Lucy at 10 months

It's hard to believe that Lucy is already 10 months old. She is so fun, and has a TON of personality! She also has quite a temper, which can be pretty funny (unless she decides to have a temper tantrum in the middle of church...then I have a hard time finding humor in it!) Here's a little more about Lucy: (Oh, and don't mind the pile of dirty laundry behind Lucy in the picture...)

-She has a really cute sense of humor
-She's a really fast crawler
-She's can walk alongside the furniture while holding on to it
-The other day she climbed up 15 stairs with no help at all! (Disclaimer: I was behind her the whole time...I don't want anyone to think I lost her and then happened to find her at the top of the stairs!)
-She loves swimming and taking baths
-She loves to be outside
-She eats EVERYTHING that isn't food (shoes, cardboard, magazines...you name it, she tries to
eat it)
-She's learning how to give kisses
-She loves throwing things, especially when she's in her high chair...it's so fun to watch them fall from that high up
-She has two teeth on the bottom of her mouth and is working on a third one up top
-She makes us laugh all the time. We're so lucky to have her!

The cutting of the rat tail

Yes, we actually did it. We cut Lucy's rat tail off. It looks so much better. Here's the before picture (a nice bath tub shot):



And here's the after picture:



Much better, right?

She did it!!!

A few weeks ago, my mom graduated with her Master's in Special Ed. So, of course, I made cupcakes. (All the pictures we have of my mom in her cap and gown are blurry, otherwise we'd include one of those!) Way to go, Mom! We're so proud of you!

Happy birthday, G!

Happy birthday, Mom! (This is the cupcake version of my mom.)

Farewell, furry friend

If anyone had told me a year ago that I'd be getting rid of Bug, I would never have believed it. I loved that cat more than any other animal I've ever had. I'll be honest- I bawled when we had to hand him over to the lady at the Humane Society. (They must have a lot of people doing that, because they had Kleenex handy.) The saddest thing was the sign behind the counter saying that there's no guarantee that the animals will even be put up for adoption...I felt so guilty!!! But it was necessary, with Lucy getting ready to crawl any day, and Bug being so big and mean. I know we did the right thing, but it doesn't help me feel any less guilty!

Glorious rat-tail

I've had to come to terms with the fact that my daughter has a rat-tail. Looking at it during church today, I actually felt a little embarrassed by it. I really want to cut it, but every time I mention it, Ashton makes sure to let me know that the tail is NOT to be cut. He's incredibly proud of the fact that his daughter has a rat-tail, and he shows it off to anyone he can. He loves it so much that he describes it as "glorious." I don't know how much longer it will be around, though. He might come home to find it gone one day...

Corn-grats!

My mom got me a cupcake decorating book for Christmas, and I was looking for any excuse to try any of the ideas from the book. Well, my mom is graduating with her Master's in May, but finished her last class in January. So there we go, my first reason to make some crazy cupcakes. There were no graduation related ideas in the book, but I did find ears of corn. So I decided to make those and tell my mom corn-gratulations. A little "corny", I know.