Jan 10 2008
We’ve been reminiscing a lot about what we were doing this time last year, right before Miss Lucy was born. Days and days of waiting, then finally it happened!
This is about the time (7 pm) we were driving to the hospital. Right before this we had been shopping at Albertsons, when my contractions began with a vengeance.
As soon as we got home from shopping, I realized it was time to go right back to the hospital!
Luckily, we blogged about it all last year:
Dec 29 2007
Since we’re nearing the end of the year, I thought I’d post another batch of photos to illustrate how the kid has grown and changed over the last twelve months.
The first six pics (Jan – Jun) were originally published in a post entitled, Oy, They Grow Up Fast from June 8th, 2007.
Dec 23 2007
Lucy’s GrandMommy (aka Jill’s Mommy) had to go into the hospital recently, and Lucy can’t wait for her to get better. Lucy has visited G’Mommy several times, and likes looking out of G’Mommy’s window and playing with all the things in her room.
However, last time, the doc told us babies were ‘personae non gratae,’ since other babies (not Lucy!) have a reputation for carrying lots of germs. (Even though we insisted Lucy lives in a bubble, and her mom strictly enforces a germ-free policy for visitors, the doc wouldn’t budge.)
Since she can’t visit in person, she has been visiting via video iChat, and today visited through the glass door, but it is not the same!
Lucy wants to hug and play with G’Mommy and get back to the way things were (as we all do). She doesn’t want G’mommy to feel sick; she wants her to be healthy and have lots of energy to keep up with “Miss Perpetual Motion” for a long time to come.
She made a list of reasons why GMommy is important and special and needs to get better as soon as possible.
here is Lucy’s list:
Oh, there are so many reasons! I just want you to feel better and come play with me soon Grandmommy!
Love,
Lucy
Nov 30 2007
We’ve been noticing lately that ‘Our Little Baby’ is rapidly becoming ‘Our Little Girl.’ It’s amazing how much she can change in a few short months. And she will be one year old soon! Lucy is no longer the pudgy little baby, she is now getting tall and leaner. Her famous segments in non-bendy places are disappearing. She has a full head of (curly!) hair, and you can definitely see her neck.
She also can communicate quite well. She doesn’t talk per se, aside from saying "mam" and "da" when she feels like it, but does very clearly let us know when she likes something (she gurgles and trills) or doesn’t (a quick cry, or a piercing shriek if emphasis is needed.) She finds just about everything Daddy does funny (who doesn’t!) and even some things Mommy does (like making the animal sounds when we are reading her books.)
She is an excellent stander, even hands-free standing sometimes, or climbing up with something in each hand, adding to the difficulty factor. She wants to explore everything, naturally, and finds the same old shelves and rooms boring at times. Of course there is still a bit of obvious baby-tude left, like when she is lying down waving her feet in the air, we are reminded how short she actually is!
But so much she can now decide or have input on (e.g. what she wears, whether she wants to go potty, if she’s interested in a nap or a snack, to play with her books or to crawl furiously toward distant dangerous sharp things.) I find myself saying, ‘she’s smarter than me’ a lot, when she figures out something before I can successfully divert her. Which is actually comforting. I know that whatever she will do in life, she will do well. We look forward to the little girl, but just want to hold onto our little baby a bit longer.
Oct 31 2007
And now October has just about completed its run. October’s pics are available here. Additional October stuff…
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Sep 30 2007
Lucy’s first September is just about finished. The month’s pics are available here. Miscellaneous September stuff…
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Sep 11 2007
Lucy turned 8 months old today, 9/11/07. That’s 2/3 of a year! Some of the exciting things that happened this month:
Aug 31 2007
Another month has come and gone. Our August pics are available here. Notable events from the past month…
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Regarding today’s pic: when I was a kid, I loved movies from the late 30′s to early 40′s, especially gangster flicks. Two favorites were Dead End and Angels With Dirty Faces, which in addition to starring Humphrey Bogart, also featured the Dead End Kids (later known as the Bowery Boys). Anyway, whenever Jill sticks a hat on Lucy and flips up the brim, I always think of Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, and the rest of the kids. That was the idea behind sticking the kid’s mug in the above “Angels” poster.
Jul 31 2007
Lucy’s first July has come and gone. We managed to take a few pics (available here). Notable events from the last thirty-one days…
Jun 30 2007
With the end of June, 2007 is officially half way over. Sheesh, that was fast! Anyway, we managed to make our June both semi-productive and entirely memorable by taking a bunch o’ pics you can check out here. What else made June memorable? Read on…
