New Lucia-isms

Again, I wish that I could slow down time. Lucia does so many hilarious and wonderful things but they only last for so long before she has moved on to the next hilarious and wonderful thing. The sad part is that I know that my memory will not hold all of these small pieces of Lucy's baby personality...they will fade as time goes on. It is sad to think that so many of these things will be left behind. I want to remember what her little face looks like when she wakes up every morning and how it feels when she smashed that hot face into mine as some kind of good morning love. I want to remember her little bald head laughing right up next to mine when we are "bonking" heads. I want to remember all of the perfect moments that make this life so good but I suppose that is part of it...the great moments are replaced with other great moments. I must try to soak them in while they last. If only they lasted a bit longer...

Things I love about my baby:

- She has such a tiny little baby body. I love stripping her down before bath time and letting her run around in nudy glory. She shrieks with glee at the freedom and wags her head back and forth to feel her hair hit her face. She can barely keep upright while she is doing this.

- She is such a little girl and, with no prompting, seems to take to all of the sparkles and frill. I do try to balance it with tractors, trains, and dinosaurs. That said, she LOVES anything girly. She loves hats. She loves rings and necklaces and bracelets. Anytime, there is something different about her attire, she runs to the mirror screaming "baby, baby, baby" then stands in front of it, with her head tilted, admiring herself. Here are some of the more hilarious examples of her girliness.

• She found a piece of packing tape that had been on her diaper box. She draped it across her head like hair and then wore it around the house for the better part of an hour. Here she is at the mirror checking out her "hair"
  
  
• She calls my hair bands "bracets" and wears them everywhere we go.
• She is SO pleased when Pat and I let her wear our wedding rings. It will keep her entertained for a long while.
• She is very into hats and anything on her head. Mom started this one... She loves it when we are changing her and pull her shirt up over her head but leave it on her head. She wants to see herself in the mirror every time. Here we are trying a Halloween costume on her and she wanted it to remain on her head.
  
  
  

- She loves "gassees". We bought her a pair of Dora the Explorer glasses and she loves to wear those around. She calls them her "Dowa gassees".

- She has started putting two words together but she annunciates the two words the same way every time regardless of what the words are. The first word is punctuated and the second kind of falls out like an after thought. Her favorite is "coco bed" (translation: chocolate/pumpkin bread). Another is saying goodbye to just about anything. That is how I get her to leave something without fighting me on it. It works like a charm. I just tell her that it is time to say goodbye to the slide and then, for at least the next 10 minutes, she is saying "bye-bye side...bye-bye side" and waving her little baby hand. She will also say "ove oo dada" (translation: love you dada).

- She sings in the back seat of the car when we are driving around. I have a bad habit of never NEVER changing the CDs in my car, so we listen to the same things over and over again. She has got a few of the songs down. I can look back and her little baby mouth is wide open as she is singing along to the songs. One of the best sounds in the world! She chair dances to them as well. She also asks to "dancy" when we are at the house. I'll turn on the radio or, on the more rare occasion, we'll bust out the guitar.

- She has great animal sounds now. She does a horse and sheep sound with great accuracy. Pat and I have a few favorites though that aren't quite right but we don't want to correct her because they are too cute!

• "cagadodoo" = cockadoodledo for the rooster
• "wifit" = ribit for the frog

- We just gave her a "banky" to sleep with for the first time a few weeks ago. She LOVES that little blanket. We used to set her in her crib and she would stand up and wave goodnight to us as we left the room and would then lay herself down to go to sleep. No longer... Now she lays down so that we can put the blanket over her and she doesn't move. She just says "banky" and snuggles it and blows us kisses. The hilarious part is that she also doesn't stand up when she wakes up in the morning. She just talks to herself and stays with her "banky".

- She has a best friend Jackson and we get to hang out all the time. They say each other's names now "Jaxcy" and "Luc". They both ask for each other every day and Lindsay (Jaxcy's mom) told me that Jackson says "Luc" whenever he sees a blonde little girl. They are so cute together.

Visit with Gra-Gra

Wow, it has been awhile again! I became a bit busy these past two months as I worked with a friend to plan a benefit for mutual friends of our. It was an awesome experience but it did become the focus of my time...thus the lack of blogging.

So, back in September, my mom came up for a week long visit. It is always so much fun to see her with Lucia. Lu gravitated to her "Gra-Gra" immediately. She would drag her all over the house having my mom read to her or play dinosaur games with her. She definitely had a full time buddy while my mom was in town. I definitely with that my mom lived closer so that Lu could experience the Gra-Gra love more often. We did pack our trip with exciting baby adventures! It was definitely non stop fun here at the Murphy household!

On the first day, we went down to the zoo to check out the animals. Lucy, as usual, loved the zoo! The classic Lucia face may not express the full glee though. :)
Next we headed up to Deception Pass for a day in the sun at the park. Lucy was crazy cute trying to throw rocks into the water. I think that this is also where her intense love for slides was born. She LOVES slides. In fact, she asks about sliding every morning now. This is where it all started...sliding with Gra-Gra.

Mom and I took Lucia to the Seattle aquarium! I thought that it was going to be a bust given her lack of enthusiasm for the first building but then came the second building and...the seals! Seals are now on the top of her list of favorite animals. She was barking like a seal non stop and saying "wow" "wawa". Mom carried her back and forth and back and forth from one seal viewing point to another. She loved them. Who know seals would be the highlight!
and the felt board...
On the weekend, we all headed up to a lake in the North Cascades for a hike. It was a beautiful day. The weather was perfect and we playing in the water a bit until we could no longer feel our feet! Lucia would have kept going until her feet fell off...and my arms. :)


One of the sweetest things to watch is Mom reading to Lu. I love it! Mom made her a very sweet book for her birthday and they read it together for the first time on her trip. Lucia now asks for the "Gra-Gra book".
Ladies (+ Maxie) tea time! Another of Lucia's favorite activities.
Come back soon Mom!!!!