Rolly Polly

oh sweet success.

Jumperoo

Lucia testing out her new jumperoo.

Exploring the toys.

It's a keeper.

numm numm numm

Today was the big day. Lucia's first experience with food.

The menu: organic whole grain rice cereal mixed with a splash of mother's milk.

We expected it to be a trial run so she could get the idea of food being presented to her in a new way, though we were surprised at how well she did. She dug right in and finished the whole bowl, which was about 1.75ounces. We were even more shocked when she asked us to pass salt! Oh that Lucia.

After a couple days of plain old rice cereal she enjoyed a nice tasty frozen banana for dessert.

. . . so big.

Lucia is . . . so big.

To commemorate Lucia's 5-month birthday we played a little dress up.

Lucia today wearing the preemie size diaper that she wore as a newborn.

Wearing one of her preemie outfits from back in the day. Preemie diaper on the right, current diaper on the left.At birth Lucia was 5lbs 8oz and 19 inches. At her well child visit 2-weeks ago she was 13lbs 10oz and 24.5inches. It's amazing how much and how fast she has grown in these five short months.

Modeling Debut

Lucia excelled at her first modeling gig. We are so proud of her. To see her publishing click on the link. http://www.framehuggers.com/photo_gallery.htm.

We really think she pulled off the look better than all the other models. She is so fierce. Way to go Lucia!

Unk

Lucia's Unk (Andrew) and Aunt Janet** came for a visit.

Lucia had a great time playing with both of them.

Rojelio also had a great time finally having someone to compete against on the XBOX 360. Look at those intense game faces. Annie enjoyed being the little sister and walking as slow as she could in front of the TV while they were playing . . . oh the good ole days . . . at least this time no one punched her. Too bad there's no controllers to unplug anymore or a reset button the could "accidentally" be pushed.Thanks for the visit.

**Jeanette

Project . . . DONE

Lucia's room is finally complete. With the move it took a little longer than we would have liked . . . but she said it was well worth the wait.

The biggest job Annie had was replacing the ceiling light. She took down this nasty ceiling fan & rewired a much more modern & simple light. Good-bye dust & bug carcases.

Here's a 360-degree view of Lucia's room.

A border of frames on the wall

(eventually these will have family pictures in them).

Wall decals at Lucia's level.

Changing table with drawers & storage bins (LOVE IT!).

Curtains Annie made with light cancelling shade behind.

Colorful carpet.

Blue turtle hamper & diaper pail behind.

Continued frame border.

Awesome blue crib with Rainforest mobile & sassy mirror.

Second window.

Storage unit for books & toys.

Radio/CD player, Kermit & night light.

Red fish basket for stuffed toys.

"I heart Lucy" sign gammy made out of Duplos.

Closet with decals at Lucia's level.

Donald Duck wet paint sign.

(Annie & her Grandma had "stolen" while at Disney World in 1994)

Hook for towel, coat, etc.

Lucia level mirror & wall decals.

This is by far our favorite room in the house. We really enjoy hanging out & playing in Lucia's haven.

Studious Baby

Lucia finally sent her first email today. It was to her Papa. She just had to tell her dad:

z ssr. / ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////..........................//.l/////////////////k zx 00

What a studious baby . . .

All in a Days Work

Lucia is getting the hang of this playing gig.

She even discovered a handy new toy, always within an arm's reach.

She just started playing with her spoon. Getting ready for that rice cereal she keeps hearing about.

Lucia after a hard day of play.

Even babies need a little chill out time.

Someone found her thumb.

A Meeting at Last

Lucia finally met her Tulo face-to-face.

She claims he doesn't look nearly as fuzzy or pixelated as the web cam made him out to be.

A Duet

We're thinking about maybe taking this show on the road . . .