Lucy is ONE!

Month 12!! We made it!! And who else gets to celebrate turning one with being featured on the news?!?!?  This girl!! Check out the link if you missed the story! 

Lucy Bratcher's TV debut


Lucy Stats: 
31 inches long
23 lbs 6 oz
90-95 percentile for everything! 
Speedy crawler, careful walker
No tears for her one year shots, but she was pretty loudly disagreeing with the idea.....

Sweet Lucy girl loves everything.
She got to eat cake three days in a row, received a mountain of presents, and has a million pictures to show off!
Birthday weekend started on Thursday with a visit to see Dr. Krause. The office staff helped me time out a visit just right and we got to play and catch up with our dear friend and doctor. It really reminded me of all the visits to the office when things weren't going our way and we were working so hard to make Lucy a reality. It was such a good reminder to stick with it and that we have so much support from so many.  After our visit, we went to NAHS to watch Slate Run students in Cinderella! It was so cute and so perfect for Lucy to be in the audience. It was a student production so it was shorter that usual and had a good intermission so she could wiggle. She "ooooo-ed" and "aaahhhhh-ed" at all the right times and had an audience of her own when we had a minute to catch up with our friends!

      

     On Friday, her birthday, we didn't get a picture (darn it) of my school family but everyone wore their "Think Positive" shirts and it was AWESOME. Lucy got to come visit my class and of course, she was ready to perform. She loved them and they loved her! We went out to dinner, just the three of us and then let Lucy dig into a piece of cake that she basically just smeared on the table.

   On Saturday, we went to the Fall Flea (just like last year) and then got ready for her cake smash photo shoot with the wonderful Kelly Goree. Lucy was so cooperative and Kelly knew just where to go and how to get the right light. In fact, we are having a hard time choosing just some of the photos, they are all so good!

On Sunday, we were just as excited as Lucy to have friends and family celebrate with us. I wish we could've invited everyone we know, because we know you love Lucy...but our house is just not that big. We could have a party each week!!! Lucy was the star of the show and she absolutely loved it. I was afraid of a fussy birthday girl and we didn't know how she would respond to having such a big audience but she was a dream. We were able to set up things while she napped and we ended up waking her up (from a 2.5 hour nap) as people came in to see her. She was thrilled to have everyones attention and was so sweet to be around. 

Being one is so fun! She conquered the molar that came in last week.... she's saying words that actually make sense, she also has this sense of adventure because she understands so much and cannot wait to get into the next mess!  She just keeps getting cuter and cuter and I don't know how she does it. She isn't a baby anymore and although it seems like just yesterday we were rolling her into a baby burrito- it also doesn't. We have packed so much living into those 365 days. Yes, 52 weeks have gone by since we became a family of three....but really ever since we found out we were pregnant, life has swirled around and just kept us rolling! I remember when life stood still, when it seemed like everyday was exactly the same as the last. I remember thinking, things are never going to change and here we are. Nothing stays the same now and I love it. She has absolutely woken up our sense of adventure, our professional scheduling skills, and our love for living life to the absolute fullest. Lucy is just amazing. 

We are looking forward to every next adventure and every new day! 
And now that you are part of this- hang in there because you are going too. <3