Nothing in particular

Nothing in particular to post...I just realized it's been a while since I have posted anything, so I figured I'd put up a few recent pictures of my very busy little girl! Her hair is getting so thick and curly and she is really looking more and more like a little girl (instead of a baby) every day.

Baby blue

This sweater was knit years ago by my mom's Godmother, Mae, and I wore it when I was a baby (so, I should say, it was knit many, many years ago!). It has little doggies on it and they have rhinestone collars and actual little chain "leashes" attached to the sweater that lead into the pockets. Isn't it so precious? You should definitely click on the picture to make it bigger so that you can see the detail. I'm a pretty good knitter but I can't do color-block knitting like this, so I realize what a work of art it really is. And I think that Lucy looks great in blue.

Life with a one year old

This is something we need. Desparately.

Lucy is a classic example of the very, very busy one year old. She is into EVERYTHING! She really seems to have a knack for knowing exactly when our backs are turned and making a bee-line for trouble. Yesterday, we were enjoying a nice, relaxing Saturday morning. Jeff was in the kitchen, which is on one end of the apartment, and I was in the office on the other end. We both thought that the other one "had" Lucy (this has been happening a lot lately and we really need to be more careful about it). I suddenly asked Jeff, "Do you have her?" and when he said no, we made a mad dash to find her. She was in the guest bathroom, having tons of fun splashing her hands in the toilet! A bath and outfit change ensued. We realize that her having access to the toilet can be quite dangerous because of the drowning risk and so, like everything else in our home, we need to child-proof the toilet. Oh and the toilet paper as well, because she loves to grab the end of it and trail it down the hallway -- so much fun!!!

Little Jackson Pollack

Miss Star Eyes

When I was little, the character Laura (of Luke and Laura fame) on General Hospital became something called "Miss Star Eyes" for a cosmetics company. A spokesmodel I think. I have always remembered this for some reason -- I guess I thought this was a very glamorous title! Anyway when I saw this photo of Lucy, I just thought, aaah, Miss Star Eyes. Is it ok to think your own child is perfect?

Aruba

We just got back from a week-long trip to Aruba! It was wonderful. The weather was perfect (as it almost always is in Aruba) and Lucy had SO much fun playing in the pool and at the beach. Although it was a lot less relaxing for Jeff and I than it was the previous two times we had been there (gee, I wonder why???), it was a ton of fun to see Lucy having such a ball...and we had a ball playing with her! We're now home to the cold and hoping that the frigid weather that is predicted for tomorrow is the beginning of the end of winter...we're sure ready for spring now. And, as you can see below, Lucy certainly has the wardrobe for it!

The pool at our hotel

Lucy playing her favorite beach game: "Carry the Flip-Flops"

And this is her favorite hotel room game: "Carry Mommy's Purse"

Visiting the Butterfly Farm

Kisses from Mommy!

She was fearless of the water

Way up in the air!

At breakfast

All this activity sure does make a girl tired!

With Mommy on the balcony to our room...not a bad view!

It's fun to feed Daddy

Here we are at the Flying Fishbone restaurant in April 2005 (on our honeymoon)...

And here we were last week, two short years later!

Our dessert then...

And now (a bit premature, but it got us a great table)!