Thelma and Louise

Lucy spent the day with her GranJan yesterday because her friends Tammy and Dominic wanted to see his grandpa in Florida once more before he becomes a big brother (little did they know, they'd be missing out on some Florida-like weather back home!).  She also gets to spend some extra time at Tracey's this week and will be paying a visit to her Grandma Kathy tomorrow.
Dave sent me a message asking "What are Thelma and Louise up to today?"  Good question!
We keep a journal for the babysitters to fill out so mommy and daddy can read about Lucy's day each night and the last time GranJan had Lucy, the journal entry said something along the lines of: "I woke up and ate breakfast and we don't think you need to know anything else."  This time GranJan didn't leave a cryptic message...or any message at all...but I did get pictures!  And I just love getting pics of my girl throughout the day!

She's got my keys (we traded cars since the carseat base was already in my car) and she's ready to go on some crazy adventures!

Looks like they had some super fun at the park!  I noticed the hat from the first pic and mentioned, "that isn't the hat that I packed..."  The response I got?  "Hmm, peculiar."  I haven't heard that word in some time but it was a pretty perfect term.

Lucy's been a bit under the weather this week and hadn't had a big appetite at the beginning of the week...but I happened to call around lunch time and learned of all Lucy had eaten - some turkey, cheese, peaches, blueberries...and GranJan asked if she ever says she's finished, because all she was seeing so far was the sign for "more" - moremoremoremoremore!  But by the end of the call, "What does it mean when she's waving both of her hands in the air?"  Ah, Lucy showed GranJan a new sign - finally "all done!"

While we spoke, I learned that they'd done a little shopping where Lucy grabbed a bunch of ducks "duck!  duck!" and put them in the cart...but mean old GranJan said she couldn't buy all of them!  She did get the new hat, though, and a new cup (which she later "dropped" to the ground and broke...) along with who-knows-what-else.

When I got to GranJan's house to fetch my car and my child, she was hanging out in the stroller, walking with Grandpa...she was a bit sleepy, but in a great mood!

Playing ball with Grandpa and GranJan while they got dinner ready!

I knew it was likely that she'd fall asleep on the way home and the later the nap, the trickier nighttime routine becomes...but she was having fun with Uncle Jason and wanted to stay for dinner.  She showed him some of her sign language...and also how she likes to throw food on the floor at mealtimes...

And she did fall asleep on the way home, despite my best efforts (I talked and sang loudly and put the windows up and down) but I woke her up when we got home and she was happy to play some more...this girl just loves to be outside!  I suppose all babies do but it's so fun to see how excited she is to be out there tasting mulch and stomping up and down the front steps in her new kicks.

One last surprise from a day with GranJan came last night...Dave and I were ready to watch American Idol while I nursed Lucy to sleep...

Just to verify, I text GranJan asking if this is what the television looked like when she left my house but she didn't write back...hmm, peculiar.