Sunday, January 30, 2011

Overstimulated...

Besides the overstimulation that occurred, I think Lucy enjoyed her first time in the ExerSaucer this weekend! She's probably a little too young for it at this point, but I couldn't wait for her to try it out! I put a couple of blankets around her stomach and back so she could hold her body up better. Thanks Owen for letting Lucy borrow your fun toy!

Shoes...

Jimmy and Jill gave Lucy a pair of pink Vans for Christmas! I just couldn't wait to get them on her...and now they finally fit. How cute are they?!


Friday, January 28, 2011

Valentine's...

I will admit it....I love Valentine's Day! Mainly because of the cute decorations, cards and CANDY! Growing up, my mom decorated our house for Valentine's....like over the top decorations. As soon as the Christmas decor went down, Valentine's went up. I loved it...and still do! Josh always does a good job with Valentine's too...it all started on our first Valentine's day (2000...senior year of high school) when he showed up at my front door dressed head to toe in RED, drove me to school and walked me all the way to my first class. It was awesome....classic Josh for sure. We've moved away from the typical Valentine's celebration (spending way too much on pre-fixed menus at fancy restaurants)....and now usually celebrate with our friends at one of our houses. Actually last year, at our Valentine's dinner party, I was pregnant! We found out we were expecting the day before. It was the hardest thing I've ever done not telling our little secret to our best friends!

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What are you planning for Valentine's Day this year? I need to come up with something creative to do for Josh. And plan a dinner party that I think our friends (or at least the guys) are starting to expect! :) Just kidding...it's so fun! Happy Valentine's everyone!!

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Cutie Patootie...

Why are babies in pajamas so stinkin' cute?!



Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Lucy says....

Congratulations Gillean and Stewart!!! We can't wait to meet sweet Pearson!!

Pearson Douglas Wade
1.25.11
{He looks like his beautiful momma!}

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Snapshots from today...

It was cold and windy today, so we stayed in our PJ's and enjoyed the day at home all nice and warm!

After a MAJOR blow out, we changed PJ's and played with (chewed on) Lucy's favorite lovie, Gracie...
And her favorite toy, Eileen the monkey...Eileen too-loo rye-aye!
I think we may have a thumb sucker...I try to keep her hands out of her mouth, but I'm definitely loosing that battle!
We love when daddy gets home! If only milk came out of his nose...

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

3 Months...

Happy 3 months baby girl!!



We are sleeping through the night!!! Definitely the biggest achievement from this past month...and such a blessing for mom and dad! Her first night to sleep through the night was on Tuesday, Jan. 4th (at 11 weeks old). I woke up on the morning of Jan. 5th at 5am to feed her and found a sleeping baby! I decided to see how long she would go before waking up...well, girlfriend slept until 7:30am!! So now our typical nighttime routine is...eat around 7:30pm, down for bed around 8:30pm, dream feed at 10:30pm, sleep, sleep, sleep, wake up at 7:30am to eat! Some nights she wakes up around 4-5am, but she settles herself back to sleep after a little crying/fussing.

She is taking 3 1.5 hour naps during the day....typically from 9am-10:30am, 12pm-1:30pm and 3pm-4:30pm. She'll sneak in a little cat nap in her swing or bouncy seat around 6pm for about 30-45 minutes. She's going down for her naps pretty well....we've definitely had to work at it! She hardly cries anymore and when she does cry, it's short lived.

We are still using the miracle blanket for naps, but we've moved into a sleep sack at night. She started breaking out of her swaddle during the night a few weeks ago, so we figured it was time to try something different. The sleep sack is working great and she loves sleeping with her arms up by her head. We give her a paci when we put her down at night and for her naps....she's a big fan of it.

Lucy eats 6 times a day....at 7:30am, 10:30am, 1:30pm, 4:30pm, 7:30pm and 10:30pm. She's eating about 4oz at each feeding for 12-15 minutes. I'm still nursing, which is going really well. It's obviously working because sister's cheeks and thighs are filling out...it's precious! She takes a bottle really well when I'm not there to feed her and Josh gives her a bottle at her 10:30pm dream feeding each night..this works really well because it doesn't wake her up as much (she just eats while she's sleeping) and Josh takes advantage of that time to pray for her. He really is the best dad...Lucy, you are so lucky!

Lucy has found her hands...and she loves to put them in her mouth! This is freaking/grossing mom out a bit, but I guess I need to get over it!

Her favorite activities when she is awake are bath time, swinging, standing up, kicking, sitting in her bumbo, playing underneath her floor gym, looking at herself in the mirror, hanging out on her changing table (with one of us there, of course), listening to music, reading books, blowing spit bubbles and going for walks. She has really started grabbing and reaching out for things this month....she's loving all of the fun animals that dandle over her when she's on her floor gym. She grabs on to her blankets, lovie and burp cloths really tight in her hands, especially when she is in her swing and car seat. She noticed herself in the mirror for the first time this month...she thinks that baby starring back at her is pretty funny! Tummy time is still not her thing.

She's wearing size 1 diapers...although I think size 2's are right around the corner. 3 month clothes are fitting her pretty perfectly....but some are getting a little snug.

She went to the church nursery for the first time this month...it was not as hard as I thought it would be. She did great and was a big hit with the nursery volunteers!

She is cooing and "talking" to us more and more each day.

Nicknames include Lucy Goose, Goose, LuLu, Lu, Scooter, Sister Shubert (her poops smell like yeast rolls!), sister, lady and girlfriend.

Now that we have our routine somewhat figured out, Lucy is a very happy and content baby. I am now a firm believer that babies thrive on routine! Her smile melts my heart every time. I can't wait to hear her giggle for the first time!

Lucy, I can't imagine life without you in it. You are such a joy and blessing to your dad and I. We love you more than words could ever express. We are so thankful that the Lord gave us YOU. Each day I am amazed at God's goodness and faithfulness to us through you!

Monday, January 17, 2011

Lucy Kate and Amy Grace...

Heather and Amy Grace came over to play today! The girls had a great time starring and smiling at each other! They were too cute together...

Mommy and me...

I love you sweet girl!!

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Bow wins....

We went to meet some friends for lunch today and this is what we found when we were getting out of the car...sound asleep. Looks like the bow wins this time, sweet Lucy!

Lucy meets Claudia and Uncle Robert...

This past week Lucy met 2 new special friends...

Miss Claudia...a long time family friend
And Uncle Robert...Uncle Robert got a glimpse of Lucy on New Year's Eve, but she was sound asleep, so Debbie and Robert stopped by on Friday evening so he could officially meet his great niece!

Monday, January 10, 2011

LK and E meet Whitley...

Today we went to visit Julianne and meet sweet baby Whitley Grace. Whitley was born on January 7th and is absolutely perfect and precious!

Future BFF's...
Karen and Whitley...
Me and Whitley...
Welcome to the world Whitley!! We love you!

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Lucy's First Snow 1.9.11

There is nothing better than a snow day in Dallas! We definitely took advantage of it and did absolutely nothing! We went to church on Saturday night, so we literally stayed in our PJ's all day long on Sunday enjoying the falling snow, football, movies and no bake cookies (dad's favorite)!

Lucy in the snow!
The view from our front door...
Fun in our PJ's...
Kaci was in charge of the remotes...