One Year Photo Shoot

Here are some of my favorite pics from Lucy's 1-Year Photo Shoot...

Fourth of July

We headed north to Laona for the Fourth of July weekend to celebrate with family and enjoy the beautiful weather. We drove up Thursday night and Lucy only managed to SCREAM for the last 30 minutes! Needless to say we couldn't wait to arrive. Lucy enjoyed swimming in the lake, riding on the boats and watching her cousins tube and ski. She even tried tubing herself but was very neutral about the whole experience, so thankfully I only had to tube briefly. Over the weekend she learned to new words "boat" and "dog" and let us know repeatedly that she was interested in seeing these things. She loved playing with and tackling my aunt and uncle's dog Brooke so much so that when she was on the pier, her petting led to an unexpected fall into the lake. I jumped in and got her out quickly with very few tears...hopefully that's the last time that happens! We went to the parade, played on the beach and had lots of dance parties too! It was a fantastic weekend!

Vintage Baby

My sister loves to thrift. She has picked up many cute outfits for Lucy. Here she is in one of my favorites...

Lucy Joins the Band

On Saturday Lucy went to the St. Mary's festival with my parents while Scott and I went to dinner with friends. She loved watching all the people, the french fries and especially the band. Lucy, of course, was dancing like her usual self! The band thought she was so adorable that they invited her up on stage to perform. Lucy danced and played the tambourine. She loved the drums too. The only thing she didn't love was leaving the stage...we are in trouble!!!

Cleaning Lady

Lucy's new found love is cleaning. I can't complain about that and Grandma High swears she didn't teach Lucy all about it (yet:) Lucy will grab a baby wipe or towel and help clean whenever she can. Her expertise is in floors. Here are some snapshots of her in action...

Rocker Chick

Lucy loves guitars. She loves to listen to her Grandpa and her dad play and she dances the whole time. For her birthday her Aunt Kate and Mike bought her her first guitar and she absolutely loves it. She loves to play her guitar. Maybe we have a future rockstar!?!

Father's Day

Today was quite the eventful Father's Day filled with both good and bad events. Our day started off well with presents and hugs from Lucy to Scott...she got him a pair of binoculars he has been wanting for quite some time for who knows what since he is not the hunter or fisher type?!!? We were heading out to North Lake to my aunt and uncle's house, got the van all loaded and realized the keys were in the house...the car and house keys. This was not so good. After much hysterics by me and a pseudo-rescue by my brother Sam, Scott managed to take off a bedroom window, plummet head-first to the ground and rescue the forgotten keys. By the time we arrived at the party we were both laughing at the situation. I only wish I had captured the rescue on tape! The party was great and Lucy was very entertaining and full of kisses for everybody:)

Sneak Peek

Lucy had her one year old photo shoot and here is a sneak peek of her photos...we are very excited to see the rest of them!

Indoor Pool Fun

It is summer right??? The weather has been so unpredictable and I can't figure out why meteorologists even get paid as they are never right in their forecasting. We bought Lucy, got it all setup and ready to go for some sun but the weather hasn't been cooperating just yet. So Lu has been enjoying playing in her pool in the foyer...much to her dad's dissatisfaction at having a giant blow-up pool in the house.

Photo of the Day

Summer vacation has begun! I have a list of things I want to accomplish this summer and since I've been slacking on posting to our blog I decided to add blogging to my "to do" list. My goal is to post a photo of the day and am hoping that it doesn't follow the pattern of the "30 Day Shred" workout program I started and only accomplished the "2 Day Shred." For now I will stay optimistic...

These photos weren't exactly taken today but are cute so I thought this would be a good start!

Dirty after a long day of sand and sun...

Fancy glasses

Fun at the Memorial Day Parade

Happy Birthday Lucy!

can't believe it has been one year since Little Lu arrived...this past weekend we celebrated Lucy's first birthday! Her party theme was "Caterpillar Garden Party." I spent many hours baking 6 cakes to put together a caterpillar cake (well really 8 but 2 didn't quite make it out successfully). My mom and I put the cake together and Scott did the decorating. I also made caterpillar decorations and an adorable barrette for Lucy to wear. She had a great time smashing her cake, playing with family, and opening all her presents. Happy Birthday Lucy!

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Future Dentist???

We are either raising a future dentist or will be visiting one frequently. Ever since Lucy got her first two teeth at 7 months, she has absolutely loved them (once they were in, not actually while they were coming in). With just 2 teeth Lucy discovered they were very useful for opening things such as "Puffs" containers and other snack containers. She is the hit of the playgroup when other parents put the tops on the snack containers and kids realize Lucy has this special talent! Lucy has since gotten 10 more teeth (7 more at once was a blast!) and has figured out other things her teeth are good for. She loves to pick things up with her teeth, tear things with her teeth, and bit her mama! I'm hoping she goes dentist profession route instead.

Lucy's Easter Dance

Lucy loves music...anything to do with music. Whenever she hears a song on the radio, commercial jingle, or a song song by one of us (off tune) she breaks out in dance. Lucy recently acquired a new dance move...

First Vacation

We just returned from our first "Family Vacation" with a little one of our own...and we survived and had a GREAT time! Lucy and I drove down to Hilton Head with my brother and parents and Scott flew down a few days later as he could only stay for part of the trip. The trip was supposed to be 17 hours but took us about 21 on the way down and 18 on the return trip home. Lucy did surprisingly well...much better than all of us anticipated. Sam didn't do too bad himself. Lucy is definitely a BEACH BABY she loved playing in the sand (and eating it too) and enjoyed the waves and the taste of the salt water. It was fun to bike around everywhere and to not have to strap Lu into the car all the time.

Here is a sneak peek of our trip...more fun pics to follow.

10 months of Lucy

It's hard to believe it but Lucy is 10 months already! She is as busy as ever...crawling, standing, dancing all over the place...she is NEVER still. She loves music, books, bath time, and her stuffed animals. Here are a couple recent pics of little Lu...

Snowmaggedon

Well the weatherman was right this time around...we got hit with a major storm last night! Lucy and I enjoyed spending the day hanging out together. Scott, not so much...he spent close to 4 hours plowing us out of our driveway and doorways (as did most people in WI I'm guessing). We were all able to get out and enjoy the snow a little this evening.