Lucy's First Swim Lesson. She loved it!!

Sorry its been awhile...

As some of you know, I started a new job two weeks ago. So the last month has been a bit crazy. Sorry for the lack of posting. I will try to be better now. (for those interested, the new job is going great!)

A crawling update....she's still not doing it, but man can she get around army crawling. Its awesome. She'll get up on her hands and feet and rock back and forth...she'll even take a few steps, but she can't get the hands and feet together. Here are a few updates pics/videos...


Lucy's first taste of sugar. She LOVED it. (notice the drool on my hand). And despite the fact the girl still doesn't have teeth, she managed to gnaw off part of the twisler. That's some commitment!

Just funny.

She's even closer now....

Some New Pics

Lucy was trying to help dad pick something to cook for dinner. She kept turning to the page for chocolate marshmallow waffles. Interesting...
The perils of freedom of movement. She routinely gets stuck under pieces of furniture.
Go Colts!! Superbowl bound!!
Go Cats!! (Thanks for the outfit Uncle Jim. We had to change the shirt after eating. She isn't the cleanest eater, yet.)

No more dairy free!!

Ahhh....pizza....I missed you. 7 months without cheese is too long.

She's So Close

Lucy is trying so hard to crawl. She can definitely cover some ground rolling around, but I'm not sure she can direct where's she going. Just in the last few days she's started army crawling and scooting around in circles. As you can see from the video, now she's lifting her bottom up. She's so close! I think she's starting to get frustrated, but it's part of the learning process, right? I'm so excited for her to do it, and rather afraid at the same time. Our lives will really change once she's mobile.

Christmas in Chicago, then Denver, then Chicago again

Lucy got visited by Santa 3 times this year. The first time was at home before Christmas. Justin and I decided this year we would each buy presents for Lucy but not tell the other what we got. That way everyone had fun opening presents. Here is a pic of Lucy checking out her loot!Then we headed to Denver for the Smolen Family Christmas hosted by my brother Joe. 11 Adults and 7 kids (under 8) in one house. It was a blast. Lucy was an angel on both flights and was great with her cousins. They were great with her too. It couldn't have gone better. We spent 4 nights there eating wonderful food, playing games and tubing in Copper Mountain. (Lucy stayed in the lodge for the tubing).(a great pic of all the girl cousins!!)

Then we headed back to Chicago for Christmas with Justin's mom (a/k/a Nana). She was kind enough to come to us this year, which made things MUCH easier on Lucy. That way she wouldn't be away from her own crib for 8 nights in a row. It was a great time...very quiet and relaxing. We all got much needed rest and had a ton of fun exploring our new neighborhood.
But, as you can see, Lucy's favorite part was clearly unwrapping her presents.



I hope you all had as wonderful of a holiday season as the Burtnetts did!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!