Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving! Even though both Joel and I caught serious head colds the day before Thanksgiving, we still had a wonderful time over at our friend's the Ryan's house. We ate lots of food, Lucy was the life of the party, we laughed and played games, it was a blast!

Here's another shot of the amazing snowfall we had on Thanksgiving day.


And here is Lucy all dressed up to go to the party.


Lucy bouncing on the table with mama and Becca.



She really was having a fun time, as witnessed by this photo:


Lucy with her mom:



Lucy with mom and Rachel (notice a theme here?):



Lucy, mom and dad:



Lucy and Nana:



We are so blessed and thankful to have such wonderful family and friends!

Let it Snow!

Well, here in Moscow we've had our official first snow, and it was a big one! I think we measured 7 inches outside our door. You'll have to forgive the quality of the picture, but since it's 4 degrees outside I opted for taking the picture from inside our house.



Since Joel has had to take my car (the one with 4-wheel drive and snow tires) to work, Lucy and I have been fairly house-bound the last two days. But that doesn't matter, we're all smiles around here these days!







P.S. Lucy would especially like to thank Auntie Kate for her musical giraffe. She spends a good bit of her wake-time staring at it and listening to its lilting lullaby. Thank you!

In Which Lucy Talks to her Posterboard

Lucy loves to sit on her changing table after she's been fed and stare at the poster I made for her. Recently she has also taken to chatting with it.

CSN Giveaway

My friend Kathryn is doing a give-away on her design blog! Head on over for a chance to win a gift card to CSN stores!

Lucy's Baptism

Today Lucy is one month old, and yesterday she was baptized! Here are two pictures we got before church, I'll post the video of the actual baptism when it's ready. Lucy was on the verge of a melt-down during these pictures, thus the somewhat glazed expression. :)




Welcome to the covenant community little girl!

Saturdays with Lucy

Since several relatives have requested more pictures of Lucy, I took a few photos of a typical Saturday with Lucy.

First, there is sleeping.



In case you're wondering what adorable outfit she's wearing, here it is. It's from Old Navy and is extremely comfy, I love the fabric!



Then there's our trip to the grocery store. She's about as excited as can be to do our weekly shopping.



And last we have boppy time, in which she familiarizes herself with the world and strikes adorable poses.



I promise I didn't position her like that. Or like this:



And that's about it! A fairly routine day in the life of Lucy.

Pretty Blue Eyes

I'll admit it. I spend a lot of time staring into Lucy's big blue eyes. How can I help it when they're so pretty?


I think Lucy was explaining something very important to me when this picture was taken.


I love my baby!

Tummy Time

Lucy has been impressing us with her feats of strength. Today she was enjoying some tummy time with Joel and lifted her head the highest we've seen it go so far.



I was able to snap a picture before she got too tired and had to rest.


Happy 3 weeks baby!

Lucy's First Bath and Halloween

A while ago we gave Lucy her first bath, and she seemed to like it! I was prepared for much wailing since she usually hates having her clothes taken off, but I guess the warm water pacified her.





Dad helped towel her off which she also enjoyed, while staring adoringly up at him.


And, of course, yesterday was Lucy's first Halloween.





Granted she didn't eat any candy, go trick-or-treating, or even know what she was wearing, but we had fun with her.





I crocheted her a pumpkin hat before she was born, only to realize how very much bigger her head was than what I had anticipated. Thankfully I just had to add more rows to the bottom of it and it turned out just fine. I didn't get a great picture of it but it has a cute green stem and vine on top.


We went over to the Williams' house and played Speed Scrabble and Settlers of Catan, passed out candy and ate great food (and lots of candy).

Lucy with Lesley:



And her first Settlers of Catan game. Unfortunately even Lucy's shrewd insight could not help us win.