taking my turn

A few blogs that I read have been doing this "game" so I thought I'd steal the idea and start it here too.
The directions: Open the 6th album/folder and post the 6th picture in the album. So, here is my picture.

This was taken at Pastor Matt's annual tree triming party. Every year right before Thanksgiving he invites a bunch of friends over and has them decorate his house for Christmas. There's lots of food and music and it's always a fun time. This picture was taken in 2006. It's one of our famous "self portraits". For some reason we usually have pretty good luck with taking pictures this way. 

Ok, now it's your turn, Abbie, Becky, Karen and anyone out there who has a blog.

a few pictures

Last Saturday Dan and I took Lucy to the pumpkin patch in Arthur and then went to Uncle Richard's birthday party. Here are some pictures from our day.

Checkin' out the chickens with dad.

Let's see how tall you are.

Wow, that pumpkin is big!!

I think we'll take these two.

I'm a horrible mother. This is the first time Lucy has been in a baby swing. By the time the weather got warm this summer we were in the midst of packing and moving. Then we were trying to get settled in the new house. Also, not every park has baby swings. I was having a hard time finding one. But, it was worth the wait. She loved it and laughed the whole time. Make sure to watch the video below. 

10 months old

I should have posted this last week, but the time has gotten away from me.
Lucy turned 10 months old on October 4th. I remembered to take her picture on the right day this month too. Yay me!

Lucy is growing up too fast. It's so much fun to see her personality coming out and to be able to interact with her in new ways. She's learned to give "kisses" and we've been working on learning to clap. She catches on pretty quick. I am amazed everyday at the new things she learns.

This month Lucy has finally figured out how to crawl. She's doing it more and more everyday. She still reverts back to the army crawl because she's much faster that way. She's into everything and she's "talking" nonstop. She is really good at mimicking the sounds we make.

Here are a few pictures from this months photo shoot.

This one cracks me up. This is what we go through each month.

I caved

I posted a while back that my laptop died and I was trying to make do with Dan's business computer. I was hoping to wait and then maybe get something closer to Christmas. HA, that didn't work. Sunday after trying to upload my digital pics to his computer and having a heck of a time doing so, I gave in and told Dan he could buy me a new laptop. So, last night he made a trip to Circuit City and here I am typing a new post on my new computer. It's pretty cool cause it has a fingerprint reader so when I want to log on I just swipe my thumb across this little doo-hickey and it reads my thumb print. Also, it has a touch screen so I can navigate webpages by just touching the screen. the only downside is that I don't like having to try and figure out all the bells and whistles. I know that once I become familiar with it all I'll love it and wonder how I ever lived without it.

Oops

Today Lucy and I made a quick trip to Springfield to Babies R Us. I hadn't planned on going to Springfield today, but after I backed over Lucy's stroller when leaving the garage, I needed to go buy a new one. What a day!

Whatever, Martha

Since we moved and got our cable reconnected we've been getting some extra channels. I know we didn't sign up for these channels, so I'm not sure if we are actually paying for them. I am not sure how long we'll have them so I am going to enjoy the mistake while it lasts. One of these new channels we get is called the Fine Living Channel (FLN). It has some cooking shows and home improvement type shows. I have discovered my absolute new favorite show. It's called "Whatever, Martha". It's a show with Alexis Stewart and her friend Jennifer and they sit and watch old Martha Stewart clips and make fun of Martha and her projects. Alexis is Martha's daughter and so she can get away with making fun of her mother. This show is hysterical. If you have the FLN check it out.

baby feet

I have been searching for the last month to find a pair of shoes for Lucy. Now that the weather is getting cooler I want her feet to stay warm and I also just want her to get used to wearing something on her feet. I have looked at all the local stores. I haven't been able to find anything that fits. Yesterday, Mom and I took Lucy to Luers Shoe Store in Springfield. They are a children's specialty store and it's been around forever. I figured if anyone could help me find shoes for Lucy it was this store. We walked in and within 5 minutes she had her first real pair of shoes. Unfortunately, the size Lucy wears made the selection limited. In fact, we only had one choice. When you wear a size 4 extra, extra wide you take what you can get! No wonder I couldn't find shoes at a regular store. She's an extra, extra wide!!!! We came home with your basic white Striderite baby shoe. It'll have to go with everything! :)