my love

 

our little lucy is 6 weeks old today...truly, where has it gone? i know many parents don't enjoy the newborn stage, but i was talking to one of my girlfriends the other day & we both agreed that we really do LOVE it. regardless of how you feel about it, it goes so quickly. i think i know that more as a second time mom. so - when i can (like when B's off entertaining G or G's asleep!) - there's been more cuddling, more holding the bean during naps (like in the pic above), etc. & i just love it. i love her. my daughter. my baby girl!

garrett was @ our nanny's house all day yesterday which gave me the opportunity to just spend some focused time w/ lucy. at lucy's age, garrett must've been so tired of me staring @ him all day long...with #2 you just don't have that kind of time, so the days G spends @ nanny m's house are designed to give me some of that with my girl...& i love it. watching her move, literally examining how she's grown...& finally, FINALLY, yesterday getting that coveted smile for ME!

today, though, i was in her room changing her diaper...brian had just come home & G was playing in the floor. G started laughing & was being wild...i turned back to look @ her & she was smiling - i think b/c she could hear G! so i sat her up to look @ him. granted, i know she can't see that far, but i know she knows his voice & she HAS to know what he looks like b/c he gets in her face once an hour & in a soft, high-pitched voice says, "hi, beebee"...while he's practically lying down on her torso or pushing her bouncy seat over. makes this momma's heart melt!

my man

 

G-man CA-RACKS me up...he's had this incredible sense of humor as long as we can remember. and he's always been the happiest little boy. but lately it's like he has these jokes...he knows what makes us laugh & some things are funny even to him - whether we think it's funny or not.

one of his favorite things to do is wear our shoes. unfortunately for the slideshow that will play @ his rehearsal dinner one day, it's usually my shoes that end up on his feet...why? b/c my shoes are usually sitting around somewhere downstairs & that's where our camera lives. but i'm always amazed that he can *walk* in the heels. more than anything, i think he truly loves the clacking noise the little (or big) heels make.

love his sweet smile - especially in the middle shot & i love that my days are filled with loving, serving, crying & laughing @ he & my baby girl...i'm blessed beyond measure.

fingerpaint? no...it's ravioli!

my parents were in last weekend...dad graciously painted our family room/kitchen...ah, the perks of having professional painters in the fam!!! he doesn't even tape off the trim, people...& he did in about 6 hours what would've taken brian & i @ least 2 weekends to complete! thank you, dad!!!

after he was finished painting, dad sat down to watch garrett eat his dinner. i'm not sure how it all started, but the next thing i know i'm headed into the kitchen b/c i hear my mom, dad & garrett all laughing so very hard! i walk into this...

garrett is mimicking every physical action my dad's doing...only my dad didn't have ravioli all over himself - but garrett did! even after his bath, mom had to get the last bits of the sauce out of garrett's ears with a q-tip that night. hahahahaha! i love it!

 

 

i love that my dad's still in his paint clothes (& perfectly clean clothes, mind you!) but that his hair is just as wild as garrett's...it was the only way garrett would mess his own hair up by mocking my dad!

august in review

 

the month of august simply flew by! our lucy lynn was one month old on august 29. it's so hard to believe she's only been with us a few short weeks. she's such a sweet, dainty addition to our house.

it's been incredible to watch garrett develop such concern & admiration for her. when he wakes up the first thing he usually says is, "bee bee?" wanting to know where she is. if she's crying, he's getting our attention & again saying "bee bee" & pointing to where she is. when brian came home from work one day, he saw brian, ran to where lucy was in her bouncy seat & patted her on the chest & told brian, "bee bee"...as if to say, "look daddy! here she is!" it's precious...he kisses her, tries to give her a paci, flies into her room ahead of us when we go to get her, happily throws away her dirty diapers or tosses her dirty clothes into the laundry basket.

miss lucy bean will have her one month appt this friday...we'll report on her stats then. :-) but she's already grown out of her newborn sized clothing...her hands & face are filling out. her only struggle seems to be perhaps some mild reflux - we hope to work on some resolution with that @ friday's appt too.

the past few weeks we've been reminded of just how blessed we are in the gifts of our healthy little children. we praise God for the beautiful lives of garrett & lucy...thanking Him for entrusting them to us for this time. all the while, watching another couple we know walk through one of the most difficult things any parent ever faces - the loss of a child. sweet samuel was born just 3 days after our own lucy...his parents bryan & kathryn held him monday as he went ahead of them to become one of heaven's little angels. such unspeakable sadness. as we rejoice in lucy's life, we mourn for the apinis family & ask that you pray for them & ask our Father to heal their hearts in a way that is only possible through faith in Him. you can read their incredible journey @ www.apinisfamily.blogspot.com.

on yet another note, i wanted to thank both of our parents...gary (pop pop), martha (mimi), ronnie (papa) & becky (mah-mom/mimi)...for all of the help they've been to us since lucy's birth. and it's amazing to see how garrett's relationship with each of them has EXPLODED in the last two months. he definitely remembers them all, loves looking @ their pictures & talks about them (one day he went down for his nap naming everyone). thank you guys for loving us & our babies the way you do!





lucy's first social outing...tagging along to garrett's playgroup!

she doesn't always appreciate his kisses...or him crawling all over...or pushing her head to the right & left...or him tossing a book onto her face! :-)

 

this little woman doesn't like being on her tummy in the least!

lucy & garrett both @ one month.

first bath

 

i'm late in posting this, but these are some pics from lucy's first bath. needless to say, she didn't really enjoy it. we just did it as quickly as possible & got her PJ'd back up!

the shot below is a side by side comparison of garrett & lucy after each of their first baths (right around the same age). since lucy was born, we've not really thought that she & garrett favored one another. but in looking @ this, i'm not so sure? perhaps they do more so than i originally believed.

love those little babies...we've had another day of not really getting out of our PJs. it's been raining most of the day & we've played, the kiddies have been asleep (garrett twice & lucy for the third time - wooh hooh!), i'm trying to recover from a lovely cold/sinus thing, etc. but i'm happy to report - the week's gone well; thanks to my hubby & our sweet friend susan - who are still providing me with the breaks & support i need. :-)

 

silly boy

 

the black & white photo is the latest in a long line of *faces* our little guy can make. he cracks us up with all the looks he gives us. some would say it might be one of the few genetic traits i passed onto my baby boy! :-) yesterday i was letting him play with crayons & markers. before i knew it, he'd basically used the green marker like a lipstick & was covered (fortunately, they're washable - thanks, aunt robyn!). he just makes me laugh, though...this past weekend he did nothing but crack brian & i both up...plus, we're just constantly in awe of how freakin' sweet he is. so, so, so sweet!

 

 

 

that little nose

 

could that little nose be ANY sweeter? love her precious parts.

having a good day @ the white house...my first day flying solo w/ my babies. no one made it out of their PJs until almost noon, but! we are all currently dressed, showered, fed & both wee ones are napping...what more could a momma ask for? however, i'm no rock star just yet...grandmom comes back tomorrow! :-) next week will be the true test!