1 Year

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Lucy Jane turned 1 this month & I have mixed emotions about it.  It makes me sad that she is getting older & we will never have this time back, but I have loved every new stage.  She has been so much fun these past couple of months.  She is learning so many new things & will try & copy everything you do, it's pretty funny.  I can't believe that this time last year we had a newborn, it seems like forever ago!  We love you so much Lucy Jane & can't imagine life without you!

Here are a few things Lucy Jane is doing at 1 year:

*crawling really, really fast & not really interested in walking by herself

*loves to push chairs around the kitchen

*loves to play peek-a-boo

*says "mama" & "Dada" & I think she says more (mo) & car (ca)

*signs for more & sometimes please

*sleeps 12-13 hours a night

*takes a morning nap (only on days she's not at school or church) & a long afternoon nap

*Drinks whole milk (still from a bottle, but working towards only sippy cups)

*loves cheese, fruit, pasta, & yogurt

*Only eats table food (she started rejected baby food a couple months ago)

*loves books & Elmo

*loves to go on walks

*has the sweetest smile

Can't wait to see what this year holds!

11 months

 Since Lucy Jane will be 1 in just a few days I figured it was a good time to post her 11 month pic.  I can't believe she is almost 1!!!  I am so sad, but that is for another post

 WE are having SO MUCH FUN with Lucy these days.  I am loving the stage that she is at right now.  She loves to laugh, wrestle on the floor, dance, sing, anything happy she loves it!  She loves, loves people.  We have taken her so many places lately & she just smiles & waves at everyone.  A couple of weeks ago I took her to a pep rally to see some kids we know & she was a star.  She loved the band & all the colors.  It's so fun to be able to take her to so many new places & watch her discover the world.      

Another thing I am loving right now is the weather, it has been perfect.  With fall comes great weather but also comes a busy season for our family so we are trying to cherish the afternoons & nights that we have together & we are trying to spend some of those times outside. A Saturday lunch picnic: 

Swinging at the park:


A few more pics of our sweet almost 1 year old girl :)

Learning to Walk (kinda)

Lucy is starting to do lots of walking by pushing things around. She will stand up on her own but is not brave enough to take that first step yet. We are having lots of fun watching her learn, she thinks it's so funny when we laugh & cheer for her.

Big Girl Food

Lucy Jane pretty much hates baby food now, it's only the real deal for this girl & let me tell you she can eat! Tonight she had macaroni casserole w/ veggies...yummy!

Step 1:
Look over all the food on your tray
Step 2:
Carefully pick up pieces of food with pointer finger & thumbStep 3:
Shove as much as you can in your mouth & enjoy

She also LOVES her new big girl Elmo cup. Although she won't drink milk out of it, we are working on that. She loves to drink water & apple juice.

Summer 2010!!

We had a GREAT summer! It started out really nice & slow & we loved it. Once sports & YL ended we were able to have lots of family time, go on walks every night, be at home all together every night, we loved that time & tried to cherish the slow time.

Mid June Cody & I went to Crooked Creek with all these fun people:

It was an amazing week. We took a huge group from the high school we do YL at & so many of them had life changing experiences. I am thankful we got to be a part of it.



But we sure did miss a sweet little girl! Lucy Jane stayed with my parents for a whole week!! She did great & I know she loved her time with Grammy & Grandpa. I am so thankful they were willing to love on Lucy for a week so we could go to camp, could not have done it without you guys!
A couple weeks after camp we got all done-up for my baby sister, Bekah's wedding. We were all in the wedding & it was so special for all of us to be a part of Bekah & Tyler's big day. She had one of the cutest flower girls ever!After the wedding my family headed out to a little vacation. We were so sad that Bekah + Tyler & Luke +Jane couldn't come, maybe next year! On vacation we did a lot of swimming, eating, being with family, & relaxing. it was great!
Lucy loved the big boatLucy enjoyed watching her first world cup games. She would wave to the players on TV. Already a little sports fan.Next up, was our 3 weeks at Sharp Top. I could probably take up about 5 different blog posts talking about our time at camp, we loved it. It was so special for us to be at camp with Lucy. I hope that Lucy will spend many of her summers at YL camps as they are so special. I loved that she was with us as we served leaders & high school kids & that she got to see many kids come to know Jesus. One of the highlights of being at camp was that we were there with all these kidos. Lucy loved watching all the kids play & she became pretty good friends with all of them by the end of our time. We had 17 kids under 7 on our assignment & most of them lived in the same house with us for 3 weeks. It was great, really it was!
Cody had to leave camp a week early to go back to school so my mom came up to watch Lucy for the last week. Of course, I didn't get any pics of her with Lucy at camp :( She was so great & I could not have done it without her. After camp my mom & I flew to Seattle for my cousins, Abby's wedding. Lucy was a champ on the flight & during the whole trip.

She loved doing a little dancing at the wedding with Uncle TylerWhile in Seattle she saw the ocean for the first time:And got to sight see with Grandma & Aunt Ruth.
I am so thankful for all the adventures we were able to experience this summer. Can't wait til next summer....

We're baaaack!

so i have been trying to blog for the past month or so, but have been having some MAJOR blogger issues, but I think they have been resolved so here we go...