Prayers

Please keep Denny's family in your prayers. His Aunt Betsy passed away suddenly on Tuesday before Thanksgiving. She was a wonderful mother, Grammy, sister, wife, foster-mother and aunt to many. She will be missed!

9 months old!

Yes, this post is a little late. But I figure better late than never! We were on vacation in Texas when Lucy turned 9 months.

But we didn't miss our chance to take Lucy's crib photos!

Once again, this is easier said than done!

Notice, one shoe on and one shoe off...oh well!

I vividly remember thinking about this back in June when we were booking our trip...

"Lucy will turn 9 months old when we are in Austin!"

"I wonder if she will be crawling by then?"

"I wonder if she will be eating baby food?"

"I wonder if I will still be nursing her?"

"I wonder if she will do okay on the long flight?"

And now Austin has come and gone and we must admit we have a super active baby on our hands. I have also discovered "yes" to all the questions above. She is crawling, standing, and on the move, she loves baby food, she is still nursing, and did great on the flight!

New stats:

Bedtime: 7:30ish

Wake Up Time: 6:00-7:00am

Bath: everyday at 7:00ish

Naps: 2-3x/day for a total of 2-3 hours/day (she napped much less this month)

Bottles:3 x at school 5oz each.

Food: solids at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. She is trying Stage 2 foods. Her favorites are Bananas, Apple, and Pears, Farmer's Market Veggies, and Spring Veggies with Mixed Grain. She does NOT like Applesauce. She also tried yogurt for the first time! She has grown to LOVE it and her favorite it YoBaby Blueberry! She also loves finger foods like cheerios, puffs, rice mum-mums, cut up banana, and toast!

Firsts: crawling with some speed now, standing up on everything with NO HANDS, saying "Dada," "Gagaga," "Mama," and "Baba" when she sees her bottle. She also clearly said "Dada" to Denny a few times this month. Yes, he about fainted! She also can do "squishy" face where she smooshes her face up and gives you a big fake smile. She has also learned to mimic us when we shake our head no. It's pretty cute!

Favorite Toys: Ottoman (or anything that helps her stand up), anything with strings, her Aden & Ananis lovies, anything that sings or lights up when she pushes it.

Speaking of toys with strings...this is Lucy ALL TIME favorite toy right now.

She drags it around the house everywhere she goes.

She likes to "sing" in to the microphone, push the piano buttons so they light up, and lift the toy up holding just the string!

And don't worry, I can stand with it too!

At 9 months, she is still a cuddle-bug and loves a weekend nap on Mommy!

Nothing better than playing in your footies!

Oh Lucy, Mommy and Daddy love you so much. I just overheard your Daddy talking to you after your bath. He was brushing your "hair" in the bathroom mirror and telling you how beautiful you are. You were talking back to him too! I hope I never forget these moments. His love for you is never-ending. I hope you always know how much your Mommy and Daddy love you!

And Papa, here's a squishy face for ya :)

Love,

Lucy

Night Away!

Denny and I had our first night away from Lucy since she was born this past weekend. We traveled to Pittsburgh for my college friend, Jayme's wedding! It was a blast and we really enjoyed spending the weekend together! A big THANK YOU to Mimi and Papa for watching Lucy. I didn't have to worry one minute and knew that she was loving spending time with you both. She has now perfected the "squishy" face thanks to Papa :) (Love it!)

We had the morning and afternoon to sitesee around the hotel. We found The Primanti Bros, which is a famous sandwich shop!

We had an awesome view of the city from our hotel room!

It was also really nice to catch up with old friends from Miami! All 4 of my housemates from "Tag Team" were there!

Jayme was a beautiful bride!

We danced the night away at the Fairmont Pittsburg!

The dance floor was seriously packed ALL NIGHT LONG! I'll be honest and tell you that my legs, feet, hips, and back all ached the next day from all the dancing we did!!! :)

And in only true Jayme style, she had the BEST bride shoes!

What a weekend! Now we all need to get together again before another 3 years go by!

Austin, Texas Nov. 3-7

We have returned from out first vacation as a family of 3 and it couldn't have been any better! We had so much fun and were blessed to travel with family who also loved spending time with Lucy. Our vacation was full of good food, site seeing, good food, a segway tour, good food, a beautiful wedding, and good food! (Do you notice a trend there?)

The reason for our trip to Texas was the wedding of Denny's cousin, Leslie and her new husband, Jason. The wedding was truly beautiful and in their "style!"

From her cowboy boots...

To her vintage jewlery...

Leslie was gorgeous!

The decor fit right with the theme.

And the food was truly "Austin."

We enjoyed the beautiful evening as a family.

The whole Ehrmin gang!

Lucy loved her first Father/Daughter Dance!

During our stay we visited many places. One favorite was Zilker Park! It was a beautiful morning for a stroll through this park.

We also ATE a lot of great food! I think my favorite was the food from the local trailers. They are literally ALL over Austin and serve up some awesome grub!

This lot had both Torchy's Tacos and Cake Balls! (YUM!)

Torchy's Tacos!

(Yes, we ate A LOT!)

Another favorite from the trip was the Segway Tour through the city! Wow, what an experience. I would recommend this to anyone visiting a city. It is the perfect way to site see!

Capital Building

"OHIO" in front of the Texas Capital! HA

We also had some time to go inside the Capital!

It was quite impressive inside!

Lucy really enjoyed this vacation. She is the perfect age to travel and was a little trooper!

She enjoyed playing with her cousin, Gracie!

Spending time with Grandpa and Grandma!

Getting love from Aunt Emily...

Aunt Megan too!

And she slept on the flights, both ways! Buying her a seat made for wonderful, safe travels.

(This picture was taken at 11:00pm in the baggage claim Sunday night at the Columbus airport. She was just exhausted!)

"Keep Austin Weird" (The city's motto)

We LOVE Austin, TX!