Rainy Day Practice

Well it wasn't a rainy day though we thought we would practice for one.
Annie set up a tent, she used for therapy in her previous life, in the living room for Lucia to explore.

Lucia was also introduced to Annie's rattlesnake, another former therapy tool.

So now that we have some practice under our belts, let the rain come down!

Etiology

Why does Lucia have bruises on her shins?
From crawling?
No they are on her shins, she couldn't get bruise there from crawling.
What could they be from?
Mystery solved.
Lucia loves her Muno & Brobee so much.
When she bangs them they shake & sing.
Well she plays with them a lot.
Usually hitting her legs instead of the floor.

She plays with them so much Rojelio has empowered his fatherly role by having to fix Brobee on multiple occasions. Poor Brobee. At least he is well loved.

Chiclet

Four teeth popped up within 10 days. No more gummy smiles.Lucia is our little Chiclet.

While on the phone . . .

Why do things always happen while the mom is on the phone? Annie does not usually talk on the phone too often or for too long. But by chance when she was on the phone, catching up with a friend, a magical moment happened. Lucia started crawling.

Annie was in shock. She had seen Lucia up on her knees rocking many times, but never to where her arms and legs were coordinated together and moving forward over a distance.

She exclaimed to her friend, "Oh my God, Lucia is crawling!" and grabbed the camera to capture the moment.

Lucia seemed to be so proud of herself. She was smiling the whole time, as if she knew she accomplished a great milestone.

It's been a busy couple weeks for this little baby. Four teeth popped up, she started crawling . . . and the great adventure continues . . .

Park It!

Such a warm sunny day. A trip to the park was in order.

We discovered a great park. It's about a 20-minute walk, but well worth it. It has baby swings and these great bouncy cars to ride in.

Lucia on her first bouncy car ride.

The motorcycle was fun too.

Trying out a big girl swing for the first time.

Getting ready to take the plunge.

There she goes!Lucia's trying to figure out how this whole gravity thing works.A new day and a new park to discover.Going down a fat slippery slide was tricky.It was VERY slippery.Pooped out. Time for a ride back home.

Special Delivery

There was a knock at the door.

Mom looked through the peephole.

Nobody there.

Mom slowly opened the door.

A white box was propping the door open.

What could this be.

A special delivery addressed to a special girl from some special people.

To Lucia from gammy, gamps & aunt Mary.

A Toodee shirt. How perfect.

A "party in my tummy" shirt with Brobee too, now that takes the cake!

Lucia watched her new Baby Einstein video during her snack. She didn't quite expect it to be a comedy.

Thanks gammy, gamps & aunt Mary you rock!

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Sunny & warm.

A day well deserving of some outside time.

We took a walk on Sligo Creek Trail, which runs behind our neighborhood.

And had a snack.

The evening was full of wagon runs down the little hill outside our house.

A view from the baby cam.

Wish we had a radar to clock this baby's speed.

"Mom, dad, I think maybe we should invest in a helmet."

Language Acquisition

Language acquisition at work . . .

. . . oh it's sweet music to a parental SLPs ears!

Yum. Yum.

Lucia is on her way toward independent eating.

Sunday morning at Dunkin' Donuts

Water is so refreshing. What a thirst quencher!

Time for a change . . .

Today, January 20, 2009, marks a very important event in our lives.

It was a Tuesday. It started as a day like every other. There was a happy and active baby in the house and a mother getting the daily house work done.

The active baby was placed in the safe haven of her crib while the mother went to retrieve the laundry from the basement. Upon the mother's return she discovered the baby's lair was no longer a place of security. The baby had proven her skills were up to par and could no longer be left to explore her world as is.

Upon the mother's return she found the baby wanting to be reacquainted with her toys that lie waiting on the floor.

The baby seemed to be pleased with herself and her newly found skills, unaware of the dangers that lurk beneath.

The father entered the scene accompanied by his toolbox. The baby's mattress was lowered to a more appropriate height.The upward bound baby was pleased with her newly designed harbor . . . . . . and continued to work on her graceful finesse.

January 20, 2009 started out to be a day like any other, but turned into a day like no other. We will always remember it as a day of change . . . the day we had to lower Lucia's crib mattress . . . oh yeah . . . and the day our country inducted a new president.