goofing off

the other day lucy loo was in SUCH a happy mood. i pulled out a hair band that i haven't put on her b/f & i tried it on her. didn't really love it (or the shots that i took of her w/ it on). BUT when G got up from his nap, he saw it & pulled it on. he does that w/ my workout head bands & so it wasn't unusual that he'd pull lucy's on.

he was happy @ first...but then acted a little foul. maybe b/c i was laughing so hard @ him! :-)

that little look...her eyes...so expressive.





this is soooo showing up in a senior year or rehearsal dinner slideshow. hahahahaha!!!

love how the bean looks @ her big bro. it's always with such adoration...for now! ;-)

happy valentine's day

the three people below...they are my loves. this is the 15th valentine's day brian & i have spent together. we celebrated with some time together last night. which wasn't really so much about valentine's as surviving the first part of this year.

we came home from the holidays feeling like we were firing on all cylinders. really working well together. & i don't mean that in a prideful way...in a way you just know you're in a wonderful, secure place in your relationship. in retrospect it was God preparing us - binding us together for the unexpected challenges we have been facing. it's nothing earth shattering, but enough to shake our world, exhaust us & in many ways truly test our faith. but in the last few weeks we have not only felt God's enormous grace, but one another's physical, emotional & spiritual support.

last night, as we were celebrating our survival :) (& our love, of course!) i was overwhelmed w/ just how blessed i am to spend my day to day with three such precious souls! so happy valentine's day to them & to all of you!

braves game (2008) in a big, giant red chair (though you can't tell it here)...i LOVE when we get time to ourselves - love our babies, but it is life giving to have time w/ my man!

in becoming parents, i believe God gives us the opportunity to see & love our spouse in a new & beautiful way. brian's been the most amazing husband (& father) through our transition...he was great @ garrett's & lucy's births - keeping me laughing & my spirits high. it is my joy to be on the journey of parenting our children w/ him.

happy, happy girl in her valentine's day outfit.

look @ those big blue eyes!

one sad, sick little boy watching 'CARS' after his (seriously!) almost 4 hour nap this afternoon!

he wants lovey & his drink & he curls up on the couch. or on us. we don't even care that he's been hacking all over us. lots & lots of snuggles from our little man in the last several days. wish he was better, but we'll take the cuddles while we can!

a first

 

last week i finally decided i needed to start lucy on her path to solid food. while it's fun & cute to see them eat, it's initially just a big mess & they don't actually eat very much.

i started the bean w/ rice cereal, but truly that stuff's just sooooo disgusting i just switched her over to oatmeal w/in two days. to help w/ some stomach issues, i decided to do prunes as her first fruit. honestly, she doesn't love it. any of it. she'll get it down, most of the time; but you can tell she'd just not prefer to be there. these pics don't do her *attitude* justice. :-) in a month or so, though, i know it will be a different story...in the meantime, we just have to bear through the round & round that is feeding the bean her cereal & fruit!

lucy's 6 month dr appt was yesterday...she got 4 shots. oh so sad - the wide open mouth, silence, then the scream. wretched. otherwise, dr said she's *perfect*!

weight - 17 pounds, 4 ounces (65%)
length - 26.75" (75%)

i looked back @ G's stats from 6 months. he was 9 ounces heavier & a full inch longer! the bean's a little roly poly of love.

cracks me up

 

garrett's always saying funny things or doing funny things. in general, he's a really happy, full of heart little boy.

earlier this week he was on my lap. i was tickling him & we were wrestling. then i said...

me: garrett, are you a sweet boy?
garrett: nooooo!
me: garrett, are you a bad boy?
garrett: nooooo!
me: well then what are you?
garrett: i'm two!

hahahaha! his little mind. :-)

brian's been working crazy hours lately. they've had 3 big pitches in 3 weeks & it's requiring a lot out of brian. in fact, i don't know how he hasn't gotten sick or just fallen over from exhaustion. & you know that as much of a struggle as it is for you, your kids definitely feel it too. brian came home from work the other night & garrett shook his head "no" while saying, "done office!" he was so glad to see brian & to know B was done w/ the office (although he wasn't - poor guy came home to say goodnight to the babies & head back in!).

photo above was taken @ christmas, in TN. cousin J was driving G around brian's parent's neighborhood. they had so much fun!

skubby

 

what's a *skubby* you might ask? well, it's lucy's head. brian coined this term one day when he remarked that she has such a chubby skull. hahahaha...so, now...lulu's cranium is referred to as a *skubby* - one pretty darn sweet skubby i might add.

on the 29th, the bean was 6 months old - we're halfway to her first birthday. what? this past week she also started sitting up on her own (hopefully you can tell that in the pics); she can hold the position solo pretty well but most often looks like a little tripod w/ both fists in b/w her knees balancing. she's also grown into some pretty mad vocal skills...this past w/e it sounded like she was jabbering away in conversation w/ my mom. she still loves to play w/ her toes & often falls to her side when she's on her back & reaching for her toes - but she's still not rolling back to front; each time she falls to the side when reaching for her toes she quickly jerks her feet & legs back down to keep from going over! we cannot leave a thing w/in her reach or it will wind up in her mouth or the floor.

today she was sitting @ the diner play table w/ garrett & knocking everything off (which G gets in trouble for doing) - he just looked @ me to see what my reaction was going to be towards lucy - of course, i tried to explain that she's a baby, she doesn't know. in reality, he seemed to accept it & would just run around her seat picking the things back up & putting them on the table for her to knock off again. guess he figured if he couldn't get away w/ it, somebody might as well!

we go next week for her 6 month check but i had her @ the dr last week for her tummy troubles & her weight is up to 16.5 pounds! don't know about length & the rest. i've had to go up a size in diapers during the day & @ night b/c they weren't exactly fitting around her thighs anymore. ;-)

this past month garrett has also FINALLY mastered saying "lucy" and not "woo wheese" (sounded like a scary way of saying louise) - hahahaha! when she shrieks loudly he'll look @ me & say, "baby scker me!" he's great about going to see what she's doing & will walk up to her & say, "oh lucy bean!"

the days just continue to become more fun w/ her little personality emerging...her laughter & smiles are just infectious!