Thankful

Lucy loves her new babysitter, Megan. But she loves Megan's 3-year old daughter, Aubrey EVEN MORE! Everyday when we get to their house Lucy looks around to locate Aubrey, and then runs to hug Aubrey.

Aubrey calls her "Lucy Baby" and the feelings of love are mutual. Megan has sent me pictures from her cell phone over the past month. I cherish these pictures during my workday. It is so wonderful to know she is in such good hands during the day.

Here is "Lucy Baby" and Aubrey on Valentine's Day!


I love the sheer happiness on Lucy's face in this picture. I also love their matching Valentine's Day shirts and how "Princess Aubrey" is dressed for the occasion. She can be found most days of the week in some type of princess outfit :)


Here Lucy is playing in their playroom with a favorite toy.


And here's a serious shot of our girl. Man, those eyes are blue!

1 Year Old!

Lucy Josephine is ONE!


This picture captures just who she is right now. Happy, drooling, beautiful, and cheerful baby girl! (Oh, and looking away because she is obsessed with her Daddy!)

Look at that hair coming in!!!!

We tried our monthly photoshoot in her crib and she did pretty well!



She kindly held the sign and even sat still for sometime.


She had a slight obsession with the sign this month!


New stats:
Bedtime: 7:30ish
Wake Up Time: 6:00-7:00am (We cherish the days it is 7:30am!)
Bath: everyday at 7:00ish
Naps: LUCY IS ON A NAP SCHEDULE! With the help of her new babysitter, Megan, Lucy now takes two naps a day. Around 9:00 for 30-60 minutes and around 1:00 for 2-3 hours! AMEN!
Bottles: Total of 4 bottles a day. (about 5 oz. each.)
Food: solids at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. She is still eating mostly Stage 2 foods and some Stage 3 foods. Although many Stage 3 foods have meat in them and she HATES those! Her favorites are Applesauce and Peas. She still LOVES YoBaby whole milk yogurt and eats it at least once a day. She prefers the fruit flavors not veggie. Lucy eats dinner with us almost every night and has begun to eat what we have. She is loving table foods and last night downed a whole bowl of spaghetti and meat sauce! YUM! She also has become obsessed with snacks like goldfish, crackers, and graham sticks.
Firsts: running! Lucy has learned to walk VERY fast, climb the stairs, and open and shut doors. She also has a minor obsession with doors. Lucy now reads books to herself! She will find a board book, sit down, and hum as she turns the pages. It melts my teacher-heart! :)
Favorite Toys: things with buttons, tupperware, the stairs, doors, maracas, her drum, books, cell phones, and the iPad!

"Ok Mom, I"M DONE!"


Lucy had her 1 year check-up with Dr. Kern this morning. It's a few weeks past her birthday but I knew I had this day off so scheduled the appointment for today. Daddy joined us and Lucy did great! She enjoyed showing off for Dr. Kern. Although when it came time for shots she gave Dr. Kern her big ol' crocidile tears :(

Weight: 18 lbs. 11oz. (15%)
Height: 28 1/2 in. (25%)
Head: 18 in. (90%) The nurse commented this is common when a baby learns to walk early! I'd like to think she is going to be really smart...haha!

Here are Lucy's stats at 9 months-
Weight: 13 lbs. 14 oz. (15%)
Height: 25 1/2 in. (25%)
Head: 16 1/2 in. (50%)

HAPPY ONE YEAR BIRTHDAY, LUCY!


Mommy and Daddy love you and your growing personality!

One Year Photoshoot!

Our friend, and wonderful photographer, Shannon Sano took Lucy's one year portraits at Franklin Park Conservatory. It was a cold, wet February day but once inside you would have never known. Lucy LOVED exploring all the rooms and she kept Shannon very busy. It became a chasing game! Shannon captured just who Lucy is right now and I will cherish these photos FOREVER!







This may be my favorite shot of Lucy!


"I'm running....can you catch me?"




At this point Lucy was DONE with the photoshoot! Check out that face! Oh Luc!


Shannon, thank you so much for your time and talent! We are lucky to have such beautiful pictures of our daughter.

I Can..

1. Clap my hands when Mommy says "CLAP!"
2. Wave "Hi" and Bye"
3. Cluck my tongue on the roof of my mouth
4. Sign "more" and "all done"
5. Give big, wet kisses when Daddy says "kiss!"
6. Kick the soccer ball all the way across the family room
7. Play Peek A Boo!
8. dance whenever I hear a good song
9....amaze my parents everyday with my newest skill :)

Lucy's First Year!

Lucy's One! from Frances Ehrmin on Vimeo.

Password is Lucy

Lucy's Birthday Party!

What a special day we had for our Lucy!



We started the morning opening new toys!

What's a better way to start your birthday?!?

While Lucy took her morning nap, Denny and I transformed our house into Birthday Party Central!


I had a blast planning an Olivia themed birthday party for Lucy! This is one of the first books Lucy has truly enjoyed reading and requests to read often. So I decided Olivia would be the perfect theme for her 1st Birthday! I had fun including Olivia in every detail!

From the cake and cupcakes...


To the birthday banner...


Guests started to arrive just as Lucy awoke from her nap. Mimi and Papa were the first to arrive!


"Aunt" Laura and "Uncle" Canon joined us too!

The whole Ehrmin gang joined us as well, included sweet cousin, Grace!


The Burrow gang didn't want to miss the fun either!


Especially cousin, Ellie! She LOVES Lucy so much! (Her new toys aren't bad either ;))


Everyone was so generous with Lucy and our family room was filled with gifts!


Lucy even helped me dig into the big pile of presents!


But only for a minute because she spotted her PINK CHAIR!
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And this time she had an audience to watch her tricks :)


But then it was cake time... (I'll let this series of pictures tell the story.)






Oh Lucy! I promise not to make a cupcake as big as your head, EVER AGAIN!

Want to try it with Mommy?

NO!

How about a little cupcake?


MMMMM, want some?


We all enjoyed spending the day with you!



We are blessed to have had such a special year with Lucy! We are one lucky family.

Happy Birthday, Lucy Josephine!

[Here is our sweet, little baby Lucy at just one week old.]

In just one year, our sweet-smelling, wrinkly-skinned, squeaky newborn is a walking, talking, climbing, smiling and cheerful toddler. Lucy, we couldn't love you anymore and can't wait to celebrate many, many more birthdays with you!