Well, as always, Sunday was an adventure. We loaded into the car for a fun filled afternoon at church. Natalie was left at home because she was having such a bad attitude day, she was much better off there than with me. When sacrament started, Lucy got very VERY loud. Sam took her out, then I took her out. She just enjoyed walking up and down the hallways saying, “Hel-lo. Hel-lo.” She is quite a mover and a talker lately. While I was talking to Emily in the foyer, I looked over at Lucy, who was sitting by the doors playing with Jaime and Catherine, and was horrified at what I saw. Her diaper had completely leaked out the leg holes. She had poop seeping through all her layers! 😳 Yep, I forgot to put a new back up outfit in the diaper bag. We were finished with church at that point. I wrapped her bum in her blanket and took her home. Yuck!   Of course she would fall asleep in her car seat on the way home though. I tried to let her sleep a little, but couldn’t handle the thought of knowing she was so messy, and woke her up. She was not happy.   She needed a bath! After getting her all cleaned up, I nursed her and she fell back asleep.  She was much happier after she woke up. ☺️ In the evening, we went over to Grandma and Grandpa’s house to celebrate my birthday. Everything was wonderful until little bit decided out of the blue that she wanted Grandma’s soup and stuck her hand in the hot bowl. Barbara felt horrible. We rushed Lucy to the sink, ran her hand under cold water, and then gave her a cold water bottle to hold. She was fine. I think it shocked her more than anything.   Lucy loves to play with Quinn. Quinny is so sweet with her. She is just like a little mommy.  Lucy is finally warming up to Grandpa too.  

Just a typical Texas day! The day before, it is gorgeous, and today IT IS FREEZING! And wet! And yuck! We decided to just stay inside today.  Sam worked on the play fort, and Lucy and I made crazy faces and stayed warm.    

We have not had normal weather in Texas AT ALL lately! From floods, to wild tornadoes, to now way above average winter temperatures, it is crazy! I am LOVING the beautiful weather though. Lucy and I ate lunch with Natalie today at her school.   It was so pretty, we sat outside. When all the kids came outside for lunch recess, Lucy insisted on being put down to walk. She wanted to take off with the school kids. If I tried to pick her up so we could move a bit faster, she would scream. Silly girl! I don’t think she even realizes, or cares, that she is 1/5 their size. After lunch, we came home to work on our fort. Lucy has been such trooper! She will usually play on her play blanket for about an hour before she needs me. It has been such a huge help to try and get this thing finished! Mr. Jeff and Mrs. Jaime have been such HUGE helps too! They are incredible neighbors! I am so grateful to have them. Lucy is really starting to enjoy her playmate, Hadley, too.    

I hate when I go do things with Lucy and forget to take pictures. 😕 Today we went to lunch at Spring Creek to celebrate my birthday. It was so yummy, and Lucy was so good. She slept for the first little bit, then woke up and ate rolls with us. She thought she was such a big girl. No grown up food is safe from her anymore! After lunch, we went to Barnes and Noble and did find the large edition of “Pat the Bunny.” I think it is one of my favorite little baby books. We came home and worked on the fort a bit more after that. Eventually we will get it complete. 

  Lucy liked watching the progress.  
 

Well, I guess WordPress has decided I have used too much space with Lucy’s pictures. So… I won’t be able to post anymore until I can optimize all her other ones and decrease the space we have used. 😳 That will take a while. So for now, we will be posting pictureless. $100 a year is just too much to spend on a blog.

Storytime started up again today at the library. Lucy was so incredibly excited! She was squealing, talking, and shaking her hands.   She was mesmerized by Miss Kelsey and Mrs. Debbie. They got new books, one of which was “Pat the Bunny.”  I completely forgot about that book. Lucy loves it! We’ll need to try and track it down.   

Well, we are slowly making progress on Lu’s crawling. If I can just distract her enough, she does it without realizing it.   Today she made some pretty good moves.   She is definitely determined. 😊

Or at least trying!  The kids got a fort play set for Christmas. With the crazy rain and cold weather lately, and a little munchkin getting into everything, I think we might be finished building it by the time Lucy graduates! 😂  At least William is helping me make some progress.Lu, on the other hand…

  …she thinks she’s helping.😉      

Lucy ate 2 entire Mum Mums today! Usually she bites them, and then just lets them sit in her mouth. We also realized that she likes her food pouch food cold. She actually swallowed half a pouch of her carrots and apples today! This was probably the most she has ever swallowed at a meal. Now if she will just quit sharing with the dog. 😂   

Lucy is really beginning to enjoy her Daddy! I love seeing it. It has driven me crazy that she won’t allow herself to enjoy other people but Mom. Hopefully we are finally growing out of this phase!  One, two, three…   …and we’re out. ☺️