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.