Mother's Day and Park weather...

It has been almost two weeks since I posted, and a lot has been going on. 

Yesterday Lucy and I spent a while at the park enjoying the swings and the weather - and I learned that one of my greatest challenges as a parent is going to be not hurting other people's children. A 7ish year old boy came right up to Lucy as she was sitting on the grass and starting shoving her toys in her face, trying to force a rattle with a loop in it onto her wrist, and going through my bag. I firmly grabbed him by the arm and told him to be gentle, but really I wanted to smack him. Restraint will be something I have to learn. 

On Sunday we were at my parents' house in Beverly for a Mother's Day brunch, and managed to snag a 4-generation photo with Lala and Nana Charlotte. 

Lucy also got to spend some quality time with her Uncle Alex, who she's only met a few times, and seemed to take a liking to. 

Other than that we have just been enjoying the weather and trying to get outside - here's a couple of shots with daddy.

Recent stuff...

Here are some recent shots...

Since Lucy is crawling, she naturally assumes that instead she should be walking. This means that she extends her legs so she's in a downward-dog position and takes as many steps as she can before realizing she can't lift up her hands without falling. 

Her favorite thing in the world is still Cheerios... lately to the expense of her other food. She barely eats half of what I try to feed her before craning around to where she knows the Cheerios are kept and yelling for them. 

The latest success here is that Lucy has figured out how to get liquid from her sippy cup - a victory seeing as how she never took a bottle or a pacifier. It makes for a very good placater when she's getting antsy in the stroller.