A snow bunny that does not like the snow!(too much)

Get this white stuff off my mitten!
Drooly bug
A smile!
When we say "Lucy smile" she does this....


So as cute as she is, she has been a naughty one for me. I can tell she is almost two. She gives me this look that makes you laugh no matter how frustrated you are. She knows it too. She smacked me at least 5 times today in the face(did it all the time in China) and would not listen to her Speech Therapist today. eye yi yi!!! I love her but I wish she would be a good girl all the time. She is defintely a little stink bug. I am trying my best to be consistent with her but I think her goal is to crack me. She has been taking a long nap today so I have time to fuel up and get ready for round two this afternoon!

PS - Her ENT appt went well yesterday. Her tubes look good and she also had a hearing test that was positive as well. :)

Silly Lucy

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Lucy is just awesome. She is the funniest little kid ever. She is constantly trying to make us laugh-and she succeeds! She is growing like a weed, trying her best to make words and still uses her signs. She know so many animals now and the noises they make. Little smarty pants for sure. She now says-mama, yaya(for dada), grmma, ina(for china) and yaa(for yes), nana(for banana)

We have been getting her caught up on her immunizations.(all of them all over again) She cries now when she just sees the nurse. poor thing. I keep telling her mommy cries too when she gets shots. So we have that to look forward to every few weeks. I hope the next visit John takes her. Why do moms always get stuck with the jobs like that??? She is now in the 50% percentile on her height and weight and we can begin to switch her from formula to whole milk with a vitamin supplement.

She has a cleft team appt in March and if that goes well, surgery on her lip in May. Seems so far away, especially since the long-dreary-cold winter has just begun. boo hoo. why do we live in ny?? Next stop, the ENT to check her tubes this week. guess who is taking her?? mom of course.

anyways, we love her to pieces. It is so great to see some of the family and our congregation loving her so much too. She loves it all.

Random pics of a happy little girl.

As you can see from these pics, making bread with Nana and Papa is making her look so Italian.

daddy day care

i called in sick this morning (cough cough, wheez wheez) and am playing the part of mr. mom. michael keaton's got nothing on me. so, for prospective fathers out there, i want to tell my morning story.
she woke up happy, which she normally does. after a quick shot in the potty, she was ready for milk and a 'nana. yes, she asks for it by name and sign now. genius. that apparently is the magic combo to get her battery charged. here she is winding up for the day:



we have been having a good day, i would say. we have not read any books yet, she cannot stay still for 3 seconds. for a change of pace, i threw a tutu on her, which she thought was fun. it is so cute to see this chubby little ballerina running around. she is such a doll, esp when we leave her bedhead alone. which i have left alone. i am just glad that during these past three months hair has decided grow on that dome. funny enough, she is really starting to look like an old italian man. thining, disheveled hair, gut hanging out with drool around the collar - i love it. she's going to fit right in!








she did watch some cartoons, but again, that lasted about a minute. i don't know if its a short attention span, or she really does not care for tv?? i hope its the latter. she does not need tv just yet.


oh snack time was a riot. as she is beginning to realize, daddy rocks. (those are her words, not mine.) first oreo day! lets see if she ever gets that from her mom! needless to say she was happy, and she wore out the sign for 'more'. now normally i cannot stand a sloppy eater, and am constantly wiping her up - but this moment of glory had to last a little longer, at least until the pictures were taken. at which point i brought in a snow ball for her to play with. she is amazed by snow.


we have only had this little one in our life for about 3.5 months, which it seems like a year - in a good way. we have seen her grow so much. but i am brought back to reality of her true size when i see that she can stick her hand and half her arm into a toilet paper roll - amazing.




ok, this next little tidbit is for all new fathers-to-be. this is an honest 'nugget' of information i am giving here:
poop stinks. everyone will tell you that its different when its your own kid - don't fall for it. your beautiful little child will not drop some potpourri in the bowl - it stinks, no matter who makes it. consider yourself warned. you will dry heave, maybe even twice if the first attempt at putting it in the flusher didn't fully work out.



with that fresh in mind, i better go. she will get up soon, and i have a bunch to do yet.