My Peanut

Lucy continues to make me smile - her facial expressions, her hair, her smile, her sweet little voice.... I love her! I couldn't resist snapping some pictures of her the other day in her elephant "My Peanut" shirt from Grandma Lori. :)

Our First Pampa Home

Welcome to our home! For those of you who do not know, we are living in an apartment at church as we wait for our home in Chicago to sell. I hope you are ready for a tour, because here we go....

Master Bedroom

Office space

Sitting area

Bathroom

Lucy's room

Lucy's room

Guest-bed and door to outside roof-deck.

Our Kitchenette (once bathroom #2, after a through scrubbing and some creativity, it now functions as our Kitchenette)

Our kitchen storage - I have "McGrovered"(is that what you would say to communicate "Found-a-red-neck-way-of-solving-the-problem?") a way to have power on this side of the kitchenette by using an extension cord - it is bright orange, see it in the first picture of the kitchen? Oh, and you need to have the kitchen light on for it to work. :) Creative? Yes.

I put a card table over the toilet, providing some more counter space and a place for me to decorate a bit. :)

Our "Oven" and Frige. I fill up that white tub with refrigerator items we don't need for the day and switch them out with items we do need that are kept in the big frige down in the church Kitchen.

Our Living/Dining room.

I can't believe how well everything fits!

This is the table from our 301 Winona apt, it fits so much better than our large table would (It is stored in the church garage along with our buffet - the only two pieces of furniture that are not in our apartment!)

We spend most of our time in this room - together as a family. :)

Thanks for taking a tour with me! Feel free to come visit - the guest bed is made and ready for a visitor! :)

(Successful) Tummy Time

If you remember this post - we didn't start out too strong when it came to tummy time. But Lucy has gotten so much better at it!



Ok, to be totally honest (we are horrible parents) Lucy is watching TV in the above pictures - the DIY network (VERY educational), she was learning how to tile a bathroom. :) She held her head up for a record time too! We dont usually let her watch TV...... but it was so fun to see her holding her head so high!

Giggles

For the first time:



I was so excited! She also has laughed at Brad: The other day he was telling her, "Say 'Dada'" and she was cracking up - too cute!!!

Three Months Old

Can you believe it? Three months old already! As Brad and I were watching TV last night, I was looking through old posts here on the blog and I can not believe how big Lucy is getting! Seriously - check out this post and tell me she hasn't gotten HUGE - I can not believe how long her hair has grown too!

I have really enjoyed making these caption collages for Lucy each month. Remember - you can click on the image to see it in a larger size. :)

Lucy is a...

Mirror Mirror on the Wall....

Lucy's reflection provides tons of entertainment! She loves sitting in her Bumbo, in the bathroom or in our bedroom, studying her reflection - sometimes she even talks to herself. It is awfully cute.

"Hi Mom! I'm just talking to my friend."