Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

 

Lucy is wearing the onesie that her mama made for her last night, just in time for Halloween. This started out as two men's t-shirts from Value Village, and with a little cutting and sewing and this tutorial as inspiration, it turned into a slightly too small onesie (the orange t-shirt material wasn't quite as stretchy as I thought). I'm not sure why the Incredible Hulk is orange and not green, but it makes for a spot-on color theme, anyway.

The matching hat is also a bit small, even though it was the second one I made (the first one was even more too small). Apparently I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the actual size of Lucy these days! She wore this getup to the farmer's market this morning, and even though her head was the only thing visible where it was sticking out of my coat, we got a lot of "cute pumpkin!" comments.

She is a cute pumpkin.

Hand-knit Lucy

Lucy shows off her hand-knits from Grammy (they get a big thumbs up for warmth and style!).

 

 

Lucy and the terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day

So Lu had a generally lousy day recently, lots of crying, etc. While this was bad for the Broughton household, it was a win for YOU, loyal blog reader, because her pictures (taken just after she stopped crying) are ADORABLE.

Fresh out of the bath...time for bed!

Heard on the Street

"I love her nose. Isn't it adorable? Would you want her to have any other nose?"

Which Celebrity Do YOU Look Like?

The Lu abides.

Which Celebrity Do YOU Look Like?

Exxxxxxxxcellent.

 

Three Months

Dear Lucy,

Today you are three months old.

In the last week, you have giggled for the first time, learned to sleep all night in your crib, and begun grabbing your toys and bringing them all the way to your mouth. Just today you started singing along when your daddy played you Liz Phair songs on his guitar. I was convinced that you were actually shouting in rhythm, but Shaggy didn't seem so sure. It's also possible that he has higher standards for rhythm than I do, but you'll find all that out in due time.

These days your favorite things include the black and white side of the whoozit, your fists, the wooden rattle from Peru, tummy kisses (and foot kisses and hand kisses and cheek kisses), nightly baths, and lying on the sheepskin rug in front of the fire. And of course your mother's lolas (we're learning Spanish body parts!), which supercede all other joys to such an extent that it almost goes without saying. Quite a change from our struggles with nursing in your first month of life!

Things you hate: falling asleep, wet diapers, and car rides longer than 10 minutes. 

It feels simultaneously like three months cannot have passed so quickly and that we have had you for an eternity--sometimes it is hard to picture our pre-Lucy existence. I feel certain that I didn't used to talk so much about bodily fluids, but what did I do with all my free time? More and more you have charmed your little way into my heart.

Your eyes are still blue and your fingers are still long and your hair still has a curl that on my favorite days manifests itself as a tidal wave on the top of your head. I can't get enough of kissing the warm skin on the back of your neck. Happy third monthiversary my sweet Lula!


Love,
Your Mama

Zombie Lucy

Lucy prepares for Halloween.

braaaains!

Giggle Fest

Lucy just came out with her first ever full-on giggle, which is without a doubt the cutest thing I have ever seen. Our Lu has developed her first ticklish spot--bottom rib, right side.

We'll consider this everyone's reward for a miserable night of crib sleeping last night!

"Look Ma, no hard feelings!"

Lucy and Gigi

Lucy met her Gigi for the first time in Virginia in September, and they really hit it off:

 

 

 

 

 

 

East Coast Fan Club

Lucy has quite a few fans on the other side of the country--here are a few more pictures from our visit to Virginia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lucy's First Hike

This weekend we had a visit from our friend Brian and his lovely fiance Thaya. On Monday we took a little jaunt to Multnomah Falls, and though Lucy thoroughly hated her car ride she seemed to enjoy the short hike that followed.

 

 

The Great Sleep Experiment, Part Three

The second week of this experiment has gone quite well. Lucy is beginning to fall asleep like a champ for her morning nap in the crib (she still has days of crying/fussing up to 10 minutes, but nothing like those two bad days last week), and she's even begun staying asleep for more reasonable periods of time. She no longer wakes up at half an hour on the dot, and on two occasions has stayed in the crib for 50 minutes!

She has also had several great nights of sleeping where she goes to sleep around 10, wakes up once to nurse around 3, and then sleeps until 6. Not all nights are like that, but even the bad ones aren't so bad anymore. I'm nervous about how switching to crib sleeping at night is going to effect her new sleep progress, but it has to be done relatively soon (the goal is to transition before she hits 3 months), so we have our fingers crossed.

Fall is in the Air

October is here, the weather is chilly, and fall is in the air.

Lucy in one of her grandma-knitted sweaters.

 Lucy with a cabbage from the farmers market. (This cabbage was the smallest one!)

Amber, Lucy, and Shaggy relaxing on the sheepskin rug.

Queen Lu

Lucy and her West Coast Grandma