Another niece!

My sister had her third baby today, another little (actually, pretty big) girl!  I'm so glad she made here safe and healthy.  I can't wait to meet her sometime but until then, picture texts will have to do.  Congrats Lisa and Brandon!

Date night

Ryan's work Christmas party was on Saturday night at Hyde Park Steakhouse in downtown Columbus.  It was a lot of fun with amazing food.  Obviously it would be awkward to take pictures there, so we snapped a quick one before we left.

My mom came down that morning from Cleveland and while Ryan and I went on our date, she and Lucy had one of their own.  I just need to add in here that we had a miracle and direct answer to my prayers: Lucy did not cry for my mom.  It helped that she was already having a really good, non-fussy day.  That and the fact that she had all day to warm up to my mom really helped.  Although it certainly didn't take all day for Lucy to get used to her.  After just a few hours, Ryan and I were busy doing things here and there and Lucy was totally happy and entertained without us as long as my mom was playing with her.  They went up and down the stairs a bunch, played with her toys, read books, sang songs, chased each other, ate snacks, and she even had fun watching my mom sew (obviously my mom was careful with that one).  They had so much fun!  We said our goodbyes and then snuck out the door while my mom was feeding Lucy dinner.  She didn't cry at all- not even when my mom put her down to sleep!  Although she did wake up crying before we got home, but that's pretty typical for us, too.  Can you believe all of that?!  I was so happy.  And can you tell that I put my mom to work? :)  I ask her to come down and then make her sew projects, entertain and feed my baby, and then babysit.  Of course she loves to do all of that, so I know she doesn't mind, but I appreciated the help a ton.  Thanks again, mom!!

Zzzzzz.....

We never get to go in and look at Lucy sleeping because she is usually such a light sleeper and we don't want to wake her up.  This particular day though I had to wake her up because it was getting really late already and I wanted her to go to sleep at a decent time.  When I walked in, she looked so cute, but her reaction to me was funny.

In chronological order...

Just snoozing away in a comfortable position... ;)

 She heard the camera and saw the flash and rolled over to see what was going on...

 Then gave me a look that told me how annoyed she was....

 Then she found her pacifier and put it back in her mouth.....

 And promptly fell right back to sleep. :)

Haha.  Tired girl!

Splish Splash

Lucy has always liked to play around in her bath but this night in particular she really got splashing and laughing.  I love how at the end the splashing gets so crazy that she ends up slapping her belly too. :)

Ninja baby

This girl gets into total giggle fits where everything makes her laugh really hard.  This night, it was kicking her legs up in the air as high as she could, and Ryan tickling her. haha.  Every time she got up, she'd fall right back on her back and start kicking.

Lucy Walking

Just some videos of Lucy Goosey walking around.  This was a week ago and since then she has started walking everywhere, standing up without grabbing onto anything to pull herself up, and going back down the stairs instead of just up.

Why does everyone always tell me I'm in trouble when she starts walking and that I will regret wanting her to walk so bad?!  This is great!  She can get to what she wants!!  She's already into everything without walking, so why not just up and walk?  Those are my thoughts on that.  You're welcome.

Ryan's thoughts on my shopping

This happened via text message today, but since I don't have a fancy smart phone to just upload a picture of the convo, I guess I'll have to go old school and type it out:

Me: I have good news and bad news, and they are the same.  I went shopping and found stuff I actually like.
Ryan: Oh good.  Buy it now.
Me: I did.
Ryan: Good job!  Way to go!

He cheered me on! haha.  How did I get so lucky? :)

(It probably helps that I very rarely shop for clothes anymore.  In fact I will probably end up returning most of what I purchased.  I have issues.)