Kelsey Jane!

On December 30th I became an aunt for the 7th time! The first baby to actually be born since we've been married though. Kyles brother Trent and his wife Jenny welcomed their beautiful little girl unto the world and we were so lucky to be home when she came. It still amazes me how you can instantly fall in love with a baby by just laying eyes on them. Obviously its nothing like your own child but I still love that little girl to pieces! Her and Lucy are just under 6 months apart and I'm so excited to see them grow up together so close in age. It's not every day you get an instant best friend but I guess Lucy and Kelsey are just that lucky! They wont really be together until Lucy is 2 years old and Kelsey is 18 months but I'm sure they will make up for lost time. Congrats Trent and Jennifer!

Its that time of year

We were so blessed with the opportunity to go back to Portland over Christmas break. It was such an amazing trip filled with lots of laughs and good times with family and friends. Sure made us homesick to come home but school was calling! I was kind of afraid that Lucy would get overwhelmed with all the activity and people since pretty much her whole life its just been me, her and daddy. She did great though! Even though both of us came down with some pretty bad colds. I was so proud of my little trooper. She loved all the attention and was her very happy self despite all the commotion, serious lack of sleep and a structured schedule. She also took the chance to perfect her sitting up while she had a constant adoring audience. She's a pro now and should be crawling any time now. I couldn't have had a better trip. It was an awesome first Christmas as a family. Lucy had no idea what was going on of course but still loved it. She got some pretty fun toys from Grandma Lori. She was much more interested in unwrapping the presents than what was inside but once the toys were out of the packaging she was loving every minute of them. We've already had some fun moments together playing with them in her room. I'm so grateful for everyone that I got to spend this holiday season with and I cant wait for our next trip home! Whenever that may be...

Solids

Lucy started on solid food yesterday. Quite the messy experience! She started to get the hang of it towards the end. She was not having it for the first few bites though. It's so fun watching her grow and learn new things. Such a fun adventure and I'm loving every minute!

Something to brighten your day

Who ever thought being tickled by your own feet would be so funny?

4 Months

Lucy had her 4 month check up yesterday. She does really well at the doctor. Even for her shots she cried when she got them up when I picked her up she was ok. The tough part came a couple hours after we got home. She was so soar from the shots that she basically slept all day. Poor little girl. She really didn't want to be held either because it hurt her so whenever she was awake it was just pitiful. She's feeling so much better today though. But here are her stats

Height: 24 inches (birth was 19.5 inches)
47th percentile

Weight: 11 lbs 9 oz. (birth was 6 lbs 7 oz)
14th percentile

She's average height and skinny. I don't think I've ever been either in my life.

Happy Halloween!

We just got back from our ward Halloween party and it was pretty fun. It was probably our only Halloweeny activity of the year since Lu is too young to go trick-or-treating. We played the toilet paper mummy game and kyle got to be the mummy. My stupid camera was dead so I didn't take any pictures until we got home. There were a couple more fun games that kyle got to do while I held the babes. I had a good time and Lucy loved watching all the people while they played the games. But here are some pictures that I took of her in her ballerina costume when we got home. Enjoy my beautiful baby!

Baby Einstein

My wonderful friend Breanna got Lucy a baby Einstein video. I didn't know they make them for babies her age. But this week I had some more stuff around the house to do after she had woken up from her nap so I thought I would give the video a try. I set up her bouncy chair by the tv and turned the video on and she loved it! It's like a half hour long and I couldn't believe it kept her attention the whole time. It's called "Baby Mozart" so it's just random videos of stuff like animal puppets, kids toys, trains and different shapes and colors with music in the back round. I even walked by to check on her once during the video and she was staring at the tv smiling. It was so darn cute!