Now We're Caught Up!

Lucy fell asleep sucking on the doughy end of a piece of pizza. It was pretty funny because she was very into the pizza and then her eyes got heavy and she was gone with pizza still in her mouth!

Whew! The 9th post of the day, but I had to get you all caught up on her pictures! I hope you've enjoyed them because we sure had fun taking them! Love to all!

Fun Times

Lots and lots of fun times.
I thought that you might enjoy seeing some of her different fun activities! Outside, inside, with the Puppy, with Daddy, proud smiles...this post has it all! =)

Pretty Sundays...

Little Miss Lucy had on this pretty dress for Church on Sunday. She was pretty tired by the time we came home but still made a pretty picture sleeping...

Little Ladybug

Perhaps one of my favorite of Lucy's outfits, her "lil' ladybug" outfit. She was as sweet as this outfit last weekend and we had a blast. As you can see from the first picture she even had fun trying on Daddy's baseball cap!

Lucy Discovers the Outdoors

Lucy has finally gotten to start enjoying the out-of-doors. For your enjoyment: her first time playing on the deck with Mommy, playing by the deck, and her first touch of grass!

T-R-O-U-B-L-E spells Lucy

Here she is in action--getting into trouble and finding her favorite "mommy things" to play with. The objective? My measuring tape!

Proud Little Lucy

Lucy is so proud of her ability to pull herself up on everything, cruise, and climb. Here she is showing off her sweet, proud smile in her crib.

Fun at the Park

Lucy has gotten to enjoy the park several times now since we've had an unusually early spring here in SD. She loves the swings, kicking her legs constantly and giggling as she's swinging through the air. She also thinks that the slide is a blast, although she prefers to go do "by herself" rather than in someone's lap! Enjoy!

Silly Hats

There's nothing quite like a silly hat to make a day seem brighter!

Snow Storm Fun

We were stuck inside for a few days during a supposed "blizzard." The weather was, indeed, bad, although perhaps not as severe as everyone was envisioning. However, Daddy got to be home from work, so we had fun! You'll see Lulu trying on another summer dress (over her pajamas), drinking water from Daddy's glass (she loooves this), and playing with toys in her comfy clothes (okay, pj's). If you look verrry closely you might even see a tooth. Enjoy! I know we did!

Spring Is Coming

As I sat at home after one too many days of cold weather and endless drifts of snow, I started to feel itchy for sunny weather; depressed by too many wool sweaters and layers of warmth. So to cheer myself up, I decided to try one of Lucy's summer outits on her and take pictures. I hope these pictures will cheer you, as well, with their promise of warmth, sunshine, and many out of doors walks!

Happy St. Valentine's Day!!!

Hello All! Happy Valentine's Day! Lucy's outift number one for Valentine's Day advised you to "hug her." Don't you wish that you could?

Here are Lucy and Mommy when Lucy was in outfit number two. =) The first one fell prey to a poopy diaper!

Sweet Stinker!

Smiles By Wire Link

Happy Wednesday All!

I wanted to post this link where it would be easily accessible to all! These are some of Lucy's 6 months photos that I had taken at JC Penney's. The clarity of the web photos is poor, but you get the idea! She hammed it up a bit, but refused to really smile for any of them. Not that I blame her since she was running a fever...poor thing! She was greatly amused by the silk flower, though!

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Lucy Pictures-Smiles By Wire

Life Should Be Curious, Fearless...And Creative

As I watch my daughter become acquainted with the world around her each day, I am reminded of how much there truly is to discover in our world. It is so amazing to watch her become her own person, full of enthusiasm that refuses to be dampened! While it is certainly true that we do lose the "wonder" of childhood, I think that it is far more dehibilitating that we lose our curiousity, creativity, and courage. Upon this epiphany I realized that there is much God wants to teach me through my daughter; I need but to listen.

These thoughts came to me in meditation recently as I have been contemplating some career pursuits that would require me to "go out on a limb" of sorts. Some of these pursuits would put me at risk for failure in some measure. I find myself realizing just how unwilling I am to face that possibility. Then I contrast myself with my pure, innocent, trusting daughter. Lucy never considers failure; she does not even recognize failure as an option. Lucy keeps trying until she obtains her goal; until her failure becomes success. Once success is acheived, does anyone even remember the "failures" along the way? Then what is there to be afraid of? I need to learn from her courage. The only thing lost if I do not try is what could have been...success.

Lucy can play with the same small toy over and over again, all day long, and yet she still thinks up new and (apparently) fascinating things to do with it. Just this morning she decided that she will now play with her Drop N' Roar Dinosauer with her feet. (Above) She had a grand time moving the different parts about with her toes, watching the activity from a reclining position while chewing on a teething toy. Now I'm not positing the need to start using our feet for completing tasks (although a very entertaining way to kill some time), but rather that sometimes life will only provide different answers with a little creativity! In short, sometimes ya gotta look at things from a different angle! The same location and position usually provides the same view...all of the time. I need to color outside the lines, or at least redefine where the lines are. I need to learn from her creativity.

I think that we all wish we spent more time indulging our curiousity in good pursuits. It's important to learn a new skill, figure out what makes people tick, attempt something a little bit outrageous. We need to feed our curiousity to avoid becoming stagnant. It is truly this static existence that robs us of the joy life has to offer. I need to imitate Lucy's curiousity.

Of course, I don't plan to start putting every item that passes through my hands into my mouth, or touching people faces, pulling their hair, licking their watches, or scratching every possible surface with my nails. I'll leave those methods of exploration to Lucy! However, Lucy is God's little reminder to me to live life! Be courageous! Take chances! Use your intelligence and skills! Don't be afraid of what you can do! She is God's reminder to me that the same way He is watching over her in her living life fully and with confidence, He is also watching over me.

I'm finally doing it! I'm starting to use my blog again. This will be where I will post pictures, updates, and general ranting and raving about everyday life. I look forward to sharing with all of you!