it, I just had him sitting in my lap, it probably just felt like a big swing or the rocking chair to him. But the girl who put our bar down put it so tight he could barely move, so I was worried he would start to get bothered by it. So when the ride was about halfway done Luke starting squirming, arching his back and getting all antsy. I wasn’t sure what to do so I just had to try to hold him still and he didn’t like that very much and of course he got upset! I think he would have liked the ride better if the bar wouldn’t have been so tight! But that's okay, it was fun anyway!

After going on the two rides he was so worn out and just being out in the sun for those two rides he turned beet red! He wasn’t sunburned, just hot and a little overwhelmed I think! He fell asleep in the stroller and didn’t wake up for like an hour. Those rides are pretty intense to such a little guy!