Ol' Wiggly

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Words Lucy Seems to Understand

kiss
mama
dada
doggie
Lucy
peekaboo
milk
high five

Monday, April 19, 2010

In Memory of Gigi

Lucy's great grandmother, Ruth Katherine Knight Pitzer, "Gigi" to her great grandchildren and "Meama" to the grandkids, passed away last weekend at the age of 90.

Amber, Lucy, and I visited Gigi in Virginia for the first time when Lucy was not quite two months old. I was really excited for Gigi to meet my daughter.

Gigi had a huge smile that never left as she held Lucy for the first time. She kept saying "I love you!" to Lucy over and over, joyously singing "Lu! Lu! Lu!" as if her happiness couldn't be contained. Lucy, who had just started smiling, was fascinated by Gigi, and beamed right back at her. She hadn't smiled at anyone that much before!

As I post these pictures, I am remembering how Meama showed me the same love and affection all these years. There are a lot of grandkids and great-grandkids who miss her.

Weekending

For most of the last week we've had really nice weather, so we've started taking Lucy out in the evenings to sit on the sidewalk and explore the ground. A couple years ago we dug up our front lawn to put in raised garden beds, and we have a back deck instead of a back yard, so we've adopted the front sidewalk and accompanying lawn strip as our official front yard. I like to think of it as a small, pesticide free, local park.

As long as Lucy can get her hands in the rocks and grass and dirt, she doesn't seem to mind one way or the other.

She loves to stare and wave at Rudy, the barking dog that lives across the street, and she gets really excited when Rudy wags her tail.

Being outside so much has also given us a lot of time to get to know the neighbors better. The slightly older kids are very excited about Lucy, especially the parts where you can throw grass on her head and try to get her to eat flowers. ("She'll eat anything!")