Feeling Grateful.

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Mobile Lucy

Lucy had her 6 month appt this last week (were we a couple of weeks behind because of the holidays)

Her stats were

Length - 27 inches (75%)

Weight - 17lbs 3 oz (50%)

Head Circ - 43 cm (25%)

about the same percentiles she has been. Im sure that height will start to taper off soon.

I cannot believe how big she is and even more than that the my 6.5 month old is full blown crawling, not scooting or army crawling but crawling and fast fast. She is gone in 3 seconds is you leave her be. If I am hanging up clothes in her closet, she is down the hall and to the stairs before I know it. SHe is also pulling herself up on anything and everything, including her crib, and trying to stand on her bumper to lean over the top. Why is my 3rd starting the so soon. Its too early for having to buckle her tight into the high chair cuz she tries to stand in it. Oh Lucy Lucy. What is your hurry?

At 6 months Lucy's favorite things are

her siblings

snacks she can feed herself (puffs, yogurt melts)

oatmeal, grain or rice cereal or bananas

toys she can bite on

biting everyone with her 2 tiny new teeth

saying dadadadadada, and new this week mah mah mah and bah bah

crawling around with no restriction, she doesnt like when I barricade her into a certain spot

her crib for bedtime

baths on the floor of mommys shower

putting everything in her mouth

being read to (for the first 2 mins)

sitting in her saucer in the playroom while the kids play

when Daddy gets home

when I get her out of bed in the morning, i love happy babes in the morning

at 6 months Lucy does not love

sitting still anywhere

getting buckled into the carseat, once she is buckled she chills

going down for a nap when the other kids are still playing

getting dressed or changed

cuddling or even laying on my shoulder, she is too big for that nonsense

holding her own bottle, I try and try...

Not may things no the dislike list cuz Lucy is the best baby. She easy going and always smiling.

We love having Lu around.

Now if I could only get her to stay in one place for more than 10 seconds...

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P.S.

Check out what Lucy was sporting Christmas morning when we got her up. Her two front teeth!

She is getting so big. Crawling, cruising, pulling herself up on everything. And not even 7 months old yet.

I'm still obsessed.

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Smoot Cabinning

(Ady with my 2 little sisters, Aunt Christa and Aunt Breanna)

A couple days after Christmas we took Eric's parents and joined my family up at their cabin in Wyoming. The Lovells came down with the flu the night before so they could not make it. A major bummer for our kids.

But we had a great time, Dec 28th is both my dad and Eric's dad Jim's birthday so we had a big celebration dinner made by the Kandell men. It was great.

Lucy spent most of her cabin time, eating and being spoiled with attention.

And we got to play in the snow, snomobiling, tubing and freezing. I am so not a winter girl. But my kids were in heaven. We are starting them out young on the snomobiles like I was. They love it.

Ady even let us pull her behind the snomobile on a tube. And excuse the dude wearing the burglar looking mask on the tube with her. It's Eric. And he looks creepy.

(Jim pulling Eric trying to go off a jump)

So glad we got to spend time with both our families on the cabin trip. Not sure how my brother Spencer avoided being in any photos. He probably didn't think he looked pretty and hid from my camera.

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Christmas Morning

{Christmas EVe right before bed in their Christmas pj's}

We had a great Christmas morning at home with the kids and Eric's parents. On Christmas Eve after all our dinner guests had left, Santa's elves dropped off some new pj's for everyone.

And the kids headed off to bed, although it took them awhile to actually fall asleep.

Christmas Morning we started with stockings then moved downstairs to the kids tree. They were ecstatic opening all their gifts and thoroughly enjoyed every minute of the process.

Lucy's favorite and pretty much only gift was a new highchair which she loved sitting in all morning overseeing the gift opening.

After the presents were opened and being played with Eric and Grandpa Jim made a big breakfast and Uncle Bandele came over to eat and play with the kiddos.

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