painting

this painting was done by cathy woods, a dear woman in our church!

a couple minutes of our life

pretty fun!

gObama

lucy was a champ at our caucus tonight - what a cool thing to be able to do. over 500 people in a middle school gym voting for their candidate. made me very thankful to be an american...we rushed home to meet scott's ivcf leadership team - hence the photo with our friend, vivian. we also celebrated "fat tuesday" - lucy loved the beads. and here are a couple photos of lucy's room. the letters are the latest addition - hung over her crib, made with the leftover fabric from lovey's quilt.

new friend

rylie fletemeyer was born on friday! she and lucy are about 8 months apart. we can't wait until they can pal around together!

cute butt

fleece is the fabric of choice these days...it's cold outside and lucy is doing a lot of crawling on the hard floors inside.

mail!

lucy loves opening the mail...
especially a care package from lovey and papa!
so fun! thanks for all the fun new things, mom and dad!

i don't like to sleep or eat, but if you have something for me to climb, chew, or read, i'm happy!

today was a day of much needed rest (as much rest as one can get with an 8-month old who has a cold and doesn't want to sleep or eat!). we hung out in pjs and lucy climbed and explored, we tried to go for a walk but 40 degrees only sounds warm enough for the bjorn (too windy for us). so we made cookies and read about 25 books and then played on lovey's quilt, in the crib, and on our bed - lucy's latest favorite place to climb and stand and explore the great big world!
she is very fun, even with a cold. such a sweetie.