January fun....

I can't believe it has almost been a month since Christmas....each week flies by and we are amazed at how much Lucy is growing up! She had a love for Max and Ruby that thankfully somewhat waned post-summer but it is back! So- her current interests are Max and Ruby (asks to watch "just a little" right as she wakes in the morning), bubbles, puzzles, books and playing with her babies and kitchen. Fun is the best word to describe her. Inquisitive, compassionate and a bit stubborn would be a few more to add to the list. Above are a few shots of us playing with my sunglasses, she took the one of me- and is quite good to be photographing at 2 1/2!! And more shots of her outside this past weekend. We played outside despite the freezing cold with some bubbles this past weekend- but she finally announced her hands hurt and it was too "Chilly" for her to stay outside. On the way back in she told me that she was sorry she had such a hard time...where does she come up with this stuff? Just last week she called us into her room on Monday morning- had her footed pj's on and lying next to her was her Pull Up - this is no small feat to undress yourself (in the dark), take off pjs, take off PullUp, put pjs back on and zip! The next morning she told me we could give her Pull Ups to Hen- "i don't need 'em anymore- they're for babies- and Hen can use 'em". Lip curled while she said it so matter of factly. I want to freeze her and let her stay this age for another six months....if only.

New Jeep!

We don't have just a great babysitter- but our sweet sitter, Madi, and her family are like part of our family. They love Lucy and Lucy (and Stephen and I) love them! This Christmas- they gave her a Barbie Jeep- she had randomly mentioned one day that she wanted a pink car for Christmas and wouldn't you know Santa delivered it to the Sadri's to bring to Lucy.
I am especially thankful for all of their gifts- mostly the time they spend with our girl. Sure it is nice for them to take her off our hands and give us a break. But more than that, we know that she is being LOVED- and well taken care of. I would trust them with anything. Madi is such a special friend- and it has been a privilege to see her finish up her last years of high school and grow and mature into such a fine young lady that is honest, compassionate, responsible, loyal, and trustworthy. Not to mention beautiful. But what is most beautiful is her heart. And you can tell that is something she learned from her parents, Allison and John. I can only hope to do such a good job as a mother to Lucy. So enjoy the short clip- and I will try and get some more now that she has learned how to steer!

Dancin' Again

I don't know what is funnier:
The commentary by family and our attempts to get them going...the laughter in the background....henry and lucy's moves....or our obsession with "Single ladies"....

Love in the tub

Could be more fun for these two just to sit in the tub and splash a while....Love this video...

Trampoline with Pop Pop

Can life get better- Lucy thinks the best part of Virginia is the fact that my parent's neighbors have a trampoline- and PopPop is a GREAT sport and jumps with her at her request (which is at least once a day)....

We had a great time in Virginia with CeCe and PopPop- additional pics to follow but Lucy was very busy and loved hangin' with Uncle Gav. They tickled the ivories quite frequently and did puzzles nonstop! Gavin gave Stephen and I matching hads for our "Bad Hat Golf Classic"- a day with cold beverages, disc golf and lots of laughs. More pics to follow.

Christmas morning we headed to Sam and Honey's for breakfast and presents. So fun- and guess what, all of our work putting out reindeer food paid off...Santa came and the reindeer loved our sugar cubes and granola- Lucy said they didn't like the carrots as much. Ha!