Rewind

What we've been up to....

• sharing snacks with Peyton

• falling asleep in the highchair

• celebrating Thanksgiving in Ft. Wayne

• working on finishing the basement bedroom and bathroom 

• decorating for Christmas

• celebrating Gaga's birthday

• celebrating Thanksgiving

• loving Gaga and Aunt Sarah's Thanksgiving food

• climbing the stairs over and over and over

• extra cuddling after being sick

• more Christmas decorating

• sweet smiles :)

• santa parade

• playing with glittery trees for a sweet girl's room

• visiting friends before little ruby makes her appearance (we are still patiently waiting by the way.  hoping she comes today!)

• hanging out with these rockstar 6th graders

• and beautiful friends

• small group playdate!  lots of kiddos!

Santa Baby

I was giddy as a little girl to take Lu to meet Santa. I don't know....there's just something about taking a baby to sit on Santa's lap and everything is so special this time of year being first time parents :) For some reason I thought she would do just fine but that is not how it went down. It was the cry heard round Holland :)  Made for some funny pictures though.

Round 2 at the mall with my students.  Same thing :)

Every Christmas we take our students to the mall to do some Christmas shopping and to see a movie.  I am so thankful for my great group of students and staff that I get to work with.  I love it that Luci will grow up and be comfortable around individuals with disabilities.  Who knows, maybe she will want to be a special educator too.  Below is our social worker Lisa and her little guy Traverse.  How great it is that our kiddos can spend the day with us?!  Fun memories. 

After the mall we headed to papa's office to celebrate his 30th!



Here we are all dressed up for Chad's work party.  Little Lu got to spend the evening with her Uncle Dave, Aunt Kate and the boys.  She had so much fun playing with them.

Happy 10 Month, Luciana Elisabeth

Oh Lulu, you are such a joy!  How can it be that you are 10 months old?!  You are a little spitfire and such a cuddle bug.  Your personality makes us laugh and I am most certain that once you begin talking our days will be filled with laughter.  We love you to pieces little one!

Here we go with your 9 month stats...

• Pretty sure you are at or just under 18 pounds
• You are in size 3 diapers
• You are wearing 9 month and 12 month clothes and size 3 shoes
• Your hair has really started to thicken up in the back (still not a lot in the front).  You have some curl in the back and I love that.
• For the most part you sleep so well at night.  Your teeth are coming in so that makes you a little more uncomfortable at times.
• You still take 2, 2 hour naps during the day.  You have to have your pink blankie and your pink bunny when you sleep.  You pull your blanket over your face and stick in your thumb and you are out for the count :)
• We are still nursing and you take a bottle well for Gaga and Lindsey while I'm working
• You crawl like a crazy woman and nothing stops you from where you want to go
• You are learning what "no touch" means and what it it means to be "soft"
• You love the Christmas decorations and all of the pretties at Grandma's house
• You dance ALL THE TIME.  I love it that you can get your groove on and I can't wait to get you into a dance class!
• You love to clap for others and for yourself
• Wheels On The Bus and If You're Happy and You Know It are still your faves
• You have a new found love for pop up books.  You know how to turn pages in a book and love to flip up the flaps.  (You clap for yourself every time)
• You sign "all done" at meal times
• You love to feed yourself.  You eat most everything that we eat.
• I was hoping that last month was the only month you were going to get sick but that was not the case.  I got the stomach flu the week of Thanksgiving and two days later you got it too.  You threw up for 5 hours straight and we ended up in the ER for your daddy.  He had to get hooked up to IVs and they gave you some meds to help calm your stomach down.  You were a charmer in the ER.  At 3 a.m. you were chatting it up with the nurses and doctors.  Mama was so tired and you just wanted to socialize. 
• Your fang came in this month and your top two teeth made an appearance as well.  Goodbye gummy smile!
• You wave "bye bye" and can say it too
• You say "papa", "mama" and "peypey" (Peyton) 
• You mimic Peyton's barking and it sounds like "ah ah"
• You don't like to be left alone in a room
• You love to play with your toys and look at your books and have fallen into your toy bin because you are so determined to get the toys you want out
• You LOVE your baby dolls and like to give them kisses
• You can make a car noise when you play with your trucks
• You fly up the stairs now and are working on going down on your tummy
• You like to watch your Praise Baby dvd
• You still love bath time and have begun sticking your face in the water
• You still hate getting dressed and it is SO hard to change your diaper.  You do not like being slowed down.
• You love other kids and have especially loved all the Christmas cards coming in the mail.  You talk to and kiss the pictures
• You are able to stand alone for small amounts of time will walk behind your toys and around the furniture. 
• You celebrated your first Thanksgiving and we are loving doing all sorts of Christmas things with you

Happy 10 Months, Luci Belle
xoxo