A playdate with pals...plus some playing in bed!

I stuck Lucy in the swing at one point for a few minutes...and both babies also wanted to give it a try!  Lauren especially loved it, saying "wheeee!" as she swung back and forth!

Lucy and EJ had fun playing with her ball popper!

Lucy really enjoys playing in her bed...we play in her room every night while I pick out her clothes for the next day and get out her pajamas...sometimes I want to get my clothes ready for the next day, too, so I put her in her crib while I got across the hall to iron and she loves it!  I sit her down but she pulls herself up to standing and walks around and sometimes jumps, which is her new favorite thing to do.  She loves the mobile and the "tv" as daddy calls it - the little underwater scene that plays music and lights up and is attached to the side of the crib.  It has three buttons on it to play different songs and she enjoys "channel surfing!"

There have been a few times over the past several weeks where Lucy has stood or walked a few steps on her own without realizing it.  We have two little ottomans in the middle of the living room for her to play on and walk around and she's walked from them to the couch without holding onto anything...but last Tuesday, when I got home from work, she walked several steps from her daddy to me!  Dave and I are so proud of her, but she might be even more proud of herself!

She hasn't learned any new signs but continues to use the ones she does know frequently.  She still says "duck" and she says "dog" and if we ask her where her belly is, she pats her belly!  If we ask her where her foot is she lifts her leg...too funny!

Lucy has a busy weekend coming up...a visit from her godmother, Aunt Amy, and birthday dinner for Grandma Terry on Saturday then A's birthday party on Sunday!

Next Saturday she starts swim lessons at Silverlake!!

Yummm...spaghetti!

This was taken last week but I had to share...this girl loooooves spaghetti!

*I uploaded these photos from my phone and am creating this post from the computer and can't get the formatting to do what I want it to do...and I can't rearrange the photos so they aren't in the order that I want them to be...*

Lucy got her first ever Valentine in the mail on Monday night! Thanks, Aunt Pam!

Here's a snapshot of all of her valentines...from Aunt Pam, Great Granny Meyers, GranJan and Grandma and Grandpa Meyers...we paid a visit to Grandma and Grandpa Meyers last night after dinner but the rest came in the mail...even the teeny one from Great Granny! Too cute!

Mommy got a valentine, too! A beautiful bouquet of flowers sent by daddy to her work! She thought maybe she was in trouble when she got called to the front office to retrieve them!

Sweet little Lucy looking very sleepy last night right before bed...but how cute are those V-day pajamas??!

Another shot of opening her mail from Aunt Pam and Uncle Greg

Yay for Valentine's Day!

I am mad at myself for not getting a picture of the entire outfit but you can see the shirt (and maybe she'll wear it again this Sunday to A's birthday party) here...family Valentine's dinner at Applebee's! Lucy was pretty good despite the fact that she really wanted to get down!! She packed her dinner (carrots and applesauce) but she took a lot of time looking over the menu before tossing it on the ground and deciding to just go ahead and eat what she brought! GranJan and Grandpa sent her a valentine card for a free kids meal at Frisch's so she's thinking about going there soon and giving it a try!

"Look at me, I got mail! And it's not even a bill!"

Happy little Valentine!

Lucy love

FYI, this is what Lucy's hair looks like after a bath...before combing and drying!

We've been teaching Lucy a little bit of sign language...she and I went to the library and rented Signing Times and we all watched it several times...she also watches the same series at her babysitter Tammy's house. So far she knows several signs, most importantly "eat," which she is displaying below. She also knows the sign for "more" (which she often does at inexplicable times...she does it and we wonder, more what? More sitting on the floor? More mommy holding you? - hard to say), "ball" (which is very similar to "more" - and she usually does the sign for "ball" when there's already a ball in her hand), and "milk" (which is adorable!). We're working on the signs for "mommy" and "daddy" now. She's been a pretty fast learner so far.

She continues to verbally speak as well...she can point out a duck a mile away and has started saying "bubby!" When she's tired and whiney, she's taken to whimpering "mama!"

Lucy got this doll, Violet, for Christmas from Jill. We programmed it and Violet now knows Lucy's name and some of her favorite things! It helps Violet make conversation with Lucy...and whatever she's doing - it's working! Lucy gave Violet a great big hug!

Lucy loves her UK jammies from Aunt Amy!

Lucy's laughing at daddy (not pictured) here...sneak attack on her while playing with her puzzle!

Crawling around playing with a ball from the graduation party...

More fun with the puzzle...it's so much fun to take all of the pieces out and toss them (and watch mommy and daddy fetch them and put them back...and repeat!)

Lucy just loves these maracas mommy's boss brought her back from Mexico...shakey shakey!

She doesn't often wear shoes so when she does, they are quite fascinating to her! Dave was amazed at how long she'd kept them on until I pointed out to him that I got her dressed (shoes included) and then we came straight down and got in the high chair. Sure enough, as soon as she was finished and I took the tray off, she removed (and inspected) the shoes!

"Look at me! I'm wearing shoes! WEIRD!"

No more pictures, please...time to get ready for my friends Lauren and Elijah to arrive!

Congratulations Uncle Jeff & Uncle Jason!

Mommy's brothers graduated from NKU in December and their party was last weekend...Uncle Jeff and Uncle Jason both plan to be teachers...Uncle Jason has been working steadily as a sub since graduating and Uncle Jeff was able to get a teacher's aide position at Woodland Middle School through the end of the school year.
Lucy didn't know what NKU was and wanted to check it out for herself so last Saturday, we went to campus and looked around...Lucy wanted to go to the book store to buy a new shirt to wear to the party!

Playing with pals

This is our friend, the lovely Lauren Burns!

And her twin brother, the mischievous Elijah Burns!

And this is silly little Claire Bear! Isn't she pretty?

Lucy and EJ love each other! They sat together on Lauren's couch long enough for me to take the photo...amazing!

Lucy and Claire enjoyed the change of scenery - and the stock of interesting new toys to play with! They loved this little walking toy...they took turns walking down the hallway with it. When Claire was playing with it, Lucy needed something to hold onto while she walked around...so she just held onto her friend CB!

Claire shows Lucy how to change it to Spanish...

(When mommy picked Lucy up from Tracey's house on Monday, they announced they had a new toy to show me - Eric and Tracey had purchased this same walking toy for Lucy! Now she doesn't have to devise a plan to steal it from the twins!)

EJ is appreciative that Lucy brought a toy for him to munch on..(her piggy bank with tasty coins).

She shows him what you're really supposed to do with the coins...

Lucy was a bit of a whiny butt after a fun filled evening celebrating the recent graduates, her Uncles Jeff & Jason, the night before...but mostly the kids played really well together and gave the mommies time to hang with friends!

10 month old Lucy!

Here are some favorites from our 10 month photo shoot with Auntie

"I love my giraffe suit!"

Action shot of our brand new crawler!

Laughing hysterically at mommy!

Pretty and she knows it...