Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Another First
Tonight Lucy walked into the kitchen, opened a drawer (one I didn't know she was tall enough to open), and pulled out the package of crackers she wanted. She then brought the package to me and said "eat". Any illusions I was clinging to about her not being a full blown toddler yet got shot right out the window. :)
Here the promised pictures from this weekend. There are more on My Pictures.
Dave thought this was super cute because her hair was flying backwards in the wind.
"If I strangle Molly now I won't ever have to share cookies with her, hehehe!"
Lucy was hugging and kissing Molly tons this weekend, they are very cute together and are bound to only get cuter!
This picture is the result of the red eye reduction flash on my camera blinding Molly, but the result is so cute!
This is Lucy's new treasure box that Aunt Julie and Uncle Jim brought her. They said they got the idea from a Montessori book. Basically kids like to play with real things and they like to make choices for themselves, also it good to give kids play things that stimulate all five of their senses. In the box there are all kinds of things to touch, smell, see, hear and to pretend with. It is really cool and has already come in handy for keeping Lucy occupied while I cooked dinner last night. Thanks Aunt Julie and Uncle Jim!
Is Lucy the coolest kid ever or what!?! I have a picture of Lucy wearing this same hat last summer but I couldn't find it anywhere! :( It is probably at Shutterfly (My Pictures) if anyone cares to look for it. Anyway, Lucy is so cool! She and I had a great day hanging out together! We did some laundry and cleaned a little but mostly we just played. I love her so much! :)
Here the promised pictures from this weekend. There are more on My Pictures.
Dave thought this was super cute because her hair was flying backwards in the wind.
"If I strangle Molly now I won't ever have to share cookies with her, hehehe!"
Lucy was hugging and kissing Molly tons this weekend, they are very cute together and are bound to only get cuter!
This picture is the result of the red eye reduction flash on my camera blinding Molly, but the result is so cute!
This is Lucy's new treasure box that Aunt Julie and Uncle Jim brought her. They said they got the idea from a Montessori book. Basically kids like to play with real things and they like to make choices for themselves, also it good to give kids play things that stimulate all five of their senses. In the box there are all kinds of things to touch, smell, see, hear and to pretend with. It is really cool and has already come in handy for keeping Lucy occupied while I cooked dinner last night. Thanks Aunt Julie and Uncle Jim!
Is Lucy the coolest kid ever or what!?! I have a picture of Lucy wearing this same hat last summer but I couldn't find it anywhere! :( It is probably at Shutterfly (My Pictures) if anyone cares to look for it. Anyway, Lucy is so cool! She and I had a great day hanging out together! We did some laundry and cleaned a little but mostly we just played. I love her so much! :)
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Lucy's New Word is...
Hot Tub!
This is Molly's first time hot tubbing! She was into it for a little bit, then she was kind of like "um okay, so we are done taking a bath now right?" Meanwhile, Lucy was trying to lick the water. She has this thing with her tongue lately, I think she just figured out that she can make it do funny things. She keeps sticking it out and licking things. Yeah, she is weird. :)
We are having a great time with Molly, Uncle Jim and Aunt Julie. I will try to get some pictures up soon.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Brilliance!
I have to brag about Lucy this morning. She is talking a ton and she is full of it this morning. First, she was playing with the remote and pretending it was a phone, which she often does. She was putting up to her ear and saying "hello", which she also does often, but then she said "hello, Barb?" !!!! So funny! It gets better though. Next she was sitting on our bed when she tooted rather loudly and hen looked at me and said "poop poop"!!!!! I was so proud!!!!!! :)
She did two other smart things this morning. In the bathroom while we were brushing our teeth she pointed at the safety latch on the bathroom cupboard door, which Dave had left undone, and said "broken". I have never heard her say broken before so I was very impressed. The last impressive feat for this morning was while I was changing her diaper. Last night Dave had told her that Molly was coming to visit soon, well she remembered that because while I changed her diaper she practiced saying Molly. This was without any mention of Molly today, she must have remembered!
Of course she isn't all fun and games. Last night she was up around 2 crying and again at 4:30. She has been waking up around 4 or 4:30 almost everyday lately. I am very tired! :(
She did two other smart things this morning. In the bathroom while we were brushing our teeth she pointed at the safety latch on the bathroom cupboard door, which Dave had left undone, and said "broken". I have never heard her say broken before so I was very impressed. The last impressive feat for this morning was while I was changing her diaper. Last night Dave had told her that Molly was coming to visit soon, well she remembered that because while I changed her diaper she practiced saying Molly. This was without any mention of Molly today, she must have remembered!
Of course she isn't all fun and games. Last night she was up around 2 crying and again at 4:30. She has been waking up around 4 or 4:30 almost everyday lately. I am very tired! :(
Monday, May 26, 2008
Happy Memorial Day!
We have had a very nice holiday weekend! Friday night was our date, Saturday I got my plants in the ground, Sunday we partied hard at the Burgess', and today we went to the parade and then for a little hike at Mendon Ponds. I think Lucy really enjoyed the parade, she watched the marching band very closely and took an interest in the horses. The best part of the weekend was all of the time we got to spend with friends and family. Lucy had so much fun with her Oma, Grandpa, Aunties and Big D that she didn't want to come back to me! I am last choice to her lately but I am (mostly) over it.
The worst part of the weekend was that I sun burned the heck out of my shoulders while I finished planting my garden Saturday. :( My garden is going to look really nice though I think. :) Here are a couple of pictures to follow up on the plastic covered hill of a past post:
Next I have to weed the shady side of the hill and then do the bed next to the house, but my butterfly garden is pretty well done! I actually finished something I started! :)
This next picture I caught on Saturday. Lucy and Haley were loving each other! They kept hugging and kissing, it was very cute!
Last but not least, Dave took a video of Lucy playing on the deck this afternoon. She took my (empty) coffee mug and started carrying it around and pretending she was drinking out of it. Her shirt and shorts were soaked because she had been playing in a dishpan of water. Dave had taken her inside and took off her shirt but then she ran back outside and started playing with my mug. She is so funny sometimes!
The worst part of the weekend was that I sun burned the heck out of my shoulders while I finished planting my garden Saturday. :( My garden is going to look really nice though I think. :) Here are a couple of pictures to follow up on the plastic covered hill of a past post:
Next I have to weed the shady side of the hill and then do the bed next to the house, but my butterfly garden is pretty well done! I actually finished something I started! :)
This next picture I caught on Saturday. Lucy and Haley were loving each other! They kept hugging and kissing, it was very cute!
Last but not least, Dave took a video of Lucy playing on the deck this afternoon. She took my (empty) coffee mug and started carrying it around and pretending she was drinking out of it. Her shirt and shorts were soaked because she had been playing in a dishpan of water. Dave had taken her inside and took off her shirt but then she ran back outside and started playing with my mug. She is so funny sometimes!
Saturday, May 24, 2008
What we have been up to
I haven't posted much lately because we have been busy! We planted the new garden, went on a trip, bought more plants for the garden, went on another trip, cleaned the house a little, did some laundry, and practiced practiced practiced our walking skills. I am exhausted. :) Oh, and I think Lucy is cutting some more teeth. She is up to 10 and I think there is at least one more coming in.
Lucy is walking about half of the time now. She is such a kid, not my little baby anymore. Watching her play and walk around brings me to tears sometimes because of that realization. She is so much fun to play with and to watch but sometimes I miss my baby who just wanted me to hold her. Lucy still likes to cuddle and she gives lots of hugs and kisses thank goodness or I don't think I could get through the day! She is also talking a lot now. I don't always now what she is talking about but there is a good portion of what she says that is understandable. (Mostly she just says, and signs, that she wants to eat. She must be getting ready for a big growth spurt because all she wants lately is to eat!)
Last night Dave and I went on a long over due date. We have been out a couple of times in the last two months but it wasn't a date for just the two of us; we went to the Fireman's banquet and then to Laura's wedding. It was really nice to be alone and be able to talk to each other without interruptions. It was especially nice to eat dinner without Lucy! She is at the stage where she wants to eat right now(!) and then she only eats for 5 or 10 minutes so you have to let her down to play. While being with her is a joy it was nice to eat my whole meal while it was still warm and eat it with Dave. :) (We have given up on taking Lucy anywhere fancier than the Diner because she just can't sit anymore. We are waiting this period out and will start trying to teach her table manners as soon as possible!) Anyway, it was nice to have dinner together and a nice dinner it was! We went to a new BBQ place and it was awesome!!! As soon as we started eating Dave said that we might have to go back there next weekend and I asked him why, he said "because my brother will be here!" :)
After dinner we went to the Garden Factory and bought some more plants for my garden. Next year my garden will be beautiful! I have put in a lot of perennials that should start to fill out by next year. Actually, I think three years from now I ought to have a really nice garden, but for this year I bought a bunch of annuals to help fill it in and to add some color. I should be out there working on getting my newest plants in. Once I get everything in I will take some pictures. I better get to it while Lucy is still napping!
Lucy is walking about half of the time now. She is such a kid, not my little baby anymore. Watching her play and walk around brings me to tears sometimes because of that realization. She is so much fun to play with and to watch but sometimes I miss my baby who just wanted me to hold her. Lucy still likes to cuddle and she gives lots of hugs and kisses thank goodness or I don't think I could get through the day! She is also talking a lot now. I don't always now what she is talking about but there is a good portion of what she says that is understandable. (Mostly she just says, and signs, that she wants to eat. She must be getting ready for a big growth spurt because all she wants lately is to eat!)
Last night Dave and I went on a long over due date. We have been out a couple of times in the last two months but it wasn't a date for just the two of us; we went to the Fireman's banquet and then to Laura's wedding. It was really nice to be alone and be able to talk to each other without interruptions. It was especially nice to eat dinner without Lucy! She is at the stage where she wants to eat right now(!) and then she only eats for 5 or 10 minutes so you have to let her down to play. While being with her is a joy it was nice to eat my whole meal while it was still warm and eat it with Dave. :) (We have given up on taking Lucy anywhere fancier than the Diner because she just can't sit anymore. We are waiting this period out and will start trying to teach her table manners as soon as possible!) Anyway, it was nice to have dinner together and a nice dinner it was! We went to a new BBQ place and it was awesome!!! As soon as we started eating Dave said that we might have to go back there next weekend and I asked him why, he said "because my brother will be here!" :)
After dinner we went to the Garden Factory and bought some more plants for my garden. Next year my garden will be beautiful! I have put in a lot of perennials that should start to fill out by next year. Actually, I think three years from now I ought to have a really nice garden, but for this year I bought a bunch of annuals to help fill it in and to add some color. I should be out there working on getting my newest plants in. Once I get everything in I will take some pictures. I better get to it while Lucy is still napping!
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Visiting Oswego
Today Lucy and I went to Oswego to visit my parents. We had nothing going on and they are getting ready to go on another trip so I thought we would go. I love being able to take and do whatever Lucy and I have a whim to do!
My dad has been having some problems with his back but he is doing better and he just had a bunch of tests run yesterday. They hooked up electrodes to him and tested how is muscles reacted, I wish I could've been there to press the buttons for that one! ;) My mom got a fancy new sewing machine and is putting it to use making a new quilt for their bed in the RV. And congrats to Uncle Freddy, he graduated from SUNY Oswego this past Saturday! He and Gina have to be out of their apartment in Oswego by Monday and they don't have an apartment in Rochester yet. Good luck to them! Sometimes I may feel tired of my house but I am glad not to have apartment hunt!
Lucy had a ton of fun with the three of them today. They spoil her rotten of course, including ice cream after lunch, and she loves them for it!
My dad has been having some problems with his back but he is doing better and he just had a bunch of tests run yesterday. They hooked up electrodes to him and tested how is muscles reacted, I wish I could've been there to press the buttons for that one! ;) My mom got a fancy new sewing machine and is putting it to use making a new quilt for their bed in the RV. And congrats to Uncle Freddy, he graduated from SUNY Oswego this past Saturday! He and Gina have to be out of their apartment in Oswego by Monday and they don't have an apartment in Rochester yet. Good luck to them! Sometimes I may feel tired of my house but I am glad not to have apartment hunt!
Lucy had a ton of fun with the three of them today. They spoil her rotten of course, including ice cream after lunch, and she loves them for it!
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