Latest on Lucy

It is hard for me to pinpoint a favorite age with Lucy because I always think each age is so fun.  These past 5 months she has grown up into a mini person.  She has become more independent and has her own ideas of what she wants to do and what she likes.  This is the latest with Lucy:

She is a good little helper.  One morning she found a bag of these little quotes I saved and dumped them all over the carpet.  The next thing I knew she was trying to sweep them up with our kitchen broom.

 

Nap time has become very unpredictable. Sometimes she is a great little sleeper,

 

--sometimes in places I don't expect--

 

and sometimes she has a different agenda during nap time.

 

Once I came in and all of her clothes were off and there was nothing in her crib.  She was just standing like this with a blanket on her head when I opened the door.

Another time I heard some clanging on her crib.  I went in a couple of minutes later to find her sitting in her doll stroller inside her crib.  She had reached through the bars to a stroller on the floor and managed to pull up the stroller over the railing. 

Lucy loves to be with us. She is like my little shadow all day, following me around and trying to do what I am doing. One of the things she loves to do with me is sing songs and do hand games.  She is frequently singing songs to herself too.  A couple of days ago while I was in the kitchen, she found two pot lids, started banging them together, and sang Jingle Bells.

She also gets really excited when Mark comes home from work.  Frequently the first thing she says to Mark is "swing higher" or "climb Daddy".

When Mark went outside to read one Sunday after church, Lucy quietly followed him out there and laid herself down on his blanket. She is so sweet.  She loves when we let her lay on our shoulders and rub her back.  We caught her doing it to one her stuffed animals the other day. :)

 Speaking of stuffed animals, she still LOVES Elmo.  We borrowed Elmo slippers from her cousin Hannah about six months ago. I haven't been able to return them because she wears them a couple times a day.  They would be sorely missed if something happened to them. 

 

Along with Elmo, she loves any stuffed animal that is soft and cuddly.  While at my parents a couple of months ago, I found her on this little decorating chair watching her portable DVD player.  She set it up perfectly on the couch so she and this little Valentine's bear could watch. :)

Lucy loves to eat berries with her breakfast. It can be pretty messy.

Another of Lucy's favorites is taking baths. She is getting pretty good at washing her own hair--whether that's in the tub...

...or out of the tub.

I think Lucy might also enjoy brushing her teeth and flossing more than anyone I know.

Lucy also loves to dress herself.  Her favorites include my soft socks,

her "pack pack",

my silky pajama pants--apparently only in one leg though--,

these pink shoes, anything that has a hood or hat,

 

gloves and boots--which I might add are still going strong with her shorts and T-shirts,
 

and last of all a yellow shirt that we don't have.  Apparently, I need to get her a yellow shirt because every time I ask what she want to wear she says "the yellow shirt?" (yes she knows what yellow is).

During the winter time, Lucy loved to go outside and walk around in the snow.  She usually went out with one of her mini bowls and filled it with rocks or snow.

For a while now, Lucy has also been loving her tricycle.

 

She has gotten pretty good on it and can now ride over carpet, maneuver around hallways, go backwards, and brake to a stop in a split second.

 She often says "I'm riding fast!"

Last but not least, Lucy loves going to the playground.  She asks me a couple of times everyday if we can go.

She has been asking even when it was too cold for me to walk around outside!

Swinging is her favorite at the park.

I feel so blessed that I get to stay home with Lucy everyday and enjoy her.  I think she has the cutest and sweetest little brain.  I love the things that come out of her mouth. I am so proud of how she is growing too.  She is starting to speak in full sentences now, can count to twenty nine with a little help around number 15, knows all her colors and shapes, and can sing the whole ABC song.  My favorite things she says is "syryup" for syrup, "tortitilla" for tortilla, "munkchip" for chipmunk, "soupcase" for suitcase, and "love you Mamma" as I tuck her into bed every night.  A couple of days ago when eating she said "i am loving this!" and last night she told me and Mark, "I want to get married in the temple." I feel so lucky to be her Mamma!

Winter Fun 2013

We enjoyed having real winter weather this past season with actual snow.  Lucy was able to build her first snowman with Mark's help.

 

Lucy loved the snowman so much that her favorite song to sing since has been "Once There Was a Snowman".  Just today she asked again if we could go outside and build a snowman.

Here she is giving the snowman hugs.

Valentine's Day came and the celebration began over some heart shaped french toast.

Lucy especially like them because they were smothered in her favorite mixed berries.

Later that day, we surprised Mark with some homemade sugar cookies.

We also got to celebrate the birth of my new niece Maylee at her blessing. Looks like I started off as the favorite Aunt from the beginning this time--just look at that big smile!

We also got a chance to try out some of the fun things to do around Cedar this past Winter. One of the things included swimming at the aquatic center by our house.  Look at those cute little stick legs!  Who would have guessed after she had such chubby legs as a baby?

 

 

Another fun thing Cedar City offers is storytime every week at the Frontier Homestead State Park. Lucy and I had a fun time checking out all the wagons after storytime one week. 

Mark has been loving all the hiking there is to do around this area. He has especially loved being within an hour to Zion National Park.   

 

Lucy loves to hike with Mark so there have been a couple of times just the two of them have gone out together.

One of our highlights towards the end of winter was having my parents and sister Ang come visit.  Ang and I got to go play tennis and it was so nice!  I hadn't played in so long! Some of the other great things we did while they visited was the unforgettable boxing competition on the Kinect, going to dinner even though it tasted like school lunch,

and hiking in Kolob Canyon. 

We had great weather while they were in town. We got the best of both worlds--it was so nice to be in the sun and there was just enough snow for Lucy and Grandma to build a snowman. 

We are loving living in a place where we can enjoy so much outdoors--even if it's winter!