Happy Easter!

Here's a few more pictures for Grandma and MaMa - Hope everyone had a beautiful day.  It has been absolutely gorgeous in Oregon this weekend.  This type of weather makes you want to live here forever and tides you over through the rain until the next beautiful weekend!

Awww...isn't she sweet!

This photo was taken around Valentine's day when Luci was 2 1/2.  She's growing so fast!  Next week we start swim lessons again (she says pool lessons) and we will also be doing gymnastics.  She is all muscle, so I am sure gymnastics will be a lot of fun for her.

Luci is a busy little girl who loves her school and her friends, but she really just likes to be with mommy and daddy.  She is smart as a whip and has an excellent memory.  Her vocabulary is growing and she is sure to ask what something means if she doesn't know.  Tonight David told her something was too "pedantic" and she wanted to know what that meant!

I say isn't she sweet, but we are really starting to hit some of those typical 2 year old tantrums.  It's hard not to laugh at them sometimes because they are so dramatic.  But I guess life can be pretty stressful when you are two. 

Luci is 2!!

Birthday cake #1 at Aunt Pat's house.

Silly, loveable little Luci!

She loves her new playhouse!

David got her a really cool popsicle maker.  It makes instant popsicles.

New bike but suddenly refuses to wear her helmet.  She's two for sure!

Happy Easter!

Holy smokes...time flies!  Here's our sweet, little, lovable, funny Luci.  She's almost 20 months and oh so amazing.  She's talking more and more each day.  Loves to say her friend's names over and over.  She is such a good helper - in the kitchen, cleaning up, with the babies at daycare.  We think she is pretty smart too!  I've neglected posting because we skype so often with family that they get to see her almost in person.  Luci is learning to jump and is a little daredevil.  While visiting Florida last week, she was jumping off the couch at GG's house, but thankfully her daddy was there to catch her.  We enjoyed the sun so much there and are looking forward to sunny days in Oregon.  Got one today - perfect for an Easter egg hunt this morning.

Love that fall is here!

It's been a while...we've been busy!  With the return of the school year and weekends filled with so much to do, we've found no time to share much Luci news.  Today I am home with a sick little Luci and have had a chance to post some pictures from August on the Picasa sight.  The link is to the right.

Luci has been sick a lot since July.  Before we went to Utah in July, Luci had bronchitis.  She got it again in August and now AGAIN! the end of September.  I took her to the doctor today and he decided it is asthma!  She'll be on a steroidal inhaler twice a day for a while.  I'm glad to get this figured out because the poor little thing has been having such a hard time.  Not only did she have bronchitis in August, but she got a stomach flu that lasted over a week.  David and I got it too, but fortunately for us it was only a 24 hour bug.  She was well for about a week and then got a little tummy bug again that she so kindly shared with me.  Getting the call from daycare today to go get her was upsetting but now that she'll be using the inhaler, I am hoping she will be a much happier little girl.

Luci loves to climb!  If you take her to the park, she will quickly be at the top of the play structure.  She climbs the ladder then slides down the slide with a huge grin on her face.  She is signing more words - hungry, bottle, more, please, thank you.  Daycare is teaching her manners!  She talks a whole lot - but I have no clue what she is saying!  She loves the ladies at Noah's Ark, her daycare.  Thank goodness!

We are looking forward to October.  We'll be flying to Newark for Patrick and Amanda's wedding.  We can't wait.  David gets to spend 10 days, but Luci and I only get 4.  Sure do wish we had more time with all of them!

First bite of cake and icing!! More b-day festivities to come...

Eight months - Nine months - no time at all!

 Luci is growing so fast and she keeps us very, very busy.  We have had no time to share stories and photos with all of you.  Some fast stats - her head is HUGE!  She just had her nine month appointment and the nurse measured her head, left to get the %tiles, came back and said "Let me measure one more time.  It seems a little big."  Uh - no - that's right - she got the big noggin' straight from her mom and her dad.

Luci now has 6 teeth - they just keep popping out.  She's clapping her hands - and what a sweet little sound that is.  She's saying "dadadadada" and "mamamama" a lot and knows exactly who she is talking about.  Luci continues to be an amazing sleeper.  She is standing for up to 10 seconds without holding on to anything - so close to walking!

She loves to be outside, playing in the grass.  We went to Arcata, CA this past weekend and she thought the beach/sand was so cool.  We really let her play in it this time - unlike the past.  She loves for you to chase her around, sing songs, make funny faces, and just entertain her til her hearts content.  Our hearts are filled with love for our sweet little Luci.