More Lucy stories

Lucy is sick, yet again.  The girl can't catch a break.  This time around she has a double ear infection.  She's been sleeping terribly for about a week now, with only very minor cold symptoms, which I had as well, so I wondered what her deal was.  But a couple of nights ago she woke up with a high fever again and was up literally all night long screaming and kicking and thrashing around in our arms.  So, I made our millionth trip to the doctor's office this season and he found that she had her first ear infection.  I'm seriously hoping the meds kick in soon because we're all way too sleep deprived around here.  Usually I try and be the one to get up with Lucy during the night since Ryan has to go in early to work and be attentive and awake, but this time around when he volunteered to go get her during the night, I willingly took him on it.  Also, I don't eat too differently when I'm stressed, but when I am sleep deprived, all I want is junk food.  I'm currently eating spoonfuls of leftover chocolate frosting right now.  So yeah, this needs to stop. :)  Anyway, here's a few tidbits from the few days we've had between Lucy's illnesses.

Last Saturday while I was running errands, Ryan and Lucy were at home playing together.  Lucy got a runny nose and so Ryan asked if she would go get a tissue for him to wipe her nose with.  She said yes but kind of toddled around for a bit so he thought she forgot about it or didn't understand.  A few minutes later though, Lucy came running out of the bathroom to Ryan with the end of the toilet paper in her hand!  It was still connected to the roll in the bathroom, but she grabbed it and ran to Ryan with it.  haha.  

 As I've mentioned before, Lucy loves bags and purses.  This particular day she was incredibly attached to these two bags and walked around ALL day (no exaggeration) with them like this.  I had to go to Wal-Mart, Target, and a doctor's appointment and she refused to leave the house and car without these in hand.  We even played outside later and she carried these all around the yard and block.  Silly (and very stubborn) little girl!  Also, I think it is impossible to get a non-blurry picture of a toddler... always on the move!

 Lucy's hair has been getting so long and while it's been growing fast, the top is still a little too short to pull back.  That being said, the back of her hair was crazy the other day, so I just gave her her first ponytail and used a bow to hold back some of the top hair. I think it makes her look so old! Cute, but old.