How we roll

We had to run some errands at the mall last week and Lucy decided by the end that she had had enough walking.  Since we only brought our single stroller, we improvised.  

More grammy fun (part 1)

My mom's friend had to drive a van from Utah to Cleveland, so my mom joined her for the ride.  She came down here to Columbus on Tuesday and will be here for a whole week!  We love having her here and, once again, her timing worked out perfectly because Ryan was gone on business this whole week and the girls were both teething and absolutely nuts the whole week.  I desperately needed her help and by the end of each day we were both completely wiped out!

All toys were pulled out: the princesses, the kitchen, the slide, blocks, strollers, etc.

 Lucy always "tippy-toe dances" to the princess music on her little people castle, but she's never really figured out how to stand on her tippy toes intentionally, so my mom was teaching her. 

 Had to pause for a minute to hike up her pants. :)

 Reading with her "hat" on.

 It was 3 degrees outside and windy, yet Lucy was begging to go outside.  I can't usually do this since that is way too cold for Claire and so my mom had pitty on her and took her for a walk around the block and pulled her in the sled all over the place.  My neighbor even texted me "I think Lucy needs some more snow." haha.  This is one of her favorite things to do.

Another catch-up post (hopefully the last)

These series of pictures of the girls are not the best quality and I'm too lazy to try and edit them, but I thought the girls looked pretty cute and they had a fun time playing around on my bed.  And these pictures probably all look the same to everyone else, but I love them each individually because of the different looks or smiles they have in each one.

I was playing with Lucy one day and had to stop to help Claire for a little while.  When I came back, she was totally in her own world for a long time.  I love watching her play by herself, especially when she doesn't know I'm watching.  She set up each piece in the pictures below very deliberately.  She had something going on in her head and I'm not sure what.  She did this exact same setup the next day or two as well. It's like her princesses were putting on a little play and the bookshelves were their stage.  I loved it.

 She even put the baskets on each side.

 Lucy refused to nap one day, so I put a bunch of books and a box of toys in with her.  A few minutes later, every inch of her crib was covered with stuff.  And of course she fell asleep on top of it after a while and I had to wake her up shortly after that if I wanted her to go to bed at night (it was already almost 5pm).

The temperature "warmed up" (relatively speaking) and we were all going crazy inside, so I loaded up my girls and went for a run around whatever streets were snow and ice free.  Claire zonked out and Lucy climbed on top of her and started shouting her name in her face just to wake her up and have some fun! haha.  We buckled her in after that.

 We brought out all of our bikes and outside toys, and several neighbors joined in the fun.

 We still had to wrap up pretty warm!

A week or so ago when we were bored and stuck inside, we decided to give Claire some rice cereal and see how she did.  She really liked it and eventually figured out (kind of) how to suck off the spoon and not spit it all right back out with her tongue.  After that experience though, I was reminded how messy feeding a baby is and haven't given it to her since then.  We'll give it another month. :)

 Lucy was playing in my room while I was in the bathroom getting ready one morning and she sat in the corner with a bunch of her dollhouse dolls and ripped up most of the tissues left in a kleenex box.

 She then got up on the bed and sprinkled the pieces around like snow.  As if we didn't have enough outside already. :)  But I like her imagination.

 One day while driving in the car, Ryan looked back in his mirror and realized Lucy was putting two fingers in her nose at once.  She thought she was hilarious, as did we.  But of course this just encouraged it more, so it was the last time we laughed at it.  Thankfully she's already forgotten about it.

Claire sat up for the first time all by herself last Sunday (February 23rd)!  She did it for a solid 5 minutes at least and has done it each day since.  People always dread when their babies become more mobile, but since mine hate laying down and being put in anything like swings and bouncers, I get excited to have them get more mobile so they can be entertained easier and be happier not being held.

After getting dressed a few days ago, Lucy decided to put her pajama shirt on her head like this and call it her "hat."  She left it like this for a while and acted like it was no big deal until I asked her about it and started laughing and took a picture of it.  Silly girl!

Valentine's Day

This year for Valentine's Day, Ryan and I ordered Chipotle for dinner and made mac and cheese for Lucy.  We were all happy.  We all exchanged some small valentine's day treats at the dinner table.  We put the kids to bed, watched a redbox movie (ironman 3, because I really love Ryan), and had chocolate caramel fondue.  It was a great day spent with the ones I love!

Started off the day right with heart pancakes.

Tried to get her to smile for a picture, which she hates.

 So she went with the dramatic, no-smile look. 

 And this girl was all smiles all day.

Man, I love my three valentines!

Our fondue we ate during the movie after the girls were in bed.  Mmmm, mmm...

How Lucy really feels about candy

Okay, so the following are 7 awfully lit pictures from valentine's day that pretty much all look exactly the same of me and Claire, but the progression of Lucy's face in regards to the piece of candy she is holding cracks me up.  This is truly how she feels about treats.

Catch-up post #2

Lucy loves sliding down her slide with all of her stuffed animals and babies.

 She HATES wearing anything but her pajamas these days, and she HATES having her air brushed, since I knew we weren't leaving the house this day and it was FREEZING outside, I caved and called it a pajama day.  Lucy couldn't have been more excited.

 Taking "pictures" with her phone.

 Taking a picture of the snow outside (I was just doing this a minute before her).

 And taking a selfie, which is funny since I never take them.  She must have seen it somewhere.

Can't. Get. Enough. Of. Those. Cheeks.

 I've never used this part of my mixer with Lucy around before, yet when I finished making the frosting and handed it to her, she knew just what to do with it!  Of course.  Who wouldn't, though?

 Getting your molars is not fun.  I've said it before and I'll say it again.  I am planning an awesome party for when this chica is done teething.  It has been rough with her.  Waking up screaming every hour or two all night long, and meltdowns, tantrums, kicking, and screaming all stinking day long.  The poor girl's gums have been bleeding for the last month though because of it.  I tell you, she has had a rough go with this teething stuff.

 Oh hello, sweet cheeks!

Lucy cracks me up.  I was down trying to take some pictures of Claire trying to roll over and she had enough of that, so she just bent down and stuck her face in the camera lens right when I took a picture.  Just trying to get mom's attention (not that she is deprived of it!)

Another sleeping picture.  Pretty sure there are duplicates of a bunch of these from my other catch-up post, but oh well.