Christmas #2

We got to go to Indiana for Christmas, and we had a great time. It was fun to see everyone and to relax. When we got there, we found that Lucy and her Uncle Dustin both had rat-tails. Very nice. We also got to go to the zoo one day, and we ate wonderful food for two weeks straight. We had a blast.

We got a video camera for Christmas, and I'm realizing now that I took a bunch of videos and not actual pictures. I guess I need to learn how to download the videos to the computer now. So we have no actual pictures of Lucy's first Christmas morning...whoops.

Christmas #1

Before we went to Indiana for Christmas, we celebrated Christmas here with my mom. Here's Lucy enjoying some of her new toys. We had fun, and we all got some good stuff!

Halloween

I was really excited for Halloween this year. Actually, it doesn't take much to get me excited these days, since I spend so much time at home, now that Lucy is here. I found a recipe online for Halloween calzones, so one night we tried those (there wasn't anything spooky inside, they were just in the shape of witches hats). They didn't really taste that great, but they looked good! And for the ward Halloween party, I made some fun festive cupcakes.

And then of course, there was Lucy. I got her a costume a while ago, and was so excited to actually be able to put it on her. She was a flower, and she looked adorable!

All About Lucy

Lucy is such a good baby. She doesn't often cry (unless she's hungry- when she decides she's hungry, she wants her food NOW, and I never seem to be quick enough in getting it to her). She loves her bath time, her swing, and her Dad. She gets excited when we sing Jesus Wants me for a Sunbeam to her, and tap her on the nose when we say "sunbeam." She also absolutely loves her pacifier...I'm starting to wonder if it was a mistake to get her hooked on it.

Tummy time isn't her favorite, but she'll tolerate it for a couple of minutes. It's fun to see her cute little personality starting to come out!

Blessing

Lucy's baby blessing was on the 27th of September. She looked adorable (of course!) in her little white dress. Her tights turned out to be HUGE, but oh well. She still looked perfect. And Ashton did a beautiful job on the blessing. Lucy slept through the whole thing. I have to admit, I was worried that during the blessing, Lucy would have a blowout in her diaper with the microphone right there, and everyone would be able to hear it. But thankfully, that didn't happen! (What a stupid thing to be worried about anyways, right?)

That evening, we went up to Mike and Lynda's (Ashton's uncle and aunt) for dinner. Pat and Nichole (Ashton's cousin and his wife) blessed their little boy, Alec, the same day. Since everyone wasn't able to make it to both blessings, Mike and Lynda had everyone over so we could at least all get together for dinner. It was a really nice day!

Cute Girl

I'm amazed at how much laundry this tiny 7 pound person can make. She can go through several outfits in a matter of minutes. But just look at her. She's so stinking cute, so it's okay.

Lucy's First Trip to the Zoo

On Labor Day we took Lucy to the zoo. Okay, so the trip was really more for Ashton and I, but we figured that Lucy would like being outside and hearing all the different sounds. And as you can clearly see from the pictures, she thoroughly enjoyed herself (she slept through pretty much the whole thing). It was fun for Ashton and I to get out of the house, though. Seeing all the animals was great, but the people watching was fantastic! We saw all kinds of great stuff.