Easter!

Here are some shots from our Easter - Lucy wore a dress that her grandma gave her when she was born (that finally fits her!) and a sweater that mommy knit her (which is already almost too small....oops). Lucy is having some difficulties being around strangers without crying so she and I spent some time off in the shade just playing with her toys. 

Lucy even got a little easter basket - full of two new stuffed animals for her - and chocolate for everyone else.

Vacation week

Lucy's dad took this week off and the three of us have been hanging out - something we haven't done for more than a weekend since she was born. Here are some shots from the past few days.

Yesterday we went to the park and Lucy crawled around on some grass for the first time - surprisingly didn't want to eat any of it...

Since Lucy can crawl, she also seems to be able to kneel and sit up - mostly in her crib. The first shot here is where she was when I got her after a nap yesterday - the second was when I walked in after her morning nap this morning. 

Video!

Top two videos are new - Top one with successful crawling, second one with slightly less successful crawling. 

Milestones

So on Saturday, Lucy officially started crawling. As you've seen in the video on the right, she was sort of doing this odd inchwormy thing before where she'd get her legs up underneath her and then shoot her arms forward if it meant she could get something easier than actually moving. Saturday, however, she realized that in fact actually using her arms made everything easier, and now she's on the move. I am going to try to post some new videos of this but in the meantime you'll have to take my word for it. She also is getting a top tooth, it officially started to break through last night. Big things here for us and no pics to show for it, but I'll have more soon!

Lamby

Lucy got a Lamby present from her LaLa yesterday - I tried to get some shots of her exploring it but she has trouble staying still long enough for me to get a non-blurry photo. Must be something about being a baby...

Videos!

The top three videos on the right are new.  Enjoy!

Cry it out

So I think when Lucy was a few weeks old I posted something on this blog and put "Crying it out" as the headline. Well, this week we really did "cry it out" in all senses of the phrase. What that means is that instead of going in and feeding her in the middle of the night when she woke up, I just let Lucy cry. It was insanely hard for two nights, and then on the third night she slept through! She's still waking up very early - 5 on a few days since she's been sleeping through, 6:35 on one day, and 4 today. The 4am wake-up I believe is because of course now that she's sleeping through the night, she is getting another tooth. In any case, sleeping from 6:30 or 7 to 4am is very different than sleeping until 4 and waking up at 12, 2, 3, etc. So we are making small steps but I think we are getting there! Its a big relief to be able to sleep a bit better - that is until things inevitably change again....