getting bigger every day.

Time really needs to slow down. Tomorrow our little Lucy will be 2 months old. 2 months! How is that possible? Lucy is eating about every 3 hours during the day, every 4 hours at night. She is starting to have 1 long stretch of sleep at night, for about 5-6 hours (unfortunately, it's from 7:30pm to 12:30am so I don't always get a 5 hour stretch myself...oh well, I shouldn't complain!). She is a great eater, loves to smile, adores her big brother, could play on her playmat all day and is pretty much the sweetest little girl in the world.

I took her 2 month picture a few days early. Here she is:She is finally starting to like tummy time. Well, if she's in the right mood. And, only for about 4 minutes. So, I guess she is tolerating tummy time.

We tried out the bumbo seat for the first time yesterday and she loved it! Matt and I were so happy because now we finally have a solution to our dinner dilemma. Lucy always wants to feel included, especially at dinner. This means one of us ends up holding her while we eat with one hand or we take turns and one of us eats a cold meal. Now, she can sit in the bumbo at the table, feel included, look around and we all get to eat together!

My sweet little girl.
Happy 2 months Lucy.....we love you!

the (new) cabin.

For the last year Matt's parents have been hard at work completely remodeling their cabin/beach house on Camano Island. For those of you who have had the fun privilege of visiting, the 70's shag carpet, floral couches and huge lamps are all gone (sad, I know...we had many fun memories with that shag!). This past weekend his parents moved some stuff over so we decided to drive down for a little visit.

Carter just loves his grandpa and wanted to help him with a few projects. First he put on his big vest to get started. Then, he helped install a door and hang a huge TV! He was very proud and Grandpa appreciated his little helper :)
Grandma got spoiled with lots of Lucy cuddles.
A view of the new living room. Ignore the 1,000 toys laying on the floor and picture beautiful new furniture (has been ordered, but still needs to ship).
After the new TV was hung, Carter explored the box.
Then, Grandpa made a tent!
More Grandma/Lucy time. Not sure who loved it more, but I saw smiles on both their faces throughout the day!
A view off the new deck. It was raining the whole time so it's hard to see the water, but still a nice view.
I forgot to take pictures of the new bedrooms and downstairs but it is just beautiful. We are so excited to spend many summer weekends at the cabin relaxing, going to the beach and walking around the neighborhood. So happy it's finally done!

little and big.

Matt's mom bought the kids these cute little sister and big brother shirts a while back. I finally coordinated their outfits so they could both wear them at the same time. Unfortunately, they didn't really care to have their pictures taken to document it.

Lucy by herself as I tried to convince Carter to sit still on the couch.
At first Carter was excited about his shirt (but didn't care about Lucy)
Then, Lucy got sleepy and Carter got a little silly.
Then Lucy slept and Carter ignored her.
Finally he pretended to like her....just a little bit.
And just when I thought all hope was lost, he gave her a great big brother hug.
This only lasted 1.5 seconds before he ran away, spilled water all over his shirt and we changed their clothes. But, I still got a few cute pictures!

sleepy girl.

Babies are cute. Sleeping babies are sometimes even cuter. Especially Lucy.
She is such a good little sister. Even letting Carter play games on her while she takes a nap.


This looks a little strange, but she loves to stand up and bounce her legs on your lap. Sometimes it tires her out though.
She isn't a huge fan of tummy time, but we are making progress.
Look at those strong neck muscles!
How did she get to be so big so fast?

Winter Extreme 2012.

Last weekend the forecast called for snow. We got very excited since snow only comes about once a year and it's fun to slow down, pull out the scarves and mittens and go play like a little kid again. Plus, we have a little kid who would love it! Well, 6 days later and we still have snow. Lots of it. And 6 days later I haven't left the house. Yes, it's beautiful. Yes, I now have cabin fever. And...yes, I'm ready for the snow to leave. We were extremely lucky to have power the entire time, not lose any trees, not have horrible ice covering everything and have access to the interest which provided a plethora of ideas to entertain a toddler.

But, after 2 days of the snow the temperatures dropped very low. So low (with the wind chill) it wasn't even an option to go outside and play. So, we got creative!

Carter loves playing with his iPhone. He combined his love of apps with a little yoga. Downward dog while play duck duck moose!
Lucy learned how to hold a rattle! I was very proud.
We made snow ice cream. Loved this idea....especially since we got to bring some snow inside (Carter was pretty bummed when we couldn't go outside anymore).

It actually tasted really good too!
Then, pinterest came to the rescue! I found this great idea for bath paint. Using shaving cream, food coloring and muffin tins we made our own finger paints.
He loved it for about 5 minutes.
Then he was ready to just take a bath. Oh well, it still passed some time!
We did some tummy time.
And in the midst of a snow storm, our little girl turned 1 month old!
I'm now looking out the window and seeing rain come down. I won't complain. As much as rain sucks sometimes, it'll be nice to just have a "normal" week of weather. I'm ready to leave the house, see people other than my kids and hubby and get back to a routine.

And, just for my friend Cate. Here are some pictures of Lucy's nursery! I posted these a while back but she didn't get a chance to see them.
We chose gray walls, white furniture and pink accents. We just finished the photo collage above her crib and love it. It's a bunch of pictures from the past few years including a wedding picture, Carter picture, newborn pics of Lucy and even a picture of Yoshi. There are also a few great quotes just to keep it extra special.

I think my favorite part of the room is the rug though....it's just perfect for our sweet little girl.

snow.

Unless you've been locked in a closet, you know that WA finally got some snow over the weekend. We were so excited! Even Carter. It's amazing what a difference a year can a make. For example, this was him last year.And now he is a giddy, excited 2 year old who couldn't be more happy to play in the snow until his fingers freeze off.
His favorite thing is to eat the snow. Yummy! (as long as he stays away from Yoshi's yellow snow!)






Taking a break. It's a lot of work to play outside.

This is my favorite. Instead of just picking up a small ball of snow, he decided it was just easier to lean over and eat it straight from the ground!
And since it's continuing to dump more snow outside, with even more on the way tomorrow, I'm sure there will be a blog post part 2 with even more snow fun!