Back to work...

Last week I officially started back to work. I have been going to club, leadership, & other things but I had not really been going into the office or anything until last week. I love working part time & I am so thankful that my job allows me to take Lucy with me to a lot of things. As of now she pretty much goes everywhere I go & next semester she will have a nanny a few mornings a week so I can get stuff done. Lucy has been so good at the office, hopefully she will keep this up.

Here is Lucy looking cute for her first day at the office. She is ready to go with her diaper bag on one side & her computer bag on the other.

I have still managed to fit a walk into our schedule most days, especially since it's been so nice here. Here is Lucy so excited for our walk that day!

Since Lucy Jane has come into our world we have gotten so many more visitors & it has been so fun! This past weekend Lucy got to meet some of our favorite people - Aunt Marcia & Uncle Terry came from Iowa, Al & Shannon came from Fort Worth, Cayce, Madison, & Harper came from Ohio, Kyle came from Austin, & Vicki, Tommy, & Mamaw came from Abilene.

Here are some pictures from the weekend:

Lucy Jane meeting Cayce & Madison for the first time, she loves them!

Lucy Jane & Harper Belle in their Christmas PJ's that they wore in their Christmas card picture with the Blairs

Cody & Kyle enjoying the fall weather & colors

We took a little walk to see the falls

Cody & Kyle with the babes

Aunt Marcia & Uncle Terry were in Fort Worth visiting Al & Shannon so they all made the trip to see us & meet Lucy Jane. She loved meeting them & watching the Texas game with her Uncle Terry.

Lucy getting a little lovin from Aunt Marcia & Uncle Terry

Lucy loving being with Al & Shannon

We loved all our visitors & hope they come back soon!!

1 month

Yesterday Lucy was exactly 1 month old. The month has gone by really fast, yet it seems like she has been here forever. To document her 1 month birthday Lucy & I had a little photo session. I decided to use her teddy bear in her monthly pictures to document her growth. Right now she is about the same size as the bear, but it will be fun to see how much she will grow each month.

Some of Lucy's favorite things this month:
* Eating
* Sleeping
*Looking at lights & ceiling fans
* Learning to smile - she smiled at Cody on Sunday!
* Sporting all her new clothes
*Soothie pacis
*Looking at big pictures in her books

Happy Halloween!!

Hope everyone enjoyed their Halloween this year - Lucy Jane loved her first Halloween! I think Halloween is so much more fun when you are with little kids, they get so excited about everything. Lucy was not exactly excited about dressing up this year, but we did take her to the fall festival at church & it was fun to watch all the other little kids while Lucy slept in her stroller.

Here are some pictures from the day & one of her at the pumpkin patch.

Her shirt says "Baby's First Halloween" & don't you just love the leggings??

Sweet Lucy Jane

My friend Rachel came over when Lucy was exactly a week old & took some amazing pictures of her. She is so talented & I love all the pictures she got of Lucy, she looks so calm & peaceful in all her pictures. I can't wait to get some of them printed out & hang them up around the house.

You can look at all her pictures at - http://photography-rachel.blogspot.com/

Here are a few of my favorites:

Lucy's bassinet, passed down from my Grandma Jane

Lucy smiling in her dreams

Lucy & Mom

Little fall baby - I love the she was born in Oct. hopefully we will always have nice fall weather on her birthdays.

I love her so much!

So far Lucy has been doing great. We have started getting out more & it has been fun going places with her. Tuesday night we moved her to her own room & she did great. I was ready to make the move, but still a little nervous. I had some encouragement from some of my friends & my pediatrician strongly recommends moving the babies to their own room, so I thought I'd give it a try. She did great the first night, but last night was a totally different story...let's just say we were both pretty tired this morning. I know there will be good nights & bad nights with babies, I am just hoping we will have more good nights than bad.

I went back to club this week & it was so fun to see all the kids. Everyone was anxious to see Lucy, but I think I am going to wait a few more weeks till I bring her around high school folks. Next week we have our big YL fundraiser, so say some prayers for us if you think about it.

Lucy Jane's Coming Home

Lucy came home on Sunday, Oct. 4th & thanks to our sweet family her coming home was so sweet & special, a day Cody & I will never forget.

Here is a little video that document that special day. Some of her funny "Lucy faces" show up at the end of the video, these faces make us laugh everyday.



Everyday I am getting more used to being a mom. I have loved being at home & getting to spend lots of time just being with Lucy. Tomorrow she goes in for her 2 week check-up & I am hoping she is close to her birth weight!

Lucy also got her infant pictures & I am hoping to get a few of them soon & will post them, so stayed tuned...