…when you try to feed a baby that likes to feed herself.
NOONE is safe.
Also, why is it so difficult to find a decent umbrella stroller in this town? Is it so wrong to not want an SUV-sized stroller, or a cheap $15 deathtrap with Winnie The Pooh all over it? I should have just ordered it online.
A new week….and some new video evidence of how much Lucy rules.
We’ll start out with one of her trying to crawl. Seriously, she’s just about there. She knows what she needs to do, there just needs to be a few little things she needs to figure out. This video also features her playing her xylophone/piano thingy, squealing, getting mad, and more!
Next up we have one I took yesterday morning of her kicking, wiggling, moving, yelling, squealing, and just about anything else she does. I also accidentally make her fall on her face at about 2:10, which for some reason I found extremely funny. She also plays with my shoes and talks to the cat.
Lastly, last night Jamie sat Lucy down with some broccoli and some potatoes. What happened shows not only her dedication to solid food and her desire for culinary independence, but how quickly she can just lose it. I had to cut the video short because she had a meltdown. She had a long day that day and not as much napping as she needed. Still, good stuff.
Last night was the first time that Lucy and I had the place to ourselves for the night. More importantly, it was the first time that Jamie had a night without Lucy. She’s up in the Twin Cities for work, and it was just us last night. I was nervous, but optimistic. I tried feeding her some baked potato, but she hated it. She didn’t like the chicken and whatever chunky babyfood, so we walked down to the store and got some bananas. We shared one on the way home.
We played outside until it was time for her night time bottle, which she thankfully took down with no problems. It was still a little early, so I tried playing with her, but she kept nuzzling into me…which means she’s ready for bed. Putting her down wasn’t too difficult…then it was just waiting to see when she’d start waking up. She woke up pretty much every hour, and around 1 AM I took her downstairs and fed her a full bottle, which she gulped down so fiercely that I could hear it splashing into her little gullet. She was pleased and went back to sleep.
From there she woke up again a few more times, and I took her into the bed with me for the last couple of restless hours of her night. We got up around 6, made coffee, showered, ate Cheerios together, and I had her at daycare by 7:30. She was very pleasant for the most part, and even though I know she missed her mom, she let me do what we needed to do to get the two of us going.
Jamie should be home for Lucy’s bedtime feed tonight, so that’ll be nice. More pictures and video coming soon.
Eek. A whole week without new Lucy! How did you all manage? So here’s what’s been happening:
-She came down with some of the nastiest diaper rash I’ve ever seen. She’s going to the doctor, since it’s just torturing the poor thing. We weren’t able to go to the pool last week, either. 
-She’s just about there, as far as crawling goes. She knows what she needs to do, she just needs to figure out how to do it. She’s trying very hard, and it’s frustrating.
-We’ve resigned ourselves to the fact that she’s going to be getting up at night for a while. She just doesn’t want to be alone, and I really honestly cannot blame her.
-She’s eating a lot of different things now. She had some fajita chicken I made yesterday, and she’s absolutely crazy about the maple scones at the Blue Heron (aren’t we all??). She’ll basically almost eat anything that she’s allowed (and not allowed) to have.
-In two weeks Jamie and Lucy will be flying to Salt Lake City to visit her Great Grandma Rusie, a big fan of the site. I wish I could come along, but it’s important for them to go. I have a few projects to work on. I’ll miss them terribly.
So here’s some video. This first one was taken last week. She has this foam book she likes to chew on….but she sometimes gets mad since she can’t fit the whole thing in her mouth. She’s also showing off her sitting up skills:
So today after work I wanted to get some video of her chewing on her new toy. I don’t know what it’s called, but she loves it. So I grabbed the camera. Here’s what happened first:
Then, after I picked her up and consoled her a bit, we tried again. Almost….then…
So I cleaned her up and then pressed record again. Then the cuteness came. I mean, it was always there, but we didn’t have trivial distractions:
Here’s some new pictures to start the week. Jamie hosted a baby shower for our friend Trish on Saturday, and there was a pasta salad made. I saved some noodles and thought Lucy would enjoy eating them. She liked playing with them, but really didn’t enjoy eating them, and lost her temper. Earlier that morning, we went out to get some scones while Mom slept and stopped at a couple of garage sales, where we got that toy that she’s playing with in the bottom picture. She loves it. Yesterday we all took a long walk, and Lucy enjoyed playing outside in her playpen. We also discovered that she LOVES grilled peaches.
This week has been difficult. Lucy’s sleeping at night is totally unpredictable and erratic…and she seems to be awake more than she’s asleep. So we’ve been tired all week. I haven’t had the energy to work on anything new for her page, but I have been meaning to post this. When I made the latest Lucy DVD, I put in a photo slideshow set to some music after all the videos. It’s pictures posted on here, but it’s kind of neat.
Hopefully I’ll have some new stuff after the weekend. She’s been a good baby during the day, it’s just the nights that are difficult. It will pass….it will pass…it will?
Here’s just a few for Monday morning. We had a good weekend, sleep was pretty good, and she was in a good mood for the most part. I think she grew again!
Here’s some new baby pictures. See how much she loves bananas? What a little sweetie. She’s been sleeping better, too!
Well! Lucy’s sure been good at letting us know that she will NOT sleep at night. So, here’s a bunch of stuff for you to look at, since I don’t want to get into it. 
First up, we have some scans that I did this morning. There’s pictures of Lucy playing at daycare, pictures of the four of us at the RTP picnic, and one of Lucy all decked out for the 4th of July at daycare. Also, there’s a couple of videos. One is of Lucy playing and looking into a mirror, which was taken by Molly. The other one is of Lucy sitting up and playing with her toys like a big girl.
Please sleep, Lucy.
Also, Molly’s page has been updated with her photo booth strip and a video interview we did yesterday. 
I took this quick video yesterday after we got home from daycare. It’s funny the things we do to get a laugh or smile out of a baby. One thing you may also notice…she’s FAT! Look at those meaty legs and belly!