Lucy luvs brunch

Lunch with Maddie

A couple of weeks ago Lucy and I went to lunch with our friends Marla and Maddie. Maddie is 10 months old and she shared one of her zwieback toasts with Lucy. Lucy loved the toast and made a terrific mess with it. We now reserve the zwiebacks for dining out because they keep her entertained for a good hour. We had a great time at lunch and hope to get together with Maddie and Marla again soon! Our adventures in solid foods have included: bananas, oatmeal, rice cereal, sweet potatos and peas. So far the peas are her favorite. She is getting much better at eating- more ends up in her tummy, less on her face! Lucy discovered that she could make consonant sounds this week. She says ba ba ba ba and da da da da and uh oh! Of course these "words" are just sounds, but she is quite chatty. Once she figures talking out I think we're going to have a fantastic conversationalist on our hands. This week we have started sleep training. Up until now Lucy has been sleeping with us- which has its benefits, but also some serious drawbacks and after weeks of being slapped awake by tiny hands in the middle of the night I'm ready to have my bed back. Last night was the first night of operation- Reclaim-the-grown-up-bed, and it went pretty well. Wes is the linch pin in the operation as he is very patient and willing to soothe her while she fusses. I can't stand the crying and tend to give in after about 30 seconds of crying so I cover my ears and let Wes take the helm. She only fussed for 15 minutes the first time (9pm) then she woke up at 1am to nurse then back to the pack and play. This time she cried for 10 minutes and the last time at 6am she nursed again and didn't really cry at all when we transfered her to the pack and play. The best part- she slept in this morning- until 10am! I couldn't believe it! Wish us luck that sleep training continues to go well- Momma is tired.

the pool

Lucy Reads A Book

Lucy reads The Very Hungry Caterpillar- sitting up!

Goodbye Mullet

Well, I am sad to report that after several comments by certain family members (you know who you are) and in preparation for her portrait sitting next week- I took Lucy for a haircut. Her mullet now resides in a little plastic baggy. Afterward, I felt like I had had an important part of her removed. Don't get me wrong, she's still cute as a button, but her shaggy hair was a unique quality and I had it removed. It will be a long long time before I will do that again- I might just wait until Lucy can ask herself for the next haircut. Hopefully, having the hair off her neck (and ears and forehead) will make her more comfortable in this summer heat and make meal time less messy. Anyway, here is photographic evidence of my crime.

6 Month Check-Up

Lucy had her six month check up today- only 3 shots this time! After a very complete examination the Doctor determined (to the contrary of recent posts to this blog) that there is not even a hint of evil in Lucy and she is perfect in every way. I already knew this, but it's good to hear it from a professional. Lucy now weighs 14lbs 1oz and has upgraded to Carter's 6 month size clothes. Last week we started introducing solid foods. She is not crazy about rice cereal, but seems to do o.k. with bananas mixed in. She made the funniest faces when we first gave her bananas- don't worry I have video! Tonight we are going to try sweet potato. I have become one of those moms- you know the ones who make their own baby food. I was reading about it and it seemed easy and it is very cheap so I thought I'd give it a try. I have about a months worth of sweet potatoes and bananas pureed in my freezer now. I think peas may be harder to do... Anyway, people have been asking recently if Lucy can sit up so I decided to plop her down in the sitting position today and see what happened. She Sat! For about a minute then fell over- guess it's a start!

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Kite

Lucy flies a kite. Sort of.

First Swim

Lucy went swimming for the first time last weekend. She seemed to enjoy it. Just ignore me in the background and focus on the adorable baby in the adorable hat and swimsuit.