Morning Smiles

I love Saturday mornings-even though they are not as late as before...I still love them, almost as much as Sunday mornings.
This morning, it was early, the sun was creeping in the bedroom, I opened my eyes and to my surprise big blue baby eyes were open and staring at me. The girl who was snuggled in my arms was wide awake, waiting for mama to wake up. She had this huge smile on her face and was so happy that I was awake with her.
Makes it a little easier to wake up early.

Grandmas...

Grandmas are good for many things.

They come home early from work to hold your baby.
They buy new baby clothes
They buy cute baby hats
They hold baby, even when baby is crying
They hold baby in the hot tub.
They make sure to grab the baby before she sinks too far in the hot tub when she slips out of grandmas hands.
They test to see if baby likes the taste of apple sauce.
They try to teach baby to roll over. "here Lucy, this is how you roll over! Yay, you rolled over! Now lets roll back over! Yay!'
They dip baby's binkie in ginger beer before putting it in baby's mouth.

What would we do without grandmas?

Tongues are Cool!

So when Lucy was born and she was really little I liked to stick out my tongue and try to get her to do it too. She always gave me these cute faces when I did it and I knew that we were both having fun. Well now she is bigger and she LOVES to stick out her tongue to see if she can get me to stick out my tongue. She smiles and giggles forever when we play this game, I can see the happiness and love that comes out of her when her and I are doing this together.
I was telling my dad about this and he thought it was funny and just recently I got some photos of her tongue.

Land Prom

Lucy First Camping Trip

Last weekend the three of us ventured to The Land (some friends property in Mosier Oregon, up the Gorge). It was great fun! It was pouring in Portland and I was worried that I would just have to turn around and not spend the weekend camping. I may be hard core but I'm not that hard core to camp in the rain with a baby! Once we were in the hills, the sky cleared and all was sunning in the land.
Lucy was super happy to be carried all weekend by mom and dad and a few Land Prom locals. Sija tried Lucy in the baby front pack, she wanted to see what it is like to carry a baby and do things-her baby alarm is ringing. She was testing reins.
Our good friend Tiffany spent lots of time entertaining Lucy for us, Lucy loved giggling at the funny sounds Tiffany was making for her.
The three of us slept in the back of my car. I think Lucy was the most comfortable. She was really excited when she woke up in the early morning to nurse and the sun was coming up and the sky was littered with pink and orange.
When Lucy fell back asleep for a morning nap, JR set up my sleeping pad and I slept in the sun and woke up to a plate of breakfast and a sunburned face.
The car ride home was loud with the sound of Lucy protesting to be in the car. JR had to take the truck to pull the smoker and I was stuck behind him driving alone, as slow as a snail, down gravel dirt roads with a scream pissed off child. We stopped many times to try and sooth her but to no avail. We even stopped for ice cream.

Raining Fair Day

Bryndl, Lucy and I all went to a street fair this weekend. And it poured. Bryndl and I got some funny looks as we ran/walked with Lucy trying to get out of the rain She did have a blanket over her wee little head.

I Make Milk. What's your superpower? - $50 - Nursing/Breastfeeding Apparel at Momzelle.com

I Make Milk. What's your superpower? - $50 - Nursing/Breastfeeding Apparel at Momzelle.com

Oh YES!
What is your super power!

Rain Rain Go Away...

Goodness. It is pouring! And it has been for quite some time. Lucy and I only managed to get out for a quick walk yesterday and it doesn't look like it is going to stop today. Lucy and I were going to go hang out with Chloe and Nate today while their mom worked at their garage sale but she was rained out.
Yesterday Lucy and I do something fun.
I found mango for $.50, I bought 7, when I got home I put them in a bowl. They were beautiful. For a day I kept looking at them and saying to myself I should by a case of mangoes, they are only $.50. Finally I was chatting with JR (again) about the price of mangoes and the choice of buying more and he told me to go get the damn mangoes because I was going to regret it if I didn't. So then Lucy and I had 26 mangoes. Tito came over and we talked about making fruit leather but we ended up chatting. I thought about making chutney, but i don't really know what chutney is and it sounds like another jam and I have SO much canned jams and jellies that I don't want anymore. And then-I found, in my magic Ball Canning book how to can mangoes. Yesterday I sat on the living room floor with a bowl of mangoes,2 cutting boards, a bowl of pits and skins, and a bowl of beautiful sliced fruit and Lucy whole sat in her bouncing chair chatting with me. And now I have 9 pints of canned mango and I'm so excited to introduce these mangoes to Lucy this fall and winter and remind her that we did it together on out living room floor.
I'm still debating about getting another case of mangoes...

Reading

I LOVE reading to Lucy. She enjoys it so much that we spend tons of time reading. I think last night JR and I read to her for an hour and she loved every minute of it. She looks intently at each picture and squirms if I turn the page to quickly. I really love it when she follows the page with her whole head if I move it side to side.

Discovering Ones Feet

Apparently Lucy didn't realize that she has feet.

Milk and All That!

Reading Lucy

Humid is the weather. It finally gave way to rain and the weather has cooled off a bit. When it started raining, Lucy fell asleep. She loves the sound of the shower too.
This morning Lucy and I planted 4 tomato plants, Lucy in her bouncy seat. Last night the three of us headed to Fredy's and picked out plants. They had so many kinds of tomatoes, I might have to rent a book about tomatoes. While we were planting on the balcony Lucy giggled and the mama and papa duck brought their little one up to eat bread crumbs.
This afternoon I propped up Lucy on one of the pillows and read to her.

Morning Joys

Lucy sleeps through most nights and wakes up around 5am to nurse. It is a sweet time for us, the world is waking up, the birds are singing and the light gradually filters through our windows. I think it is her best meal of the day, she isn't distracted and she is actually hungry, she doesn't play while eating. She gazes at me and I feel so lucky to have her.
A few mornings ago Lucy and I had a very nice morning feeding and she was lying in my lap dreamily looking into my face. I smiled, she smiled. I fell in love all over again. and then BAM! ALL over me! I was covered with cupfuls of warm partly digested breast milk. All over my chest, shoulders, neck and face, dripping down my shoulders!
After the shock of the explosion I looked at my little girl's face and she looked just as sweet as before, as if nothing had happened.
All I could do was laugh.
What a way to start out the morning-laughing!
and covered in baby!

First Smile Picture

I took 100 photos to get this one.

Music TIme

Lucy and I have been going to the library every week and we picked up some music for her to listen to! I made a video of her listening to it this morning.

Lucy's Hands

Lucy has been so much fun to watch the past few days.
She has been staring at her hands, looks like she is really trying to make them move the way she she wants.
Her facial expressions are really fun to watch too! She REALLY smiles when I do funny things with her with my lips.
The three of us went to Margaret's last night and enjoyed HUGE kielbasa sausages and watched a movie. Lucy slept through the whole movie and slept through the whole car ride and then slept until 6am! Talk about some nice sleep time for mom! Margaret's pond looks amazing! And I told Lucy that her and I are going to be spending some fun times at Margaret's house this summer gardening and hanging out in the sun drinking margaritas! Can't wait for it to warm up!

Sleepy Sunday

We had a sleepy Sunday morning!
Lucy and I got up early and let dad sleep. She was super sweet coeing while she laid on the floor and stretched. She has been waking up earlier the past few days, I think that she likes to listen to the birds as they wake up.
I have her in the sling and she has been happy all morning-she found her hand.

When Lucy was just a few days old. She was so small!

Happy Day with Lucy

I have my baby back!
After 5 days of a crying, hurting baby I have a happy girl. We spent it with Auntie Margaret and played in the hot tub.
Tucker gave Lucy a nice bath with his doggie kisses, toes, fingers and cheeks. Just wait, he'll be excited to have a toddler running around his house dropping food!
Lucy is sleeping on dads chest-he is sleeping too, I would take a pictures but I don't want to wake either of them. opp she just woke up.