Thanksgiving in Odessa

We spent Thanksgiving this year at my Aunt Patsy and Uncle Tiny's house in Odessa. My Aunt Pat is the best cook ever....she spoiled us rotten with amazing food all week long! We left on Tuesday and Miss Lucy did great on her first road trip out west. It took us 8 hours to get there (we had 3 feeding stops), but we made it home in a little less than 7 hours on Saturday (only 2 stops)! It usually takes 6 hours, but traveling with a baby changes EVERYTHING! We had so much stuff in our car, you would have thought we were moving to Odessa! Little lady really enjoyed her first Thanksgiving in Odessa...and all of my family LOVED meeting her! We sure do have a lot to be thankful for this year!

My Aunt Pat always puts up a Thanksgiving tree....how cute it that?!

Lucy Kate loved laying by the tree!

The leaves were beautiful in my Aunt and Uncle's neighborhood!

Jewelz and Lucy...

Lucy's photo shoot in the leaves....she loved it!

Happy Thanksgiving!!! Lucy is holding up 1 finger for her 1st Thanksgiving!

Aunt Jill and Jewelz with Lucy...

Lucy's great Aunt Shirley and 2nd Cousin Paula...

Family pic!

Kalie, Jill, Cole and Jimmy...

All of the ladies...

Getting ready to dig in to our delicious Thanksgiving lunch...

Wardrobe change for the A&M/UT game...GIG 'EM AGGIES!

Lucy Kate ♥'s her daddy...

A&M Beat UT!! WHOOP!

Cole turned 7 on Friday (11/26)....he is the Lego KING!

Lucy busted out one of her Christmas outfits on the day after Thanksgiving!! We are ready for the holidays!

All of the football games wore little lady out!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

We are VERY thankful for our little miracle! Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Lucy Goes to Church!

On Sunday we took Lucy to church for the first time. She did great....she slept in her car seat the entire time! It was so refreshing to be back at church. The worship was amazing! We sang "In Christ Alone" and "Praise to the Lord the Almighty" which are 2 of my favorites and the 2 hymns that hang in Lucy's room next to her crib!

Looking cute for her first trip to Church!

1 Month...

1 month old already?!?! Really? This has been the fastest and most wonderful month of our lives. Miss Lucy Kate is doing fantastic and growing like a weed! Here is a little preview of what we've been up to this month...

She sleeps A LOT! In her bassinet....

In her pack-n-play...she loves the vibrations!

And in her crib! For the first 2 weeks she slept in our room at night in her pack-n-play bassinet. She now sleeps in her crib at night and is doing a great job! Last night she went 6 hours between feeds...I think that was her "we made it through the first month, mom!" gift to me!
The girl can POOP!! TMI? Maybe, but WOW, she's got power!! And her daddy changes diapers like a champ! Lucy is still in newborn size diapers, but she'll be moving to 1's in no time. Sweet girl has gas quite often after she wakes up from naps and after feedings...it breaks my heart to see her cry/whimper in pain. But, the smile on her face after she passes a toot is priceless! :)

Chloe and Kaci like to join in during our play time. Poor pups....they are so starved for attention these days! They really are doing great with Lucy though. But, they are definitely pets now! :)

We are NOT a fan of the swing yet....

But the bouncer/vibrator is sooooo nice!

We play with toys during awake time....over the past couples of days she has started focusing on objects and following sounds. She's brilliant...

She loves to read....

Tummy time is a short lived activity....she likes it for about a minute and then she's done.
Playing with her daddy is her favorite activity! We're still working on learning how to keep her pacifier in. Little girl gets so frustrated when it falls out!
She's working on keeping her head up...
It wears the sister out though!
She is getting use to wearing bows! It's a requirement when her Jewelz (my mom) is around!

And getting spoiled rotten from her family and friends with cute outfits like this! Are you kidding me? I can't wait to get her in this! That bow is literally the size of her head. Thank you Miss Patti for this outfit!

Her little nails grow so fast! I've cut them 3 times already....and it scares me to death to do it! Poor girl has scratched her face up pretty good. She's still so cute with a few scratches!
Baby girl....you are our greatest joy. I hope you always know just how much your mom and dad love you. Thank you for enriching our lives and teaching us just how great God's love for us and you is. We are so blessed! Happy 1 month Lucy Kate!!!

Hello World!

A very special thanks to my dear friend, Marina, for designing such a beautiful birth announcement for Lucy Kate and the extremely talented David Edmonson of Edmonson Photography for taking Lucy's new born pictures.

E and LK's First Play Date...

Eleanor came over to play today....the girls had a great time staring at each other, sucking on their paci's and sharing a few secrets!

Bath Time Improvement...

Someone is finally enjoying her bath! Now that we can submerge her, she is loving it. The warm wash cloth on her belly (thanks for the tip Courtney) and Maclaren's Calming Bath Milk (thanks Haley) were extremely helpful as well!

Lucy Love:::Continued

More of Lucy's visitors! I'll just keep adding pictures to this post moving forward...

Gillean and Stewart Wade...we can't wait for Wadesy Baby to arrive at the end of January!
Holly, Karis and Kaliegh...
The Terry's...

Lucy meets The Brazeal's...

This week Lucy and I went up to Josh's office so she could meet all of the Family Legacy Staff. Lucy can't wait for her first trip to Zambia!

Owen meets Lucy....this could be a match made in heaven! :)