My girl

I think my favorite time with Lucy is bathtime. She loves getting in the tub and starts jabbering and "talking" the minute I start the water. Once she's in the tub, I think I get just as wet as she does. She makes sure to splash me. I have her in a baby tub, although she's almost too big for it even though it says "up to 24 months". I haven't put her in just the big tub yet. I like having her somewhat contained. She's so wiggly and squirmy as it is.

After bath I wrap her in her "bunny" towel and let her look at herself in the mirror. She loves that and immediately gives a big grin and a little chuckle. We took some pictures of her the other night because she's so funny. I wanted to capture these small moments on film.

One of the new games she's learned to play is peek-a-boo. Tonight she was laying on her changing table with the towel under her as I dried her off and rubbed lotion on her. She kept pulling the towel over her face and when I'd say "Where's Lucy", she would peek out from under it. She was so funny and I got her laughing pretty good. It's moments like this that I wish would last forever.

food and blogs

As I have gotten older I have come to really enjoy cooking and especially baking. Unfortunately after having Lucy, I can't seem to find the time to do it as much as I'd like but it's getting a little easier to get in the kitchen now that she's older.

According to Pastor Matt, I am the best baker he knows. He even told me I'm better than his mom. Now, I have only briefly met his mom and I do not know what kind of baker she is, but I still took that as quite the compliment. Pastor Matt is always nosin' around our house looking for any homebaked treats I might have. He was very disappointed a few weeks ago when I sent left-over peach cobbler to work with Dan, and Dan had eaten it all before P.Matt had a chance to sample any.

So where am I going with this? Well, I recently happened upon several blogs all about food and cooking. I am not new to the world of blogging. I have had this blog for over a year, but for whatever reason I didn't know there were "food blogs" out there.

I have bookmarked several cooking blogs and I love how these people take pictures and show you step by step how the recipe is supposed to come together. I thought I would share with you one of the blogs I came across. Apparently this woman is trying to use her crockpot everyday for a year. I don't know that I would want to do this but it looks like she has some tasty recipes.
I thought some of you out there might enjoy this blog as well.

go to: crockpot365.blogspot.com

HAPPY COOKING...AND BAKING

Lingo

In previous posts I've mentioned that I frequent internet message boards. The boards I visit are parenting boards and I get to chat with other moms of 6-12 month olds. As a stay at home mom, it's really nice to get some adult conversation, even if it is with people I don't know and can't actually see. Mostly I lurk and read the threads. I will ask questions and give answers if I think I may be helpful. Anyway, my point with this post is that there is a whole other language out there in cyberspace. When I first started checking out the message boards I had a difficult time decoding what I was reading. I am sure some of this lingo also goes along with texting, but as I am not really into that at the moment, I can't say for sure. I am still learning the lingo, but here are a few "words" for you.

dh= dear husband... or if you're mad at him, use another D word in there.
dd= darling daughter
ds= darling son
poas= pee on a stick (pregnacy boards)
fffc= flame free friday confessions
lmao= laughing my a-- off
tia= thanks in advance
pip=pic in post
lip= link in post
mil=mother in law
fil= father in law
wdyt= what do you think
kwim= know what i mean
mud= made up drama
bfn= big fat negative
bfp= big fat postive

This is just a sampling of the internet lingo I have picked up. It's funny because I find myself wanting to say DH in real life. Sad, but true.

Feel free to add any more that you know.

Moving: part 2

Today was moving day number 2. On our last moving day about 2 weeks ago we cleared out the house except for Dan's work area, the big furnace room in our basement, and the garage. Since moving in, Dan's been working non-stop to try and get our new basement ready for his business. This included framing off a room for his office and drywalling. Framing the perimeter of the basement so he could hang peg board, insulating the ceilings, and putting down a foam flooring material, and running new electrical and installing work lights, etc... Needless to say he's had a full plate with working full time and then doing what he could in the evenings and weekends.

Last night the clock was ticking. There was still alot of work to be done before anything could be moved in. Dan stayed up all night working to get it ready. I went to bed around 11pm and Dan headed to work. At 6 am this morning when I got up with Lucy, we went downstairs to find Dan finishing up the floor. He took a quick shower and then headed over to the old house to start tearing things down. Luckly we had a few friends and some very devoted family comeback to help for a second time. This move didn't go as quick. I think around 4:30 the guys had finished unloading everything and were on their way home. My poor husband had been up 36 hours when he finally was able to crawl in bed at 7pm. He is getting some much deserved rest. I told him I wasn't waking him up for church in the morning. :)

8 months

Ok, so it's really 8 months and a few days. I can't seem to get her picture taken on time. It seems like every month her "birthday" is on a day that's full of activity and I don't have the time to get her picture taken.

I have had the realization over the last couple weeks that I am going to be in trouble when she starts cruising. In the last 2 weeks she has gotten the hang of rolling in both directions. Now, I can't keep her in one place. She rolls all over the downstairs floor. And she is so busy. Everything she sees she wants to touch or put in her mouth. Once she gets the hang of crawling, I am in for it! :)

Last week she started waving hi and bye. It's so cute to see her do it. I love to stand in front of the mirror and let her wave at herself. Too funny!

Lucy has 2 more teeth. You'd probably guess that she got her front teeth, right? Well, she got one of them, but she also got the side tooth next to it at the same time. Her other front tooth looks like it'll be coming in before too long. She has the funniest smile right now. Because she got a side tooth and her teeth aren't lined up, she has a crooked little smile.

Here are a few more pictures. She couldn't leave the paper alone. I had such a hard time getting her to sit still...ah, I see lots of chasing in my future.

It's a good thing that we moved 3 weeks before our closing date because it's going to take every bit of the next 2 weeks to get everything out of that house. We had a great group of friends and family come over last Saturday and help load up the 16 foot rental truck. We weren't really sure how big of a truck to get. We didn't feel like we had a ton of stuff because Dan and I had already moved over the contents of the dining room, living room and most of the kitchen as well as about 50% of my closet. All we really had was furniture. So a 16 ft truck seemed big enough. Not exactly. Dan said he had that truck packed as full as he could get it and there are still 2 rooms in the basement that need to be packed and all of Dan's business - which is a alot because of all his equipment and inventory. Oh, and we didn't even touch the garage. I don't know where that stuff will go when it gets moved over. It's mind boggling how much stuff we have accumulated over the last 3 years and I have never been more motivated to get rid of stuff. As I unpack I am making a big pile for the next yard sale. I really tried to declutter before we moved, but having Lucy made it hard for me to find the time to really go through things.