Our Driveway or Where We "Take Sun"

Dad and Megan Visit

It looks a little like Lucy and I sitting, staring at each other, twiddling our tumbs compared to all the fun she had with first Grandpa and Grandma Wecker and then Grandpa Curtis and Aunt Megan visiting!

My dad introduced us to the joys of electronic toys. I had a previous philosophy that toys shouldn't need batteries...but I take it all back. The little fish swims around the tub and I think I love it more than Lucy!

I wish I had a picture, but on the first night my dad got here he was still jet-lagged from Malaysia and instead of watching t.v. in the middle of the night he took his blanket and curled up on the floor of Lucy's room to watch her sleep. When I went to check on her in the morning I found them both sound asleep. So much for buying a house with a guest room!

Can you see the bear in the top of the tree? Don't worry if you can't, Lucy didn't catch on either.

Thanks to Megan prolific doting, Lucy has now forgotten how to walk and wants to be held all the time.

Lucy makes the bear noise. We love her animal sounds.

30 before 30

It is almost my half birthday on the road to turning 30. I thought about doing a bucket list but I actually feel quite satiated with the experiences I have already had. That said, I did come up with a few things it would be fun to work on before turning 30. One of those is taking 30 pictures with me in them. I hate being in pictures but I want Lucy to be able to look back at pictures and see how much I enjoyed being her mom...

Grandpa and Grandma Wecker Visit

Every spring general conference we look forward to a visit from Paul and Janet. I loved it before Lucy was born but it is especially fun now, getting to watch her with her grandparents.

Don't they just look like they have so many secrets together?!

The weekend was full of good food, a little crafting, and some game playing.

P.S. I made Lucy's yellow dress. Here she is modeling it with her favorite new toy, a stick (I should probably take it away but she loves it so).

Date Night

I don't want to brag but we have a pretty good babysitting set up. Frequently Katie will make us go on dates just so she can babysit. On Friday Katie and Lucy got to hang out while Mike and I went to Portland City Grill to celebrate another year of Mike's hard work at a job that treats us pretty well. (Note the cute dog, courtesy of our other braggable Lucy tenders. More Lucy and Scout pictures to come...)

"no"

You would never believe that this cute girl's favorite word is "no" would you?!!

We Heart the Return of the Sun

This past weekend we watched a friend play rugby and then explored the antique shops in Aurora. Nothing like an afternoon of destruction mixed with daintiness.

Signing

We haven't done an amazing job at teaching Lucy a variety of signs but the ones she knows, she uses, and they really seem to help her feel empowered and cut down on frustration. That said, she still looks a bit desperate in these pictures as she signs *more*milk*please* (note she only uses one of her hands correctly for the sign).

more

milk

please

14 Months

Where she was growing physically fast before, now she is grow mentally at a pace I really can't keep up with. Each night when Mike comes home, Lucy will usually do something new, and Mike looks at me and asks if I taught her that today, and I wish I could say yes, but in honesty I have no idea how she learns everything she does. It is so strange and thrilling to see that she really understands what we are saying and beyond exciting watching her learn to communicate as well. She loves feeling independent a making choices. This also breeds frustration when she can't communicate what she wants or doesn't get it but that is part of character development, right?!

Miss Sunday

Lucy is the queen of Sundays. People just love a fluffy dress and when you add a little frankenstein running , disheveled hair, and plenty of loud yet happy trills you get a pretty solid group of admirers. I love it as much as Lucy; it reminds me to see the cute and not focus on the crazy that sometimes is. That said, while today did indeed include a cute dress it also included eating an entire piece of chalk during relief society and eating her way through the toole layer of her dress to get to her flower petals on the drive.

Side note: grandmas get ready for the best moment of your lives. Lucy now puts her arms around necks and squeezes for a hug. It is the best feeling ever. Ever.