December 27, 2008

Lucy's Big Sister Room!

From beginning to almost end... There's still alot of finishing to do, but I wanted to show you what we have this far. Lucy is thrilled! She asks to "Go check out the room?" every 20 minutes. She's not sleeping in it yet... but it's her favorite play space for now.




Say goodbye to the horses!






And hello to purple. Lucy brushed on the first spot of paint! Thanks to Aunt Christy for helping with the first coat, too!





With most of the painting done, we moved in some things. For now, Lucy likes to run in circles, march like Frosty the Snowman, and do gymnastics in her new room.




Luther approved!




December 26, 2008

Merry Christmas!



Here are some photos to commemorate our holiday. Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!




November 23, 2008

Breakfast with Santa (and Orbit!)

Santa invited us to breakfast on Saturday, and Lucy had a great time! It was pretty obvious Santa was a touch overshadowed by Orbit.. she couldn't stop flirting with him. They must have hugged goodbye at least 3 times... after high 5ing and hugging occasionally throughout the morning. She didn't cry on Santa's lap this year, but was a little stunned by the whole photographers set up. She failed to tell him what she wanted for Christmas, but she knows to leave him chocolate chips on Christmas Eve. Santa said so. Lucy loved the crazy haired balloon twister girl, and, of course, the train.

She knew her Christmas Carols and was able to sing along right before parading up to the tree festival. It was a really fun morning!!














October 19, 2008

October 5, 2008

Did someone say Pumpkin Patch?



Hi everyone! I just had to share some of my favorite pictures from our trip to the pumpkin farm. Lucy had such a special time, she claims her name is now Lucy Pumpkin Patch. Oma prepped her for our big excursion the day before, taking her to a local fall festival...and brought her back looking like this! Lucy made sure we saw it. "Right here!"


Before we could go find a pumpkin, we detoured toward the farm animals Lucy loves from her books. She got to pet this calf...what a treat!



And she pet the bunnies too!


Once Lucy discovered this corn feed box, the pumpkin patch had to wait again. She could spend hours in here, I think. So could Eric, I guess.



"Chug-a-lug-a!" That's what trains say, says Lucy. She was so excited to ride this train. I was thinking she would get scared once she realized she had to ride alone. Nope! She smiled the whole time! She's getting so big!





Finally, we took a hayride into the huge pumpkin patch. We told her she could pick any pumpkin she wanted and she seemed to take that very seriously because she didn't want the first one she saw. She scanned the area, walked around for a few minutes poking at different pumpkins, and then chose one she liked the best to take home with us.







This one has nothing to do with our pumpkin farm day...but it makes me laugh whenever I see it.
This is her wearing a hat like daddy, she says.