Happy 10 Months Lucy

Dear Lucy,

10 months!?!? HOW!?!? Your first year is just cruising by and you are growing and changing so much each day. This month has been so much fun! I still cannot believe just how much you have changed in these last 10 months. From being a teeny tiny little 6 pounder that fit perfectly into preemie size jammies to well…my chunka munka baby girl that can easily wear 18-24 month size clothes. You went from hating sleep and to being a really really really great sleeper (7:30-7:30) and napper (sometimes we still get a short morning nap but always a solid nap in the afternoon 1-3). You are such a happy girl and it has been so fun to start to see your own unique personality start to develop lately.

You finally decided that crawling “normal” was acceptable and are now doing that instead of the “zombie drag” … Mama tried to do the “zombie drag” and girl that was HARD no wonder you have some muscles on those arms! You are also pulling up on everything, even flat surfaces like the door or wall. You are getting better at getting down by yourself but still tend to dive bomb the floor so we are still making sure to spot you at all times. Two weeks ago you started sitting yourself up from the crawling position and now do it from almost any position, this has been a great thing for you to learn because you are playing so well now that you can crawl to a toy, pick it up, and sit up and play. You also learned how to crawl up the steps and are super fast!

One thing that you really started to do this month was talk! WOW do you have a lot to say! You say Mama and Dada and know what you are saying; when we ask you where is Liam you will look right at him or where is dada/mama, you know whose who. You are also repeating A LOT. You also ask for a “bap” (what Liam always called a paci) when you (on the rare occasion) want a pacifier. You’ve said: Nigel, ball, duck, Elmo, turtle, fish, and a few others.

You, of course, are still a little foodie and love to eat and try new things. Still a fan of everything, it is wonderful, fun and makes my life so easy! You have been loving fresh local strawberries and blueberries and have finally taken to eating bananas which was one of the three foods (along with fresh green beans and white potatoes) that you have not been a fan of in the past. You are drinking from a sippy cup like a pro and are only have two bottles a day.

Your favorite toys this month have been your rattles and some of the Melissa and Doug musical instruments (maracas and “clapper”), soft blocks (especially the ones with the rattles in them), chunky puzzle pieces, and any of Liam’s little cars and trains. You have become a little speed demon in your walker! You literally run around the house and pretend you are playing extreme bumper cars most of the time. You turn on a dime and get around so well. You love walking (most of the time running) while holding onto our hands.

look at how you've grown.....

2nd Annual Summer Party

On Saturday we hosted our second annual summer party. My brother was visiting from NC for the first time since Christmas so we had more then a good reason to celebrate with a party!

Liam and Evan playing tag….blurring the “sport mode”.

The food: burger and hot dogs, grilled veggies and corn, loaded baked potato salad, macaroni salad, and caprese pasta salad.

Alex, Jer and Matt catching up.

Lucys happy place!

Wiffle ball game.

A storm rolled in just in time for dessert: make your own sundaes, rice krispie treats, and individual fruit pizza.

Uncle Matt pitching to his nephews!

FIREWORKS!!!! Liam watched from inside because it was a little too loud for his liking, Evan and Grandma joined him too.

Liam ended the night with another “firework show”, throwing confetti with Kim.

Fourth of July 2012

Liam practicing waving his flag before we left for the parade.

We sat on the lawn of the church that Alex and I got married at and the kids had a great time! I mean what could be better then watching cars, trucks, and rescue vehicles while getting candy thrown at you?!?

One of the state representatives gave us this flag and Lucy would not let it our of her grasp. She hugged the flag for the duration of the parade and even started to doze off with it (then the fire trucks came and baby girl wasn’t a very happy camper).

After naps we went over Alex’s parents house for dinner and had some fun on the slip and slide, Lucy was a big fan!

Happy 9 Months Lucy

Dear Lucy,

    This last month has been so much fun! Although you have started getting into everything we’ve had a blast watching you grow, learn, and start to really see your personality shine. The best news is that you have turned into a rock star sleeper!! Woohoo!! After months of very little sleep you now sleep in your room all night and take at least one solid nap a day in your room. Lately you have been trying to skip your morning nap which always ends up like this around 11:30….

You love love love food! You are such a little foodie. It is so much fun to see how much you enjoy your meals and new things. I am pretty sure almost every night I say “I can’t belive how well she eats, you think I’d stop saying that by now”. Some of the noteable things you loved this month are: fish, PASTA, any fruit (especially strawberries, grapes, blueberries, peaches and pears), whole wheat blueberry waffles, graham crackers, and grilled ham and cheese. The only think you are not a fan of are white potatoes, you love baked sweet potatoes.

You painted your first picture this month, you were so happy to do an activity with Liam. Your favorite toys this month were the activity cube, the activity table, your Lamaze toys, talking Lightening McQueen, and the little Sesame Street figures.

You are ALL OVER THE PLACE! You are still doing the army crawl/drag crawl because you know you are faster that way but you can do the traditional crawl too. You are also pulling up on everything and I mean everything! BUT you are not very sterdy, you don’t realize you have to hold on not to fall and …well… let’s just say you are not a graceful faller… its been a big challenge the last week or so because you require constant spotting with all the hardwood that we have. You also climbed up the steps at Grandma and Pops house last week.

*Here you are sporting one of Mama’s outfits from when she was a baby.*

This month you got TWO teeth!!! See…here they are!

 

You weight 22 pounds and wear size 12 sometimes 18 month, size 3 or 4 diaper, and well you NEVER keep shoes on so I have no idea what size you would even be, I am guessing a 2.

my itty bitty baby isn’t so itty bitty anymore…growing girl!!

Our week

My little foodie putting back some fresh caught Alaskan salmon and sweet potatoes…I can’t put into words how much this kid loves food, she tried deer steak last weekend and ate it up.

Our new wreath for the Forth of July! It looks more like fireworks in person then in this picture.

Lucy’s new trick that she does all.day.long on EVERYTHING! The only downside is that she has no regard for her safety and wants to let go and well…let’s just say she is not a very graceful faller.

Liam and I made “chocolate chip cookies” last week AKA chickpea cookies…pretty sure he thought I was the best mom ever when I let him eat multiple spoonful's of dough.

Have you met my twin…crazy how much this girl and I look alike. (Mama/Lucy)

We went to a church bazaar last weekend and Liam had a great time, he won two prizes and had some yummy pizza. He also got a fish; a younger girl won it and gave it to him, he was THRILLED. Sadly, Tim the fish went to fishy heaven on Wednesday even though we did our best to keep him swimming as long as possible.

…and so the climbing begins…sigh…remember the days when she’d just lay in one spot…those days are long gone!

Mr. Liam and I shared some popcorn while Alex was at softball one night this week.

“Mama…DeeDee’s tackling me” haha poor kid is a jungle gym to his little sister too.

It’s been HOT HOT HOT here this week (no complaints from me though, I love it) so we had some popsicles outside on Wednesday night.

Our everyday

So Liam learned how to use pinterest on my phone HAHAHA…I searched “monster trucks” for him and he had a great time looking at all the trucks and picking out cakes for his party this year. He also found a project idea and recreated it himself!! He completed his very first pin

Tonight Alex had to work so his parents and I took the kids to another church bazaar (there are A LOT of church bazaars in the summer in NEPA). They had a great time playing games, eating french fries and funnel cakes, and going on a hay ride.