10 Months!

Next month is Lucy's FIRST BIRTHDAY! I can't believe it. The year has gone by much too quickly. It really seems like she has gone from a newborn to this little person in record speed. She's sharp as a tack, and has picked up some "words", knows a few signs pretty well and is always investigating something. She is turning into a little lady right before my eyes.

     The past year has been tough in so many ways. The third semester of school nearly killed me, and then adding in trying to keep up a house, stay on top of bills, and feed my family I am toasted. I feel like I missed so much because I was so busy. I have pictures, but not as many as I like. I have some video but not nearly as much as I took with Roxas. If there is one thing I would do differently looking back at Lucy's first year of life it would be to write down more, document more and make more time for family. Now that things have settled a little bit I'm enjoying my time at home even more. I still work as an extern a few days a week which has been bittersweet. I love my job and caring for patients but I love being a stay at home mom too.

     We are getting ready to go on a trip to Colorado for a friend's wedding and we will be away from the kids for FIVE days. That's right. FIVE. I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. I look forward to not hearing, "mom, mom, mom, mooooooooooooom, mom, MOM!" nearly constantly but I will miss their cute little faces and nighttime snuggles. I will be praying for my parents who get the rough task of wrangling the two for those five long days too. That's no easy task for sure.

      Life is still crazy but at least it's a little less so, at least until school starts again in August! I've already started planning Lucy's party and I can't wait. I've settled on a Princess theme and my imagination is running away from me with all the great ideas I've seen on Pinterest just last night. It will be a fun time for sure.

9 Months Gone

     9 months have raced right by and Lucy is growing up right in front of me at an alarming speed. She is so smart, sometimes it is scary! I'm not sure what on Earth I'm going to do when she gets older and realizes she is so smart.
     Now that school is out for the summer I have even more time to love on my little wonder girl and watch her learn new things. She is an ace at cruising and crawling, and now she even stands on her own for a few seconds at a time. She still doesn't have any teeth coming in but it's completely ok with me. I am in no hurry for her to hit that milestone. We are still happily nursing away and I'm thrilled about that. Roxas had weaned himself by this age and it was an extremely hard thing for me to cope with at the time. Lucy is showing no signs of giving up on her milk any time soon. She loves her food too though. If we are eating she absolutely has to get her hands on some of what we are having.
     Roxas and Lucy are adorable together, when Roxas isn't trying to beam her in the head with a toy that is. Watching them have fun and play together just makes my heart swell with love for both of them. Roxas loves to bring her toys and pacifiers. He even calls her LuLu, since Lucy is kind of hard to say for him.
     I'm excited to see what this summer brings, lots of swimming, planning Lucy's first birthday bash. So much to do and so much fun to be had I am sure.