Visit from Grandma Janice

My mom was up to visit this past week and it was so much fun to have her here. She loves Lucia like crazy and I love to watch them interact. Lucia definitely loves her Grandma Janice. It was amazing to see how much more can get done with my mom's help during the day. I was spoiled for the week and am now back to real life...sigh. We were able to fit in a lot of fun outings while she was up. Here are a few shots from the visit.

Family shot after church last SundayFlying Lucia
The best baby thighs to be caught on camera!
Mom and Craig at Joe Bar in Seattle
Mom and I on our shopping day. Lucia slept for 2.5 hours in the stroller as we shopped around. She really is the best baby ever! I can't believe how much she sleeps and when she is not asleep, she is so chill!
Lucy fighting off the bottle
Mom won the fight! :)

Lucia contemplating life and Craig's beard
Enjoying the waterfall at UVillage on one of the crazy hot days
Who could resist that face!

Lucia at 4 months

It is summertime and we are loving the sun, visits with family, and time outside. Lucia is growing so quickly and looks so different now. We went to her 4-month dr. visit the other day and she weighed in at 13 pounds and is 25 inches long. No major issues at the doctor's visit though we do have to get an ultrasound of her hip in Tacoma at the end of this month because, when she was born, the NICU doctor noted that there was a clicking sound in her hip. They just want to be sure that her leg is properly in the socket. I am sure it will be a quick and easy procedure. The hardest part will be the long drive down there through all of the Seattle traffic.

We have had a full summer so far and have spent the last two weekends over at Pat's parent's house. It is such a relaxing place. I love being out of the city. I'll include some pictures below from our latest visit. My mom is coming into town this week and we are so excited to have her and to show off our little girl. My mom hasn't seen Lucia since she was 2-3 weeks old, so it will be great fun.

Just two photos from this morning. Lucia loves to be outside like her mom! We were able to enjoy the fresh air and shade in the back yard before it hit the 80s.


Me with my two favorite little people!
The fam...


Birthday cake for the birthday ladies but I should note that this was no ordinary cake. It was chocolate coconut cream pie made by Sten and anything that Sten makes is amazing
The Hood Canal view from the Murphy's house. You can see the Olympics too just not in this picture.
Cousin Solveig loving on Lucia.



Jai and I with our little ladies. Jai bought matching outfits for Solveig and Lucia. They were too cute together.
Jai and the matching girls

My rolling baby

Lucia hit a new milestone recently. She is now able to roll! It is pretty cute to watch. She doesn't have it down perfectly yet but she's getting there. She rolled first from her stomach to her back on 6/25 and then her stomach to her back on 7/6. She is much better at getting from her back to her stomach, so she has managed to wake herself up now a number of times all freaked out that she is on her stomach but can't figure out how to undo the issue. I now have her in rolling boot camp so that she can figure out how to consistently get back from her stomach to her back. It is pretty funny to walk away for a few minutes and come back to find her in an entirely different position. I know, I know, it seems silly that this is an amazing thing but we have been dealing with a stationary tiny human being and now we have an ever so slightly mobile tiny human being. :)

Here are some pictures of her in position to roll. I think that her little head hovering above the ground being held up by that little baby neck is so cute! I haven't caught it yet on video. The video below is me trying to get her to roll but she sneezes instead which is also pretty cute...at least to me, Pat, and maybe the grandparents. :)






Unrelated to rolling but still cute, here are a few of Lucia enjoying summertime. Here she is showing off those baby arm muscles

We had to get her a little baby hat so that I can walk around outside with her on the sunny days. She loves the walks.