Laughing Lucy

Lucy got up early this morning to eat (circa 6:00), and after a nice early breakfast, she decided she didn't want to go back to sleep, despite my and Michaela's wishes. We tried to get to sleep for fifteen minutes or so by just ignoring what sounded like her best impression at an owl call, but it proved fruitless, so I got up and came downstairs to play with her.

Sometimes she acts really ticklish and laughs, and other times she just seems irritated with it. I was glad to see this morning was one of the former, and got a fun clip of her laughing it up.

Time has flown!

Well, actually, time has gone by at the same rate it always has, but it seems like its going faster than normal as our little one grows bigger everyday. Lucy is 16 weeks old and almost 4 months! She loves to sit (and stand) with support, grab things, play, talk/coo, laugh, put things in her mouth, and roll from side to side. Its amazing how many new things she can do everyday. She has thoroughly delighted everyone we've seen while staying here in Marietta.On that note, we are very much looking forward to seeing the family in St. Louis in about 2 weeks. Lucy misses her Grandpa, Grandma, Aunts and Uncles- she was only 3 weeks old when she saw them last!

Here are some of the many pictures we've taken this month:

Sitting in the Bumbo seat.

Lucy loves the Beatles.

So sweet.

Lucy's 4th of July outifit complete with cowgirl boots.

Lucy loves playing in the exersaucer... until she gets tired after a few minutes.

Lucy Talks, Sort Of...

We shot this little diddy today after we cleaned our little one up a bit. We were happy to catch her "talking," which is something she just started doing a couple weeks ago that keeps getting louder and more frequent. Seems she's discovered that she can make noise without crying.

Lucy - almost three months!

Lucy has had the chance to meet many family members over the past few weeks! She loves being around people, looking around, and "talking" quite a bit. She had her first shots at 9 weeks which was quite an experience for her mommy, but got some pretty nice Disney princess band-aids to help her feel better of course. Last weekend she went on her first hike with Daddy, Mommy, and Pop in the Smoky Mountains (during the Young family reunion.) She had fun in her front carrier looking around at everything. She also has loved going to the church nursery (at JFBC, my parent's church) every Sunday and Wednesday for the past few weeks. She's growing up so fast!!

Our little sleeper

Lucy slept 10 hours last night! When I went in to get her this morning at 8:00, she was wide-eyed and then she gave me a big smile. Recently she has been coo-ing a lot, laughing, and loving playing in her new baby gym that Nana got her. She sometimes accidentally grabs her toys and then gets really excited. She likes kicking and sometimes enjoys her tummy time.