Lovies

Lucy has one or two "Lovies" that she likes to have with her when she sleeps.  The Snoopy is her toy that she throws out of her crib when she's bored.  Sometimes it helps her calm down if we squeeze it to play the music (it plays "Linus and Lucy" by Vince Guaraldi). 

But the more important of the two is her pillow.  We have two of them actually.  As soon as she sees it she hugs it and smashes her face into it.  Then she proceeds to run around with it covering her face (she can't see while doing this so it's becoming quite dangerous yet entertaining at the same time).  She likes to lay the pillow on things and then lay her head on it...one favorite spot is putting the pillow on her rocking chair and then laying her head down on it.  She pushes it up against walls, toys, people...she does not discriminate.

After I saw these next photos, I had to compare poses...

Lucy at 17 Months

Guessing Lucy's about 9 Months here

When she was little, I used to take her picture quite often propped up against these pillows, and also with the blue bear.  I thought they would help us see how much bigger she's gotten over time...

Lucy at 17 Months

Lucy at 17 Months

Lucy at about 7 Months

Lucy at 17 Months

Lucy at 17 Months

Lucy at about 2.5 weeks

Lucy at 17 Months

Lucy at about 7 Months

Best of Friends

Belly Button!

One of Mommy's best friends came to visit over the weekend and we all played tourist in our sweet home Chicago.  We even threw the girls in the bath together!  It was SO cute!

Daddy's Girls

Sharing

We ate at Harry Caray's Tavern on Navy Pier.

Suckers to entertain the girls while we waited!

Miss my Albion girls.

The last time I rode the Ferris Wheel on Navy Pier it was with Hilary YEARS ago!  And Daddy has never ridden it.  So we gave it a shot with one squirmy, tired girl.  It was an adventure to say the least, but I knew Lucy loved it.  We are going to have one adrenaline junkie on our hands when she gets older.

On their first night in Chicago, our air conditioner broke!  We had to open the windows during one of the heaviest rains the city's had all year.  Flash floods were all over the area, with some streets completely under water!  Thankfully the air came back on overnight.  And thankfully, we have really awesome and understanding friends.  Through all of the "no's" and "whoops", and food on the floor, and diaper changes, and traffic, and congested tourist traps, we managed with strained patience and grace.  And really in the end we just get to see each other and watch our little girls experience life.  My friends are great parents, amazing friends, inspiring and resilient, beautiful people.  And they always make me smile.

Mama Said Knock You Out

How did we choose to spend the hottest day of the year?  By raiding the winter hat basket.  It's a little post modern day Rocky Balboa for your entertainment.

You're not so tough with your ruffle sleeves and your Disney movies now, are ya?!

She kept taking this hat off and putting it on her hand.  I could tell she thought it was a puppet.

Hard at work...

Haircut - The Bob

I took Lucy for her second haircut, just to even things out.  I had them cut bangs.  What I didn't anticipate was how much older it was going to make her look.