Happy New Year!

We all decided to spend last Sunday chilling out and relaxing after our hectic Christmas. I seem to be having trouble getting myself going again. All of the exhaustion (and germs) caught up with me. I haven't left the house in almost 3 whole days (I did have to go out on the back porch this morning to yell at the dog)! Lucy was sick at the beginning of the week and I went down right behind her. I would I say I feel bad for Dave because he had to work and help take care of us and the house, but considering that at this point in my pregnancy with Lucy I got put on bed rest, he has gotten it easy in the housework category this time. Anyway...

We had a great Christmas! Lucy loves her new kitchen and the million other toys she got. That little girl got a pair of Uggs for Christmas!!!!! It was a sad day for me as I watched my 21 month old daughter surpass me in coolness. ;) I have updated My Pictures and My Videos is mostly done.

Here a couple of pictures:



Christmas Eve. This is one of Lucy's favorite new toys, a giant dump truck that she can put tons of stuff in.











Cousins Kristy and Nick gave Lucy this giant dog
she sleeps with it every night now.











Christmas morning. (I don't look tired do I? We were up until almost 12 putting the kitchen together.)
















Santa knew just the way to this little girls heart; jewelry!

















I'm not sure but I think Molly liked the gift I picked out for her. :)












Lucy got this super cool bouncy pony from her aunties.












Lucy cooked lots for Grandma. Actually, Lucy did lots of everything with Grandma. I am sure my mom wasn't glad to see us go, but she certainly needed a nap after we left!










On Friday we went to my parents house (they came to our house on Christmas day and then we went with them to their house on Friday). Lucy's favorite thing to do there is make Grandma read to her. This visit she had to sit in her own chair with the blanket on her lap and Grandma had to lean way over and read to her. :)












A much needed nap at Grandma and BobBob's house.












Finally, this lovely close up shot of my giant belly. :)










There are more pictures and videos on the links.

Merry Christmas!!!

We have been SUPER busy getting ready for Christmas. Plus last week we made a quick trip to MA to celebrate Molly's first birthday. It was a really nice trip other than the fact that half of that state had lost their power in an ice storm a few days before we went so we had a really hard time finding a hotel room. Oh well, I am glad we went to see Molly turn one!

Lucy and I have been wrapping, decorating, cooking and cleaning fools. For some reason I have found myself very tired at the end of the day. :) I have been making my back very sore but I am getting a lot done. Fortunately I am going to physical therapy now and it is making a huge difference. I have excersises/stretches to do when I feel sore and they help.

The other reason I haven't blogged is because for the last three days I have been banned from entering the computer room. Dave went Christmas shopping and "hid" my presents in here (aka put all the presents on the futon and then closed the door). He is upstairs wrapping them now so I was finally allowed back in.

My cookies are baked and decorated, my presents are wrapped, my house is almost clean. I think I am just about ready for Christmas.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!

All alone

Last night Lucy had her second ever sleepover. I am all alone now. :( Well, Dave is upstairs still sleeping like any normal person would be given this chance, but not me. I woke up and started thinking about all of the things I cold get done while Lucy wasn't here so I got up. Stupid me, is what I will be thinking later when I am sooo tired. :)

Anyway, Dave and I went to dinner and saw a play last night. I got to the theater and realized i couldn't even remember that last time I had been to a play (in high school I was the president of our drama club and was in all the plays). We saw A Christmas Story, it is based on the movie about the kid who wants a Red Rider BB Gun for Christmas. It was really good, the cast was very small and they used all local kids. before the show we ate dinner at the restaurant my brother works at. He has been working there for, oh, six months maybe more and it was the first time I went there, the good sister that I am.

Yesterday morning we took Lucy to see Santa. It went surprisingly well, I was afraid she wouldn't go near him but she did.





She was a little unsure but she was willing to sit on his lap.








She wanted Santa to give her her candy cane and orange so she could get of there. The candy cane was a big hit, surprise surprise. I told her to not to bite just lick it, so the whole way home she was holding out her tongue and rubbing the candy cane on it. We had walked there so her hand and face were frozen by the time we got home but she had enough sugar in her to not even notice.







These are some of Lucy's friends, Molly and James. They are a brother and sister who go to the Diner with their Grandma. The other day, while I wasn't there, James kissed Lucy right on the lips. He is a beautiful little boy so I guess that is okay, although Daddy was upset and very sad about it. ;)




I better got to some of my actual work now.

Sorry it's been so long!

I haven't posted much lately so I will try to make up for it now. My computer time has become very limited because Lucy thinks that she should get to type, play games, and use the computer herself. We decided she needed to be completely cut off for a while, I even have to shut the door to the computer room or else I will find her in here climbing up and pushing buttons.

So, she gets into everything now and I find myself tired/frustrated by the end of the day. Today I am almost canceled the Christmas tree, which we went out in the bitter cold to get and where in the process of decorating. She is just so dang "helpful" these days! :/ She really is a big help to me, she will take things to other rooms for me and she will even put a few things away if I don't ask for too much. The bigger I get the more I try to push it. :)

We have been pretty busy lately so I have lots of pictures and videos.

This is Trolley Day, more widely known as Black Friday. Lucy had a little jealously thing going. The more Molly is here and she has to share Oma the better!











We entered our town's first gingerbread house contest. I hope it becomes an annual event because it was a ton of fun. Lucy helped lots with the making of the gingerbread. By the time we were done there was flour EVERY WHERE!!!! Lucy was so helpful that we decided to assemble and decorate our house after she went to bed. :)











Today was the showing an judging of the gingerbread houses. This picture of our house isn't very good but it seems I forgot to take more pictures once I saw all the other houses. There were a couple of barns with animals, a replica of the country club and the town hall, and just some other cool houses.

Our house will be on display at the VFW until Dec. 22nd if you are in town and want to check it out.





This is Oma and Grandpa's entry. It is a carousel with candy cane posts and reindeer to ride.











I wrote a quick post the other day about going to the bounce house place. It was a ton of fun!!!!! I would definitely go back many more times!











This is the entrance to one of the houses that had a tiny climbing wall in it and then a ladder and a slide to get out.










This afternoon we went to get our Christmas tree. Lucy fell asleep on the way there and didn't want to wake up even in the bitter cold. (It was about 20 degrees out plus high winds, brrr!)















Our little angel. She did wake up when she heard the tractor start up, could she be any more her father's girl?











Here she is helping some more. Both girls wanted to help Daddy stand up the tree (Mae is behind Dave sticking her nose in).

We got the tree up, the lights on and some ornaments hung. We will try to do more tomorrow I guess. Lucy and I were both having melt downs so we quit for the night. (Did I mention that we didn't have naps today?)



I will post a couple of videos now. The rest I will try to get up on YouTube soon.


This is from early in the day today. She is such a goofball!


Anyone who is familiar with Dr. Suess's ABC should be able to pick out at least some of the parts from this video. We read this book a lot! (In case you can't tell, she is "reading" this book to me. And getting it right too I met add, the smart little monkey! :) )



This is the video to go with the picture of Lucy helping make gingerbread. She had been watching Daddy flour the counter before he rolled out the dough.

I hope this makes up for my not posting in a while. I will try to be better but I probably won't be. :) I seem to be getting tired out easily these days. (Two and a half months to go!)

A Quickie

This morning Lucy and I were hanging on the couch and she told me she was a super girl! She is great!!! She talks so much! She is a big copy-cat faze, anything you do or say she does, a little scary!

I had a midwife appointment Tuesday. Not much to report, all is well and according to the ultrasound I had a few weeks ago baby brother is only in the 52 percentile. Not so big!

That is all I have time to write for now because Lucy and I are going on an adventure this morning! We are going, with playgroup, to check out a brand new business near here. It is a place full of bounce houses!!!! It sounds like tons of fun. I will report back on it later. See ya! :)

Cousin Fun

Molly is here to visit!!! She has grown up so much since I last saw her! (Jim and Julie are here too. :) ) This afternoon us girls (Oma, Aunt Julie, Molly, Lucy and I) went to the Museum of Play. We had a great time!


Molly thought these blocks were hilarious.




I think Oma was having fun too.
















Lucy has been into helping Daddy so she really liked the tool bench and tools. She was a bit worried about the "sharps", the saws, because she knows she isn't supposed to touch them. I explained that they were pretend saws so it was okay to touch these ones.









Here is Molly coming after me- walking! She kept wanting me to walk with her or hold her. I am a huge fan of kids who like me! :)

3 Milestones then Pics and Video

Three new milestones for Lucy this week. First, She has started referring to herself as me. If you ask her something like "who is Lucy" she will point to herself and answer "me". She doesn't do it all of the time but I was pretty impressed with her! Second, she can jump now. For a few weeks she has been bouncing up and down and saying jump, but she can now actually get her feet of the ground. She almost fell over yesterday when her feet came back down but she is getting the hang of it. Third, and I don't know if this is really a milestone but Dave is super excited about it, Lucy can go to the fridge open the door and get a beer out for Daddy! This might be the most exciting thing she has ever done in his eyes. :)

Anyway, on to the pictures which is what you really came here for.



This is our ultrasound picture from last week. I never had such a clear picture of Lucy. It was very exciting to see him!












Lucy's "first" time playing in the snow. (Once last year I got the two of us all bundled up to play and as soon as I put her down in the snow she started crying. Needless to say I didn't bother with that again last year.)














Last Wednesday Granny took to Chuck E. Cheese for Dave's birthday dinner. :) We had a ton of fun. This picture is Lucy an Kim being mesmerized by the singing anamatronic Chuck E.














Lucy of course dragged Granny all over the place. They both loved it!