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Halloween

We had a hard time deciding what to do for Halloween this year. Devin was going to be working, and Lucy isn't old enough to really understand what is going on or say "trick or treat", so I figured we'd just get her a costume and study home and see all the trick or treat-ers. Well, I didn't want to buy a costume, and really didn't know what she should be. The weeks leading up to halloween Lucy had been making dog noises so we thought maybe we should just make her a dog costume, and it could double as p.j.'s after halloween. So I went to Joann's, I couldn't find the material I was hoping for, but I found some cute dogprint fabric that looked like a Dalmation so we went with that.

Since I've been trying to get my homework done, Celecta (devin's mom) was nice enough to sew it all together! It turned out great! I made the hood which ended up being a lot easier than I thought, and kind of fun! Lucy wore the costume for most of hte day, but that was also the day we ended up moving into the basement apartment (which is almost completely finished) so it was a stressful day for lucy. By the afternoon she was sick of it, so before her bedtime I put her back in it and took some picutres.

This one is my favorite! (yes, she is holding our video camera :S)

Acting the part....RoAR!!! Except dogs say bow wow...

(I'm resisting quoting Brian Regan, but for all of you fans, you can laugh to yourself if you know that skit)

And just because she is so cute, here is another picture of our little Lucy :)

Snow day!

So a couple of weeks ago it snowed here in Orem. We woke up and the world was white! I was shocked, but I think Lucy was even more shocked. She looked out the window and said, 'AH!' in a way that seemed like she was saying, "what happened to everything!" it was pretty funny. She had been out in the garden with her Oma (grandma) for the last couple of weeks when I was getting my studying done, so she was pretty familiar with the plants and what everything looks like. I think it was weird for her to see the world all white. We knew it was probably going to be gone by the afternoon so we got some warm clothes on and went out to play in the snow.

Devin and Lucy when we first went out.

We were trying to catch the snow in our hands

She even got to taste some snow!

Contrary to her face in the pictures she did like eating it...it was just really cold!

I couldn't help but take a picture of this. The apples looked so perfect, and yummy. With the snow they looked absolutely beautiful!

More about Lucy

~She's learned to fold her arms to pray! Whenever we go to the kitchen, and get food (sometimes when we aren't even eating) she'll fold her arms to pray. She's a great reminder for her forgetful mommy (I'm bad at saying prayers when it's just her and me!)

~She gets really jealous when Devin or I hold other babies....something we need to work on before April rolls around!

~I'm pretty sure she says 'that'...it sounds more like "Dat!" but you know, it's often enough and at the right times I think she knows what she's saying.

~She LOVES to dance! When ever we turn on music, when she's sitting in her high chair, when she's pushing around her shopping cart, or just playing with toys...she has three different moves she does for dancing...it's really cute!

~She still weighs 18 1/2 lbs....apparently snacking on fruits and veggies isn't the best for gaining weight...Doc said she's not worried about her weight yet (because she still has rolly arms and legs) but she needs to be getting HALF of her calories from fats? I didn't realize little babies needed that much. So we're working on snacking on fatty-healthy foods...(hoping this doesn't make me gain weight too!!)

~She loves to be outside, if a whole day has passed and we haven't gone out she'll lead me (or one of her aunts) to her stroller, or go bang on a door! We're going to have to start bundling soon, cause it's getting cold!

~Loves playing with her Daddy~

That's all for now, I'm sure there are others, I'll just have to think about it more.

(Pictures will come soon! i just need to upload them, and camera is charging right now :D )

She's walking!

This is how it all started.

(SO apparently uploading video's isn't working right now....I have no idea why..but I'll post them when I figure it out!)

We were outside one sunday and Lucy saw this little car. She'd ridden it before but it had been a long time. She crawled right to it, got up and started pushing it along!!! We were shocked, we just watched. Then she pushed it off the grass, and onto the driveway. It was her turn to be a little shocked! She handled the change in speed really well. Devin went to help her and I ran to get the video camera!

Around that time she started noticing the shopping cart her Oma (grandma) has in the toy room. She liked pushing it around and walking through the house with it. Then her little cousin Alden started standing on his own, and one day when they were playing she started standing too! It's funny what a little peer interaction can motivate babies to do!

About a week and a half ago Lucy and I were home with her Aunt Elaine (Dev was at work and everyone else was gone) so we were just playing around. Elaine had Lucy's hands and they were walking when all of the sudden Elaine let go of her and Lucy kept walking!!! She was a little nervous at first but we were all so excited she just thought it was fun and started giggling along with us!

(Video insertion coming soon!)

For the first week she would only walk from one person to another, and only if she felt so inclined. But the past couple of days she been walking from object to object and all around the house! She's feeling very independent. It's fun, but I'm starting to realize what this will mean for me....a lot of close monitoring. I like that she's feeling more independent though because she'd still get upset if I left the room or if she couldn't see me. But now she's getting more comfortable with the idea of us not being in the same room (at least for a little bit) and knowing she can come find me.

It's still weird to see her walk around....weird that my little baby is walking! it makes her look older than she is (at least to me).