One hand walking and more

Here are a few video clips and pictures that we took the other night while having fun with our baby turned toddler.







Pat rough-housing with Lucia
Lucia seeking revenge by bashing Dad in the head with wooden blocks
Kisses to make up
Just a random shot to document the ever growing mullet.

Can she do it????

The question is, can she fit the entire block into her mouth. Don't doubt my baby's skillz!

The progression...



I think the answer is pretty clear!

Updates from the lady

Little Lucia is getting old so fast! I feel like she has changed so much in the past month or so. Here are some of the milestones and other cute things.

1. She just finished cutting her second upper tooth. She is a MUCH happier baby now that that thing is out of the way.
2. Today she nearly had a laugh attack throwing her food off of her high chair. She knows that is a no-no and got a few hand swats for it until I couldn't help but die laughing myself. I couldn't steal the poor kid's joy, so we had lots of strawberries on the floor and a very happy baby.
3. Lucia loves to be outside these days. She wakes up and within a half an hour is saying "bye-bye". She wants to get on the move.
4. She makes friends everywhere she goes. Today we were waiting to meet up with a friend and she had half of the Starbucks laughing at her because she was waving at everyone, tilting her head and smiling at them, and dancing to the music.
5. She has learned to walk with only the support of one of our hands and is getting close to standing.
6. Today we had her first bleeding injury. I have no idea what happened because she was happily playing in the family room while I was finishing dinner, I looked over and there was smeared blood in a big circle on the hardwood floor. Upon further investigation, there was blood in spots on the carpet too. She cut her knee on something and didn't make a sound. Apparently she was playing too hard to deal with the pain. She is a tough kid.
7. She enjoys randomly honking people's noses but won't do it on command.
8. She spends a lot of her play time under the dining room table either just walking around under it and laughing or tugging along her wooden bus all the while bashing it into all of the chair legs. Our table is going to be destroyed, but I could care less.
9. She is down to one nap each day and has been for a month or so. It is great to have so much time in the mornings to go to the park, run with our friends Lindsay and Jackson, or get work around the house done.

I LOVE THIS KID!

Cross Country Trip

Pat, Lucia, and I made our first trek across the country together last week! We took the plunge and flew with Lucia on a 5.5 hour trip on the way out and a 6.5 hour trip on the way back. We were pretty nervous about how our little talker would do, but she was a champ on both legs of the trip! Thankfully, it looks like we will be able to travel again. :) So, we spent a week with my mom in Miami with a 2 day trip for just Pat and I out to Naples. It was such a great time!

We flew in Wednesday morning and spent a portion of the day recovering from the night flight and lack of sleep. Thankfully Lucia slept for all but 1 hour of the trip. That evening we packed up a picnic dinner and headed out to Key Biscayne for dinner on the beach with my mom.


The next day we went to Viscaya and toured with Lucia. Pat and I got that night off while my mom watched the lady.



The next day we took Lucy to the beach in the morning for a blustery beach day which was fun. Lucia loved digging in the sand and picking up leaves but would not get close to the water, which ended up being just fine given the waves.
That afternoon, Pat and I headed out to Naples and stayed through Sunday. We were so excited that my mom was up for taking the little lady for the weekend. Lucy loved her grandma time and we loved our time just the two of us. Naples is such a fun place to visit. The beach is beautiful, and I could just sit out there all day long. The weather was crazy hot for early May, but we did a lot of swimming to stay cool.

While Pat and I were in Naples, Kaitlyn and Lindsey came down from Tally town to stay with my mom and Lu. It was great to see them on Sunday night and Monday.
Monday, we were able to hang out with them in the morning and then took a trip up to Fort Lauderdale to visit my Dad.

It was a great trip. There are many things that I love about Florida. I could definitely get used to the humidity helping out my curly hair though it makes me so crazy hot. I love all of the plants, the sunshine, and the coral. I guess we'll have to plan another trip back there soon!

Lucia also enjoyed some media entertainment courtesy of Pat's friend for work. Seriously, she saved our butts. Thank the Lord for TV...no, I am serious!

My Happy Girl

Here are just a few recent pictures of miss Lucia Kate.

We've had a lot of fun spending more time these days with Jai, Sten, Solveig, Allistaire, Terry, and Kathy. Solveig likes to help Lu with her bottle.
Grandparents and the older two grandkids. Such cuties in their matching dresses.
Lucia LOVES her playtime...so much that she now hates going down for her naps.
"Mom, please let me go outside and play in the rain! I love it out there!"
She accepted defeat and just sat looking longingly at the outdoors
Singing to Dad during her bedtime story
Super cutie in the water.
Who needs Mom when you can sit in the chair, read to yourself, and give yourself your naptime bottle?

New Baby Tricks

Lucy has hit a few new baby milestones. She is now "cruising" (walking down the side of the sofa or other furniture) and she finally decided that she actually wanted to climb the stairs. She has been able to climb the stairs for a while but just hasn't wanted to go to the top yet. now she loves it and wants to climb all day long. It's a good workout for me. :)

April 3rd, 2010...Lucia's first day of cruising


April 15th, 2010...Lucia decides to climb the whole set of stairs

Hiking with my two favorite people

Pat and I had such a fun and relaxing weekend! We went over to Pat's parents house on Saturday afternoon and they were kind enough to watch Lucia after she went to bed so that we could go out on a date! Ah, I love date nights. We need many more of them. On Saturday morning, we went out for a nice walk on the beach before Lucia's nap and then we were able to hike Green Mountain in the afternoon. It was such a beautiful day and I love the Kitsap Peninsula when it is sunny and "warm". I just love being outside and getting myself moving a bit. Lucy did great in the backpack. She made it up without a sad peep though let us know that we had taken too long on the way back down. All in all, she did well though. She was a trooper. Many more hikes to come!