Friday, December 31, 2010

Rise in our PJ's...

For Christmas this year, my sister-in-law and brother were extremely creative and put together a few (or should I say A LOT) of my favorite things as my Christmas gift. It was so much fun....truly the most amazing gift! One of my favorite things is a great party....so part of my gift was "a party" the day after Christmas at Rise, an amazing souffle restaurant in Dallas. Rise does a day after Christmas pajama lunch, so we enjoyed our souffles in our PJ's!! It was so much fun that I think we're going to make it a new tradition in our family! If you haven't been to Rise, it's a must try. You will love it!

Jimmy, Jill, Kalie and Cole...
Me, mom and Julie...
Julie and Wray...
Lucy had her PJ's on too!
Dad and Lucy Goose...
Cousins...
The whole gang....plus the lady from Rise! :)

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Lucy's First Christmas

We spent Lucy Kate's first Christmas in Houston with Josh's family. It definitely was a special Christmas!! Lucy was a fantastic traveler (we only had to stop once during the 4 hour trip and she slept great at Granny's house) and she really enjoyed meeting all of her extended family.

On the 23rd, we spent most of the day at Granny and Grandad's house and that evening we all had dinner at Janet and Greg's and our annual white elephant gift exchange at Judi and Dan's.

Having fun playing with dad...
Outfit change for the evening...
Lucy meets her 2nd cousin, Blake...
Lucy meets the Winters Girls....Leisa and Maci
And MacKenzie...
All of the girls...
We love our Lucy!
On Christmas Eve we went to Tallowood's Christmas Eve service and to Pappasito's for dinner. After dinner we all went back to Granny and Grandad's to open presents!

Lucy's Christmas Dress...
With a little spit up...
Family photos before church...
The Rives Fam (minus Wes..we sure did miss him!)
The Burkett Family...
The Post Family...
The Winters Family...
Granny and Grandad with all of their grand kids...
The ladies...
4 Generations...
Lots of presents to open!
Lucy Kate was our favorite present!
Lucy's Christmas PJ's...
Lucy's first present to open...
Lucy and Maci got matching pillow pals from Granny!
Aunt Janet gave her a gigantic pink bow....just what every little girl needs!
Lucy loves her new bag from G and Pops...

What a fun Christmas! We are so blessed! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from our family to yours!

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Meet me under the Christmas Tree...

The weekend before Christmas, Lucy made her first trip to Temple to visit Papa Billy and Corinne. We had a great time celebrating Christmas with them. Lucy loved playing under their pretty Christmas tree!

Sunday, December 19, 2010

2 Months...

Miss Lucy is 2 months old!


Lucy has really changed a lot over the past month....

-2 month doctor's appointment statistics: Weight 11lbs 4 oz (70th percentile), Length 23 inches (80th percentile), head circumference 38.10 cms (40th percentile)
-She definitely recognizes Josh and I (especially our voices)
-Starting to smile a lot (completely melts my heart)
-Can hold her head up really well
-Loves to "stand up" with our help. I think she has really strong legs!
-Eats 7 times per day (typically at 5am, 8am, 11am, 2pm, 5pm, 8pm, 11pm)
-Takes a bottle well when dad feeds her
-Is sleeping a 6 hour stretch most nights (11pm - 5am)!!!
-Nighttime routine: After her 8pm feed, she has a little awake time and then we put her down for bed. We dream feed her around 11pm....and she goes right back to bed. She has been waking up around 3am (she use to have a feed around this time), but now we give her a paci and she usually falls back to sleep fairly quickly after a little bit of crying. Wakes up around 5am for a feed and goes back to sleep until 8am or so. This routine just kicked in about a week and a half ago...and it's amazing! Thank you, Baby Wise!
-She sleeps in her crib at night and during the day for naps
-She is becoming a much better napper during the day (praise God!)
-She loves being swaddled when she sleeps (big fan of the Miracle Blanket)
-She can follow sounds and has started grabbing things (my hair, blankets, her clothes and toys)
-She has started to coo and "talk" to us
-She loves to go on walks
-Now that we have somewhat of a routine, running errands during the day has become much easier...and fun!
-She does great in the car (she was not a fan of her car seat at first)
-When she's fussy, usually her changing table or swing can fix it. Those are 2 of her favorite places!

A few pics from the past month...

We love you so much Lucy Kate. You continue to capture our hearts more and more each day. You are such a blessing to us!!