Happy 3 Months Lucy!

I know I say this every month, but the time is going by too quickly. I can't believe it has already been 3 months! Lucy is still a very easy baby and she has made having 3 kids much easier than I ever thought it could be. She still is not sleeping through the night, but she takes her bottle and goes right back to sleep. We have not moved her upstairs to her room yet--probably sometime next month. She developed an intolerance to her formula about a month ago so we have had to switch to Alimentum (the real expensive and stinky stuff!) but it makes her tummy not hurt so we are glad to have a formula that works for her. Lucy is cooing and smiling all of the time and I think I have heard her try to laugh a couple of times too. She loves to stand up while you are holding her--maybe she will be an early walker (I hope not!). Here are a few pictures from her actually 3 month birthday on the 19th--of course I could not get her to smile in any of them.






I tried to take her out to run errands with her cute little hat on but before we even left the house, this is what she looked like....

so needless to say she did not get to show-off her cute hat that we borrowed from our friend Chandler.



This is how Cooper loves to end his night--him, daddy, and Lucy all together either in the chair or cuddled up in bed together. So sweet!!

Fun Stuff

The kids have been doing some fun activities the last few weeks. In Emily's class at school they have been learning about working in the kitchen, so for fun I let the kids make a mix of whatever they wanted. They put everything from Apple Jacks, rice, jelly, food coloring--a little bit of everything from the kitchen. It was SO gross, we ended-up calling it monster mix. They had a great time playing and making a mess. After it was all over with, I told them we were having lasagna for dinner--they both started crying and said "I don't like lasagna!!". I then gave them the option the either have lasagna or monster mix for dinner. Surprisingly both kids ate lasagna that night and Cooper even ate every last bite!! We may have to make monster mix more often--maybe I can get them to eat roast next time!






Cooper has been being really good at school lately, so he earned himself a special treat. He decided that he wanted to go rock climbing with daddy. There is an indoor climbing place here so they went there last Saturday for their fun "boys" time. This was only the second time that Cooper has done something like this. Richard said that Cooper did get a little nervous when he got close to the top but he did a good job! They had a great time together!










Lucy will be 3 months old on Thursday!! Time is going too quickly. I had her in her Bumbo seat today and she looks so cute. She has been putting her hands in her mouth every chance she gets. I really hope she does not suck her thumb--it is such a hard habit for kids to break! She is also getting good at holding her head up during tummy time.

My Little Pumpkins

I bought this shirt when Cooper was little and now every child has worn it during the fall. I thought it would be fun to post a picture of each kid wearing the same pumpkin shirt. I have always thought that Lucy looks just like Cooper, but after seeing these pictures I will have to admit that I think she favors Emily more. Keep in mind that Cooper and Emily are about 2 months older than Lucy when these pictures were taken.


Cooper....



Emily.....





Lucy.....



I guess that really they all look alike at this age. It will be fun over the next year to see who Lucy ends-up looking more like!

Halloween 2009

We had a great Halloween this year. The kids got tons of candy (most of which has already been thrown away) and they had so much fun trick-or-treating!! We went to a trunk-or-treat with some friends on Saturday afternoon, then Emily and I went to a Fall Carnival at the kids school. After dinner we went around our neighborhood--some of our neighbors kept Lucy so that she did not have to be out in the cold too long. Here are some pictures from our fun day--it is very hard to get a cute picture of all 3 kids!!

Our sweet little flower....


Beautiful Snow White....



The cutest Power Ranger in the world...



Our attempt at a picture of all 3...


Going down the big slide at trunk-or-treat...




Lucy got to go on a little road trip to Fort Smith today to spend the night at MawMaw's house. Hope she behaves herself!!