Uncle Jesse came to visit

My brother Jesse came to visit this past weekend!  He came up to see baby Lucy and to go with us on our youth group's winter retreat to Mt. Hood, OR.  It was so much fun having him here and I know Lucy loved meeting him.  Jesse was so great with her, he was a natural :)  I loved all the pictures they took together.  I can't wait for Lucy to meet her other Uncles when we go to AZ in April for Easter.  I'm sure Lucy will have a special bond with them.

 

Lucy seeing her first snow :)

They were so sweet together.

I love her expression in this one.

Lucy's Dedication

A couple weekends ago Lucy was dedicated at our church.  Dedication basically means that Richard and I are dedicating our lives to bring Lucy up in a home filled with God and to live our lives in a way that reflects how Jesus lived.  It's different than being baptized, like I was as a baby, which is more of a choice she will make when she is older.  It was a really special time and I wish my family from AZ could have been there too.  We did record it though so they can watch it later :)  

My Godmother, Ginger, got this special dress for Lucy to wear at her dedication.  It was pink and frilly and of course Lucy looked adorable :)

 

This was her in her "undergarments" before her dress was on :)

Proud daddy

My sweet family

Striking one last pose before I took off her dress.

My beautiful baby girl

Recent Lucy pictures

It seems like we've been so busy lately and time is just flying by.  Lucy is almost 2 months now, we have her 2 month appointment on Monday and I'm excited to see how much she is grown (not so excited about the shots she will have to get).  

My days are filled with feeding Lucy, playing and cuddling with Lucy and getting her down for naps.  It's a constant cycle but I'm so thankful I'm able to be home with her to spend these special days with her.  She has progressively slept longer each night.  She's at about a 7 hour stretch right now.  She'll go down for the night around 10:30, wake up once around 5:30 and then again around 8am.  It's nice getting to sleep a little longer and only having to get up once in the night, hopefully she'll be sleeping though the night shortly.  

Here are some pictures from the last few weeks.  

Her sweet little hand

Our beautiful baby girl :)

She loves having her hands up by her face, it helps her go to sleep.

I love her chubby cheeks here.

With Aunt Randee

Rolling Over

Last week Lucy rolled over from her belly to her back!  I was really surprised that she's so strong already.  She's done it a few more times since then and I was able to get it on video last night.  It's so cute how she's so frustrated and when she finally rolls over, she almost seems proud :)

 

Lucy at 3 weeks

Lucy is starting to be so alert and she's great at making eye contact with people and colorful objects.  Now I understand why mom's like to post video's of their kids doing nothing :)  To me, Lucy is just so cute I had to post this!

Lucy's photo shoot

I'm thinking Lucy is going to have many, many pictures of her.  I just can't help taking them when she looks so cute, which is all the time!  Richard and I did a couple little photo shoots with her last week to capture her newborn cuteness.  Here are some of my favorites.

 

Lucy's first few weeks home

It's been such a new experience having a little baby with us at home now.  Her first week home, Richard didn't work much so we just focused on Lucy and trying to get some sort of routine down.  That all changed though when we went for a doctors visit and found out she had lost more weight and was at 5lbs 12oz.  We had to really focus the next few days on getting her to eat and I had to focus on getting this whole nursing thing down.  Our hard work was worth it and at her next visit, she was back up to 6lbs and at her two week appointment this past Friday she was above her birth weight.


My mom got here from Arizona a week ago and it has been great having her help.  We've been able to get a little more sleep in the morning when my mom will hold her for a little while.  We've also been getting meals from a group at our church every other day and that has been wonderful.  My mom leaves tomorrow and I'm sure it will take a few days to get into a new routine.


Lucy is such a good baby and is starting to show her personality a little more.  She really likes it when Richard sings to her and she likes to look around at everything when she is awake.  

Pretty girl

All swaddled up for bed

Tana and Taylor came to visit

Lucy and her Aunt Randee

She's so sweet

She likes her little bouncer during the day

Lucy and Grandma

We've seen her sucking her thumb a few times :)