Our crazy winter weather this past week has made it seem like we are still on Christmas break. So I figured I may as well share some pictures from Lucy's first Christmas! Her favorite present was wrapping paper and the balloon her Oma gave her; Everything else was pretty second-rate.[...]
Our little Lucy is somehow 8 months old now. I looked at the calendar and realized I was two days past the 27th which gave me quite a bit of mom-guilt for letting that special day pass by. Aside from the usual nitty-gritty, HARD WORK that any baby normally is, Lucy has been SO much fun lately. She's waving, babbling away, singing, eating lots and lots of real food, and smiling from ear to ear. She still doesn't love green beans (who does?!) but the girl can seriously shovel it[...]
Tonight we did a little Christmas Eve-ing since I work the actual Christmas Eve day; we looked at Christmas lights, opened up one preview gift each and got our new Christmas jammies. All enjoyed the festivities except for the star of the show, Lou. I was so excited to start the traditions with her but bedtime called and honestly, it's not worth keeping a sleepy baby awake, is it?! The one gift each that Chase and I opened were from my parents and honestly, I'm feeling a little[...]