And Baby Makes Three

Make sure your volume is turned up high so you can hear her. I had to go all stealth on her since she clams up whenever she sees me recording her, so the sound is quite low. It’s still super cute, though!

Dear Lucy,
I cannot believe you have already been in our family for three months. You are such a joy to have around. Saying that makes me sound like your grandma (because that’s something she would say), but it’s the truth. You fill our lives with so much happiness. Sure, you have your fussy moments (usually when we need you to *not* fuss), but you’re also such a happy baby. You smile all the time — when I get you up in the mornings, when we make faces at you and when you and Daddy have your play time.

What else have you done in the last month? You coo and “talk” to us now. We can tell you’re going to be a chatterbox once you finally do start talking. You “talk” to us constantly! You hold your head up a lot more. Sure, it still lolls to the side at times, but you don’t like to lean it against us anymore. When we’re holding you, you pull your head up and hold it straight. You’re a determined little girl.

You’ve also started to laugh. It’s the sweetest noise ever, and it ranks right up there in cuteness with your coughs and sneezes (which are ridiculously adorable). And, you love music. You kick your little legs along to the music on TV shows, and you love Abba. It’s our “car” music. We listen to it every day when I take you to the babysitter’s. You’re my little Dancing Queen.

Oh, and did I mention that you found your feet? You *love* your feet. You sit and stare at them for hours as you kick them, turn them back and forth, and then you look at us with this expression on your face like you want to say, “Hey! Did you know I have FEET???” I *love* watching you discover new things.

Although I get a little sad and nostalgic as each month passes, I look forward to seeing you grow and being able to do more and more things with you. You’re my little Sunshine.

I love you,
Mommy

We had such a great Valentine’s Day with our little family. We decided this year we wanted to celebrate with Lucy since she’s our little Valentine. We were going to go out to dinner Friday after work but because of the snow storm that hit our area, the roads were bad so restaurants were closing and we wanted to get home before the temperature dropped even lower making the roads even icier.

On Saturday night, we headed out to Antonino’s, a local Italian restaurant. The food was OK but wasn’t great. I definitely wish we had gone to our old favorite, Armando’s! When we were shown to our table, everyone in our section looked at us and you could tell they were apprehensive of us bringing a baby. However, Lucy was perfectly quiet the entire time. I was so proud of her! One funny note about this restaurant — it takes reservations and looks like a very nice restaurant, yet the tables are covered with plastic table cloths and the napkins are paper! I find that amusing.

Joe had to work all day on Valentine’s Day as manager on duty at the museum. Lucy and I visited him for lunch, and when he got home we exchanged small Valentine’s as his present from me has yet to be delivered. He got me yummy Hershey’s Pot of Gold mixed chocolates and a cute teddy bear, and I got him TWILIGHT candy hearts. I’m the best.wife.evar. Joe is now on Team Jasper.

Today, Joe gave me my actual present which he didn’t have yesterday since I decided at the last minute that I didn’t want what I had originally asked for. He got me a charm with Lucy’s birthstone. I *love* it. It’s something I’ve wanted, and he wanted to get it for me when Lucy was born but it wasn’t really possible since we didn’t know if she would come in November or December.

We also got Lucy her first Valentine’s card from us. She really didn’t care, but it’ll be good to put in her scrapbook.

We had a great Valentine’s this year, but next year we’ll probably be getting a babysitter. How about you? What did you do for Valentine’s Day?

When the meteorologists say we are expected to get snow here in metro Atlanta, I never believe them. Snow doesn’t usually happen here, and if we do get snow, it melts as soon as it hits the ground. Last week, though, the meteorologists were right. The snow started falling early Friday afternoon and didn’t let up until late that night. It was nice looking out the window at work and seeing everything covered in white.

When we got home, we took Lucy out for a few minutes. She was OK with everything until I put her feet in the snow. Then, she wasn’t too thrilled. She’s the cutest little snow bear ever, though!

The next day, the snow was still around in the morning, so we went back out. Lucy didn’t last too long (I think it might have been a little cold for her), so we built a small snowman before heading back in.

By the afternoon, most of the snow had melted, but our snowman was standing strong.

We got a couple of inches total. We were supposed to get more yesterday but didn’t. I found it humorous that the meteorologist on one of the Atlanta TV stations said it was currently snowing in Cartersville, yet there was nothing falling. So ends the great snowstorm of 2010.