Luck O' the Irish!

 We are lucky!  Today is Lucy's "10 Month Birthday" and I am as in love with her as ever.  She is just. so. cute.  But I can't believe she is getting so big.  It's a happy and sad feeling to know that she's almost a big one year old.  Her favorite activities are swimming, playing "How big is Lucy?...SOOO Big!(see the black and white picture below)" peek-a-boo, dancing, being on Dad's shoulders, and being thrown in the air or swung all around.  She has learned how to shake her head "NO" and does this...a lot.  She has learned how to clap and say "Yaaay!" in the sweetest voice.  She knows how to wave hello. She learned how to clear off her highchair tray in a matter of seconds and fling food everywhere!  She is so silly and cracks everyone up who meets her.  She has a tough stubborn streak, but still loves to cuddle, hug, and kiss more than any baby I have ever met.  It makes the other mom's jealous :)  How did I get SO incredibly lucky to be her Mommy?????  I am in love with Lucy.

Other news: we've had an abundance of SUNSHINE this past week, and Lucy and I took advantage of it everyday! Along with our very good friends, we went swimming, bike riding, and picnicking.  Lucky for us, we were able to get a bike trailer with some Christmas money we had and she absolutely loves to ride around on the trails.  I don't have a picture of that yet, but you can be sure I'll get one soon :) There is lots to look forward to with her this summer!

This is a hilarious picture of Lucy and her best buddy Adeline

 

 And FINALLY, we get to post pictures of Lucy's FIRST St. Patrick's Day.  We went over to our good friend's, Joe and Christy's place where Christy made a delicious corned beef and cabbage recipe and we all had too much fun.  We had a Skip-bo competition and Joe and Christy beat us all.  They always win at games- I swear, they are one of "those couples" who dominates every time! Haha!  All 3 of our baby girls had fun wrestling and playing with each other all night, and the adults enjoyed a lot of green food! What a fun Holiday we had!  We love our friends, we love Colorado, and we love our life! We really are those lucky Irish people I keep hearing about ;)

Hope everyone had a good Holiday :)  Hopefully it won't be another month before I blog again.  March just seems extra busy this year!

UNTIL NEXT TIME!

Did I catch a "Niner" in There?

The Little Princess turned 9 months old today…it’s so crazy for me because I think of how today is the only time in her entire life where she could say (if she could talk) “I’ve lived half my life in Mommy’s belly, and half my life on Earth.”  Never again will her life be split 50/50 like this.  I can’t believe I carried her for what felt like the longest 9 months of my life, and now that she’s been here, it’s been the fastest 9 months of my life! How strange that seems to me :)  I love this little spunky Peanut more than she will ever know!

Lulu weights 18 lbs 11oz (50%).  Is 28 ¼ inches tall (76%!) and her little head is 15 ½ inches (31%).

Her personality has doubled in the last month! She’s a ball of energy that just never stops! She is a little behind on the big stuff (crawling, pulling herself up on furniture, walking assisted, etc.).  Her doctor said she has the core strength for these movements, but just might be a little bit lazy ;) She will come around when she's ready… But she is excelling in “problem solving,” speech, communication and fine motor skills.  Basically, she’s smart but lazy haha!!

I cannot believe she’s ¾ of the way to being a big 1 year old. Her first birthday will be here before we know it!!!

Love you Lucy Lu.  You are Mommy’s precious little Angel. 

 

L.O.V.E.

I will never understand the people who don't celebrate Valentine's Day.  Their questions of "Why should we only have ONE day where we show our love?" can be argued that, "Why should we only have ONE day where we dress up and ask for candy?  Why should we only have ONE day to eat Turkey and give thanks?  Why should we only have ONE day where we..."...etc, you get it.  That is the point of Holidays.  To focus on a theme and spend an ENTIRE day having a good time.  It breaks up the year into fun events, and I see absolutely nothing wrong with that. We show our love year round, but it is nice to have one day that separates the rest to celebrate our love and do mushy, gushy things :)  I guess since that's the way I grew up, I just can't quite seem to understand those pessimists ;)  Luckily, my husband grew up with a Mom who taught him that Valentine's Day is a holy day for Women.  So he gets in the spirit too- the night before, he was even picking out his red shirt for work!  However, this year was my first year "at home" on Valentine's Day instead of working, so I was able to spoil him a little.  Here is how our day went.  I woke up an hour early so that I could make him Red Velvet and Cocoa heart shaped Pancakes for breakfast.  Then I got to work on making a marinade for steak we would have later for dinner.  After that, I baked Pink Velvet cupcakes and made homemade cream cheese frosting.  For dinner I cut out a ton of little hearts and sprinkled them all over the table (along with red glitter) and put candies out too.  I had love songs playing all day as well- just an added bonus.  I got Lucy all dressed up and we made Daddy some cute Valentines.  And of course, I took a billion pictures of her with my new camera- which I am OBSESSED with! (My old camera quit working and I saved up enough for a really nice one so I am very in love with it.) When Shawn got home, we ate a yummy dinner, gave Lucy some steak and cupcakes (shhh, that's our little secret!) and after she went to bed, we cuddled up and watched Breaking Dawn, since I hadn't seen it yet.  It was a perfect day. Shawn promised me when we were dating that he would ALWAYS get me flowers on Valentine's Day.  Well, flowers are expensive and we couldn't do gifts this year, but he followed through and bought me a single rose on his way home so that he wouldn't break his promise, or the bank ;) I am in love with being in love and I love love LOVE Valentine's Day.