3 months of Lucy on-the-go!

In three months, this baby has been on more adventures than some adults! ;)

I'm back to work, which is an adventure in itself! Lucy is getting 100% of her Gran's attention and loves every minute, I'm sure! I didn't realize how much my school kids needed me until I got back and it's easy to see why I came back. My school family is getting back into our routines and the kids loooove hearing about Lucy and seeing her pictures- which is good because I love looking at them during the day. ❤️

So Lucy, she's been to the ice skating rink, an NFL game at Lucas Oil Stadium, Thanksgiving with all the family, helped get the house ready for Christmas (ha!), celebrated the return of Gilmore Girls with a girls night, cheered on the Louisville cardinals from home and at the YUM center, attended Christmas parties, visited Aunt C in Ohio and attended a college ice hockey game (Cheered for U of L, Ohio University won and we decided we were ok with that). 

That's not all...... Lucy had a Daddy's Night while momma went out to dinner with PTO friends, she attended Emma's singing recital, Abby's gymnastics meet, Braden's band concert and Emma & Brooklynn's school Christmas program- and she was a GREAT audience!! She thought the performances were just for her and focused accordingly. 

She's a sweet little elf, even as she is fighting with a nasty cough as of today.  And we found out today she is 14 pounds, 6 ounces!!! She's still grinning and talking and on the go!! 

The Holidays are Here!

    We are so excited to celebrate the holidays with little Miss Lucy! We have her Thanksgiving outfit ready and her Christmas P.J.s picked out. The tree is up- this is the earliest we have ever decorated but we were so excited! 

 Everyone always says, "They grow so fast!" Well...Lucy is growing exactly as fast as she should! She continues to eat well, sleep well and smile so much. She is now 12 lbs. 12.5 oz and 24 inches long. She is stretching out her footie P.J.s that we are starting to pack up and put away. :(

 I am back to work and life is just fine! My students were excited to have me back which made the transition easier. I also had a fabulous guest teacher for my leave so my class did not miss a beat while I was gone. Being gone during the day is hard. It just is. I miss the cuddles and the unlimited attention I could give Lucy, but I am also proud of myself for helping to provide for our family, serving the future of our community and being an example of a working momma. I know she is in the best hands while she is with Gran and that gives me peace. It also makes the weekends that much sweeter. I just kiss her face a million times more when we are together. 

I learned quickly that leaving when she is asleep is 1,000 times easier than leaving when she is smiling and talking to me. 

 It also helps that she will drink from a bottle.....because there was a week when she preferred screaming her face off instead of taking a bottle from anyone. She had already been drinking from the bottle for 3 or 4 weeks. We tried different bottles/nipples, different people, temperatures, times of day, me out of the house, me in the same room, etc. It was rough. It was also 2 weeks before I went back to school so I was slightly concerned she would starve to death (not really, but ugh). After a week of worry and screaming unless I nursed her, my mom (Gran) tried again with the Nuk brand bottles and that crazy baby fought it for a bit and then decided it was okay. She will now take the bottle like a little piggy and burps like a man.  I am not going to lie, she wasn't the only one who cried that week.

The best part of going back to work is seeing my friends everyday. I work with the BEST people in the world that are always looking out for me and they checked on me all week...and continue to do so. <3 Love to my friends that text and called me, I love you!

After her 2 month shots, she was a great patient!

Lovin' Life with Lucy!

The past few weeks have been full of fun! We celebrated Lucy's first month with us, my birthday, and our first family trip! 

We did it. We took a five week old camping. Not only did we survive, we actually enjoyed ourselves! We had a great time- we were also in a camper, no tents for us! We have been to Lake Rudolph's HalloWeekends for years now and so we also got to hand out candy to trick-or-treaters and ride the "haunted" hayride. We joined the fun as pirates with baby as our parrot, a very sleepy parrot. Lucy even got to meet Santa Claus!! When you are in Santa Claus, Indiana- you get to meet the man no matter what day it is! Santa loved Lucy (who wouldn't!?!) and Lucy loved talking to Santa too. 

                   

 My birthday was fabulous! Gran kept little Miss so Matt & I could go to dinner and a movie- Topp't and Miss Peregrines. Loved the pizza, loved the movie. I only once thought, "I'd like to smell Lucy right now..." during the movie. That's not weird, right??!  
We also enjoyed ice cream cake, my favorite! I got a necklace with her initial L, a pineapple and her birthstone. <3 Matt also showered me with flowers and some iTunes fun! :) 

Baby Lucy continues to show us her love by sleeping 5 and 6 hours at night. It is a beautiful thing. The only inconvenience is that I am often waiting for her to wake up to empty me or I will get up to pump to relieve my discomfort. A small price to pay for awesome sleep!! Nursing is now something I look forward to, which I had a hard time imaging those first weeks...It is so sweet. 

She is growing just right and we will visit her doctor next week for her one month check up. We are having fun dressing her in clothes that she can't argue with us about. We take about a thousand pictures a day...check Instagram for almost daily updates, feel free to unfollow me if I'm driving you crazy! ;) 
There are only 21 days left before I return to work, so I am gladly spoiling this little girl absolutely rotten, I will not hesitate to admit it. 

6 weeks of sweetness....