Posted by Chelsea on Sunday Dec 7, 2008 Under Infancy
I’ve been going to play groups with Lucy. It’s really more of a time for the Mommies to talk and get out of the house but lately the kiddos have been interacting a bit more.
Here is Lucy on November 21st with a friend (this picture makes me sad because Lucy has grown up so much since it was taken!):
Lucy and a friend on December 4th playing. At one point she grabbed his hand and he tried to put it in his mouth-too cute!
And then on Friday (December 5th) we went to a play group with 4 other babies. The Moms decided to torture the babies and line them up for a picture to compare their sizes.
Ages, from Right to Left: 3 months 1 week., almost 4 months, 2 months 2 weeks (Lucy), almost 4 months, and a little over 4 months.
As you can see, Lucy is the same height as the 4 month olds!!! She’s just much more petite than they are and doesn’t have nearly the strength that they do. They can all stand (with Mommy helping) and hold their heads up. I tried to stand Lucy up with them and her legs were like jello. She can hold her head up for a few minutes but these kiddos can hold their heads up indefinitely.
I wish I would have gotten pictures when we fist started going to play group because these kids were seriously twice her size!!! It’s amazing how much she’s grown-it’s going too fast!!!
Posted by Chelsea on Monday Dec 1, 2008 Under Infancy
I downloaded pictures to my work computer while we wait for our computer to be fixed.
First up, Gram and Pop meet Lucy for the first time on her 2 month birthday:
We went to the California Academy of Sciences last Monday and saw a 4 story rainforest and amazing aquariums. This is a not so great picture of Shaun but a great one of Lucy:
Our Thanksgiving Table. I got to use my nice china and crystal for the first time:
Lucy in her Thanksgiving dress. Thanks Mimi!:
Pictures of us after dinner:
Crazy Eyes!
On Friday, we went to the local toy shop, Talbots, and unbeknownst to us Santa Claus was there!
We also got our first Christmas Tree on Friday-it’s pokey!:
On Sunday, we had a picnic at the beach but first both Daddy and Lucy swaddled!:
Posted by Chelsea on Wednesday Nov 26, 2008 Under Infancy
Our new laptop decided to die last week so we haven’t been able to upload any new pictures of Lucy. I even have a video of her smiling at me for about a minute-it’s about the cutest thing ever. Hopefully we’ll get those up and posted soon-hurry up HP!
Today was Lucy’s 2 month check-up. She’s doing great! She weighs exactly 10 pounds and is 23.5 inches long!!! The doctor said that her height was “off the charts”. Since I’m 5’1 and Shaun is 5’6 we never thought we’d hear that about our child. I’m sure it won’t stay that way for long.
Lucy’s Grandma and Pop (Shaun’s parents) are visiting from Pennsylvania. They arrived last Saturday and will be here through next Tuesday. They’ve been getting some quality Lucy time.
We hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving. Hopefully we’ll be back with pictures and videos soon!!!
Posted by Chelsea on Tuesday Nov 11, 2008 Under Infancy
Yesterday was Shaun’s 30th Birthday, or as he lovingly calls it, his 27 +3 Birthday. Here’s some pictures:
Chillin with Daddy before Dinner:
We LOVE the Baby Bjorn:
Shaun asked for do it yourself sushi for his birthday. The rule is whatever you want on your birthday (within reason) you get! Birthdays are my absolute favorite thing and I try really hard to make them as special as possible.
Here’s the spread:
A happy guy!
Shaun and I picked out his gift from me a few weekends ago. I got him some really nice mountain biking shoes to replace his 6 year old $40 ones that were falling apart. I let him use them for his ride on Sunday (since the old ones literally fell apart) so he wasn’t expecting any gifts. MUHAHAHAHA! Lucy got him a gift!
What is it?
A framed picture of Lucy for his desk:
We ended the night with a family portrait:
In other Lucy news, she was weighed yesterday and she weighs 9 pounds 5 ounces!!! She’s nursing well! No wonder her newborn clothes and diapers are getting too small. I can’t believe she’s already 7 weeks old and getting so big. It makes me both happy and sad. I love watching her grow but I know that as she gets bigger, I’m going to miss my little 6 pound munchkin!
Posted by Shaun on Saturday Nov 1, 2008 Under Infancy
Okay, I admit it. Before Lucy was born I really thought all newborns (up until 6 months) were the same – they input (milk), output (poo), and process (sleep) but nothing else. I was wrong, very wrong.
Lucy is now six weeks old and while most of her day is spent as listed above, we get a few hours of actual interaction time every day. This usually consists of patty-cake, dancing (looks like sweatin to the oldies), stretching her limbs, and checking herself out in the mirror (seriously…).
To help promote self-learning, I thought it would be a good idea to buy Lucy a play gym! I got kind of carried away and ended up with the Lamborghini Diablo of “Activity Play Sets” – this thing squeaks, plays music, lights up, shakes, etc… I hope it doesn’t feel like we’re putting her on a different planet!! Although, she seems to EXTREMELY enjoy spending time in her play set and is actually able to swat – and make contact with – the items hanging down. We’re still interacting with her just as much, only now she gets to play while we do chores that would otherwise require her to be in a crib/swing/etc…
We’re not very into toys so maybe this will hold us over until her first mountain bike? Yeah…right!
Posted by Chelsea on Tuesday Oct 28, 2008 Under Infancy
Just click on the pictures to make them larger!
Lucy has discovered yet another way to wrap Daddy around her little finger-she HUGS him. It melts his heart:
Lucy in her Halloween outfit. You can’t see it but her feet say “BOO!”
We went to sushi this weekend and couldn’t pass up the opportunity to take a picture with Lucy and Sake. Don’t worry, no Sake was given to Lucy!:
Daddy went and bought Lucy a new toy, a play gym-she really likes it! 2 months ago he said we’d never have one of these. He went and bought her the nicest one (see the first picture):
Posted by Chelsea on Friday Oct 24, 2008 Under Infancy
Lucy and I were hanging out today reading a book and she decided to giggle. She got this really big smile on her face and then giggled! It was the sweetest sound I’ve ever heard! I haven’t been able to get her to do it again but hopefully I will hear it soon (and Daddy will too!).
Yesterday we went to the Doctor to get the second round of Hepatitus shots for Lucy 🙁 They stuck that big needle in her leg and she bled and cried. Thankfully she stopped crying after I cuddled her up to my chest-it took about 30 seconds to calm her down-she really is a chill baby-we are so LUCKY!!!
They also weighed her yesterday and she weighs, DRUMROLL PLEASE…..8 pounds 1 ounce!!! She’s gained almost 2 pounds in a month! The milk machine (that would be me) is doing her job!
I’ll be back soon to post some new pictures of the Little Munchkin!
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