9 Months Old!

Lucy turned 9 months old on Christmas but we did her photo shoots a little bit early...I took her to my auntie's house for the holiday themed photo shoot and used those pics for our Christmas card this year.
But, once again - no monthly photo shoot is complete without some giraffe suit pics!
Here are five of my favs...

She received this giraffe as a Christmas gift last year...from GranJan...when she was still in the belly...but they've become good friends!

(Almost) 9 Months Old!

We just got back from Lucy's 9 month appointment...Like at 6 months, she's in the 60% for weight, coming in at just over 19 pounds. She is 27 inches tall and only in the 34% there...but she's a growing girl so no worries! She'll probably be taller than her momma some day...We had to wait quite awhile today - in the waiting room she played at the toy table - this was the first time she was big enough to do so! She walked all around the table and had a fun time playing!
She had to have her finger pricked today to have her iron checked ("right on the bubble" - we were told to give her more iron-rich foods...) and she had to have just one shot (which was more than enough for Miss Lucy girl!) - the Hepatitis B Vaccine. The only side effect is a low grade fever so I'm sure she'll be just fine for all of her Christmas celebrations!

Lucy has already received a couple of Christmas gifts! Here she is about to open one from Daddy's friend, Pauly...he got her two new outfits!! She especially loved taste-testing the wrapping paper!

She also got a gift from her W-F babysitter, Tammy...but mommy stole all the fun and opened it while she was asleep! She loves it, though...a xylophone fish! She's a big fan of chomping on the starfish wand that you're supposed to make the music with...

Just standing around!

My little climber

(Pardon the quality of these images...iPhone pics...my memory card is full because I am paranoid that my computer will crash again and am afraid to delete anything from the memory card, even after saving to the computer...I need to come up with a new method, fast!)

All Lucy wants to do anymore is stand and walk...if you try to set her down on her bottom to play, she stiffens her legs and just won't allow it! If you do manage to bend her and set her, she gets pissed! She pulled herself to standing - all by herself! - for the first time on December 1...we were putting clothes away in her room and I had the bottom drawer pulled out - she put her tiny little hands on the drawer and pulled herself right up! For awhile she could only do it there, but she's figured out how to pull herself up pretty much everywhere and anywhere she wants to!

We were at ABC's house on Friday night making cookies with the kids and I sat Lucy down next to a basket of books in the living room and walked to the kitchen to put more cookies in the oven and before I knew it, Cleo was yelling, "Danielle! She's standing!" and I turned around to see her standing at the basket of books...that girlie doesn't want to sit still!

She loves playing in her room...we spend quite a bit of time in there...she likes pulling herself up on this storage bin (we keep it handy to pack away clothes as they get too small) and banging blocks on it and she loves doing her "trick" in her mini recliner (I set her in it and she slides herself out, landing in the standing position, then she turns around and "walks" over to her bed).

We had a fun day with GranJan yesterday...we had a few returns to make and GranJan had a few things to shop for and we made a whole day of it. Lucy was on...looking super cute in her red winter hat and passing out smiles galore...she was able to sweet talk her GranJan into buying her a Santa bear and some new clothes...yay Lucy!

Here we are at Toys R Us...luckily all we ended up doing there was returning something because the lines were CRAZY...not that Lucy seemed to mind!

Tomorrow is my last day of work until January 3 and I can tell - Lucy's getting pumped! Unfortunately for her, though, she's got her 9 month appointment, featuring 9 month shots, on Wednesday...

Lucy loves the Christmas tree and she loves playing with paper...so I just know Christmas will be all kinds of fun for her! What's even better is how many celebrations she'll have-

Grandma & Grandpa Meyers on Friday!

Great Granny & Grandpa Beiting on Saturday!

Grandma Terry & Troy on Sunday (plus Santa will come at home)!

GranJan and Grandpa on the 29th!

Merry Christmas, everyone!

St. Nick came!

St. Nick came while we were sleeping!
Lucy got to play this morning before leaving for Tracey's...she got a new Llama book (which we read while she ate) and some holiday Little Peoples (actually, GranJan gave this to Lucy last Christmas...yep, while she was still in the belly...and we just opened it today).

She also received her first toothbrush! And it looks like little Lucy had her eye on those new snacks...can't wait to try those tonight!

Last but not least...her own set of keys! I am sure she'll still be more fascinated with mommy and daddy's keys...but these are worth a try!

Happy Holidays!

Funny girl

I'll be back soon with a "real" post but for now, I just have to share this photo...she posed for the camera!

She's wearing an outfit from my friend Gina from work...and my boss, Denese, bought her the matching shoes...much to Lucy's frustration, this pair actually stayed on pretty well!

Lucy + Santa

November 29, 2011 at the Florence Mall

Another milestone

Lucy's Christmas tree is up...and she seems to like it! I thought she might be a little more mesmerized by the lights than she is but as you can see, it makes her happy!

When she first came back into the newly arranged living room, she just looked all around a lot...I think she was just making sure all of her stuff was accounted for! The swing is now where Daddy's chair was (the tree is where the swing was)...the couch is where the jumperoo was but that's now next to the tree, and the exersaucer is now by the front door...whew! It's all still there!

Last night Lucy had another first...she pulled herself up from sitting to standing - all by herself! She loves to stand and likes to "walk" around things that she's holding onto / standing against and often we give her a little push or lift and she lifts herself the rest of the way up...but last night she and I were in her room picking out clothes to pack for the babysitter's and pj's to wear last night...I pulled out her bottom drawer and she took hold of it and STOOD! I called for Dave and plopped her back down...and she did it again! We need to get it on video! Such a smart girl we have!

Lucy met Santa on Tuesday! She got dressed up in her holiday gear and went to the mall with me and GranJan and her godfather. She napped from the time I picked her up at Tracey's house after work, through the fetching of GranJan and Uncle Jason and until we got into the mall...so she was well-rested and in a great mood - perfect! We have an actual picture of her with Santa but until my home computer is back in action, these two cell phone photos will have to do.

I had Uncle Jason get her out of her seat and take her up to Santa...just in case she freaked out if Mommy left her on a random lap...but she did great! She didn't exactly love being up there but she hung in there for a photo...and she loved hanging out at the mall the rest of the evening! So much to see!

Lucy will be seeing her pal Santa again this Saturday...we're going to the city building for lunch with Santa with Daddy, Aunt Jessi and cousin Alli...can't wait!