Our Little Lucy Bug is Too Cute to Spook!

Happy Halloween!

This Halloween was pretty rain-soaked and dreary, so we didn't really head out to see anyone. Plus, Lucy is still pretty tired as she recovers from the flu. We did get a couple of picture to commemorate her first Halloween though:

Lucy is wearing her cute "Too Cute to Spook" Halloween shirt - she's happy here...

This was right after some excited clapping - I didn't catch the shot quickly enough!

Here is our little Lucy Bug. She isn't so happy in this costume though. Not too long after this picture, Lucy was in her crib dreaming of all kinds of treats.

Walking & Dancing Calypso Style!

As I shared in an earlier post, Lucy LOVES her new Lion push toy. He plays Calypso music when you press his big purple nose, which Lucy thinks is just great. Here is a short video of her walking with the Lion and then stopping to dance to the music. Note, when the music first stops she says that famous first word, "uh-oh." Enjoy!

A Bubble Bath to Relieve Your Tension?

Bubble baths can have a calming effect. Soaking in a warm sudsy tub has always helped soothe away a bad day or stress. Lucy has a very unique approach to the bubble bath though... Last night we gave Lucy a bubble bath (usually she just takes a regular bath with baby wash on the wash cloth), she has had only several bubble baths in her short life, so it may have seemed new to her. Anyway, Lucy was quite excited about the bubbles. I should back up - Lucy is always still very excited about bath time. Now she crawls to the bathroom, pulls herself up at the tub and watches with delight as water fills the tub (well a couple of inches anyway). Squeals and shouts of joy accompany the water filling process - just to make sure we know she is excited to get in the tub. Last night was no different until Lucy discovered the bubbles! This resulted in additional squeals and excited bubble bashing - which led to lots of splashing! Lucy decided to work her day's tensions out by eliminating ALL bubbles from the tub. She moved around in the water in search of the exciting bubbles and then went about smacking her hands into the water with lots of accompanying sound effects and much delight. It was so funny! I may just need to bring the video recorder in with me for the next bubble bath. The bubbles were so much fun that Lucy didn't even want to play with her bath toys. She just cracks me up!

The Lion Walks Tonight...

As I shared in the previous post, Lucy has been doing a great job standing and cruising along furniture. Ms. Steph, Lucy's teacher, had shared that she was enjoying using the push walker at school. I shared this with Aunt Amy, and lucky Lucy got an early birthday gift from Aunt Amy, Uncle Paul, Zoe and Ella. Lucy's new push walker is a lion with a felt main and fun colors. His purple nose activates laughter and calypso style music that gets little Lucy dancing away. She is so cute holding on to the front of the lion while she wiggles, jives and bounces to the beat. She also loves to push the lion. Lucy is doing a great job walking with her new friend. If she falls, she just continues forward on her knees - silly girl! Lucy is also testing the waters by letting go and trying to stand without holding on to anything. I think this new toy is going to really help prepare Lucy for those first steps on her own. And, it will grow with her. Once she has mastered walking and isn't interested in pushing her new lion, he converts into a riding toy! The fun will go on. Thanks to the Nolan's for the early birthday gift. Lucy may be walking by her birthday!

Update after a long absence...

It has been quite a while since my last update and so much has happened! A quick re-cap of the past (almost) month since my last post. We enjoyed a fun visit with Nana Jean who came for Kenzie's birthday. We celebrated Kenzie's official entry into her teen age years with Nana Jean, Nana Kathy, Aunt Amy, Uncle Paul, Zoe and Ella. We all had a great time and I think Kenzie really enjoyed the day.

Lucy has been mastering some new skills and she enjoys showing them off to everyone. She loves to clap and wave (though she often waves after we have left the person we are waving to...). Lucy is crawling up a storm and she likes to climb/crawl over things. She can crawl up several stairs before needing a rest and she can pull herself up to stand. She cruises along furniture pretty easily now. Lucy can now stack the wooden ring blocks on her ring stacker. She is really quite good at it. Our stacker is wood, not the plastic fisher price one, so the rings do not have to go in the "proper" order, they can be mismatched because the hole in the center is the same size for each ring. She loves to stack the rings and then turn the stacker over so they spill on the ground. Lucy also has a stacking and nesting cup set. You would never realize looking at this small stack of cups that it could provide so much entertainment for one little girl!

Lucy is now pretty consistent with saying mom or mama and da-da. This is quite exciting for the two of us! She also continues to enjoy saying uh-oh and will create situations so she is able to use her favorite first word.

Lucy's top two teeth are about to break through any day now, I can just barely see them peeking through. Needless-to-say, she has been a little cranky while dealing with the teething pain - she is a trooper though!

I have more, but can't think of all the stories right now, so I will try to update again tomorrow night.