The month of June was a busy one for our family, and filled with a bunch of firsts for Lucy. She was baptized on June 12th, and had lots of family in town to celebrate the special day with her. Friends and family gathered after church and continued the celebration while Lucy took some naps :)
After that we did our first road trip to St. Louis with Nana and Poppe. Although the ending got a little rough, Lucy was quite a trooper on a 14 hour car ride. She started her first night in St. Louis with a new trick: spinning! Although I was extremely exhausted after that car ride, I know which way I had put her in the crib. The next morning she had done a 180 and kept her swaddle in tact, completely confusing me! When she kept doing it though I realized what she was up to.
She loved hanging out and meeting all new people--family and friends. She was great at being passed around from lap to lap and giving her cutest smiles. I don't think I fed her but 3 times the 2 weeks we were there! Lucy also got to attend some very special events: her Uncle Brad's wedding and her Poppe's 65th Birthday party. She posed just right for all the photos at each event and we can't wait to see them! Bryan and I danced the night away at Brad and Mandy's reception while Lucy had her first sleepover at Nana and Poppe's. It was our first night away from her but we had a lot of fun!
Lucy loved meeting new dogs too, Tiger and Finn. They entertained her just like her sister Bailey does. After 2 weeks of fun, we headed back to Colorado, this time by plane. The first part started off a little bleh as she was awakened from her nap through security...after that though we discovered rocking chairs at the Lambert Airport! More nap time! She did wonderfully on the plane and it worked out that she was eating for the take off and sleeping for the landing. With lots of smiles and squealing in between time! They gave her a certificate for her first flight and a set of airplane wings :). I added some photos and a video from the travels to the "Traveling Lucy" album. The rest of the photos will be in her 4 month album.
It was sad to say good bye but it was so great seeing friends and family, and sharing Lucy with everyone. We are so blessed to have such wonderful people in our lives and now Lucy's life.
Don't forget to check out her 4 month update below and new pictures in the album (click on the photo on the top right to get there).
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
4 Months
Lucy is growing and growing! We went to her 4 month Doctor's appointment Thursday, July 7th and her new stats are:
24 inches long
12 lbs 3 oz.
(45th percentile for height and 25th for weight). The Doctor said she was trending just great and by 24 months they will be able to project who's height she will take on, mine or Bryan's. She showed of her smiles and babbling to the Dr., as well as her strong muscles! She said that she would have thought I was a PE teacher not an art teacher by the way she was holding her head, supporting herself, etc. Lucy's such a good performer :) She received her second round of vaccines, 2 shots and a dropper in the mouth, and did even better this time. Cried for all of 5 seconds, sucked on my finger, then I picked her up and she was smiling/laughing. We may start some solids with her if she seems ready at 5 months, otherwise we will wait and talk with them about it all at our 6 month appointment. Our garden is finally starting to pick up so I am hopeful to get some goodies to make some food for her soon!
This month was also filled with traveling, and has been one of the months with the most noticeable changes in Lucy. Some notable firsts: spinning around in her crib, rolling to her side (almost onto that belly!), doing "ab workouts" aka crunching while laying down in preparation for sitting up, giggling, babbling then turned squealing, extended tummy time, extreme interest in books, "sleeping through the night", shoving everything in her mouth and drooling, slowly noticing her feet but not grabbing them yet,starting to try and hold her bottle, and getting good control of her head and grasping stuff and putting it to her mouth. Whoosh--wears me out just thinking about it but this month was full of new stuff!
Bryan and I have been enjoying all these firsts with Lucy, and she is more adorable each day. Her naps are slowly starting to get better, and she usually sleeps from 6-7pm to 6am with one feeding. (The 6-7pm time though usually includes some frustration since she talks loudly to lure us into playing with her instead of sleeping. We usually try to at least sit through dinner and ignore her without cracking up.)
She loves hanging out in the hammock, reading on her tummy, swinging, babbling to her owl mobile, standing/sitting up(with help of course), and working out with Mommy. I have been using this book that has workouts to do with your baby and she has been enjoying it the past week!
This has been a fun and exciting summer watching her grow. Hard to believe she will start eating solid food soon and there is so much more to come! We can't wait to see how much she grows and develops as time goes on. God has blessed us with such a loveable, funny, and happy baby girl!
24 inches long
12 lbs 3 oz.
(45th percentile for height and 25th for weight). The Doctor said she was trending just great and by 24 months they will be able to project who's height she will take on, mine or Bryan's. She showed of her smiles and babbling to the Dr., as well as her strong muscles! She said that she would have thought I was a PE teacher not an art teacher by the way she was holding her head, supporting herself, etc. Lucy's such a good performer :) She received her second round of vaccines, 2 shots and a dropper in the mouth, and did even better this time. Cried for all of 5 seconds, sucked on my finger, then I picked her up and she was smiling/laughing. We may start some solids with her if she seems ready at 5 months, otherwise we will wait and talk with them about it all at our 6 month appointment. Our garden is finally starting to pick up so I am hopeful to get some goodies to make some food for her soon!
This month was also filled with traveling, and has been one of the months with the most noticeable changes in Lucy. Some notable firsts: spinning around in her crib, rolling to her side (almost onto that belly!), doing "ab workouts" aka crunching while laying down in preparation for sitting up, giggling, babbling then turned squealing, extended tummy time, extreme interest in books, "sleeping through the night", shoving everything in her mouth and drooling, slowly noticing her feet but not grabbing them yet,starting to try and hold her bottle, and getting good control of her head and grasping stuff and putting it to her mouth. Whoosh--wears me out just thinking about it but this month was full of new stuff!
Bryan and I have been enjoying all these firsts with Lucy, and she is more adorable each day. Her naps are slowly starting to get better, and she usually sleeps from 6-7pm to 6am with one feeding. (The 6-7pm time though usually includes some frustration since she talks loudly to lure us into playing with her instead of sleeping. We usually try to at least sit through dinner and ignore her without cracking up.)
She loves hanging out in the hammock, reading on her tummy, swinging, babbling to her owl mobile, standing/sitting up(with help of course), and working out with Mommy. I have been using this book that has workouts to do with your baby and she has been enjoying it the past week!
This has been a fun and exciting summer watching her grow. Hard to believe she will start eating solid food soon and there is so much more to come! We can't wait to see how much she grows and develops as time goes on. God has blessed us with such a loveable, funny, and happy baby girl!
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