We Love Our Lucy

Bows, dresses, skirts, shoes, bracelets, and anything else girly are the things Lucy loves. She loves picking out what to wear and would wear her ladybug costume everyday if I let her. She feels she is not dressed until she has bows in her hair. Makeup is another favorite. She loves sitting on the counter while I get ready. She grabs the brushes and will brush them across her cheeks. I dab a little lip gloss on her lips and she turns and blows kisses to the mirror. It makes me smile everyday!

Lucy is less baby and more girl everyday. She turned 18 months on the 3rd of this month and went to nursery for the first time. She loved it! Lucy is a little talker. She loves looking out the window and sharing what she sees, usually it is a car, snow, tree, bird, airplane, or dog. Recently, when she looks out the window she says, "Daddy. Where are you?" and just repeats it over and over. Her daddy is definitely a favorite.

Lucy's 18 month stats:

weight: 24 pounds

height: 32.25 inches

No Excuses

I can't believe how fast the year came to an end. It has been way too long since I blogged. Instead of trying to post all the things on my list of things to post I figured I should condense it or it most likely will be Spring when I get to posting about 2010.

Some of my favorite projects of 2009:

Bird Mobile for Lucy. She loves it. I love it. I really loved making the birds. I did get frustrated with balancing the mobile. I had horrible flash backs to making a mobile in high school physics class. Luckily, Dan knows more about physics than me. He saved the birds from flying out the window. You can get the pattern here.

Quilt for Lucy. This is the first quilt I have made. I really loved making it even though it turned out to be completely different than the quilt I had pictured in my head. I owe a big thanks to Mandy, Rigel and my mom for their help. Lucy loves it. I am excited to try another one.

Diaper Cake for my cute twin nephews. This was really fun to make. I found my tutorial here.

Pine Cone Wreath. The kids helped me gather the pine cones. I thought it would be a really fast project. I would describe making the wreath as a really difficult puzzle. I would guess it took about 6 hours not including gathering all the pine cones. I am just glad I love how it turned out. I found the tutorial here.

That's all I have for tonight. I am hoping to post some pictures of the kiddos tomorrow.

Snickerdoodles

Oran loves making cookies! Here is a conversation we had after making some snickerdoodles:

Oran: Mom, can I have a cookie (I had just put the cookies on the cooling rack).
Me: Okay, but it is pretty hot.
Oran: Okay.

I give him a cookie. He takes a big bite.

Oran: (while still chewing his bite) Where's the chocolate?
Me: This kind of cookie doesn't have chocolate.
Oran: Here Mom (he hands me the rest of his cookie).

Afternoon Guest

Let's just say I was glad this big bug (I think it is a praying mantis) was on the outside of our window. Oran and Lucy really enjoyed watching him/her (any bug experts let me know) for the afternoon. I would say she was at least 6 inches long. I don't think I have ever seen a bug this big in the wild (i.e. not at the zoo).

She's One

Lucy loves anything girly. She has started saying lots of words - which is exciting! Some of her favorites are "hi dad", "bird", "high five", "more" and "book". She loves books. She will put a book under each hand and slide them along with her as she crawls to me wanting them read. Lucy is a great sleeper and a really happy little girl. It has been such a fun first year!

Lucy's stats:
weight: 19 pounds 15.4 ounces
height: 30 inches

Oran's stats (at a year):
weight: 20 pounds 6 ounces
height: 30 inches

Free Advice

Yesterday when I was out shopping a woman was asking me about the kids and how far apart they are. It turned out she also has two kids 20 months apart a few months younger than Oran and Lucy. She must have felt an instant connection to me. She starts asking what Oran is doing and if we have started potty training. I say I have been kind of lazy with it. Out of nowhere another woman joins our conversation. Here comes the free advice! She starts telling both of us that we should wait a few months until it is warmer before we start training. She said it will be so easy... all we need to do is potty train them outside. She swore by it. Just let them pee and poo where ever they want outside. She said I would be amazed at how fast they figure it out. After that she said the transition to the toilet is really simple. I didn't have any response, the other woman actually seemed interested. I guess I do live in Kentucky. What do you guys think?

"Juggle, Mom!"

Oran is really growing up. He is talking all the time. Oran is fascinated with numbers (wonder where he gets that from) he counts everything and is really into people's ages. Here is one of our recent conversations.

Oran: Juggle, Mom! (He tosses me three balls.)
Me: I don't know how to juggle.
Oran: Do it. Juggle.
Me: Daddy knows how to juggle.
Oran: Daddy at work. Juggle, Mom!
Me: Okay. (I take two of the balls and kind of toss them back and forth.)
Oran: Nope. Nope. Threeee balls, Mom! Juggle!
Me: You will have to wait for Dad or you could try it.
Oran: Oh! (He takes the three balls back, holds them over his head and drops them.)