Playing...

I love to play with my Lucy girl!

Peek-a-boo with Sophie the giraffe

Tummy time on the bed

So cute!

Lucy found her feet!

A few of my favorite things...

I'll start the blog with something that is not my favorite- THE HEAT!! I am SO OVER this heat. If you ask anyone who knows me well, knows that summer is my least favorite time of the year. Even more so this year with this ridiculous heat. I mean, seriously- I got really depressed over the 10-day weather forecast that showed the highs at 105 for the next 10 days. Depressing.

So, to beat the heat, these are some of my new favorites in my freezer. Just enough ice cream and chocolate to hit the spot and only 90 calories and very yummy! Snickers are the best... :)

If my water wasn't in one of these babies, I would have a difficult time drinking enough water like I should. Mike calls them the adult sippy cups because you suck the top to get water out and they don't spill. Fabulous. I'm on my second sippy cup because I wore the first one out right before Lucy was born.

 These don't have anything to do with the heat, but they are one of my favorite things- Lucy spits up quite a bit and could use a bath about twice a day. But, I don't have time for two baths (and my back would not appreciate bending over like that twice a day!), so these are the greatest! Fabulous for cleaning around her neck, where all that milk accumulates (gross!). And they smell good. :)

And, last but not least, where would I be without a little Starbucks? I usually go for lattes, but with this heat, the thought of a hot drink made me a little ill. So, in comes my new fave, a tall, coffee frappuccino light, sans whip. Oh, so fabulous and so cold. Great for an afternoon pick-me-up (and cheaper than a latte!).

Mad skills

That's right...projectile liquid poop explosion that landed all the way into the wipes box, even dripping down the changing table onto the carpet.
Needless to say, we had an early morning bath.

3 months old!

My sweet Lucy is 3 months old today! How can that be? They say time flies when they are little, and although I remember the first three months pretty clearly, it has certainly gone by fast!

Here's what we've been up to lately:

-practicing our exercises so that we can lift our legs, head and neck well! This pic was mid-shot of her reaching for her feet/toes, which she just started doing the past couple of days

- hanging out with our families- here's Lucy with Aunt Lane!

- celebrating Lucy's first Fourth of July! No fireworks this year, just hanging out with friends by the pool and family at night.

Crazy to think that last Fourth of July was spent in NYC in the Harbor on a boat watching the fireworks and little Lucy was no where in the picture. :)

Lucy LOVES to sleep on people. It's where she takes her best naps. Here she is sleeping on Aunt Liz

Most weekends are spent by the pool with friends. Lucy does pretty well in the water, but also takes great naps in her bouncy seat in the shade. Do you see a trend? Great naps don't occur in her crib.

Other fun facts about my sweet girl:

- I am finding that she is a pretty chill/relaxed little girl. She's pretty easy-going, except when she is hungry or tired. She goes with the flow, does great while running errands, can nap in the car seat, in my arms, on the couch, etc (just not in her crib!).

- She loves her pacifier, but she is also likes to suck on her hands and will chow down on them like there's no tomorrow

- She's a champ with childcare- I started back to work part-time this past week, and she has done GREAT! I think it was harder on me than it was with her.

- Lately, she has been waking up about once a night to eat and usually goes back to sleep pretty easily after eating.

- We're still on a 3-4 hour schedule (eats every 3 hours or so, then plays and then cat-naps)

- She has amazing neck strength and head control, can push up on her tummy to 90 degrees and has rolled from her tummy to back several times

- She has the best smile and loves to smile and coo- I feel like she's going to burst out in laughter any day now!

- She loves bathtime! (Just like her mommy!)

- She is now into having a massive blow-out diaper about every 5-6 days, with nothing (poop-wise) in between. I have been assured by our pedi that this is normal for breast-feeding babies.... I had to go and buy Tide stain stuff and Oxyclean stain sticks just for these occasions.

She is such a sweet little girl and I can't believe she's 1/4 of a year old already!!

First Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to the best dad! Lucy is so lucky to have such a helpful and supportive father. He is a great example of a godly husband and I love knowing that she will grow up watching how a husband should love and serve his wife. Her future husband will have big shoes to fill one day!! I love how his heart's desire is to love, protect, teach and provide for our little one. I couldn't have gone through the past 2 months without him!

Lucy's Quilt

My mom made this beautiful quilt for Lucy! She is so talented and I love how the quilt has so many fun colors and patterns, it even has her initials! We used it this morning for our playgroup- all the babies loved chilling on the quilt! (too bad I didn't take a picture!!)

2 months old!

 My sweet Lucy is 2 months old!! Can't believe how fast time has flown!
She is 22 3/4" inches (75th percentile!) and 10 pounds, 7.5 ounces (50th percentile), with her head circumfereance in the 25th percentile (I think 37 cm).

She is so smiley and happy in the mornings- her smiles and cooes bring tears to my eyes and melt my heart! She has the neck strength of a four-month old with hardly any head-lag, when pulled up to sit. She's not a huge fan of tummy time, but loves to push up and hold her head up when laying on my chest. She likes to tease her mommy with occasional nights where she sleeps 6-7 hours, but lately she has been waking up every 4 hours or so... still trying to work on sleeping all the way through the night.

Fun things this month:
- sucessfully gone on her first camping trip with Daddy's roomates from college and their families! Yay for air-conditioned cabins! She also loved swimming in the salt-water pool while we were there. (more to come on another post)
- attended Uncle Sergei's high school graduation at the Dallas Convention Center
- gone to church twice (not quite in childcare yet....this will start next week!)
- taken her first trip to Waco for Aunt Carolyn and Uncle Daniel's birthday celebrations- she did great in the car to and from!
- did great with transitioning from sleeping in her Pack and Play to sleeping in her crib!
- finished up Square One with mom, a new moms class at Watermark. We met many new friends while in the class and hope to continue to meet as a playgroup!
- visited Aunt Liz in Denton for lunch
- visited Aunt Amy, Uncle David, cousins William, Nathan and Kathryn in Fort Worth to watch Daddy and other family members help build a new fence
- attended lots of Serna family celebration dinners (May and June are big birthday days!!)
- attended her first Bachelorette watching party at Aunt Paige and Uncle Marcos's house. Loved her snuggle time with Grandmommy and slept for 7 hours straight!!
- was a trooper getting her 2 month shots, although she was really fussy later that afternoon and evening- Mommy had Daddy come to the doctor's visit for moral support for the shots.

We are loving our sweet Lucy- she makes us smile every day and is such a joy!