Morning Love

While lying in bed snuggling...

Me: Good Morning Lucy, I love you.

Lucy: I love you too mommy!

nose kisses

Lucy: Mommy?

Me: Yes?

Lucy: What's I love you?

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LUCY AND HER BFF ZOE

PHOTO BY COUSIN ELIZABETH CUSACK: BEAUTIFUL!

LUCY AND FRIENDS

Can you find Lucy?
Where did she go?

GOOFING OFF WITH LUCY

A TRIP TO THE BEACH

We spent the day in Galveston, TX. There is a small little beach there that Kevin and I discovered a few years back. It seemed to be in pretty good shape but the damage from Hurricane Ike is still apparent. Homes still damaged. One house had the side blown off, with all the furniture still in place on the inside. It was like looking into a life size dollhouse.

We collected a small treasure of shells, and came home and washed them. Lucy loved adding them to our collection.

LUCY'S PINK TOES

We were walking by a nail salon and Lucy was curious and wanted to peek in. Nanny suggested we have her toes painted, and so we did! Lucy loved it and is very proud of her pink toes!

Lucy with her Birthday Bear

MY PHOTOGRAPHER

Lucy got a pink FP digital camera for her birthday.....she takes a good picture if I do say so myself!
More B-day pics and post to follow: )

My Lucy

LUCY AND HER DADDY

"OUR FRIENDS"

Lucy and I had a playdate yesterday! We met Fran and Zoe at the park about a year ago, and FINALLY got together.I am so happy we met and the best part is Zoe is only a couple weeks older than Lucy! We had a great time visiting and all Lucy could talk about on the way home was how much fun we had with "our friends!"......we did! Here is a picture of Lucy with Zoe, they were super cute together!

Lucy's Potty Time

Lucy is potty trained! She has been watching Elmo's Potty Time for about 2 months now...not everyday, but lately she became more interested in it and started asking to watch it. She first did poo-poo in the potty about 2 weeks ago and only tried it a couple times since. Well, the day before yesterday she would go on her potty chair on her own, so we got her some pull ups. Then all day yesterday and all day today she hasn't had a single accident and no longer wanted to wear the diapers or the pull ups, so we went out and got her some big girl underpants...she is very happy, excited, and proud of herself! We'll see how tomorrow gos!

The best part is we didn't have a single thing to do with it: ) But, those of you who know about Lucy's sleeping habits, know that we deserve this break! Something was bound to be easy!!

ROCK CLIMBING

TREE HUGGER

THIS ISN'T FIRST CLASS!!

"I had fun at the park"

Lucy was so cute when I put her down to sleep tonight. We had gone to the park before dinner and spent a long while there, we left when she wanted to. She had a lot of fun and told me a couple of times while we were there, that she was having fun. Anyway, we came home had dinner, had a bath, read some books and then she was ready for bed. We were in her room and she was just about to fall asleep when she took the bottle out of her mouth and said, " I had fun at the park, " and put the bottle back in and continued to fall asleep. I had to post, because I just don't want to forget that moment, it was really, really cute: )

DAY TRIP TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD

Auntie Teresa and Lucy

I love this picture. I remember sitting there thinking that Lucy was looking at Auntie Teresa like she already knew who she was...as if she recognized her. It was a special moment for me, the whole day was, it was my "shower" and everyone met my baby for the first time.

FLOORS....FINALLY!

After 4 1/2 months the final piece has been put back together...we've floors again! I'm actually posting this from my bed...in my bedroom! Lucy was so excited, she thought we put in a dance studio just for her: )

LUCY IS READY FOR NEW ENGLAND

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS

1. SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT

2. GIVE "THE POO POO CHAIR" A REAL CHANCE

3. BE LESS DEPENDANT ON BARNEY

4. GIVE UP MY BOTTLE

5. AND LEARN HOW TO BRUSH MY HAIR!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We had to say good bye to Nanny today so Ryan could spend some time with her too.Lucy was sad when we dropped her Nanny off at the airport but we had her for Christmas so it was only fair....we did manage to salvage a little bit of Christmas. We are just grateful to be in our home. We got a Lucy size tree and had so much fun decorating. Lucy surprised us when she woke up in the morning and saw the gifts Santa had left. She used her signature expression, "WHAT'S THAT?!?!?!? It was fun to watch.

Today after we dropped Nanny off, we made the most of our day and the beautiful weather and headed to the Houston Zoo. We had a wonderful time and Lucy loved running around and seeing all the animals, especially "The Roar"...the Lion of course: )

FIRST STEPS....

I came across this video and it is too cute not to share! Lucy was 9 months old here.

SNOW IN HOUSTON?

Yes, Lucky Lucy experienced some snow! I'm not sure she liked it....too cold...but I know her Daddy did!

LUCY AND NINO

Here are a couple pics of Lucy and Dino....Lucy's name for Dino is Nino. She is still talking about Nino!

LUCY AND MOMMY'S BIG ADVENTURE

Lucy and I got a chance to visit my best friends in the Bay Area..Lorna in Oakland and Deborah in Marin County. It was Lorna's 40th Birthday....can you believe I have friends that old? Anyway, we flew in for the weekend and we had the best time. We stayed with Deborah and her family. They have a son, Nino....I mean Dino, 3 months younger than Lucy. They were so cute together. We had a great visit and even got in some adult time at Lorna's B-day party and girl time (pedicures) thanks to Debs Mom who watched Lucy for me!

Lucy is a great traveler and did fantastic on both...very long....flights. Here she is on the way up. As soon as she sat down and saw the airplane next to us out the window she started screaming with excitement, "what's that...what's that?"I let her know how great she did the whole trip so when we landed late Sunday night and she was half asleep in my arms she kept saying, "Great job....great job."

I'll post more pics from our trip soon!

WE'RE JUST "THINKING" ABOUT IT: )

GIRLS DAY OUT

Nanny, Mommy, and Lucy enjoy a day at the Houston Zoo....it's finally cooling off in Texas! Yay! Lucy is pure joy these days, she is a super happy girl.

Oh, and for those of you who don't know, Nanny is my mom....my nephew, Ryan calls her Nana and Lucy made it her own by calling her Nanny.....just didn't want you to think she was "the" nanny: )

BIG GIRL BED

Lucy is in a bed...a toddler bed...the cutest thing EVER! I get it now, all those years I was oblivious to how cute little people are.

BEACH GIRL