First Beach Trip!

We headed to the beach this past week for Lucy's first sandy trip!  Overall, she absolutely loved it!  She tried running to the ocean many times, and spent hours digging in the sand.  We spent the week in Carillon Beach, Florida (near Panama City Beach) with my side of the family.  3 Aunts, 3 Uncles, 8 cousins, and Nana and Poppe played and relaxed with us beach side.  It was a great time and we look forward to the next one!

Lucy's Beach/Vacation Likes:  snack time at the beach, running into the ocean then running out again, giving out kissies to all who saw her making the infamous kissy lips, digging in the sand, tasting the saltwater, pointing to the birds flying and shouting "dog" (we need to brush up on her animal vocab), coloring (especially in the airport/airplane), splashing at the pool and going under, playing ball, sleeping in the bathroom (yes, Lucy's crib was set up in our large bathroom--due to the darkness and exhaust fan as white noise!), playing with her cousins, and rice and beans--she ate them all week long.  Looks like someone wants a burrito bowl next time we hit up Chipotle.

 lounging

digging in the sand

Lucy's Beach/Vacation Dislikes: putting on sunscreen (though a major necessity for our fair skinned lady), too many new faces at once--although she warmed up pretty easily when there were smaller groups, when the stewardesses made her put her tray table upright and locked during landing/taking off,  not having Bailey around to clean up her food messes--or wait, that was Bryan and I.  

Einstein hair trying to avoid getting her sunscreen rubbed in

The last day we were there, Friday, Lucy started pulling on her ears.  Unfortunately as time went on and we traveled home, it got worse and now she is nursing a double ear infection.  But it was a great trip and she is on some medicine and on the mend.  Hope the summer is going well for all of you!

Love,
The Fingland's

15 Months

It seems that this month Lucy has grown up in a flash.  She started doing so many new (and adorable) things, and she seems so big now.  This month she's been a little cranky, trying to get those two front teeth in, but she's still our favorite girl to be around. 

15 Month Fill in the Blanks:
-Mommy's favorite things Lucy has done this month are give high fives and DANCE!

-Daddy's favorite things Lucy has done this month are pucker up for kissies and make the 'more' sign.


-The words on the street this month are dog, doggie, Mommy (even Daddy gets called this at the moment), Bay-ee (Bailey), and waving hi/bye.  She also communicates with some signs she/we have created on our own, including a chomping hand motion for the word alligator--you know, a very important word to have in your vocab!


-Bailey's favorite thing Lucy has done this month is not listen to her parents by throwing food at me/the ground. 


-Lucy kicked off her summer this Memorial Weekend by going on her first hike on South Table Mountain, exploring the Butterfly Pavilion, and hanging out with her Unruh boyfriends and Mommy and Daddy's friends at a BBQ.  


-Lucy wishes that watermelon was served at every meal, that she could always play outside, and that Bailey really listened to her when she points and shouts jibberish commands at her. 

-Mommy and Daddy wish they could bottle up Lucy's squeal and laughter that comes with playing chase, making funny faces, and being tickled. 


-Lucy was caught being 15 months going on 15 years when she was kissing Logan all day at daycare, she throws her fit at not getting her way, and drives her new toy car.  

She is an absolute joy to have around, and we are so blessed to have this funny, clever, opinionated girl in our lives!  She knows what she wants and goes for it.  Even if that includes fake coughing so we know she needs a drink of water (who needs sign language, she's creating her own stuff!)  We love her beyond words can describe, and I am so excited for this summer and new adventures with her!